Interclub Highlights - Premature Resignations
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Hague, Ben - Pomeroy, Arthur - NZCF Online Interclub 3+2 Blitz Event 1 2020
Ben Hague "wtfai", Auckland Chess Centre vs Arthur Pomeroy "Arthur_Pomeroy", Wellington Chess Club 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Nd2 Nxg5 6.hxg5 Qxb2 7.e4 g6 8.Rb1 Qe5 9.Ngf3 Qc7 10.e5 Bg7 11.Qe2 d6 12.Nc4 dxe5 13.Nfxe5 O-O 14.Qe4 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Qh4 Bc3+ 17.Kd1
Moves are clickable
When I first saw this position I agreed that resigning was sensible here, but actually Black is better! (17.Kd1 h5 18.gxh6 Kh7 And Black's king's comfort levels are nice and toasty ) ( or 17.Kd1 Rfd8 is also good for Black, the mighty prelate controls h8 and prevents mate of course ) 1-0
In the next example the beneficiary becomes the victim.
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Winter, Ryan - Hague, Ben - NZCF Online Interclub 3+2 Blitz Event 1 2020
Ryan Winter "RyanWelly", Wellington Chess Club vs Ben Hague "wtfai", Auckland Chess Centre 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bf5 7.d4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Bf4 Na5 12.Qe2 Nxb3 13.axb3 c6 14.Rad1 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.c3 Bf6 17.Ne5 a6 18.Ra1 Rc8 19.b4 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qg5 21.Kh1 Be4 22.f3 Bf5 23.b5 axb5 24.Qxb5 Ra8 25.Qxb7 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Qh4 27.Kh2 Qf2 28.Ra8 Rxa8 29.Qxa8+ Kh7 30.Qf8
Moves are clickable
(30.Qf8 f6 is available after which Black is fine ) 1-0