Robert Wade vs Erwin L'Ami (2008)

Robert Wade vs Erwin L'Ami
Howard Staunton Memorial 2008 · Sicilian Defense: Snyder Variation (B20) · 0-1

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Aug-19-08		notyetagm: White has just played 31 d3-d4. Black to play: 31 ... ? click for larger view http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... <Here, L'Ami clinched the game by 31...Qxf2+! 32.Qxf2 Rxf2, when 33.Kxf2 is impossible because of 33...b2, when the pawn queens.> Position after 31 ... f6xf2+! 32 b2xf2 f8xf2 click for larger view click for larger view And now the whole point of Black's play is that 33 g1xf2?? allows 33 ... b3-b2 and the passed b-pawn queens. (VAR) Position after 33 g1xf2?? b3-b2 click for larger view So l'Ami (Black) was able to win a pawn and get his rook onto the 7th rank because he was tactically alert enough to spot the <PASSED PAWN VERSUS ROOK TRICK>, the Black b3-passer versus the White a7-rook on the adjacent a-file. Note how the doubled Black b4-pawn here serves the valuable purpose of <SHIELDING> the front b-file passer so that the maneuvre a7-b7 does not threaten the front doubled passed pawn.

Aug-20-08		Bob726: Wade 0-11 HA!

Nov-24-08		newzild: Give the guy a break - he's 87 years old, or something like that, and has made an enormous contribution to chess.

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