10.4.08

Neuhausen Leader in Bundesliga Baden

Our match against Waldshut Tiengen appeared to be a tough one. Despite our rating superiority on most of the boards, we had to suffer almost until the end of the six-hour limit. First we managed to take the lead:
Bojkov,D - Schaufelberger,H
Bundesliga Baden Waldshut (8.3), 06.04.2008

My last move was Ng5-attacking the bishop and intending to weaken the opponent’s king. 16...Rce8 Black left the open file, but the point is that after the natural:[16...Rfe8? White wins by force: 17.Qh5 h6 18.Rxe6! fxe6 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Qxe8+! Rxe8 21.Nf7++-] Now after:17.Qd3 I was slightly better, and after a couple of more mistakes Black lost on move 24. Decisive proved to be the game: Mader, M - Duessel, U
Bundesliga Baden Waldshut (8.3), 06.04.2008

First Manuela felt into a hidden trap. In severe time-trouble she went for: 40.Rb7 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 and now comes the shock: Rh1+! 42.Kxh1 Qxc6+ 43.Kh2 Qxb7 Black won an important pawn, but his king is very poor and actually he does not have real chances for a win. Nevertheless pushing too hard was not a good idea, since Manuela first managed to win back the pawn, and after a further blunder to liquidate to a winning pawn endgame.
Finally we won this tough match with 5.5-2.5. The leader Baden Baden slipped against the team of Horben, and now is third. We need to win our last encounter to secure a promotion in upper division.

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