2008-2009

WORLD CAMELOT FEDERATION

CAMELOT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

GAME 4

WCF Camelot World Championship Game 4
March 8, 2009
White: Michael Nolan    Black: Dan Troyka
(Annotations by Michael Nolan)

            1.E6-G8

         1....I11-G9

            2.H6-J8

         2....I10-G12

            3.F6-H8

         3....J11-I11

            4.J6-H6

         4....D11-F9?

4....E11-F12 would have maintained parity.

          5.J8-I9?!

The right idea, but one move too soon. White begins an inexact combination that wins "the exchange" (a Knight for a Man), but misses Black's potential sixth move rejoinder. Correct was 5.D6-F8! C11-D11!, 6.J8-I9! G12-I10xI8, 7.H8xJ8.

       5....G12-I10xI8

           6.H8xJ8

         6....C11-E9?

Black misses his chance to win a Man and equalize with the very complicated 6....F10-F8!!, 7.G8xE8 D10-F10-H8xF6xF8xD8xF6, 8.H6-H8xF10xF12xD10xF10xH12xJ10 F6xH6xJ6xH8xH6, 9.J8-I7! H6xJ8, 10.J10-I9! H10-G11!, 11.I9xK7 F9-E8!, 12.D7xF9 G10xE8. With the fireworks over, White would have had two Knights and one Man, Black one Knight and three Men: a small (though probably not winning) advantage for Black!

            7.G8-F8 

         7....I11-H12

            8.F8-F6

         8....H12-G12

            9.J8-I9

         9....H10xJ8?

9....G12-I10xI8, 10.I7xI9 H10xJ8, 11.I6-G8-E6-C8 J8-I7, 12.H7xJ7 would have continued the status quo.

   10.H6-F8xH10xH12xF12xH10

   10....D10-F8xH6xJ6xH8xH6

Even worse was 10....J8xH6xH8, 11.G7xI9 E9-G9xI11, 12.I9-H9 G10xI8, 13.C6-E8xG10xE12 E11xE13, 14.I6-I7 I8xI6, 15.F7-F5-H7 I6xG8, 16.D7-F7-F5-H7xF9xF11xD9xD11 with White ending up three Men ahead.

           11.G6xI6

        11....E9-G9xI11

Not 11....G10xI10?, 12.C6-E8xG10xE12 E11xE13, 13.I6-I7! J8xH6, 14.F7-G7! H6xF8, 15.D7-F7xF9xD9xF11xF9.

           12.I6-I7! 

          12....J8xH6

           13.F7-G7!

          13....H6xF8

       14.E7xG9xE9xG11xG9

White is now one Knight ahead. The rest of the game, though challenging because of Black's aggressive play, is primarily a matter of technique.

         14....I11-H12 

           15.G9-F8

         15....H12-G12

           16.F6-E7

         16....G12-F12

           17.D7-E6?

Correct was 17.F8-F9 E10xG8, 18.D7-F7xH9, trading Men.

         17....E11-F10

           18.C6-D5

        18....F12-G11

           19.F8-F7

        19....F11-G10

           20.D6-F6

          20....E10-F9

           21.D5-D6

         21....G11-H10

            22.F6-G7

        22....F9-F11-H9

           23.D6-F6

         23....F10-G11

           24.G7-H8

          24....H9xH7

          25.E6-G8xI6

         25....G11-G9

            26.E7-G7

          26....G10-H9

           27.I6-H6

          27....G9-I9

           28.F7-H7

         28....H10-H8?

28....I9-I10 would have continued the battle.

          29.F6-G6!?

Missing an elegant win with 29.H6-F8! H8xH6, 30.F6-H8xH10xJ8 H6-H5, 31.F8-H6xH4.

         29....H8xF6

       30.G6-I8xI10xG8 

        ....Resigns 1-0

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