20-04-2012, 08:14 PM
[pgn]1.c4 e5
2.g3 Nc6
3.Nc3 g6
4.Bg2 Bg7
5.d3 d6
6.e4 h5
7.h4 Nd4
8.Nce2 Ne6
9.Nf3 Nf6
10.0-0 a5
11.b3 0-0
12.a3 c6
13.Bb2 c5
14.Bc3 Nd4
15.Nexd4 exd4
16.Bd2 Ng4
17.b4 axb4
18.axb4 Rxa1
19.Qxa1 f5
20.Ng5 Ne5
21.Qa3 Qe7
22.bxc5 dxc5
23.f4 Ng4
24.e5 Bh6
25.Bd5+ Kg7[/pgn]
Spoiler here>> Not a great deal of choice here 25...Kh8 just looks wrong. In fact, I'm simply lost regardless of where the king goes to.
Clement will just retreat the knight to f3 and keep it there. This stops any counterplay I might hope for. Then he plays Rb1-b6, Ba5 if my rook comes to c7 as I had planned, and then I am completely stuck for moves. He will zugzwang me into losing either b7 or c5 (or b6 if the pawn goes there) and it's game over.
I might hope for a mistake in an OTB game, but I doubt if Clement will miss this simple approach. Hmmm, he has played this well whereas I, as per usual, have combined some good ideas with my normal ropey decision-making! <<Spoiler here
2.g3 Nc6
3.Nc3 g6
4.Bg2 Bg7
5.d3 d6
6.e4 h5
7.h4 Nd4
8.Nce2 Ne6
9.Nf3 Nf6
10.0-0 a5
11.b3 0-0
12.a3 c6
13.Bb2 c5
14.Bc3 Nd4
15.Nexd4 exd4
16.Bd2 Ng4
17.b4 axb4
18.axb4 Rxa1
19.Qxa1 f5
20.Ng5 Ne5
21.Qa3 Qe7
22.bxc5 dxc5
23.f4 Ng4
24.e5 Bh6
25.Bd5+ Kg7[/pgn]
Spoiler here>> Not a great deal of choice here 25...Kh8 just looks wrong. In fact, I'm simply lost regardless of where the king goes to.
Clement will just retreat the knight to f3 and keep it there. This stops any counterplay I might hope for. Then he plays Rb1-b6, Ba5 if my rook comes to c7 as I had planned, and then I am completely stuck for moves. He will zugzwang me into losing either b7 or c5 (or b6 if the pawn goes there) and it's game over.
I might hope for a mistake in an OTB game, but I doubt if Clement will miss this simple approach. Hmmm, he has played this well whereas I, as per usual, have combined some good ideas with my normal ropey decision-making! <<Spoiler here