Black to Play Black is a talented 10-year-old kid rated about 1600 USCF. White is a lifetime 1800 with about 3,000 rated games under his belt. The kid has thoroughly outplayed the wily old veteran, but played the hideous ...f7-f6 from the diagram position at left. Like most endgame mistakes, this is a completely unnecessary pawn move. It opens the 7th rank and untethers the knight which can now be harassed. Correct was simply to activate the pieces-- i.e., Kf8-e7-f6 and then have a look around. Instead, this really, really, actually happened in a rated club game:
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3/23/2013 03:04:57 am
ps, There was no time trouble. :)
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