In my round two game in the Inland Empire Open, I chose the wrong way to build up pressure on f7. I thought that I had chances to win back the lost pawn, but wanted to circumvent a bishop's blocking defense. I failed to see the forced draw.
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1.Raf1 is the correct move 1… Bf6 2. e5 and now
ReplyDelete2… Qxe5 3. Rxf6 gxf6 4Qg6+ with a perpetual
2… Bxe5? 3. Rxf7 +/-
Yes, that's it. Thanks for contributing.
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