I was playing one of my friends the other night - good player, too, ruthless at the best of times, always punishes errors, almost without fail - and just now, replying to one of my moves, I suddenly gave a gasp of commingled shame, despair and horror. I'd left my last remaining Bishop en prise for two full moves. My shame was matched only by my relief at getting away with it, and my sudden urge to make an appointment to see an optician.
Which begs the question: what is the longest sequence of moves members here have gotten away with en prise mistakes?
Not sure if this counts as en prise, but it is in the same spirit...
I failed to notice that with White's pawn push at 27, he opens up the g4 square for occupation by his bishop, skewering my two rooks in Game 1143590. But White didn't notice that right away either, and instead he did a pawn swap. He tried the skewer at move 29, but too late! Because the pawns are now no longer on the g file, I could save my rook by sliding it to the g file and pinning his just-moved bishop to his king. That allows me a tempo to slide my other rook to safety--but it gets better. I didn't need to save the other rook from his bishop, because I had a rook pawn available to attack the pinned bishop, which is thereby doomed.
Who says there is no luck in chess? 😏
EDIT: that same game had 10 half-moves in a row with captures, starting at move 15. That would be the basis for another question we could ask: what was the highest number of consecutive captures you have experienced?