CCC Practice Game

[Christopher Conkie]

18. Qh6 isn't Bg7 enough?
18. Qg4 Qc7 19. h4!?
18.Qe2 Be5 19. f4!? or 18. Qe2 Be5 19. Bh6 Bg7 forced move? 20.BxB KxB so the whole point in Be5 just exchanges our dark squared bishop.
18.Qe2 Qc7 maybe?

18. Qh6 Bg7 could end up swapping queens or putting us under pressure.

What if Qg5? I doubt we could avoid trading queens.

18. Qg4 Qc7 19. h4 allows us Ra5 in keeping with our theme of a5 and a4.

18.Qe2 Be5 19. f4?! would be Christmas come early for us. Note that's a ?! not a !?.

18. Qe2 Be5 19. Bh6 gets Qh4 is an instant and we are ahead.

18.Qe2 Qc7 maybe?

Yes....maybe. I looked at it but i liked Be5 because of the pressure on h2 and the impetus it seems to give our position. Be5 seems to allow us to call the shots, not the computer.

Christopher

[Christopher Conkie]

They will beat you. If you take them for chumps they'll make you look like chimps!

I would love to know how that would be possible when the most powerful chess engine in the world is unreleased and they don't have it.

Let's just agree to differ.



Christopher

[Steve B]

well it certainly seems like 17..g6 is going to be the move
rather then wait for another 20 or so hours ,if no one objects, i will post that as the move for the team in 2-3 hours and i will reply by Midnight tonight
any objections please post within the next few hours and we will keep the voting open

OK no objections so the move 17..g6 has been recorded in the lead post

R30 Will reply no later then the..
Stroke Of Midnight Regards
Steve

[gerold]

well it certainly seems like 17..g6 is going to be the move
rather then wait for another 20 or so hours ,if no one objects, i will post that as the move for the team in 2-3 hours and i will reply by Midnight tonight
any objections please post within the next few hours and we will keep the voting open

OK no objections so the move 17..g6 has been recorded in the lead post

R30 Will reply no later then the..
Stroke Of Midnight Regards


Steve

Thanks for moving the game forward Steve.

Best,

Gerold.

[Steve B]

well it certainly seems like 17..g6 is going to be the move
rather then wait for another 20 or so hours ,if no one objects, i will post that as the move for the team in 2-3 hours and i will reply by Midnight tonight
any objections please post within the next few hours and we will keep the voting open

OK no objections so the move 17..g6 has been recorded in the lead post

R30 Will reply no later then the..
Stroke Of Midnight Regards


Steve

Thanks for moving the game forward Steve.

Best,

Gerold.

And thanks to you for staying with the game
move 18 posted Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

R30 Keeps the Black King In his Sights With
18.Qg4

Moving Along Swimmingly Regards
Steve

[Christopher Conkie]

Qc7 is my vote which leaves the board looking like this.....

[d]r4rk1/2qp3p/2b1pbp1/8/p5Q1/3BB3/PPP2PPP/1R1R2K1 w

[Graham Banks]

Qc7 is my vote which leaves the board looking like this.....

[d]r4rk1/2qp3p/2b1pbp1/8/p5Q1/3BB3/PPP2PPP/1R1R2K1 w

Should we be worried about 18....Qc7; 19. Bc5?
Example 19....Rfc8; 20.Bxg6, hg; 21.Qxg6+, Bg7; 22.Bd6 with Be5 and Rd3 looming?

I think that 18....Qe7 would be safer. I'll look more and post my vote later.

[Christopher Conkie]

Qc7 is my vote which leaves the board looking like this.....

[d]r4rk1/2qp3p/2b1pbp1/8/p5Q1/3BB3/PPP2PPP/1R1R2K1 w

Should we be worried about 18....Qc7; 19. Bc5?
Example 19....Rfc8; 20.Bxg6, hg; 21.Qxg6+, Bg7; 22.Bd6 with Be5 and Rd3 looming?

I think that 18....Qe7 would be safer. I'll look more and post my vote later.

18....Qc7 19. Bc5? Bf3 is nice for us.

[Graham Banks]

Qc7 is my vote which leaves the board looking like this.....

[d]r4rk1/2qp3p/2b1pbp1/8/p5Q1/3BB3/PPP2PPP/1R1R2K1 w

Should we be worried about 18....Qc7; 19. Bc5?
Example 19....Rfc8; 20.Bxg6, hg; 21.Qxg6+, Bg7; 22.Bd6 with Be5 and Rd3 looming?

I think that 18....Qe7 would be safer. I'll look more and post my vote later.

18....Qc7 19. Bc5? Bf3 is nice for us.

True. Missed that.
18...Qe7 is a bit risky anyway because of 19.Bd2 planning Bb4 prefaced by a3 first if necessary.