Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Kansas City Quick Championship 2008


This is a position from my last game in the Kansas City Quick Championship. At this point I was tied for first place and had the white pieces; however, in time pressure I lost the tread. What is the winning sequence of moves? White to move.

9 comments:

takchess said...

My bet would be it starts with Bf4.
How quick is quick?

The retired pawn said...

Tak: It was G29. Bf4 is the first, but there is a proper sequence of moves to win...can you find them?

takchess said...

I'm puzzled on what blacks counter is to this. What is blacks next move then I can figure it out.

The retired pawn said...

Tak: That is part of it. Sitting at the board with 5 minutes on the clock and you are confronted with this position. Try to select the best moves for black and white. I couldn't do it at the board, but it was found during post-mortem with the strongest players making suggestions. Give it a try.

takchess said...

I appreciate you keeping on the straight and narrow *) I'll think about it this weekend but as i see black has no good news.

takchess said...

should read "Moves"

The Caquetio Knight said...

1.Bf4 Qf8 2.Rxd8 Qxd8 3.Qxb8 Qxb8 4.Bxb8 And you have a won endgame for white(Bishop against knight, a unubstructed pawn on on the a file, you can centralize your King very easy.

The retired pawn said...

Caquetio Knight: You have managed the key sequence of moves. Having said that, the game is not over yet and accurate play is needed to bring home the point.

Anonymous said...

Bf4... if i was having trouble with time....