An Outnumbered Army August 26, 2020 by MAAKASU Sometimes, a bishop plus a knight can dominate a rooks’ game. For instance, there is this game [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Fatima_Mirzeliyeva"] [Black "MAAKASU"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "1852"] [BlackElo "1820"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "1800"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 $5 {Evans Gambit. The most recent game was played August 16, 2020} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 (5... d6 {This was actually played once!} 6. cxb4 Nxb4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nd5 a6 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qf4 Nxd5 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 b5 21. Bb3 Bh5 22. Rg1 g6 23. Qh6 Qe7 24. Kd2 Qe5 25. Rxg6+ Bxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kh7 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Qf5+ Kh8 31. Qh5# {1-0 (31) Indilewitsch,M (919)-Dittrich,J (681) Magdeburg 2012}) 6. Qb3 Qe7 (6... Qf6 {is also good}) (6... Nh6 $2 7. d4 exd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Bxf7+ $14) 7. Ba3 {[#]} d6 {The ONLY move} 8. O-O Nf6 9. Ng5 O-O {[#]} 10. Nxf7 $6 $146 {A Novelty, and a bad one.} Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ $6 (11. d3) 11... Qxf7 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {Black wins already!} 13. d3 Be6 14. f4 Bb6+ 15. Kh1 exf4 16. Rxf4 Kg8 {with the idea of Ng4} 17. d4 d5 $2 (17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 $19) 18. e5 $2 Ne4 19. c4 (19. Bb2 {Protect the C-Pawn}) 19... g5 20. Rf1 Bxd4 $1 $19 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. h3 $4 Ng3+ $1 {In-Betweener. Black wins two rooks.} 23. Kh2 Nxf1+ 24. Kh1 Bxa1 25. Kg1 Ne3 26. Nd2 Bxe5 27. Kf2 Nc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Ke3 Bxa2 30. Kf3 h5 31. Bc1 Bd5+ 32. Ke2 Bxg2 33. Kf2 Bxh3 34. Bxg5 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 { Black cannot lose here.} Bd4+ ({Actually, Black can lose…} 35... a5 36. Bh4 a4 37. Bg5 a3 38. Bh4 a2 39. Bg5 b5 40. Bh4 b4 41. Bg5 b3 42. Bh4 b2 43. Bg5 b1=B 44. Bh4 Kh8 45. Bg5 Bh7 46. Bh4 Bg8 47. Bg5 Bf5 48. Bh4 Bfh7 49. Bg5 Rd8 50. Kf3 Bf6 51. Bxf6#) 36. Kd3 Rf3+ 37. Kc4 Rc3+ 38. Kd5 Rc5+ 39. Ke4 Bf5+ 40. Kf3 a5 41. Kg3 a4 42. Kf3 a3 43. Ke2 a2 44. Kd2 a1=Q 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Ke1 Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Bc2+ 48. Kc1 Qe1# {MAAKASU won by checkmate} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Whenever you decide to trade rook for bishop and knight, keep this is mind! Bye!
