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Your webmaster, perusing the tables at the May 2011 Woodlands tournament, found himself at the table of a playoff game between David Brodsky and Morgan Lawless. While snapping the picture above, he wondered "how did they get into that position?"
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It is Black to move, he's in check and is losing a piece in a queen-exchange tempo race. A peek at the scoresheets revealed what had happened - and what could have happened.
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Here's the first 8 moves of the game: (use the arrow keys to step thru the moves, or press END):
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After Black's 8th move, White found a sharp move that put him a tempo ahead, gaining a piece, after both queens left the board. What do you think it was?
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White's move is easy to find if you just work backwards from the first diagram above.
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