Ralph Marconi's Chess Page-Coffe Break Chess No.4-sol /title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#2400ff" vlink="#ff0000"> <center> <table align=center border=2 cellspacing=4> <tr><td> <img align=left SRC="/marconi/images/title3.gif"> </font></td> <td> <img align=right SRC="/marconi/images/wr-bn.jpg"> </tr></td></table> </center> <HR NOSHADE SIZE="3"> <BR><BR><BR> <A NAME="top"> <center> <table bgcolor="E0E0E0" border=1 cellpadding="50" cellspacing="0" width=100%> <tr> <td> <table bgcolor="ffffff" border=1 cellpadding=5 width=100%> <tr><td> <img src="/marconi/images/cc.gif" align=left alt="*"> <img src="/marconi/images/baburin.gif" align=right alt="*"> <h1><strong><center><font color="brown"><em> Coffee Break Chess</em></font></h1> (No. 4, 6 March 1999)</center></strong> <p> <center><strong><font color="brown"><em>by GM Alexander Baburin</em></font></strong></center> </tr></td></table> <p> <center><strong><font color="brown">Solution:</font></strong></center> <p> In the game Daly-Rochev, Bunratty 1999, Black played 28...Bh4 and won (D). However, he missed a neat checkmate: 28...Ng3+ 29 Kg1 Qg2+ 30 Rxg2 Nh3#. <p> <BR> <center><img src="/marconi/images/cbc4d1s.gif" align=middle></center> <BR> <center><strong>Daly-Rochev</strong></center><br> <center><em>position after 28...Bh4</em></center> <p> This reminds me of the following position I witnessed a few years ago. This spectacular position occurred after 46.Nf2# (D) in the game Cladouras - D. Gurevich, Biel open 1992. <p> <BR> <center><img src="/marconi/images/cbc4d7.gif" align=middle></center> <BR> <p> <center><em>position after 46.Nf2 #</em></center> <p> <center> <A HREF="http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc4.htm">Back </A> </center> <p> <center><h5>Copyright © 1999 by GM Alexander Baburin. All rights reserved.</h5></center> </td></tr></table></center> <hr size="3" Noshade> <center> <A HREF="http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/index.htm">HOME </A> | <A HREF="http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc.index.htm">Coffee Break Chess Index </A> </center> <p> <center><font size="2"><strong>Last modified on 11 October 1999</strong></font size></center> <p> <strong><font size="2"><em><center>Webmaster: Ralph P.Marconi</center></em></font></strong> <center>Email: <a href="mailto:marconi@pandore.qc.ca"> marconi@pandore.qc.ca</a></center> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1504460-7"; urchinTracker(); </script></body></HTML>