Joe Phelps Shaves Saint Nick

Our Joe Phelps snapped out 17 moves to take a point away from SaintNick and bring our score against Republic of Newfoundland to 5.5-2.5. Joe answered 1...c5 with a Closed Sicilian / Grand Prix Attack. The move 15...Re8?? put Black in a bind and Joe jumped on the opportunity. Replay the game with analysis after the fold.

Old Town - Board 3, Chess.com
Kypatzer (2036) vs. SaintNick (1797)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. a4 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Neg5 Nd8 14. f5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Re8 16. fxe6 Nxe6 17. Rxf7

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight