A couple of games to post...thanks to Bill for the first one, from the SNCL where he had White against Shriya Madhu from the Edinburgh West 3 team. Bill writes: She was in a bind for a while but difficult to see a way through until I spotted the sacrifice on move 23. 24...Nh5 was the best defence and it took me a minute or two to see that swapping queens was the answer followed by Re8+ and Bf6+.
[Event "SNCL v Ed West 3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bill Cook"]
[Black "Shriya Madhu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 Bf5 8.
Be3 d5 9. c5 Nd7 10. a3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Nb5 Re7 19. Bg5 a6 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Qf4 Rd7
22. Bg4 Kh8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Nh5 25. Bxd8 Nxf4 26. Re8+ Bf8 27. Bf6+ Kg8
28. Rxa8 Ne6 29. Be5 Nc7 30. Rc8 Ne7 31. Rb8 Ne6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Nxb7 Nc6 34.
Nd6 Nxc5 35. dxc5 Nxe5 36. Rxd5 1-0
This second game was played between Toby and Kenny in the Lindsay Cup. The Queens are exchanged early on, only to both make a re-appearance later in the game.
[Event "Lindsay Cup"]
[Site "Stirling CC"]
[Date "2024.11.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "MacPherson, K"]
[Black "Geyer, T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4
a5 9. a3 bxc5 10. bxc5 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Bxd8 Nxd1 14.
Kxd1 Kxd8 15. Nh4 Kc7 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Ke2 Rhb8 20.
Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Bxb1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. a4 Kd7 25. f3 Ke6 26.
fxe4 dxe4 27. Kf2 h5 28. Kg3 g5 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 f5 31. Kg5 h4 32.
Kxh4 f4 33. exf4 Kd5 34. f5 Kxd4 35. f6 e3 36. Kg3 Kd3 37. f7 e2 38. f8=Q
e1=Q+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Qf2 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44.
Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qxa4 47. Qf5+ Kc3 48. g4 Qd4 49. g5 a4 50. g6
a3 51. Qf3+ Kb4 52. Qxc6 Qxc5
{
Stockfish offers, as +52 for Black:
53 ... Qf4+ 54 Kg2 a2 55 Qb7+ Kc3 56 Qg7+ Kd3 57 Qa1 Qg4+ 58 Kh2 Qh5+ 59 Kg2 Qxg6+ 60 Kh2 Qh7+ 61 Kg3 Qg8+ 62 Kh4 Qc4+ 63 Kh5 Qxc5+ 64 Kg6 Qb6+ 65 Kf7 Qb3+ 66 Ke7 Qb1 67 Qh8 Qb7+ 68 Ke6 Qb6+ 69 Kd5 Qb5+ 70 Ke6 Qc6+ 71 Kf7 Qf3+ 72 Kg6 Qg2+ 73 Kf5 Qf2+ 74 Ke6 Qe3+ 75 Kf5 Qc5+ 76 Kg6 Qg1+ 77 Kf7
}
53. Qb7+ Qb5 54. Qf7 a2
{
Draw agreed. According to Stockfish, on 55 b2 White loses after Qe5+ or Qe2+. White holds the draw with 55 Qxa2.
}
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