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22. January 2009, 08:06:46
MrWCF 
Subject: A Challenging Game, Annotated
Modified by MrWCF (22. January 2009, 08:32:27)

I thought that I would annotate my game just completed against skinny18.  It was the most difficult Camelot game I've had so far on BrainKing.  Camelot (MrWCF vs. skinny18) 



White: MrWCF
Black: skinny18
16 January 2009
 
1.E6-G8 G11-G9
2.F6-H8 H11-H9
3.D6-F8 J11-H11
4.E7-C7? (The beginning of an unsound combination by White that leads to a loss of a Man.)
4....G9XE7
5.H6-F6 E7XG5
6.I7-G9XG11XI9XG9 H11-H10
7.G6XG4 H10XF8XH6
8.H7XH5 (White is up the one Man that he envisioned, but not for long.)
8....F11-F9! (When White played 4.E7-C7, he was completely blind to this excellent move by his opponent.  Threatened are both 9....F9xH7xJ5xJ7 and 9....C11-E9-G9xI7xI5xG5xG3)
9.J6-I5 F9XH7XH9 (Now White is a piece down.)
10.F7-E7 I11-I9-G9
11.D7-D6 I10-H10
12.H5-J7 G9-G8
13.G4-H5 E11-E9
14.J7-I8 H9XJ7
15.I6XK8 G8-H9
16.K8-L9 (Hoping to divert some Black pieces to the task of stopping this White end-around in the hope of evening up the forces in the center.)
16....H9-I10 (Taking the bait.  In Camelot, allowing one enemy piece to get around your forces and move toward your Castle is rarely dangerous.  On the contrary, it reduces the enemy's presence in the tactics-rich center by a piece.)
17.H5-H6 C11-E11-G9
18.E7-F7 G9-I11
19.C7-D7 D11-D9
20.L9-L10 H10-H11
21.L10-L11 I10-I12
22.I5-I6 I12-J13
23.H6-H7 E9-G11
24.I6-G8-E6 D9-D11
25.C6-C7 I11-I12
26.H7-G7 J13-K12
27.L11XJ13 I12XK14 (Black has stopped the White end-around, but at what cost.)
28.G7-E7 K14-J13 (Correctly attempting to get the Knight back into play.  Regardless of slightly questionable strategic planning, Black has played a tactically perfect game up to this point.)
29.D6-D8 D10-E9? (Finally, White gets a break.  This move loses material.  29....D10-E11 would have maintained Black's advantage.)
30.D7-D9! E9XC9 (Best.  30....E10xC8xE8xG6, 31.E6-E8xE10xG10xI12xK14 would have given White a two Knights for two Men advantage.)
31.C7-E9XE11XG9 C9-C8!? (Best was 31....H11-I12!, 32.D8-F6-F8-H10xF12 allowing White only a one Man advantage with plenty of counterplay by Black.  In this variation, White might have fallen into the clever trap of 32.E6-E8-C8xC10xE12? G11-G10!, 33.G9xG11 J13-H11xF11xD13 with a probable draw.)
32.D8-F6-F8-H10XH12XF10 (With a one Knight and one Man advantage.  Not 32.D8xB8 with only a one Knight advantage.  And certainly not 32.E6-G8-G10xI12xK14 C8xE8xE6xG8xG10 with a win for Black.)
32....D11-C10
33.E6-G8 C10-C9
34.E7-D7 C8XE6
35.F7XD5 RESIGNS 1-0
A tough game by my worthy opponent!


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