I must apologize to my readers for the long gap between posts. I have been at a loss as to what to write about.
I think that general articles of interest are the most
appreciated, since game analysis and puzzles can be reviewed in various
magazines, books, videos and internet streams. Who wants to set up a board to
follow along on a game on a blog post? I hope all of you, but I am not sure
that is the case.
However, the games I do post I found interesting or
entertaining for some reason or I would not have posted them. But they take a
much longer time to produce and the readership for those is actually a lot
less. I sense a kind of a diminishing return; e.i., the more work and time I
put into a certain post, the less it is read and enjoyed.
A personal interest story or a short general lesson
seems to be the most read posts. A dilemma for your chess scribe to be sure.
But here is a
game I found which I think deserves a look. A 10-year old player Abhimanyu Mishra
(2353) defeats the Grandmaster Yaroslav Zherebukh (2695) with White.
We pick the game up at the critical point where little
Mishra has played positionally brilliant so far, but is he starting to crack under
the pressure of his GM opponent?
White has just played 32. g3? The correct move was 32. b4. This cuts Abhimanyu’s positional advantage in half to just a pawn (+1).
Let’s see if this starts a decline of concentration
for this young man.
32. …..
Nf5
33. Kg2 Rh8
34. Qg4
Rh5
The GM is fighting for his life and sets a trap. Black
is hoping the youngster will play an attacking move like 35. Nh4? Rg5 (not 36.
Qf3 because of ….Nh4+ forks White’s queen) 36. Qd1 Rxg3 and not 37. fxg3 because
of ….Ne3+ forking the queen. So after 37. Kh1 the game is a draw. But the youngster
sees all this.
35. h4! Bxh4?
36. gxh4
Rxh4?
Black has lost his desire at this point and the
youngster does not let the GM get away.
37. Qg5
Nxe5
38. Bxf5
Rh2+
39. Kg3
exf5
40. Ra6
Rbh8
41. Nf4
Black resigns as time control was reached.
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