Teamleague 38 - Round 3 Review

Not much to say about round 3 unfortunately, except that it gives me an opportunity to use the word "Zwickmuhle", and there being nothing else to report I wont pass up on the opportunity.

Zwickmuhle (there's an umlaut over the 'u') literally means "double mill", or in Chess a "windmill" attack, although in German it has conotations of a conundrum or "catch-22" situation. Usually it involves a repeated discovered check motif where the uncovering piece chops its way through all the material within it's reach. In this position the Black Knight finds 3 White men on the points of it's f3 wheel. Sadly, our guy was on the wrong side of this Zwickmuhle, but they are always pretty to look at, so...

Our Guy vs Their Guy
Black to move "Zwickmuhle"

White has just played 1. Rg1 to prevent immediate mate and play continued 1. ... Nxh4+ 2. Kh2 Nf3+ 3. Kg2 Nxd4+ 4. Kh2 Nf3+ 5. Kg2 Nxg1+ etc. White could also have lost with 4. Kf1 so the Zwickmuhle is not strictly 'forced', but if you're going down anyway, you might as well illustrate the theme.

Hypermagnus' plan to play unusual openings was trumped this round when his 2200+ opponent opened 1. h3 again proving the point that any starting move is good at amateur level.

I sat out this round but will be on board 3 in round 4 with Mejdanblues coming in on board 4 as our substitute for chestutr.

Oh, you wanted the team score for this week? In round figures, we scored a round figure...