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Thor Slavensky wrote on Sun, Jun 28, 2020 11:13 AM UTC:

Great analysis and a fantastic answer to my question. Cetran Chess 3 is a fun game with a lot of strong pieces, and the 12x8 format really makes a challenge, balancing between developing the pieces and protecting the King. It's 'game on' right from the start!

I was asking Carlos, if he had enough compensation from his Queen sacrifice, if Black played 25. ... K l8xl7 26. P k4-k5 (check), K l7-l6 (Alternative 5 in the analysis). However in my inexperience with the Sissa, in my own simple analysis I had moved 27. S j4-k4 (check). The right move here was of course 27. S j4-i3 ! That activates the long-ranging abilities of this interesting piece, which now has control (if unblocked) of the square l7. This forces Black into the last variations in Carlos' analysis, and Black's position is terrible.

Maybe if you could be so smart as to find Carlos' variation  where Black is giving the Griffin up for the white Queen (last illustration) there possibly would be something to continue with, but with the 'heavy artillery' (Amazon and Griffin) being involved in the next couple of moves and Black's extremely weak king-position, I now totally understand and sympathize with Black resigning the game here!


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