I have rarely seen a piece trapped so nicely as in this little game I just played on PlayChess with Black.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxb7 Rb8 20. Nd6 Red8
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🙂 that iqp was handy after all!
Guess getting a knight to d6 doesn’t equal winning in all endgames!? That one on d6 looks more like a bratwurst than a game closing goat. Nice one!
Didn’t Fischer say “A knight on f5 is like a foot to the knee”?
Apparently, a knight on d6 is horse meat! LOL!
Kasparov is the one who said “Knight to f5 and the game wins itself.”
GM Aagaard:
Could you please post the entire PGN for the game? I like my records to be complete. 🙂
GM Aagaard:
And your game is an excellent example of the trapping theme that I call “YOU CANNOT GO FORWARD IF YOU CANNOT GO BACK!”.
@Jeffrey “notyetagm” Hall
I think a PGN is a bit much for a blitz game. Copy and paste will be enough.
GM Aagaard:
I am unable to download any PDF excerpts from your site right now.
FYI
Works fine for me. Maybe you are using some alien browser we are not configered for. Would be odd, but this is the first guess.
Avkrukh recommends 13. Kc5
Ooopps.. Nc5