One of the great enigmas of chess.
This is a draw.
This is a White win.
I recall seeing an OTB game with this idea and putting it on the Blog.
http://www.redhotpawn.com/blog/blogread.php?blogpostid=62
To save you going there here it is.
Solomon - Steadman Australia 2011
I wondered if anyone on here had missed a chance to mate with the two Knights.
Sadly I found one……
ZorroTheFox - moma RHP 2008
Black here played Nf5 and Nxh4 and a draw was agreed.
It did not take long to find the mate, infact it was quite easy
because the White King is already hemmed in and it's a Rook's pawn
which throws up it's own unique mate.
I seem to have the knack of digging out the missed shots.
I am a magnet for bad moves 🙂
Russ has given me permission to post the games from the Championship
on a file sharing site. I have sent my latest lot (up to noon Sunday 11th March)
3783 games in PGN to maitkenhead who will hopefully soon post the link.
I'll add another lot of PGN's next month.
Just jump in, pick a game at random.
There is always 'something' in these games. Always.
Originally posted by greenpawn34You never upset anyone. The top dog just gets all the attention. Apathy is the worst forum disease- someone posts, and no one else cares or even bothers to read it.
Hi Nimzo.
Good. It can be hard to note up a game where nothing appears to happen but
at that level these games are more frequent that a chance to get in the bang
bang sac mate attack. Getting them off to pat and making it look wasy is in
itself an art form.
Now please don't take this as harsh criticism and please don't let it you
stop from p ...[text shortened]... not allowed.
You can go there and to get a cuddle, a blanket and hear some nice words.
Originally posted by greenpawn34I've actually lost to 2 knights in the past. I did my best to sack my last pawn but my opponent R Taylor of Newport was wise to it. After the game he told me he'd won a couple of similar games previously. Knowing your endgames can help you pick up many valuable points.
One of the great enigmas of chess.
This is a draw.
[fen]6k1/8/4N1K1/8/8/8/4N3/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
This is a White win.
[fen]6k1/8/4N1K1/8/8/4p3/4N3/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
I recall seeing an OTB game with this idea and putting it on the Blog.
http://www.redhotpawn.com/blog/blogread.php?blogpostid=62
To save you going there here it is.
[b] ...[text shortened]... h7 Nf7 {I'd love to pull that one off in a game. Moma had the chance but......}[/pgn]
Originally posted by kingshillLove to see the pgn if you have it Kingshill.
I've actually lost to 2 knights in the past. I did my best to sack my last pawn but my opponent R Taylor of Newport was wise to it. After the game he told me he'd won a couple of similar games previously. Knowing your endgames can help you pick up many valuable points.
It's getting to the point now where all I want to work on is endings.
Originally posted by nimzo5Interesting, what should black have done instead of Nbd7? Maybe e6 or dxc4 or something completely different -- some kind of counter play. I don't know. In CC, I would look at the games database but not sure OTB.
As an ongoing thing, I am tracking when in my otb games we leave anything resembling "theory" so far in 30 games we left book on average move 8....
last night's position.
[fen]rnbq1rk1/pp2ppbp/2p2np1/3p4/2PP1B2/1QN1PN2/PP3PPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 7[/fen]
I played an old 1930's move Qb3 played by Reshevsky, Fine and later Geller. My guess is they didn't ha ...[text shortened]... ely blundered playing Nbd7 and I slowly ground him down up a pawn into a winning endgame.
Originally posted by nimzo5Nice annotations. Thanks for the presentation.
[pgn][Event "DCC Winter League"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5{Grunfeld for those less familiar with d4 openings.} 4. Bf4 {Classical variation, probably reached it's pinnacle when Karpov used it vs Kasparov in 86. Now considered a minor sideline to the Exchange variation and the recent popularity of the Fianchetto variation} Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 {This move we ...[text shortened]... sn't mean a whole lot when you drop a pawn the moment you are out of your comfort zone.
Winning with an extra pawn is common strategy for me. I know from hurtful experience, it is not a guaranteed win, but I just like to win a pawn and then simplify, even against much lower rated players, though I may not if there are opposite colored bishops, or my opponent is getting a good king position, or there is a drawish rook position evolving, etc.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Cool post.
One of the great enigmas of chess.
This is a draw.
[fen]6k1/8/4N1K1/8/8/8/4N3/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
This is a White win.
[fen]6k1/8/4N1K1/8/8/4p3/4N3/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
I recall seeing an OTB game with this idea and putting it on the Blog.
http://www.redhotpawn.com/blog/blogread.php?blogpostid=62
To save you going there here it is.
[b] ...[text shortened]... h7 Nf7 {I'd love to pull that one off in a game. Moma had the chance but......}[/pgn]
A RHP Feb 2011 game below against a strong player I had previously lost a few games without a win, and was craving a win against him. In this game below, I gained a pawn and intended to grind to the win but instead I did a grind to the draw. I am white and played 1.e4. He replied 1...c5.
A general question is what could I have done to avoid the draw. A more particular question is: was advancing my a-pawn down the a-file which I did, the thing to do.
Originally posted by moon1969I think Black has various choices. For example, he could opt for the fianchetto slav type positions with moves like a6 Ra7 Bf5 or g4 and e6.
Interesting, what should black have done instead of Nbd7? Maybe e6 or dxc4 or something completely different -- some kind of counter play. I don't know. In CC, I would look at the games database but not sure OTB.
Another possibility is to play c5?! going in for double edged play.
I think this moment is key. If White is going to opt for this endgame then you need a clear plan to create a second weakness that keeps the Black king from coming over and gobbling up the pawn.
That being said I don't like the position of the White rook. Rooks in front of your passed pawn is a disaster.