The Polish Benko strikes again!

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  1. A N 2. A U

  1. N K 4. S- A 5. 3XX1 S- 6. W 8

It looked more interesting to try this instead of my traditional 6…3.

  1. 82K 3Z1 8. F 3X2 9. 8T2 8A2 10. 7XN 8Z2 11. W 7H

This is scary. It looks a little trappy for my 8.

  1. 3XX1 51

  1. 8T 3K 14. 3J 7I 15. 53 8C2

Now I at least have the advantage that he is cramped because he can’t move his 7.

  1. U- 4 17. 5H1? 7I

  1. J?? 84 19. 30

Bill Smythe

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To think that folks complain about English Descriptive notation. I am aware that TUNAFISH and CHELPATZ exist, but I’m not going to play the Rosetta Stone game.

Here is my attempt at translation into English.

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2019/10/27/Game584182984.html

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In your version white’s 13th hangs the U pawn. You have transpositions in moves 13, 14, and 15. After black’s 15th the two versions agree again.

How did this thread all of a sudden get 1206 views?? Homeland Security must have latched onto this as some sort of secret code, worth keeping an eye on.

Bill Smythe