Deceiving King and Pawn Ending for this Ohio Football Devotee

Les Horvath, Jersey number 22 according to well written piece by Matt Gutridge , was a venerated historical football player at Ohio State by being the college’s first Heisman Trophy winner.

So what does this have to do with chess Bobby Fischer would exclaim!? A gentleman, who plays solid and strong chess online, goes by Buckeye22. Well, what is a Buckeye or a Brutus Buckeye to be more exact?

A Buckeye looks like a chessnut, but is poisonous and can kill you like their vaunted defensive line! A weak idea for a mascot, but a mascot nonetheless.

So this ICC chess player from Ohio probably thought he was winning as he entered this King and Pawn ending with both White's d6 and f5 pawn being in the crosshair's of Buckeye22 's King at g7. However the Ohio State fan played the natural Kf6 and resigned 5 seconds later. 

Look carefully at diagrammed position to see how this chess addict self paralyzed himself leading to Zugzwang! I would have made the same blunder!! The on prix f5 pawn cannot be taken or the d5 pawn will Queen while in the meantime the fatally advanced Black e3 pawn will gobbled up by the White Monarch.

So logic dictates that the Ohio native can only advance his Queenside pawns  onto exposed and vulnerable squares!!!

Back to the Buckeyes football team who lost to Clemson this year. They fought hard and could have beaten Clemson had it not been for mistakes in crucial situations. BTW Black is losing also after Kf8, but it is much more challenging for White to convert.

Talented IM Valeri Lilov and beautiful breasted Anna Rudolf, also an International Master, write about Zugzwang in an illuminating fashion

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Swiss Chess Curmudgeon

The internet chess club saves chess playing addicts tons of money by satisfying their craving of the Royal Game online. This cuts down on hotel room costs and tolerating rooms full of snoring, farting tournament players who leave small tips for deserving waitresses.

So many players trade this experience for blitz chess at ICC where Canadian players can play guys like gianky59 from Switzerland. He is low rated player who chooses not to resign, but let his time expire in losing position. As you can see in above pic, he will censor you for about anything. I congratulated him for a remarkably well executed smothered mate where he adroitly sacrificed his Queen to checkmate my King with his Horse. It was really ingenious as he forced me to surround my own Monarch with my stuff and his pieces!  HE CENSORED ME FOR THAT. Maybe just confusing me with another member of ICC. There are many obnoxious types who play there....