Saturday, April 25

Belgian Battlefield

Think Belgium... and Brussels, as well as Belgian Chocolates come to mind. My opponent is from this country also known as the battlefield of Europe due to the many battles waged there in both WW1 and WW2. As a side note, famous export of Belgium included Arthur Grumiaux, Eugène Ysaÿe, The Smurfs, and Chocolate and Pralines brands such as Côte d'Or, Leonidas, Guylian and Godiva.

Anyway... as we were closely matched, we were just wearing each other out through the middle game... until all the minor and major pieces were all slaughtered. Near the end of the game I thought it was a close case of zugzwang (pronounced tsook-tsvung), which is a situation where one player is put at a disadvantage because he has to make a move, and in making any of the available moves, compromises his game.

I got lucky by the endgame as he was left with a Bad Bishop... a bad bishop on belgian battlefield... OK, that's lame. Anyway this is a classic example of how a bad bishop can screw you up.


Posted by 中国之星 at 9:23 PM

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