ancientnoise Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Result: Div A Round 21 DearyMe (white) offers a draw, which is gladly accepted by ancientnoise. Thanks to @Trogdorfor an epic match. Current status: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 6 minutes ago, ancientnoise said: Result: Div A Round 21 DearyMe (white) offers a draw, which is gladly accepted by ancientnoise. Thanks to @Trogdorfor an epic match. Current status: Well played. It felt apt to offer the draw on move 80. I thought I was winning that ending but I must have miscounted the advance of my e pawn. I was convinced I could get it promoted before your a pawn. Then I wasn't so sure. As soon as it comes off we are hurtling towards a draw save for a tactical Knight fork either way. Congratulations on the title. Well earnt, you managed to navigate your way through all the threats and traps I attempted to setup in that. Ultimately, I've been done in by some cheapos this season. I've lost two games to Qxh7++. I'm now paranoid about any and all threats on Harry (my h pawn). I also don't seem to cope very well when I have multiple games going. A note to self, finish my league games in 1 week would be helpful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) 7 hours ago, Trogdor said: Well played. It felt apt to offer the draw on move 80. I thought I was winning that ending but I must have miscounted the advance of my e pawn. I was convinced I could get it promoted before your a pawn. Then I wasn't so sure. As soon as it comes off we are hurtling towards a draw save for a tactical Knight fork either way. Congratulations on the title. Well earnt, you managed to navigate your way through all the threats and traps I attempted to setup in that. Ultimately, I've been done in by some cheapos this season. I've lost two games to Qxh7++. I'm now paranoid about any and all threats on Harry (my h pawn). I also don't seem to cope very well when I have multiple games going. A note to self, finish my league games in 1 weyek would be helpful. When you pushed your d-pawn that was the chance to get the win then. I thought you were going to win at this point but your next move probably killed any chance of the win. This was the position: Your response was: When you should have moved: You should then some moves down the line take his h-pawn and it's almost impossible to defend against. Advancing the e-pawn after taking the h-pawn draws the black king and Knight away and allows the white Knight go threaten the black a-pawn. Black is stretched on 3 fronts and it should result in the white win (though that does take a lot of patience). The final position clearly is a draw. Edited February 15 by DeeTillEhDeh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: When you pushed your d-pawn that was the chance to get the win then. I thought you were going to win at this point but your next move probably killed any chance of the win. This was the position: Your response was: When you should have moved: You should then a few moves down the line take his h-pawn and it's almost impossible to defend against. Advancing the e-pawn after taking the h-pawn draws the black king and Knight away and allows the white Knight go threaten the black a-pawn. Black is stretched on 3 fronts and it should result in the white win (though that does take a lot of patience). The final position clearly is a draw. Yeah, that is a fair assessment. I played Ke3 as I was slightly worried about Kc5 and that a pawn rolling down the board. I was convinced I was winning either way tbh and thought Ke3 was slightly safer. Evidently not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientnoise Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 14 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: The final position clearly is a draw. So I was playing through all the lines at that point, but TBF reckoned black was still able to at least get "une poursuite constante", or even force a draw by insufficent material, whichever way white moved the king. Not 100% certain on that, and TBF I was glad to stop having to think about it when the white king moved as it did. I was there for the taking earlier, but that's more a stategic late-game assessment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientnoise Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 16 hours ago, Trogdor said: Well played. It felt apt to offer the draw on move 80. I thought I was winning that ending but I must have miscounted the advance of my e pawn. I was convinced I could get it promoted before your a pawn. Then I wasn't so sure. As soon as it comes off we are hurtling towards a draw save for a tactical Knight fork either way. Congratulations on the title. Well earnt, you managed to navigate your way through all the threats and traps I attempted to setup in that. Thanks for the kind words @Trogdor. I'm sure we'll have some great matches going forward. I'm also sure we can both thank @Aim Herefor his excellent work with organising and maintaining this league. Truly appreciated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 To finish off what's been an excellent week for @ancientnoise they progress to the Semi-Final after my resignation. Analysis indicates they didn't put a foot wrong so to speak so more than worthy winners. