T74 Playoffs

Insan996 prevails against the Nimzo-Indian defense!  This was another back and forth game ending with a very nice mate. 2-1 for Valar Morghulis - last game for this round  is Nov 6.

Insan996 (1688) - kutch (1589)

Result: 1-0

Site: Internet Chess Club

Date: 2017.11.05

[...] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.¤c3 ¥b4 5.e3 ¥b7 6.¥e2 ¤e4 7.£c2 O-O 8.O-O ¥xc3 9.bxc3 Black Knight hangs on to an outpost on e4... 9...f5 10.a4 a5 11.¥a3 d6 12.¦ab1 ¤d7 13.¦fd1 ¦f6 14.c5 dxc5 15.dxc5 £e8 16.cxb6 ¤xb6 17.¥b5 ¥c6 18.c4 ¦g6? White is well up here 19.¤e5!19...¥xb5 20.¤xg6? Advantage swings to Black here - White needed just to take the B (20.cxb5 ¦h6 21.h3) 20...¥xa4 21.£d3 ¥xd1 (21...hxg6 Black would be ahead here ) 22.¤e7! And White's Knight is out of trouble! 22...¢f7 23.¦xd1 c5 24.f3! Black Knight is trapped! 24...¤f2 25.¢xf2 £xe7 26.¥b2 £h4 27.¢g1 £xc4 28.£d6 £b3?29.£c7 ¢g6 White moves in for the kill 30.£xg7 ¢h5 31.£xh7 ¢g5 32.h4#

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