National Club Championship 2010, Dublin IRL, 2010,
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[Event "National Club Championship 2010"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tecklanborg, Brendan"]
[Black "Egan, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "r3kb1r/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/3n1q2/8/PPPK2PP/RNBQ1B1R w kq - 0 1"]
[ICUid "29525"]
1. Kc3 $4 { Although White is lost anyway, he may have prolonged the
struggle by moving his King to either e1 or d3. } 1... Qe4 $2 (1... Ne2+ $1
2. Kd3 (2. Qxe2 Qb4+ 3. Kd3 Qd4#) { ; } (2. Bxe2 Qb4+ 3. Kd3 Qd4#) 2...
Nxc1+) 2. Qd3 $4 { this allows a nice mate in 4, which Colm doesn't miss.
Best would have been to create a "safe" square for his King with 2.b3! }
2... Bb4+ $1 3. Kxb4 Nc6+ 4. Kc5 Qb4+ 5. Kxd5 O-O-O# { a nice finish
indeed. } 0-1
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1. Kc3?? Although White is lost anyway, he may have prolonged the
struggle by moving his King to either e1 or d3. 1... Qe4? ( 1... Ne2+! 2. Kd3 ( 2. Qxe2 Qb4+ 3. Kd3 Qd4# ) ; ( 2. Bxe2 Qb4+ 3. Kd3 Qd4# ) 2... Nxc1+ ) 2. Qd3?? this allows a nice mate in 4, which Colm doesn't miss.
Best would have been to create a "safe" square for his King with 2.b3! 2... Bb4+! 3. Kxb4 Nc6+ 4. Kc5 Qb4+ 5. Kxd5 O-O-O# a nice finish
indeed. 0-1
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