King safety. And then king safety. Everything else is less important. · Training Game

November 29, 2023 NHaselton Uncategorized

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Up material but with an unsafe king? Probably no good! I took a pawn and compromised my king position soon after. It was equal, but the kind of equal where if I make a single mistake I lose. And so I did.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 { D80 Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation } Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e3 Nc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O Rad8 15. Qa4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd5 18. f4 Rh5 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. Kh1 Rd2 21. a4 Qd7 22. Qg2 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Rxa7 Qb5 26. Qg2 Qc5 27. Rb7 Rc2 28. Qe4 Rxc3 29. Qxe7 Qd5+ 30. e4 Qc4 31. Rg1 Rch3 32. Rgb1 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 R5h2+ 35. Kg3 Qd3+ 36. f3 Rh3+ { White resigns. } 0-1

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