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jotheblackqueen
28-Sep-18, 14:29

KING TRAPPED IN THE CENTRE!
Hi everyone!

While Ipissimus (Martin) now has a vacation flag up, I thought I would sneak in another annotation on the perils of having your king in or near the centre during the middle game with the queens on the board. Sometimes you will get away with it and sometimes you will not. The issue could be that if a rook or a queen ends up on the same file as your king, you could be putting yourself at risk of a middlegame mating attack starting with a nasty, decisive pin or discovered check.

Here is an example of a game between our club newbie, pawnish53 and myself.

gameknot.com/annotation.pl/king-caught-in-the-centre?gm=65454

If anyone else has been involved in the game, victor or victim and wish to share your experience of this then please do not hesitate to do so here.

Kind regards,

Joanne
jotheblackqueen
15-Dec-18, 12:49

...and here is another ....
The curiousity of this one is that it is a queenless middlegame but the player with the king trapped in the centre still loses!

gameknot.com/annotation.pl/king-in-the-centre-part-2?gm=65818

Hope you have a good read.

Kind regards,

Joanne
dynamic-dv
16-Dec-18, 05:40

No link
try this...

gameknot.com
jotheblackqueen
23-Dec-18, 21:34

Here is another game ......
This time a draw against Coach Ion!

Just for once, Henry was in the centre but lived to tell the tale!

gameknot.com

I hope you all have a good read in the run up to Xmas.

Kind regards,

Jo
jotheblackqueen
27-Aug-19, 13:18

Here is another game ...... BERSERKER PAWN!!
Hi everyone!

Just got round to doing another annotation. This time a king gets trapped in the centre and a black pawn metes out condign punishment.

gameknot.com/annotation.pl/berserker-pawn?gm=66858

Enjoy!

With kind regards,

Joanne
redfoxrising
27-Aug-19, 16:33

berserker-pawn
gameknot.com

corrected link

Ron



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