Hi, the way I see things is thus: after Rd5 why not take the f pawn in view of
Rc5 Qe7 or even Qe7 after Rd5?
Not sure white does as he has to avoid mate. Am I getting anywhere? Cheers,
Steve
From: mordue andrew (Redacted sender "tyson.mordue" for DMARC)
Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 8:11 PM
To: usbca_chess
Subject: [usbca_chess] One idea further - Part two
Hello all.
You've all had the chance over the weekend to analyse the position in
Simms-Mordue after 24 ... Bd6.
Just a reminder that the position at that point was:
White: King h1, Queen a6, Rooks b1 and d1, Pawns on a4, b2, c3, f4, g2 and h2.
Black: King g8, Queen c7, Rook e8, Bishop d6, Knight c6, Pawns a5, f7, g7 and
h7.
Instead of defending the f4 Pawn immediately with 25 g3, or postponing the
decision with 25 Re1 challenging the e-file, Simms chose to play 25 Rd5. The
idea was to deter 25...Bxf4 because of the pin 26 Rc5. However, these moves did
happen!
The point was that I had seen one idea further than my opponent. Not simply one
move because some calculation is needed. Indeed when I started to analyse in
detail I realised that several ideas were coming to fruition, for both Black
and White!
Your task, should you choose to entertain yourself, is to find what I consider
to be the main line of play afrer 26 Rc5. There are lots of variations, some of
which are of more value than others, one of which - my main line - has several
startling features.
I'd like to remind you that this was a correspondence game so I had plenty of
time to analyse variations. My opponent failed to utilise his time and lost
both quickly and abysmally. I will post again next week so take your time.
Regards,
Tyson