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 7 minutes ago, Caro-Kann said: To finish off what's been an excellent week for @ancientnoise they progress to the Semi-Final after my resignation. Analysis indicates they didn't put a foot wrong so to speak so more than worthy winners. You cheapo me and then fail to avenge me? Hopefully my team give yours a going over tomorrow. @Curmudgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Thanks to @Aim Here and your assiduous administration of the leagues. You have incredible reserves of patience. Especially when awaiting results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 38 minutes ago, Trogdor said: You cheapo me and then fail to avenge me? Hopefully my team give yours a going over tomorrow. @Curmudgeon Yeah, once Broonie hears about this he'll have the lads fired up. 3 points plundered and it's all @Caro-Kann's doing. Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 54 minutes ago, Trogdor said: You cheapo me and then fail to avenge me? Hopefully my team give yours a going over tomorrow. @Curmudgeon It's tougher to get cheapos once you come up against the actual Ayrshire big guns! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, Caro-Kann said: It's tougher to get cheapos once you come up against the actual Ayrshire big guns! Just when you thought you couldn't dislike an Airdrie fan more... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 6 hours ago, Trogdor said: Thanks to @Aim Here and your assiduous administration of the leagues. You have incredible reserves of patience. Especially when awaiting my results. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 5 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) A little preseason puzzle. From a recent game. I'm down as black but white has blundered. What's the sequence of moves that won his Queen (or leads to checkmate if he doesn't follow the line) - the last move is rated brilliant by the engine. Edited February 18 by DeeTillEhDeh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 7 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: A little preseason puzzle. From a recent game. I'm down as black but white has blundered. What's the sequence of moves that won his Queen (or leads to checkmate if he doesn't follow the line) - the last move is rated brilliant by the engine. After BxN QxB, Qxh2+ then if Qg2 Re2+ forces KxR and you capture Q but rather than Qg2 they can play Kf1 and best I can see is Qxb2 eventually picking up R. Other line I thought of was Qe3+ as if Kf1 you have Bh3++ but if they instead play Kg2 then run out of attacking options especially once they play Nbd2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 4 hours ago, Caro-Kann said: After BxN QxB, Qxh2+ then if Qg2 Re2+ forces KxR and you capture Q but rather than Qg2 they can play Kf1 and best I can see is Qxb2 eventually picking up R. Other line I thought of was Qe3+ as if Kf1 you have Bh3++ but if they instead play Kg2 then run out of attacking options especially once they play Nbd2 So BxN QxB Qxh2+ - moving King to f1 results in lost pawn and rook (and Knight and Queen further down the line) Qg2 Re7 Edited February 18 by DeeTillEhDeh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientnoise Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) P&B Cup Winter 23-24 So, just waiting for the @Leicesterlichtiev @Aim Heregame to declare and we'll have the semi-final line-up. Can see that game is well under way, no rush guys: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/621398821 Spreadsheet updated here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WN7fAFWHEjwEFmI5JgTBs95NbaGBGkqpnReiRmCfkQ/edit#gid=861550279 While we wait for that outcome - if anyobody who isn't @Curmudgeon, @pleslie99or either of the players in the live game would like to step forward and volunteer to make the draw for the semi, that would be much appreciated. First to respond gets it. Edited February 18 by ancientnoise 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 15 hours ago, ancientnoise said: P&B Cup Winter 23-24 So, just waiting for the @Leicesterlichtiev @Aim Heregame to declare and we'll have the semi-final line-up. Can see that game is well under way, no rush guys: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/621398821 Spreadsheet updated here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WN7fAFWHEjwEFmI5JgTBs95NbaGBGkqpnReiRmCfkQ/edit#gid=861550279 While we wait for that outcome - if anyobody who isn't @Curmudgeon, @pleslie99or either of the players in the live game would like to step forward and volunteer to make the draw for the semi, that would be much appreciated. First to respond gets it. I'll do the draw if you want. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 The draw was conducted by an Airdrie Fan TV "personality" who got f' all payment for taking part. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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