Victories All The Way Game 2

"自出洞来无敌手"

On the 16th of August, Victories All The Way's Game No.1 was posted.

Here we present Game No.2

“自”字   信手炮（共五局）
         第二局 

  1. 炮八平五  炮２平５    2. 马八进七  马２进３
  3. 车九进一  车１平２    4. 车九平四  士６进５
  5. 车四进七  马８进９    6. 兵三进一  车２进６
  7. 马二进三  车２平３    8. 马三进四  卒３进１
  9. 兵一进一  卒３进１   10. 兵一进一  卒９进１   
 11. 车一进五  卒３平４   12. 车四平二  炮８平７   
 13. 马四进五  马３进５   14. 炮五进四  车３进１   
 15. 车一进二  车９进２   16. 车二平五  士４进５   
 17. 炮二进七  （1-0）

Game No.2

 1. C8=5    C2=5
 2. N8+7    N2+3
 3. R9+1    R1=2
 4. R9=4    G6+5
 5. R4+7    N8+9
 6. P3+1    R2+6
 7. N2+3    R2=3
 8. N3+4    P3+1
 9. P1+1    P3+1

Notes & Interpretations

Red varies, and launches the offensive through the advance of the edge Pawn. It is better for Black to play 9. ... C8=6, preparing fo the development of the left Rook, instead of the Pawn move.

10. P1+1    P9+1
11. R1+5    P3=4
12. R4=2    C8=7
13. N4+5    N3+5

Notes & Interpretations

Had Black played 12. ... C8=6 instead of the text move, the threat exerted by Red through the centre, after the exchange of Knights, can be avoided.

14. C5+4    R3+1
15. R1+2    R9+2
16. R2=5    G4+5
17. C2+7    Mate

Notes & Interpretations

Red sacrifices two Rooks in succession; all suddenly and explowsively, the defenders, stunned, are just left totally powerless to react. What an astonishing finish !


Views & Impressions

In this game, once again, we have the occasion to witness a stunning two Rooks sacrifice, though, basically it is quite different from the Rooks sacrifice of the first game. The readers are given a glimpse here of how a devastating attack can suddenly burst out from nowhere ! Red's 14. C5+4 is comparable to the crashing down of the whole Taishan mountain over the top of a defending fortress (泰山压顶）, with tremendous and unbearable pressure.