notyetagm: Black to play after 35 ♗d3-e4?
 click for larger viewWith his last move 35 ♗d3-e4?, White has just made an instructive blunder. 35 ♗d3-e4? allows Black to play a basic <PINNING> idea, the <EXCHANGE ON THE PINNING SQUARE> tactic with 35 ... ♖e8x♗e4!. Position after 35 ... ♖e8x♗e4!
 click for larger viewThe tactical point of this <EXCHANGING ON THE PINNING SQUARE> idea is revealed after the further moves 36 ♘c5x♖e4 f6-f5. Position after 36 ♘c5x♖e4 f6-f5
 click for larger viewThe <PIN> of the White e4-knight to the White f3-queen by the Black d5-bishop is <REINFORCED> by the Black f5-pawn, allowing Black to capture a second time on e4, winning two pieces for a rook and giving Black the huge advantage of the ♗♗ pair on a relatively open board versus a rook. White survives only 6 more moves before resigning. Pins, pins, pins, pins, pins. Just like Weteschnik says, <<<Always be on the lookout for ways to create and avoid pins>>>. Damn good advice, which White did not follow when he allowed the 35 ♗d3-e4? ♖e8x♗e4! <EXCHANGE ON THE PINNING SQUARE> trick. |