More Chess & More than Chess: on-line supplement

graphicsDir=bpainter/ files=10 ranks=10 holdingsType=1 promoChoice=QMARSONBW whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b darkShade=#CF8948 lightShade=#FFCC9C rimColor=#000000 coordColor=#FFFFFF graphicsType=png squareSize=50 symmetry=mirror firstRank=1 borders=1 rimColor=#000000 coordColor=#FFFFFF pawn:::pawn:a3-j3 knight:N::knight:c2,h2 bishop:::bishop:d2,g2 rook:::rook:a2,j2 queen:::queen:e2 wizard:::wizard:b1,i1 champion:S:WAD:champion:b2,i2 marshall:M:RN:marshall:j1 archbishop:A:BN:archbishop:a1 leo:O:mQcpQ:star:c1,h1 king:K:KisO3isO2:king:f2 enableAI=0 moveList=1. f5 f6 2. Sd4 e7 3. e5 g7 4. exf6 gxf6 5. Ng4 Ng7 6. Nce3 d6 7. Bd5 {This leaves the Pawn on h3 hanging. But black has to deal with the attack on his Wizard first, as this is worth more than a Bishop.} e6 8. Bc6 Nce8 9. b5 {The purpose of this move is not clear. It just blocks the Bishop from retreating on the a4-e9 diagonal, and weakens white's Pawn structure. In the mean time the Pawn at f5 is also insufficiently protected.} b7 10. Bf3 Oxh3 {White missed its final chance to protect the hanging Pawn, so black can use it to bring its Leo in play.} 11. Mh2 Oj5 12. i4 {Chases the Leo away, but since it could grab another Pawn, it would go anyway, so this seems pointless.} Oxb5 13. c4 {Blocks that attack on the Queen.} Od7 {Chased away, but now attacks an unprotected Champion.} 14. Sxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6 {The difference in value between a 12-target champion and an 8-target Knight is more than a Pawn, so this was not a good trade for white.} Of7 16. Bh5 {Attacks the Leo, but not from a safe square.} Nxh5 17. ixh5 {On a 10-wide board a Bishop that is still paired is worth about a Pawn more than a simple Knight, so again white loses material.} exf5 {And the other Pawn that was up for grabs is finally taken.} 18. Of3 Wc7 19. Nxf5 Oxf5 {Sorry, but this Pawn was protected. Tricky creatures, these hoppers!} 20. Bf4 {Solves the check, and 'connects' the Leos.} Oc5 {Black could have simply traded the Leos. But now he enables a discovered check. The attack on black's hanging Leo on c1 is futile, as this Leo could simply trade.} 21. Nd7 {Disaster! The Knight that discovered the Leo check can itself attack the Queen. (And if that was not bad enough, the black Leo would also make a tasty bite for it!} Qf8 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Be5 Bg7 {Hopper attack that use an enemy as mount are conveniently solved by moving that mount away.} 24. Bxg7 Sxg7 {Taking the Leo seems better; it is worth more than a Rook, so certainly worth more than a Bishop. And it has a good path to retreat (c1-i7), which can sometimes be a concern for a hopper that jumps into the enemy camp.} 25. Oxc5 dxc5 26. Mg4 Wh7 27. Mf4 Kg8 28. Wh4 Me10 29. Qf1 Sf7 30. Og2 Kh9 31. d4 {Closing the diagonal for the Archbishop seems a bad plan. The attack of the latter on h8 can be of enormous value. E.g. 31. Od5 Sxd5? 32. Mf9+ Mg9 33. Mxh8+ Ki9 34. Mxj9+ Kxj9 (or Ki10) 35 Ah8#.} cxd4 32. Axd4 Wxd4 {Oh well, white had not seen that the Wizard covered this square too. There goes the precious Archbishop, squandering his advantage.} 33. Mxd4 Sbd7 34. Re2 Sfe7 35. h6 Bg6 36. Wc2 Sf5 37. Qe1 Re9 38. Oxa8 Of7 39. Wf3 We6 40. Re3 {Protecting f3 (which already was protected by the Leo) is futile, because Sxf3 is a double check.} c6 41. g4 Sxf3 42. Kg2 {RxS is not possibble, because the Leo also checks, and the Rook is just as good a mount as the Champion.} Sxe3 43. Wxe3 Md8 {Benevolently offers his Marshall...} 44. Mxd8 Re8 {Umm, this square is also under attack by the Leo. So 45. Oxe8 Sxe8 46. Mxe8 gives Rook + Champion for a Leo, which definitely is a good deal.} 45. Qd1 {But instead white tries to repay the favor by leaving his Marshall hanging as well.} Wd7 {The gift is not appreciated.} 46. Mf9 Sg9 47. Mxf7 {Well, if the the opponent is so reluctant to capture your Marshall, why not gobble up some other protected pieces with it?! Note that 47. Oa9 would pin the black Champion, and set up the Marshall for delivering a discovered check} We4 {Instead of capturing the Marshall straight away, creating a fork on Q+M allows black to postpone it.} 48. Oa9 {Unfortunately that allows a skewer by the Leo.} Kg8 {Ki10 to protect the Rook leads to checkmate after 49. Qd10+.} 49. Qd4 Wxf7 50. Oxj9 i7 51. hxi7 Bxj9 52. Qxh8 {White got 2 Pawns and a Bishop for the Leo.} Kf9 53. Qj10 Ac8 54. Qxj9 Wxg4 55. Wf6 Rg8 56. i8 Wj5 57. Wg7 {The white King is defenseless against the onslaught of the Rook and Archbishop. And white has locked his Queen and Rook out of the game. So white simply panics to delay the inevitable.} Wxi8 {There is no hurry in taking wg7, as it is pinned and won't go away.} 58. Qj10 Sxg7 59. Qxj8 {The white Queen walks into a discovered threat that is discovered by a checking move.} Wh5 60. Kh2 Rxj8 {white resigns}