Kelly`s Heroes had a surprise win tonight against Strand 1. It was the players with the black pieces who brought home the victory!
My game with Calum ended, with Calum pulling out a couple of neat tactical tricks!
Trick 1 is below, it is black to play, what would you play?
I will post the moves played in the comments section tomorrow.
There is a beautiful passage of scripture which sums up chess tactics, when you happen to be on the wrong end of them!
My game with Calum ended, with Calum pulling out a couple of neat tactical tricks!
Trick 1 is below, it is black to play, what would you play?
Neat Trick 2 is below, black to play, what would you play?
There is a beautiful passage of scripture which sums up chess tactics, when you happen to be on the wrong end of them!
Proverbs 6:27,28
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
In the first position black played R h4, which surprised me. I had to spend a bit of time deciding what to do, if gxRh4 then the Knight can fork the Q and King. My hope was that black would have simply swapped of the two rooks making it easier for me to simplify the position.
ReplyDeleteIn the second position black played R x Knight on g3, if the Queen captures the rook, black`s Knight then forks the Q and King by playing Ne3!