White to move
Fortunately, my opponent missed the key move here and I was able to defend. We swapped off pieces and I anticipated an ending with a bishop and four pawns against seven pawns. Instead, my opponent dropped a rook in an even position and then resigned.
In the second round, I had White against a young woman who I had briefly coached a few years ago when she was preparing for the Idaho Girl's Championship.
White to move
I made the wrong move here and quickly lost.
How would you play these two positions?
Found the first but missed the "second blade" in the second : I would probably have lost that one as well (I picked 1.Kh2, thinking I was clever, but...)
ReplyDeleteI had about thirty minutes to my opponent's hour. I could have taken three minutes on the second position, but hastily grabbed the rook. I won my other games and tied for first in my rating class. Every A Class player in this event lost at least one game.
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