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Defeat from the jaws of Victory

Defeat from the jaws of Victory

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This was one of the Recent Checkmates that came up when I logged in just now, goes to show why sometimes you should fight on till the bitter end 🙂

Game 7029296



🙂

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what about this,

Game 8932471



48...Kg7 the losing move for me, much better and winning was . . . .
...Nc2

l will annotate it later after the pain has gone.

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie

l will annotate it later after the pain has gone.
The fact you have put it here does you credit Robbie, I feel I should join in with the self deprecation. This wasn't a thrown away win, but the Rook exchange hastened my downfall...

Game 8918767

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Originally posted by morgski
The fact you have put it here does you credit Robbie, I feel I should join in with the self deprecation. This wasn't a thrown away win, but the Rook exchange hastened my downfall...

Game 8918767

[pgn]1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf1d3 Nb8c6 5. c3 Qd8c7 6. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 7. h3 Bg4h5 8. O-O e6 9. Bd3e2 Bf8d6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Be2xc4 Ng8f6 12. Bc4e2 ...[text shortened]... 8 28. f4 Kf8e7 29. Kg1f2 Rd8b8 30. Rc6c8 {in hindsight, oops} Rb8xc8 31. Ba6xc8 Nd7c5 0-1[/pgn]
ouch!