2008-2009

WORLD CAMELOT FEDERATION

CAMELOT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

GAME 5

 

 

WCF Camelot World Championship Game 5

May 31, 2009

White: Dan Troyka    Black: Michael Nolan

(Annotations by Michael Nolan)

 

 

                   1.H6-H8

 
 

                         1....E11-G9

 
 

                               2.J6-H6

 
 

               2....C11-E11

 
 

                               3.I6-G8

 
 

                        3....D11-F9?

3....G11-E9 would have retained an equal position.

 
 

                              4.D6-F8?

4.F7-H9 G9xI9, 5.H8xJ10xJ12 I10-I12xK12 would have won the exchange (a Knight for a Man) for White.

 
 

               4....D10-F12

 
 

                             5.C6-E8?

5.G6-I8 would have maintained the status quo.

 
 

               5....F11-D9!

Wins the exchange for Black.

 
 

                   6.E8xC10

 
 

          6....J11-H9-F11-D9xB11?

6....G9-E9, 7.F8xD10 J11-H9-F11-D9xD11xB9 would have allowed Black to retain his edge of a Knight for a Man.

 
 

                  7.H7-H9?

7.F7-E8 F9xF7xH9, 8.H8-I8 H9xJ7, 9.D7-F9xF11xD11xF9xH9xF11xF13 J7-J6, 10.I7xK5 I10-G12xE14 would have left White three Men ahead.

 

 

                           7....G9xI9

 
 

         8.D7-F5-H7-H9xF11xD11

 
 

                    8....I10-I8xI6?

8....F9xH7xF5xD7, 9.H8xJ10xH12 E10xC12, 10.E7xC7 I10-G10-I12xG12, 11.I7-G5-E7-G9xE11xG13 G12xG14 would have left Black up the exchange.

 
 

              9.H6xJ6

 
 

        9....F9xH7xF5xD7

 
 

       10.D11xF9xF11xF13

 
 

          10....I9-I10?

10....I9-I8, 11.H8xJ8 G11-I9, 12.E7xC7 I9xK7xI5 would have left Black down only one Man.

 
 

            11.E7xC7

Now White is up a Knight and a Man, a winning advantage.

 
 

         11....I11-J11?

11....H10-F12, 12.F13xF11 G11xE11 would have won the exchange but still left Black down two Men.

 
 

           12.F13-E13

 
 

         12....H10-F12

 
 

           13.E13-D12?

13.E13-D14 would have let the Knight escape from an eventual forced exchange for a Man.

 
 

         13....G11-G10?

13....I10-G12-E12, 14.D12-C13 E12-D13, 15.C13xE13 F12xD14, like the line beginning two moves previously, would have won the exchange but left Black down two Men.

 
 

            14.J6-I7

 
 

         14....G10-F11?

14....H11-G11 would have avoided the potential loss of a Knight by Black.

 
 
 

            15.G7-G8?

15.G7-E9 I10-G12, 16.E9-D10 H11-G11, 17.I7-G9-E7-G7-E9-C11xA11 would have won a Knight for White leaving him up two Knights and a Man.

 
 
 

       15....I10-G12-E12?

15....J11-I11 would have avoided potential exchanges.

 
 

           16.D12-C13?

16.H8-I9 E12xC12, 17.F8-H8-J10 J11xJ9xH9, 18.G8xI10xG12xE12xG10 would have won two Men for a Knight and left White up three Men.

 
 

         16....H11-G11

 
 

           17.C13-B13

 
 

         17....G11-E13

 
 

           18.B13-A12

 
 

         18....B11-C12

 
 

           19.A12-A11

 
 

         19....F12-D12

 
 

           20.A11-A10?

20.H8-H9 would have avoided the eventual loss of the exchange.

 
 

       20....F11-D13-B11

 
 

          21.I7-G9-E7

 
 

          21....E13-C11

 
 

            22.F6-D8

 
 

         22....E12-D11

 
 

          23.F8-D6-B8

 
 

         23....B11-A11

 
 

           24.A10xA12

 
 

         24....D11-B11

 
 

           25.A12xC10

 
 

        25....C11xC9xB8

Black finally wins the exchange, but is hopelessly lost with a two Man disadvantage.

 
 

            26.C7-B8!

White quite properly forces an exchange of Men, following the dictum, “When ahead, exchange; when behind, don’t.”

 

 

          26....A7xC9

 
 

           27.D8XB10

 
 

         27....C12-B12

 
 

         28.H8-F8-F6-D8

 
 

         28....D12-C13?

28....B12-C13 would have avoided the loss of the exchange, but the game was hopeless in any case.

 
 

           29.B10-C11!

White finally puts his opponent out of his misery by beginning a combination that would have won the exchange with 29....B12xD10, 30.E7-C9xE11, leaving Black down a Knight and a Man, with no chances.

 
 

          Resigns 1-0

 

 

 

 

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