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This week’s position comes from Dean “Falcon” Brown vs Alex “Patriot” Bozhenov. It is white to move.

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The Defibrillator

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[Event “Cabin Fever Reliever”]

[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]

[Date “2017.04.11”]

[Round “4.3”]

[White “Brown, Dean”]

[Black “Bozhenov, Alex”]

[Result “0-1”]

[ECO “B23”]

[WhiteElo “1517”]

[BlackElo “1914”]

[PlyCount “92”]

[EventDate “2017.04.04”]

[TimeControl “2700”]

  1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2

b5 6. b3 Bb7 7. d3 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. g3 f6 10. Bb2 h5 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Bxh5 g5

  1. Ng6 Rh6 14. Nxf8 Rxf8 15. Bf3 Ne7 16. Ne2 e5 17. Kg2 f5 18. h3 Rfh8 19. Rh1

g4 20. hxg4 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Qd6 23. gxf5 Qf6 24. g4 Nac6 25. c3 b4

  1. c4 Nd8 27. Bc1 Nf7 28. Rh5 Qd6 29. Be3 Kc7 30. Nc1 Nc6 31. g5 Ne7 32. Bg4

Nd8 33. Rh6 Ne6 34. fxe6 dxe6 35. Rxe6 Qd8 36. Bxc5 Nc6 37. Rf6 Qg8 38. g6 Nd8

  1. Bd6+ Kb6 40. Bxe5+ Bc6 41. Bd4+ Kb7 42. c5 a5 43. Rd6 a4 44. g7 Nf7 45. Re6

Ng5 46. Re7+ Ka8 0-1

Did White flag in the final position?

Alex Relyea

It was G/45. So, the score keeping stopped there. White hung his rook, a bishop, and a couple of pawns in panic mode. Then he resigned.