Thibaut Trapp vs Lennie Cohen-Solal (2006) Trapped in the Cohener

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Thibaut Trapp vs Lennie Cohen-Solal
"Trapped in the Cohener" (game of the day Dec-02-2020)
FRA-ch U16 (2006), Aix-les-Bains FRA, rd 3, Apr-16
St. George Defense: General (B00) · 1-0

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Jan-18-07		Whitehat1963: Great little midweek puzzle after 19...Rg8 that's also dying for a punny title. Something like "Trapped in the Corner."

Dec-21-09		Domdaniel: Lennie Cohen in France? Solal, Marianne.

Jul-29-16		whiteshark: Lennie, I'm not saying it's a trap, BUT IT'S A TRAPP!

Dec-02-20		offramp: Leonard Cohen's song "Trapped in the Corner" is only available on the bootleg album <Nine Whoops-A-Daisies>, recorded at El Mocambo in 1977. The song tells the story of six whalers from Halifax, Nova Scotia who travel to Atlantic City and meet three buxom women. They rent a small room where various salty shenanigans take place. Mrs Horner shows herself to be particularly athletic: she has them all in fits, jumping off the mantel-piece and landing on her feet. At the end of each verse one couple or other gets <trapped in the corner.>😀 It is a song well worth hunting down.

Dec-02-20		Brenin: A groanworthy pun, and a typically illuminating explanation by <offramp>. At the end White is up by 2P, and threatens 23 Rxb7 (23 ... Rxb7 24 Qf8#), 23 Nf5 and 23 Rf1. A typical continuation might be 22 ... Qb6 (defending the B on b7 and pinning the N on d4) 23 Rf1 (threatening 24 Rf8+) Kg8 24 Qe6+ with mate in 2.

Dec-02-20		Cheapo by the Dozen: Outstanding pun, in that Black really was trapped in the corner (both corners, arguably).

Dec-02-20		goodevans: When white played <11.f5> it was pretty much inevitable that there would be an exchange of the f5 and g6 pawns at some point which gives black something to think about. At first it's not too much of a worry but over the next few moves it became more problematic. First the exchange of DSBs left some dark square weaknesses and then black finally cracked after <16.Nxd4>. click for larger view Obviously black initiating the exchange from this position would be very bad but as things stand <17.fxg6> puts black in a pickle. The N on d4 is eyeing up e6, dissuading black from recapturing with the f-pawn, and both Ns focus on f5 allowing for a N-sac there if black recaptures with the h-pawn. Black's solution was to protect g6 with <16...Ne5> but that didn't really work out too well. It seems he'd have been better off moving either K or R so that at least <17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Ne6> wouldn't fork them. Nice game by the young M. Trapp. Not a bad pun either.

Dec-02-20		schnarre: ...I'm used to seeing 4...e6 in the St. George rather than ...d6 (& this game is a good example of why that is). Black lost it after 13...Qa5?--13...c4 14. Bc2 e5 15. fxe e.p. fxe6 looks better, though Black still has a fight ahead.

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