13...Bf8!? 14 Nc3 Bc5+ 15 Kh1 Qh8
16 g4
Bxe6+ Kxe6 19 gxf5+ gxf5 20 c3! Bg1!
21 Qe2 Bxh2 22 Qg2 (so far, my analysis
after the game; it seems that Black is lost
but...) 22...Qd3! (Burgess) 23 Kxh2 Kf7!
24 Qh3 Qe2+ 25 Kg1 Rg8+ 26 Kh1 Rh8!
27 Qxh8 Qxf1+ with a draw by perpetual
check.
17...gxf5 18 Bxd5
Now 18 Nxe4 loses to 18...fxe4! 19 f5
Rg8!! 20 fxe6+ Ke8! 21 Qe2 Nd4 22 Qf2
Nf5!, while 18 Qe2 Rg8! also leads to a
win for Black.
If the knight retreats, then the white f-pawn
will advance to open up the black king.
Black must let the knight go, and he needs
to act quickly to gain some compensation
for the rook minus.
16...Qh3! 17 gxf5
Surprisingly, analysis later showed that
White is in trouble here, and that the only
way to save the game is 17 Nxe4! dxe4 18
K
K
18...Bxd5 19 Nxd5 Rg8 20 Qe2?
Now the roof falls in, but the better
20.Rf2 loses to 20...Bxf2 21 Qxf2 Nd4 22
Ne3 Nf3 23 Nf1 Qh4!! 24 Qe3 Qe1!.
20...Nd4 21 Qf2 Nf3 22 Qe2 Nxh2!
It’s a shame that I didn’t spot the lovely
22...Qg3!! 23 hxg3 Rh8+ 24 Kg2 Rh2
mate, but this also forces a quick mate.
23 Rf2 Nf1+ 24 Rh2 Rg1 mate 0–1
K
K
You too can write a chess article!
K
Your new editor
Articles are the lifeblood of En Passant,
and more of us should be writing them. So
why did JayCee have to send out repeated
requests for new articles? There are
probably three problems.
First, some of us may believe we are
incapable of writing a worthwhile article.
Second, we may feel that our stronger
brethren will pour scorn on our chess
analysis.
Third, we can’t think of a topic to write
about.
I will address all three problems, and then
hopefully I will be buried under a deluge
of articles. In recent years there have been
two main writers, Mike Read and myself.
My articles can go on a bit, and as editor
I will have less time to write them. If you
want more variety in your En Passant,
indeed if you want the magazine to survive,
the answer lies in the hands of readers like
you.
I cannot write a worthwhile article
If you can write at all, then you can write
about chess. As we shall see, there is a
myriad of topics that you can write about,
even if you do not want to annotate a
game. If you do send in an annotated game
and you are the lowest graded player in
Norfolk, then you can be pretty sure that
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