Game of the Week for T36
Round 6
twinders vs Satellite-Dan - A revenge win for a white loss Rnd 1 . The Albin counter-gambit serves Black well ; White shifts its power too far away from Qside and can't protect the castled K . The blunder of 28. p-f4 exf3(enP) seals White's fate
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Round 5
BHogan vs OOB1 - The win clinches a playoff berth for the 1600 . White's pieces are more active , but it's an even game until 37 , when Black blunders the white B ; can't stop a pawn push to Q after that
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Round 4
SneakyRed vs Kalhalla - The Qs come off the board by move 12 , so the game comes down to B control of diagonals and R control of columns . Black blunders his white B ; even tho he has pawn compensation , he can't get them past the 6 th rank
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Round 3
Langshaw vs chinta - The Noteboom version of the Slav . Don't take the c pawn ! :o) Black tries to keep attacking Qside but doesn't castle 1st, so he can't control Qside ; being up a pawn in endgame doesn't help , becuase White has a R to Black's N
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Round 2
SidVicious vs ivanson - Interesting mid-board struggle . Black sees the weakness on the Qside , but when he takes the a2 pawn , his Q is out of position to defend White's mating attack
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Round 1
Flying-Tiger vs J37c - J37c's 1st League win ! Things get violent early , but Black takes a pawn ad into a R-and-pawns endgame , and squeezes the win out
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