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George Botterill vs Ronald Thomas
British Championship (1974), Clacton-on-Sea ENG, rd 9, Aug-14
Scotch Game: Potter Variation (C45)  ·  1-0

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Jan-08-05
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  Chessical: An impressive attacking game showing the potential of the Scotch Opening.

The decisive and unexpected sacrifice <10.Nf6+!!> shows up Black's less than obvious inaccuracy <8..0-0>, rather than <8...d6>.

<12...Ng6> loses very quicky, 13.Qh6 Qxe4+ 14.Be2 Bxf2+ 15.Kf1

<14...c6> also loses, 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Qd8 (16...Ng6 17.Rd3 Qd8 18.Rh3) 17.Rd6 Ng6 18.Rxe6

The end would be: <18.Qxh4> Nf4 19.Qg5+ Ng6 20.Qh6 Qxe4 21.Qg7 mate.

Dec-27-16
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  Dionysius1: I like 15. Rd3. I grant you 16. Rg3 is easily prevented, but it's nice that if black allows it and takes with the bishop then 17. hxg3 opens the h file to deadly effect. That's a kind of "sacrifices a rook to open a file" that I haven't seen before :-)
Mar-12-18  N.O.F. NAJDORF: What is wrong with 14 Rd1. ??
May-16-20
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  fiercebadger: 14 Ra3 bit quicker
Apr-18-23
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  Chessical: Black tries a little trick at the end, if White carelessly hits the Bishop with <17.g3> he loses his Queen to <Bg5+>. Never give up!
Apr-19-23
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  perfidious: Castling by Black was a TN, and a most unfortunate one. The retribution which followed has some neat tactical points, as outlined by <Chessical>.
Apr-20-23
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  fredthebear: 9...f6 keeps Black in the game.
Sep-10-23  N.O.F. NAJDORF: <Chessical: Black tries a little trick at the end, if White carelessly hits the Bishop with <17.g3> he loses his Queen to <Bg5+>. Never give up!>

17. g3? Bg5+ 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe5 and material is equal.

Sep-10-23
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  Chessical: <N.O.F NAJDORF> If: 17. g3? Bg5+ 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 then <19...Qe4!> appears to be very strong.


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Black simultaneously threatens mate on <e1> and threatens the Rook on <h1>. White does not appear to have an effective response.

Mar-19-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: One way: 10. Nf6+ Kh8 11. Qh5 h6 12. Bxh6 g6 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bg5+ Kg7 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bh6# or 11... gxf6 12. Bxf6+ Kg8 13. Qh6 Nf5 14. Qg5+ Ng7 15. Qxg7#. In the case of 10. Nf6+ gxf6 11. Bxf6 d5 12. Qh5 dxe4 13. Qh6 Nf5 14. Qg5+ Ng7 15. Qxg7#.
Mar-19-24
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  chrisowen: dont fall out
Mar-19-24  mel gibson: I got this one wrong. 10. Qh5.

Stockfish 16 says:

10. Nf6+

(10. Nf6+ (1.Nf6+ gxf6 2.Bxf6 Ne5 3.Qh5 N5g6 4.Bd3 d6 5.0-0 Be6 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.Qh6 Nf5 8.Qg5 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 Ng7 10.Qc3 Nh5 11.Kh1 Nhf4 12.Nc4 Bd7 13.Ne3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Ne6 ) +4.70/45 580)

score for White +4.70 depth 45.

Mar-20-24  Messiah: <chrisowen: dont fall out>

Tell that to russian businessmen and oligarchs who repeatedly learn how questionable is the quality of the average russky windows.

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