Abstract Games Issue 4
Abstract Games Issue 4
Abstract Games Issue 4
its promotion line is a nasty threat, but this black pawn 17. d4 [White cannot capture the knight which is threatening to mate
cannot move forwards yet — there is no piece in the enemy him, for Black’s reply would be (QN)N*g3 mate] Qg1 [if White
prison to which it could be promoted — so the queen is not under took the queen, then (QQ)Q*d2 mate would be the reply] 18. Kd3
immediate attack] Qxf2, 19. Rxc2 [see diagram below; disastrous, but Bxf7+ only
cuuuuuuuuCuu delays defeat] Nf4+
{rdw1kgw4}
8 cuuuuuuuuCuu
{0p0bdp0p}
7 NQ{rdwdkdw4}
8
{wdw0whwd}
6 P{0p0wdp0p}
7
{dwdwdwdw}
5 P{wdw0wdwd}
6
{wdBhPdwd}
4 {dwdwdwdn}
5
{dwHPdwdw}
3 {wdB)PdPd}
4
{P)pdw)P)}
2 {dwHK)ndw}
3
P{$wGQIwHR}
1 {P)Rdw1bd}
2
llvllllllllV
a b c d e f g h B{$wdwdwdw}bp
1
Position after 7....(PP)*c2 llvllllllllV
a b c d e f g h
Position after 19. Rxc2
8. Bg5 Bh3 [the bishop is safe, for if White took it then the
pawn would at once become promotable] 9. Qh5 Nxh5 20. exf4 (NN)N*e1+, 21. Rxe1 Nxe1 mate. [There was also
[diagram below; surely White will now take the queen?] 20....Qxd4+, 21.Ke2 (NN)N*g3 mate. Or, if he had seen it, Black
cuuuuuuuuCuu could even have mated immediately with 20....(NN)N*b4. That
Black knight was definitely dangerous!]
Q{rdw1kgw4}
8
{0p0wdp0p}
7 Here is one last game from the tournament. White A.B. Black P.C.
1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3 Nc6, 3.d4 exd4, 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6,
{wdw0wdwd}
6
6. Nc3 d6, 7. Bg5 Be7, 8. Bc4 (NN)N*e6, 9. Bxe6 Bxe6, 10.N*f3
{dwdwdwGn}
5 OO, 11. (PP)*h6 gxh6, 12. Bxh6 *g7 [refutes White’s
castle_busting, which has now lost him a tempo] 13. Be3 c5,
{wdBhPdwd}
4
14. Qd3 (PP)*d4, 15. Nxd4 cxd4, 16. Bxd4 d5, 17. OO dxe4, 18.
{dwHPdwdb}
3 Nxe4 Qxd4 [diagram]
{P)pdw)P)}
2 cuuuuuuuuCuu
P{$wdwIwHR}
1 BN{rdwdw4kd}
8
llvllllllllV
a b c d e f g h BP{0pdwgp0p}
7
Position after 9....Nxh5 {wdwdbhwd}
6
10. Nxh3 [No, White got cold feet when he saw my postalchess
{dwdwdwdw}
5
provisional move Bxg2 in answer to the expected queen capture. {wdw1Ndwd}
4
He feared that if he took the queen then there would be an
exchange of hostage queens, soon followed by his getting mated,
{dwdQdwdw}
3
as his king is more exposed than mine.] Be7, 11. g4 Bxg5, {P)Pdw)P)}pp
2
12.*e3 Bxe3 [that shocked him; it is very aggressive] 13. fxe3
Nf3+, 14. Ke2 Qh4, 15. Nf2 (BB)B*g2, 16. R(h)c1 Qxh2
P{$wdwdRIw}np
1
[diagram] llvllllllllV
a b c d e f g h
cuuuuuuuuCuu Position after 18....Qxd4
QP{rdwdkdw4}
8 19.Resigns. [If Qxd4, then Black replies (NN)N*e2+ to win the
P{0p0wdp0p}
7 queen. Still, “Hostage” is so rich in its resources that I would have
played on. ]
{wdw0wdwd}
6
{dwdwdwdn}
5 John Leslie is a philosopher whose latest books are The End of the
World: the science and ethics of human extinction and the edited
{wdBdPdPd}
4
collection Modern Cosmology and Philosophy. Elected to the Royal
{dwHP)ndw}
3 Society of Canada, he persuaded his wife to let him take early
retirement so as to do more writing. He plans a slim volume on
{P)pdKHb1}
2
Hostage Chess some day. Please record your games, then send them
B{$w$wdwdw}b
1 to him at 64, Forbes Avenue, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 1G4.
llvllllllllV
a b c d e f g h
Position after 16....Qxh2
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