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1. e4
The most sensible opening move. Wherever white's
king develops (d2, e2, f2), this move will need to
be played. White opens a line for his bishop as well.
1. b4 is another reasonable try. Other moves just
don't accomplish as much.
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2. e5 b5
The most testing reply. Black opens lines for both
his bishops, gives his king the square e7, and threatens
to remove white's queen.
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3. b4 f4 fxe5
An extremely ambitious series, designed to keep white's
queen on the board. White can also play more slowly with
3. b4 Nh3 (move), but it is hard to find a line that does
not give black a simple advantage. 3. b4 Nh3 d4 will
allow black to capture a rook easily with Bg5xc1.
3. b4 Nh3 f4 just walks into series with Bh4+. 3. Nh3
f4 fe is another agressive try, and perhaps stronger.
I rejected it due to 4. Bxe4 Bxg2 Bxf1 Bh4+.
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4. f6 fxe5 Nh6 Rxf1+
Attempts to remove the queen with
4. Bxe4 Bxg2 Bxh1 (move) get mated by the e5 pawn promoting
on f8 defended by either a rook or a bishop. 4. Bxe4 Bxg2
Bxh1 Be7 gets mated by 5. Rxf7 Bh5 Ke2 Rcf1 Rxf8#. Black
can try 4. f5 fe Nh6 Rxf1+, but this is worse than the game
continuation, i.e. 5. Kxf1 e6 Bxg7 Bxh8 Kf2 and white is
winning. The main alternative is 4. d6 dxe5 Kd7 Bh4+.
White's best response is to find a good series ending in
Nxe5+, but in practice this is difficult; black may be
winning after 4. d6 de Kd7 Bh4+.
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5. Kxf1 Bxe5 Bxg7 Bxh8 Kf2
A forced continuation. White must remove the queen and
get his king off the back rank. 5. Kxf1 Bxe5 Bxg7 Bxh8 Bh5+
allows 6. Kf8 Bh4 Re8 Rxe4 Ke7 Re1+, winning.
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6. Bxe4 Bxg2 Bxh1 d5 Kd7 Bh4+ ?
A tempting series, but incorrect. Black has the option
to remove white's queen either with his a8 bishop or his
h6 knight. The h6 knight is the correct choice.
6. Kf7 Bf6 (or g5) Rxh8 Nf5 Ng3 Nxh1+ is the correct
series. White must then work very hard on his 7 to
survive to the 9. I think the position is still level.
If black plays Bg5, white will get Nxg5+ at the end of
his 7. If black plays Bf6, white can capture the bishop
on f6 with a pawn.
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7. Ke3 Nf3 Nxh4 Nf5 Nd6 Nxc8 Bg4+ !
A fine series, which so disorganizes the enemy king
position that mate on the 9 is unavoidable. Black must
now move either to the back rank or to c6, where,
despite the fact he can swallow enormous amounts of white
material, he is unable to keep his king safe from the
tattered remains of the white army. The beauty in
this series lies in the invulnerability of the white
bishop on g4, which cannot be taken immediately due
to the check.
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8. Kc6 a5 axb4 b3 bxa2 axb1=Q Qxc1 Nxg4+
What else? Black can spend his whole series trying
to get his king safe, but then white will have too much
material left on the 9.
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9. Kf4 Kf5 Ke6 Bd4 Nd6 c4 cxb5++
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White mates with a mere handful of pieces and
so reaps the rewards from his nice seven-series. |
