Saturday, May 5, 2007

The Isolated Queen's Pawn

I played this today on ICC, G/25. This illustrates what to do when you have an Isolated Queen's Pawn, and when your opponent does nothing to stop you: you put your rook behind the pawn, and push it down his throat.

White: Yours Truly
Black: "Some 2150"

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d5 Nb8 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. d6 exd6 16. Nb5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxh4 [else ... Nxf6+] 18. Nxc7 also wins) Qc5 17. Nxd6 Re6 18. Bxe6 {Black resigns} 1-0

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