09 Nov 07
your (weaker) opponent thinks he's got you, that you blundered off a piece, and that he's going to slay you, the beast. And then, you wish you were playing OTB so you could see first hand his facial expression when he figures out that his little combination was actually nothing? I'm having one of those moments RIGHT NOW.
09 Nov 07
Originally posted by chessisvanitywell, that moment has passed, and it's a draw...
i love it when they do there "pretty" combos.....
and i announce mate in 3
I just have to play long enough to convince my opponent of that...
by the way, i hung a pawn on move six or no with minimal compensation, and fought back this draw from inaccuracies on the part of my opponent...
it was kind of funny, how I lost the pawn. I was trying a new sac in the opening phase of a Queen's Indian (leaving book with a sacrafice is usually a bad idea, but i'm a full point up in our tournament, so I thought: "what they hey, the worst I can do is lose the game and tie the match!" anyway, it'll be a while, since I'm going to go REALLY
REALLY SLOW so I don't throw away this endgame as I have done several times in the past.
09 Nov 07
Originally posted by rubberjaw30Yeah, I did that with Im not saying any names but initials are RST. That happened with family farm too.
your (weaker) opponent thinks he's got you, that you blundered off a piece, and that he's going to slay you, the beast. And then, you wish you were playing OTB so you could see first hand his facial expression when he figures out that his little combination was actually nothing? I'm having one of those moments RIGHT NOW.