Henry L L
Isaiah W L
Luke D L
Miles L L
Owen W W
Jaden L W
ROUND 3
Highview 5, Faithful Shepherd B 0
Metcalf A 5, Sanford 0
Friendly Hills 2.5, Metcalf C 2.5
Metcalf B 3, Faithful Shepherd A 2
ROUND 4
Faithful ShepherdA 4.5, Faithful Shepherd B .5
Metcalf B 3.5, Metcalf C 1.5
Metcalf A 5, Friendly Hills 0
Highview 5, Sanford 0
UPCOMING MATCHES (note schedule change)
ROUND 5 Friendly Hills vs Highview
ROUND 6 Friendly Hills vs Faithful Shepherd
ROUND 7 No game - we already played Sanford
League Standings (unofficial)
Because Plymouth dropped out and was replaced by Sanford,
wins by forfeit against Plymouth have been rescinded and
games against Sanford are official.
Matches Games
MetA 4.0 19.0
Highvw 4.0 18.0
MetB 3.0 11.0
FrHills 2.5 11.0
FaShepA 1.0 6.5
MetC 0.5 7.0
Sanford 0.0 2.0
FaShepB 0.0 .5
TOP TEN - Look out Henry!
| Henry | 795 |
| Isaiah | 794 |
| Luke | 752 |
| Miles | 737 |
| Oscar | 678 |
| Owen | 655 |
| Jaden | 594 |
| Niko | 540 |
| Nick | 369 |
| Christian | 327 |
#1 What is Henry's only good move as white? (Hint: Henry traded knights on e7 and Metcalf Board 1 took with the King instead of the Queen! What's going on?! Then Henry checked with the Bishop and Metcalf blocked with f-pawn, leaving this position. Henry always falls for this!)
#2. Luke has just played a daring but actually inaccurate move - NxPd4?! and Ava responded with g3 protecting her bishop and freeing the e-pawn to attack Luke's knight. What are his best options?
#3. Jaden, playing Black, is crushing his MetcalfA opponent on board 5. What does he need to do now?
#4 Miles reaches this complicated position early in the game. Black has just moved b5. What should Miles do?
#5 In Miles' other game he has a slight positional lead which he can turn into a material lead. How?
#6 Same game a few moves later. Again Miles has a chance to pick up a piece. How?
ANSWERS:
#1 Henry has to play defense! He has to prevent the Queen fork. Bd2!
#2. Nb5, Nc6 or Bxd2. The game continued 12. ... Nf3+ 13. Nxf3 exf3 14.Qa4+! (forking K and B) I guess Henry isn't the only one that falls for this!
Remember when I taught the Giuocco Piano, I said whenever the c-pawn advances or is exchanged, you've go to watch out for Qa4+ or Qa5+
#3 Jaden needs to play defense! His opponent's last move was Rook from b1 to d1. Jaden thought he was just moving away from his bishop which had just snatched the a-pawn with an assist from the other bishop's pin, but his opponent was setting up a discovered attack. Jaden needs to get his King out of the line of fire! Kc8! or Bxc3+ bxc3 Ke7
Instead the game continued 13. ... Re8? 14. Bc4+ (discovered check) Ke7 15. Bxa2 a5 16. 0-0 a4??
17. Nd5+! (fork) Kf7?? (stepping into the line of fire) 18. Nxc7+ (discovered check and fork!)
#4 He should just take the pawn! Bxb5+ Do you see why?
After mistakes by both sides Miles finished with a nice queen sac, then rook sac, then mate.
#5 Attack the pinned piece! Ne5! Black knight cannot be defended. Instead Miles tried to get cute with a zwishenzug. Bxd7 Qxd7 Ne5 but this gains only a tempo with the attack on the queen.
#6. Trap - we just studied these. Attack the piece that cannot move. g4!
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