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| Rashawn Williams is white. How can he turbocharge his attack? |
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| Rashawn is black here, and has a forced win. Try to see the whole variation. |
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| Former IS 318 student Rochelle Ballantyne (black) won this game against current 8th grader David Kim, but she missed black's best move here. |
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| From the game that made me cry: Danny (white) finds the only winning move in this rook ending. |
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| Danny got lucky here. Daniel Rasmuson (white) failed to find this crushing move. |
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5 comments:
(1) It would seem that 1.Bc2 keeps up the pressure, but I wouldn't call it "turbocharged." After dismissing other obviously aggressive moves, I thought about 1.Nc4!, which opens up the c1 bishop to capture in h6 with tempo. The two main variations are
1.Nc4! dxc4
2.Bxh6! gxh6
3.Bxh7+ followed by 4.Rf6 with mate soon.
1.Nc4! fxg6
2.Rxf8+ Nxf8
3.Nxb6 gxh5
4.Nxa8 leaving White with a big material advantage.
(2) The main variation is
1.Rc1+ Ke2
2.Re1+ Kf3
3.Rxe4 Kxe4
4.f5+ Ke3
5.f4+ winning a piece.
(3)
1.Nb4! Qd2 [1...cxb4 2.Bxa2! wins the queen]
2.Bxa2+ Ka1
3.Rd8 and black's queen will be lost.
(4) The white rook must stay on the f-file to prevent the enemy king from getting in front of the pawn.
1.Kg5?? Rxf4 2.Kxf4 Kf6 is a draw. That leaves
1.Rf5! Rxf5 (otherwise the white king to g5-h6-g7.)
2.Kxf5 Kf8 [2...Ke8 3.Ke6!]
3.Kf6! taking the opposition and queening.
(5) 1.Bh6! is a clearance allowing the white queen to reach g5 or h6. Possible lines:
1.Bh6 Nh7
[1...Kh8
2.Bxg7+ Bxg7
3.Qg5 Rg8
4.Rxf5 with mate to follow.]
2.Bxh7+ Kxh7
3.Bxg7 Bxg7
4.Rxh5+ Kg8
5.Rxg7+ Kf8
6.Rh8+ Ke7
7.Qg5+ Kd7
8.Rxf7+ winning.
He Liz, I saw that the disgraced cheater/former USCF Board Member Robert Tanner was the TD in Dallas for Section 1 K6. How can the USCF allow someone like that near a national event with kids? The USCF appears to be one of the most ethically challenged organizations in the United States.
He Liz, I saw that the disgraced cheater/former USCF Board Member Robert Tanner was the TD in Dallas for Section 1 K6. How can the USCF allow someone like that near a national event with kids? The USCF appears to be one of the most ethically challenged organizations in the United States.
I heard Tanner faked a match, and that's not good, agreed, but also way better than suing people, stealing money, or cheating children.
On the plus side, he's a nice guy, competant and extremely professional. I'm always happy to see he's chief TD at Nationals.
Mr. Tanner falsified tournament rating reports and also falsified his qualification as a National Master. He resigned from the USCF EB in disgrace because of this. I don't think his being a nice guy and a competent tournament director (when actin honestly) should qualify him to be a TD at any USCF national championship. It's not a lesson in ethics I would want Elementary school kids to be exposed to. Would your middle school hire him to work with kids knowing what he's done?
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