Tuesday, October 03, 2006

BCC Champ Rd. 2: Cherniack-Riordan 0-1

Riordan on Cherniack-Riordan: "I won sloppily in a Q vs. R+N endgame."

The mate at the end which prompted Alex to resign is nice -- 53.Kh5 Qxh3+ 54.Kxg5 f6 mate.



Cherniack,A (2264) - Riordan,C (2330) [E73]
BCC Championship (2), 18.09.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Bf3 a5 10.Nge2 c6 11.Ng3 cxd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.Nxb5 Ba6 14.Be2 Rb8 15.Nc3 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Rxb2 17.Qf3 h6 18.Bc1 Rb7 19.0-0 a4 20.Ba3 Qa5 21.Rfc1 Nfd7 22.Rab1 Rfb8 23.Rxb7 Rxb7 24.Nge2 h5 25.Rc2 Nb3 26.Rb2 Nd4 27.Rxb7 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Nc5 29.Rb5 Qa7 30.Nc1 Qe7 31.N3e2 Qg5+ 32.Kf1 Bf8 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rb2 Bh6 35.Rc2 Qf6 36.Kg2 Qb6 37.h3 Bf8 38.Nc3 Qb4 39.Nd3 Qd4 40.Nb2 a3 41.Nbd1 c4 42.Ne3 Qd3 43.Ne2 Bh6 44.Nc1 Qd4 45.Nxc4 Qd1 46.Ne3 Bxe3 47.Rc8+ Kg7 48.fxe3 Qd2+ 49.Kg3 h4+ 50.Kxh4 Qf2+ 51.Kg4 Qg2+ 52.Kh4 g5+ 0-1

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