Great example of fighting for the draw from the Wijk aan Zee tournament happening this week:

Vachier Lagrave, M.-Wang Hao
Move 32 - Black to play



White is threatening Ng5 followed by Qh7# and Black looks like his position is hopeless. How does he save the half-point?

Originally posted by bosintang
Great example of fighting for the draw from the Wijk aan Zee tournament happening this week:

[b]Vachier Lagrave, M.-Wang Hao
Move 32 - Black to play

[fen]2r3k1/1p2Bpp1/p3p1p1/bq1pP3/1n1P2PQ/1R3N2/1P3PKP/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]

White is threatening Ng5 followed by Qe7# and Black looks like his position is hopeless. How does he save the half-point? ...[text shortened]... Nd3 33. Rxb5 33... Nf4+ 34. Kg3 34... Ne2+ 35. Kh3 Nf4+ 36. Kg3 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn][/b]

Wonderful.

Might make perpetuals from RHP a future theme for a Blog.

Apparently white missed 32.Bf6 winning

Hey GP,

Perpetual checks is a great blog theme, but don't forget that other great way to save the half-point:

Enik-Eiffel Correspondence 1957
White to play

Originally posted by bosintang
Hey GP,

Perpetual checks is a great blog theme, but don't forget that other great way to save the half-point:

[b]Enik-Eiffel Correspondence 1957
White to play

[pgn]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "2r3k1/R5p1/6Pp/5p2/3p1P2/4nP1q/5Q2/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
1. Ra8 Rxa8 2. Qxe3 dxe3 {Stalemate!}
1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

This position is from "Chess Tactics" by Paul Littlewood. It's by far and away my favourite chess tactics book.[/b]

Sorry, I corrected the PGN. I missed it myself when I made the PGN! Haha.

Originally posted by bosintang
Sorry, I corrected the PGN. I missed it myself when I made the PGN! Haha.

nm. We're all caught up. 🙂

Originally posted by bosintang
Hey GP,

Perpetual checks is a great blog theme, but don't forget that other great way to save the half-point:

[b]Enik-Eiffel Correspondence 1957
White to play

[pgn]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "2r3k1/R5p1/6Pp/5p2/3p1P2/4nP1q/5Q2/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
1. Ra8 Rxa8 2. Qxa2 {!!} 2... Rxa2 {Stalemate!}
1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

This position is from "Chess Tactics" by Paul Littlewood. It's by far and away my favourite chess tactics book.[/b]

I'm sure the lads on here won't let me down.

I'm expecting to see a perpetual check that is NOT a perpetual check.
Players resigning when they had a perpetual or a player taking a
perpetual when they had a mate instead.

Looking forward to the hunt.

Anyone,
Continuing the next move in the simulation there from bosintang's first post, would it still be perpetual check if the white king plays 'Kh1'? I think if white plays 'Kh1' next, then black would eventually return to a hopeless situation because white can also have its knight block any potential threat from the black rook which would be a dangerous thing for black to do at any rate because of the position of the white rook...well that's how i see it, did I miss something?...

Originally posted by Iere man
Anyone,
Continuing the next move in the simulation there from bosintang's first post, would it still be perpetual check if the white king plays 'Kh1'? I think if white plays 'Kh1' next, then black would eventually return to a hopeless situation because white can also have its knight block any potential threat from the black rook which would be a dangerous ...[text shortened]... use of the position of the white rook...well that's how i see it, did I miss something?...

thx tom, but are we absoultely sure it won't allow white a free move or something to neutralize or delay this new threat?..like moving the white queen to protect the white knight for instance...

Originally posted by Iere man
thx tom, but are we absoultely sure it won't allow white a free move or something to neutralize or delay this new threat?..like moving the white queen to protect the white knight for instance...