Martin Brown wrote:
Sanny wrote:
(GetClub Easy Level) vs (IVAN 1-2 min)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nf3 Na6
7.Be3 Nb4 8.Qc3 Na6 9.0-0 Bb4 10.Qd3 Qb6 11.Nc3 Ba5 12.Na4
Qd8 13.a3 Ne7 14.b4 Bc7 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Rb1

I'm assuming this is 16.Rfb1, since move 20 is quoted as `Ra1-b1'.

16... 0-0 17.b5 cxb5 18.Qxb5 Qxb5 19.Rxb5

Unless I misread this game White offers a novelty queen for a pawn
sacrifice for no compensation when 17. .... Nc3 was the obvious
move. [...] Getclub should have at least drawn this if it had even
the first clue. Any toy chess engine should find 19. RxQ pretty
quickly.

You've misread it. It's just an exchange of pawns, then queens on b5.
19.Rxb5 is RxQ.

19... Rd7 20.Ra1-b1 Bd8 21.Rb1-b2 Rc7 22.Rb2-b3 f6

This makes no sense. At move 19, black has nothing that can move to
d7. Further, to allow 21... Rc7, he's going to have to play
19... R(a/f)c8, which leaves the Ne7 unprotected. So why doesn't
white play 20.Bxe7 ?


Dave.

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