18 Sep 05
Originally posted by zwuOoh, Legall's Mate. been awhile since I've seen one of those. But did you notice that he could have won a piece with 5...Nxe5 rather than throw himself over a cliff with Bxd1?
Game 1377372 - 8 moves (8 pairs)
19 Sep 05
Game 1016856
A well know type of mate, but with several sacrifices and I think they were correct, too!
19 Sep 05
Originally posted by jfkjmhVery pretty! You almost never see that sort of a smothered mate (forced by the queen) out in the middle of the board like that.
Game 1016856
A well know type of mate, but with several sacrifices and I think they were correct, too!
20 Sep 05
Just recently completed. A Classic Bishop Sacrifice.
Game 1421602
Unfortunately I'm a piece down for no compensation in our other game.
20 Sep 05
Originally posted by Natural ScienceWhat if he simply refuses the sacrifice? Or moves the king to g6 instead of g8?
Just recently completed. A Classic Bishop Sacrifice.
Game 1421602
Unfortunately I'm a piece down for no compensation in our other game.
20 Sep 05
Originally posted by GalaxyShieldI assume you mean I could go Ne6 after Qg4. The problem is it doesn't quite work here, because he just plays 15...f5. Now if I don't take and simply move my queen, he can move his queen to e7 and I have no useful discoveries and my attack is pretty much at an end. If I take en passant, he recaptures with the knight so I still don't have time to play the discovered check and win his queen. Recapturing with the queen seems to work also.
If he refuses the sac then he gets a free pawn. And if he moves to g6 the knight can go Ne6 or Nxf7+ winning the queen and a pawn. So, yeah.
However, I did find a line that I think wins. After 14...Kg6, I play 15. h4 Ra8 16.Qd3+ f5 17.g4 Ne7 18.h5+ and he either loses his queen to a discovered check, or he takes on h5 and ends of getting mated. Playing 17....Qf8 instead of Ne7 leads to the same outcome. Like I said, I'm pretty sure this wins in all lines.