Giving up to early???

Hi,

Cant send a link but does any of you experts think this player gave up to early seeing as he was/is 130 + points ahead of me????

Not interested in his/my mistakes but just should he have resigned???

Game No..... 5544343

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Originally posted by Ciaran
Hi,

Cant send a link but does any of you experts think this player gave up to early seeing as he was/is 130 + points ahead of me????

Not interested in his/my mistakes but just should he have resigned???

Game No..... 5544343

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Game 5544343 like this

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Black may have seen the handwriting on the wall. He is in check and has only e6 or d7 to move to. Both allow Qxh3+, winning a piece. Even worse is:

...K-e6
B-c4+ ...K-d7
R(a)-d1+

and wins the Black Q when the King moves away.

Make note of the crossfire pattern your B and Q have going against the enemy K, it does come in handy!

Hey, thanks for that fella...

Might have got there in the end but as a 150 lower rated player should he have not taken the chance?? I prob would have taken the bishop and tried to swap as much as possible till the end....

Originally posted by Ciaran
I prob would have taken the bishop and tried to swap as much as possible till the end

That is a safe way to do it, but your opponent would then have chances to get back into the game. Do the math: Enemy King in middle of board + lots of your pieces in the area + open lines for attack + your Q active + danger to YOUR K-side = attack, attack, attack.
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Thanks fella....I'll try.......fed up with getting in good positions and losing.....Cheers..