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Who would you want to be? Quiz for 1/16/07

Which side would you prefer to play? What if you were white here and you were playing someone 400 points higher? White to move. What is the move to make?

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  1. Quick glance shows me that I would sac 1.Ng6 f:g 2.Bg6 h:g 3.Qg6. Having draw I would look for something more, but not sure is there anything. Black can take the pawn with thw Q and protect from the B.

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  2. Was that something similar that you played against me? Sort of remember ...

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  3. Waiting for your comment here. Was that the way...

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  4. Yes, indeed. Here the sacrifice of both the knight and bishop yields a forced draw by perpetual (three fold repetition.

    1.Nxg6 either hxg6 or fxg6
    2.Bxg6 either hxg6 or fxg6
    3.Qxg6+ Kh8
    4.Qh8+ Kg8
    5.Qg6+ Kh8
    6.Qh6+ Kg8
    7.Qg6+ and draw by three fold repetition.

    We must always keep in mind not only the idea of a forced draw, often by perpetual queen checks, as a resource to bail out of an inferior postion when losing, but also to avoid giving our opponent who is in an inferior position the opportunity to force such a draw.

    Clearly here black's move to set up the initial position of 0...g6 was a mistake.

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