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Patrick McCartney

Deja Vu!

Twice in consecutive Reverse Angles in January and February of 2012, in the final round both times, I face the same player, Tianqi Wang, both times with White, both featuring the same moves thru White’s 17th move, and both times, the pawn push, g6, proves to be fatal to the Black King. However, only in the second of the 2 cases did it result in a win for White.

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Games from Land of the Sky XXV

I have included my first 3 rounds from Land of the Sky below.

Round 4 was actually analyzed by a GM, and can be found at http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/blog/?m=201201

Round 5 was a sloppy draw, but it was enough to put me in a 4-way tie for first, and via winning on tie breaks, finished in the top spot of the Under 2200 section of Land Of The Sky XXV.

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Annotations by McCartney

We are pleased to welcome Charlotte Expert Patrick McCartney as a contributor to the Gambit. Patrick is a dangerous competitor with a very good grounding in the game. I look forward to much instructive content from Patrick.

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