I'm particularly proud of this one because (a) it was in the 2006 Championship final round (b) I was playing Black and (c) judging by White's play he was completely unaware of the danger until it was all too late. Game 2548749Thanks for reminding me, Gatecrasher. I'm still scratching my head ...
I was looking at vipui's game (Game 3967407), and was wondering if the sacs were sound? What if white played 21 Neg1 or 24 Kh4? Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm thinking it may not have turned out as well as it did for vipui.
FWIW, I think 27 ... Bh6 would have been neater, then a King move delivers the mate. And if 28 Kh8, then O-O-O mate!
Originally posted by BobbyG1. : vipiuvipui
I was looking at vipui's game (Game 3967407), and was wondering if the sacs were sound? What if white played 21 Neg1 or 24 Kh4? Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm thinking it may not have turned out as well as it did for vipui.
FWIW, I think 27 ... Bh6 would have been neater, then a King move delivers the mate. And if 28 Kh8, then O-O-O mate!
2. : the sacrifices were sound(you can see in the previous posts analysis and also they were checked with a computer...yes, white had better options to do but anyway the sacrifices were both sound leading to -+
Originally posted by tomtom232sicilian smaug's game was very good but it was essentially the same thing as vipiu's (a very deep, impossible for engines to find, sacrifice) .. and vipiu's was far more spectacular. Therefore my vote definitely goes to Vipiu's game.
I like Gatecrasher's game the best because it utilizes one of the most difficult tactics to spot(twice) the rook lift. White also had absolutely no counterplay!
Game 4156659 - Here's one of mine that I really like. I've analyzed this for quite a while and black has virtually no improvements.
Originally posted by exigentskywe argued this in another thread and fritz couldn't even find improvements for black it is very perplexing.
Nice game, but a win that fast doesn't happen with perfect play. I'm sure that Black had plenty of improvements. I've studied the French a lot and can tell you that that variation is supposed to be very close to equality after about 20 moves.
Originally posted by ih8sensvery nice strategy and tactics game
Game 4156659 - Here's one of mine that I really like. I've analyzed this for quite a while and black has virtually no improvements.
I don't like a5...or Nb6...but I also checked it with my pocket pc(weak engine, about FM level) and it did not find semnificant improvement...and it evaluated all the time with a black plus until it "saw" Qg6 winning 🙂
N@b6 is a bit awkward placed...maybe black should try to rop off the center instead of maintaining the tension...we should ask some French specialist(see Weierstrass)as I bet he would be stronger than a computer in a similar position(see that he has 0 lost games and I think he uses French defence).
Anyway, I am glad to know that even an u1800 would be able to beat a computer engine like Fritz sometimes 🙂 (this is no cheating accusation, was just refering to post game evaluation)
congrats, ih8sens
These are games of my own that I have completed in my past 300...I am rather to lazy to go through the rest of my games and fish out some favs...If you guys can wait a week, I have a win coming that is pretty impressive...???
Game 3638880 against Hans Rudel
Game 3941499 against Dafa
Game 3787588 against Sicilian Smaug
Game 3962893 against Rook Grabber
Game 4080298 against Wnmyers
and my favorite game at the moment
Game 4080292 against porygon
I discussed this game with several of my clanmates after the game was complete...we could not find a winning tactic for white after the 43rd move...althought no one has checked with an engine, if anyone has one can you please check, as well, can white win if he played a different 45th move??