Chess and Wishful Thinking

Sometimes you execute a bold sacrifice that you think will win the game for you in a move or two. Yet, your opponent has a different idea. Case in point is this game where white sacrifices its white bishop on 16 h7 anticipating the black king to move to h8 and then, an easy a mate in two…alas, the black king has a different idea.

Originally posted by dubnikova

wow, that a 1900 thinking vs 1500 putzers..

Originally posted by dubnikova
Sometimes you execute a bold sacrifice that you think will win the game for you in a move or two. Yet, your opponent has a different idea. Case in point is this game where white sacrifices its white bishop on 16 h7 anticipating the black king to move to h8 and then, an easy a mate in two…alas, the black king has a different idea.

[pgn]
[Event "Open ...[text shortened]... . Rd1c1 Rc8c4 38. Kg1g2 d5 39. Kg2f3 Nf5xd4 40. Kf3e3 Nd4b5 0-1 [/pgn]

I would never dare to sac a piece with so little material on the attack, unless there's a clear mate of course. because it usually turns out just like this, the attack loses steam. there's no follow-through, and you're just left a piece down, bleeding to death.

Originally posted by Romanticus
After 16....,Kh8 how do you mate in 2?
In fact,I don't see a forced mate at all.

Originally posted by dubnikova
wow, that a 1900 thinking vs 1500 putzers..

Originally posted by tmstwrt88
sorry but a 1500 player should see a discovered check like that. I actually thought that was your whole point behind Qg4 until I clicked the next button and your knight jumped back to e4.

Originally posted by tmstwrt88
if he was so lucky that his opponent would have made the move Kh8 he then had Qh5+ followed by Qh7#

I believe after looking at real quick that even Kg8 after you played Ng5+ would have prevented mate after

18. Qh5 Re8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ng8

or

white could have compensated for the lost bishop with 2 pawns and a weakened black kingside after

18. Qh5 Re8 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ng8

Originally posted by Romanticus
Lucky?Hm,think I'd prefer 16...,Kh8 over 16....,Kxh7.
Mate in two?After 16....,Kh8 the white queen cannot reach h5 because of the knight on f3,even if it could it wouldn't be with check because of the bishop on h7 which has not been captured.

I don't see a forced mate in that line.Not that it's a problem because white didn't lose a piece but won a pawn.

20. Rh3 check is better. White is a piece down, trading stuff and playing on the Q-side isn't going to help him. Rook lift that guy to the K-side and hope you can get a mating attack.

Instead of the move given, doesn't 19 Nxe6 dis ch win the Q?