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+.
Bill Cook1470–Shriya Madhu14361–0B04SNCL v Ed West 327.10.2024
1.e4 f6 2.e5 d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 b6 5.f3 c6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.e2 f5 8.e3 d5 9.c5 d7 10.a3 g6 11.0-0 g7 12.d2 0-0 13.c3 f6 14.ad1 g4 15.h3 xf3 16.xf3 e6 17.fe1 e8 18.b5 e7 19.g5 a6 20.d6 c7 21.f4 d7 22.g4 h8 23.xe6 fxe6 24.xe6 h5 25.xd8 xf4 26.e8+ f8 27.f6+ g8 28.xa8 e6 29.e5 c7 30.c8 e7 31.b8 e6 32.xb7 xb7 33.xb7 c6 34.d6 xc5 35.dxc5 xe5 36.xd5 1–0This 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.
MacPherson, K–Geyer, T½–½Lindsay CupStirling CC11.11.2024
1.d4 f6 2.c4 d5 3.c3 c6 4.g5 f5 5.e3 e6 6.c5 e7 7.f3 b6 8.b4 a5 9.a3 bxc5 10.bxc5 bd7 11.e2 e4 12.xe7 xc3 13.xd8 xd1 14.xd1 xd8 15.h4 c7 16.xf5 exf5 17.d3 g6 18.b1 f6 19.e2 hb8 20.xb8 xb8 21.b1 xb1 22.xb1 e4 23.xe4 fxe4 24.a4 d7 25.f3 e6 26.fxe4 dxe4 27.f2 h5 28.g3 g5 29.h4 gxh4+ 30.xh4 f5 31.g5 h4 32.xh4 f4 33.exf4 d5 34.f5 xd4 35.f6 e3 36.g3 d3 37.f7 e2 38.f8 e1+ 39.h3 h1+ 40.g3 e1+ 41.f2 e5+ 42.h3 h5+ 43.g3 g5+ 44.h2 h5+ 45.g1 d1+ 46.h2 xa4 47.f5+ c3 48.g4 d4 49.g5 a4 50.g6 a3 51.f3+ b4 52.xc6 xc5
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.b7+ b5 54.f7 a2
Draw agreed. According to Stockfish, on 55 g7 White loses after Qe5+ or Qe2+. White holds the draw with 55 Qxa2.
½–½
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