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A move I am very proud of.

A move I am very proud of.

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I know it was against a lower rated opponent but i was playing badly, until this move.

Invalid FEN inserted - 4r2k/1pp3p1/p1b3q1/4n3/4NRP1/6KP/PPQ5/4/R3


Black played 31...Nd7

I played 32.???What was the decisive move???




Did black have a playable reply?

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Originally posted by Marsan
I know it was against a lower rated opponent but i was playing badly, until this move.

[fen]4r2k/1pp3p1/p1b3q1/4n3/4NRP1/6KP/PPQ5/4/R3[/fen]

Black played 31...Nd7

I played 32.[b]???What was the decisive move???




Did black have a playable reply?[/b]
You played
E4-G5! C6-E4 is only temporarily prolonging the inevitable.




Well done!

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Originally posted by wolftune
You played
RH1 ck, KG8
NF6 ck, KF7
NE8CK,(Discovered) KE8
QxQ ck, Resigns

Well done!
Sorry, i made a mistake in the first diagram, there is a pawn on h3.

But if there wasn't, i hope i would have seen that combo...

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Originally posted by Marsan
I know it was against a lower rated opponent but i was playing badly, until this move.

[fen]4r2k/1pp3p1/p1b3q1/4n3/4NRP1/6KP/PPQ5/4/R3[/fen]

Black played 31...Nd7

I played 32.[b]???What was the decisive move???




Did black have a playable reply?[/b]
It was Ng5!

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Originally posted by Marsan
Sorry, i made a mistake in the first diagram, there is a pawn on h3.

But if there wasn't, i hope i would have seen that combo...
I replied back with the winning move............with the H3 pawn back in.

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Yes, even without ... Nd7 the attention goes to Ng5. Strange.

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32. Ng5! is indeed the best move and it wins immediately. Nice find. I would note that if this were solitaire chess (as in Pandolfini's column each month in Chess Life), 32. Nf6 would get partial credit as it also results in a winning position, albeit not as clean.

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Originally posted by AlboMalapropFoozer
32. Ng5! is indeed the best move and it wins immediately. Nice find. I would note that if this were solitaire chess (as in Pandolfini's column each month in Chess Life), 32. Nf6 would get partial credit as it also results in a winning position, albeit not as clean.
Am I assuming right that the attack depends on black taking the white queen and then RxN at e5 and black can't take back because of mate? If so, what about N-g5 QxN
RxN (e5) QxR (e5)
what attack does white have now?

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Ng5 Qxg5
Rxe8+ Nf8
Rxf8 checkmate

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Ng5 Qxg5
Rxe8+ Nf8
Rxf8 checkmate
Pardon me for being dumb but isn't there a knight in the way for that move Rxe8+? And even if not, the bishop can take, it covers e8

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Pardon me for being dumb but isn't there a knight in the way for that move Rxe8+? And even if not, the bishop can take, it covers e8
Re-read the starting post carefully.
"Black played 31...Nd7
I played 32.???What was the decisive move???"

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Re-read the starting post carefully.
"Black played 31...Nd7
I played 32.???What was the decisive move???"
Ah, I thought it was white to move. That knight move makes a tiny differance🙂
So he had to go N-f7 instead but black is still an exchange down so the end will probably come soon anyway, although there is some counterplay by black.