2008-2009

WORLD CAMELOT FEDERATION

CAMELOT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

GAME 2

WCF Camelot World Championship Game 2

February 7, 2009

White: Michael Nolan     Black: Dan Troyka

(Annotations by Michael Nolan)

            1.E6-G8

         1....D11-F9

            2.H6-F8

        2....C11-E9-G9

            3.G6-E8

        3....H11-H9?

3....E11-C9 would have maintained equality.

          4.C6-E6??

4.I6-I8! H9xJ7xJ5, 5.H7-J7! F9xH7, 6.D7-F9xH11xH9xF9xD11xD9 H7-I8!, 7.J7xH9 I10xG8xG6xE6xG8, 8.D9-F7-F9xH7 would have won two Knights for two Men.

        4....J11-H11?

4....D10-D9!, 5.E8xC10 E11-E9!, 6.F8xD10 E10-G12!, 7.G8xE10 I10-G8xG6xE8xC6, 8.D6xB6 J11-H11-F9xD11xD9xB11, 9.F6-D6-F8 G9-E11, 10.E6-E8-G8xI10xI12 E11-G9-I11xI13 would have won one Man.

           5.F6-D8!?

It is unclear to whose advantage it is to trade one Knight for two Men with all pieces on the board.

       5....G9-E9xC7xE5

            6.E6xE4

         6....I11-G9?

6....D10-F12!, 7.G7-E9! (Black threatens to win four Men for one Knight with 7....F11-D9!, 8.J6-H8-F6-D8xD10 H11-F11-D11xD9, 9.E8xC10 E10-E12!, 10.G8xE10 I10-G8xE6xE8xG8xG6xI8, 11.I7xI9xG9 F10xD10xB10) 7....F10xD8xF6, 8.I7-G7xE5 would have won a Man.

            7.E4-F5

          7....D10-F12

            8.F5-G6?

8.D7-E6 would have maintained equality.

        8....F12-G12??

8....H10-H12!, 9.F8xH10xH8 F10-F8!, 10.E7xG9xE9 F12-F10xD8xF8xF6xH6xJ8 would have won two Knights for one Man.

           9.I6-J7???

A losing choice at the game's critical moment. 9.E7-C7! G9xE7xE9, 10.J6-H8-F8xD10xF12xH12 H11xH13, 11.G7-H8 H9-G9, 12.H8-I8! G9xG7xG5, 13.F7-F6! G5xE7, 14.I7-I9xI11xG9xE11xE9xG9 G10xG8, 15.D7xF7xH9 would have won four Men for a Knight, leaving White two Men up with an easy victory.

         9....E10-E12!

           10.G8xE10

  10....I10-G8xI6xI8xK6xI6

Black wins two Knights and one Man, and gains a three Man and one Knight advantage.

            11.G6-F6?

11.G6-G8xI10 E11xE9, 12.E8xE10 H11-F13-D11xF9, 13.F8-G8 F9-H11xJ9, 14.G8-G6-E8 G12-H11, 15.G7-H6 I6xG6, 16.F7xH5 is better.

    11....H11-F13-D11xF9?

11....E11xE9, 12.F8xD10 G12-I10-G8xG6xE6xC8, 13.D10-E11 F11xD11 is much better.

           12.E8-G8?

The final mistake. 12.F8-G8 F9xH7, 13.G7xI7xI5 is better, but not nearly enough.

          12....F9xH7

          13.G7xI7xI5

          13....G10-G8

            14.F8xH8

 14....G12-G10-I8xG8xE6xE8xC6 

          Resigns 0-1

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