Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:23:08 12/09/04
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On December 09, 2004 at 08:49:39, Steve B wrote: >My Current Workhorse portable as of late,is the newly released Novag Star >Sapphire > >My daily commute by train is about 1 hour each way so i generally play at a time >level of game /15-20min > >this morning i was on the black side of a Petroff and i reached this position >after 37 moves in a Game/20min: > > [D] 4r1k1/pppq1p1p/6p1/4b3/2Q5/2P1B3/PP3PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1 > >A smile crept into my face(always good on a crowded train as then no one will >sit next to you) >remembering Fischer-Spassky 1972 Game 1 and Fischers ill-fated snatching of >Spassky's rook pawn with his bishop ,i just knew the SS would swallow my QR >pawn ..with that in mind i played .. >1... Rd8 >the SS after a few seconds beeped happily and played.. >2. Bxa7 > > [D]3r2k1/Bppq1p1p/6p1/4b3/2Q5/2P5/PP3PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1 > >the smile widened and i now had the full 3 seats for my commuting pleasure >play continued.. > > Qd1+ 3. Qf1 Qxf1+ 4. Kxf1 b6 > > [D] 3r2k1/B1p2p1p/1p4p1/4b3/8/2P5/PP3PPP/R4K2 b - - 0 1 > >and the bishop is trapped.. > > 5. Re1 Bd6 6. Rd1 Kf8 > > [D] 3r2k1/B1p2p1p/1p1b2p1/8/8/2P5/PP3PPP/3R1K2 b - - 0 1 >..6 Ra8 immediately is wrong because of 7.Bb6 Pxb6..8.Rxd6 At this point it looks like 7.a4 Ke7 8.a5 bxa5 9.Ra1 might hold for White. Well played, though! jm
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