Saturday, March 31, 2012

Round 1: Xu-Harihara

I was going to title this post "Penny Xu, bloodthirsty killer," but thought better of it.


I've seen a few games of the winner of the 2012 Greater Peoria Open: kingside attacks are her thing!


Xu-Harihara
White to play

The real attacking prowess was in building up this already-decisive position: Xu's execution is ruthless.
23.Bxh6 (OK, we all saw that) 23...Rg8 24.Rf1 Nac4 25.Bxc4 Nxc4

 Xu-Harihara
White to play

26.Qf4 f6 27.Qh4 (she makes it look simple, no?) 27...gxh6

Xu-Harihara
White to play and crunch

28.Rxf6! and White won in a couple moves...

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