2008-2009

WORLD CAMELOT FEDERATION

CAMELOT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

GAME 3

WCF Camelot World Championship Game 3

March 8, 2009

White: Dan Troyka    Black: Michael Nolan

(Annotations by Michael Nolan)

            1.I6-G8

          1....G11-G9

          2.J6-H8-F8

        2....F10-D12!?

It is unclear to whose advantage it is to trade one Knight for two Men with all pieces on the board. 2....I11-H12 is one among several move choices that would have maintained the status quo.

       3.F8-H8xF10xF12

      3....C11-E13xG11

            4.E6-E8

         4....H11-F9

            5.I7-G5

        5....D12-F10?

5....D11-F11 was best.

           6.H6-F8?

6.E7-E9! F9xD9, 7.D7-F9xF11xH9xH11xJ9 would have won a Knight and two Men, giving White a four Man advantage.

        6....J11-H11?

6....G10-G12!, 7.E8xG10 J11-H9xF11 would have left the balance of forces unchanged.

           7.H7-F5!

Beginning a combination that wins two Men.

          7....F9xH7

      8.D7-F9xF11xH9xJ11

         8....I11xK11

         9.C6-E6-G8xI6

White now has four Men for a Knight.

         9....H10-G10

           10.D6-E6

        10....K11-J10

           11.I6-H5

11.F5-D7-F9! E10xG8, 12.F7xH9xF11 D10-D12-F10xF12 would have traded two Men for two Men, an advantageous strategy for the side with material superiority.

      11....D11-F11-H9?

11....H11-F11 would have prevented White's combination that follows.

         12.F5-D7-F9!

Beginning a combination that has the potential to win at least two Knights. Perhaps slightly better would have been 12.F7-F9!! G11-G9xE9, 13.H5-F7-D9xD11xF11xD9xF9 H11-H10, 14.F9xH11 H10xH12 winning a Knight and two Men for an overwhelming six Man advantage.

       12....G11-G9xE9

  13.H5-F5-D7-F9xD9xD11xF9?

Somewhat inexact, but certainly good enough. 13.F7-F9! E9xG9, 14.F8xH10xF10xD12 E10-F11, 15.H5-F7-D9xD11 would have left White one Knight and four Men ahead.

        13....E11-E10?

Too little and too late would have been 13....E11-F10!, 14.F9xF11 H11-F9xD7xF5xH5, 15.G6xI4 G10xE12 closing the gap slightly, but still leaving Black down by three Men.

           14.F9xD11 

    14....H11-F9xD7xF5xH5

           15.G6xI4

        ....Resigns 1-0

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