15 Aug '06 07:50>
Originally posted by YUG0slavnice!!!
Game 2377606
I love this one, 30 min of calculations leading to a double rook sac win.
Originally posted by ShinidokiAt one point Capablanca was asked something along the lines of how many candidate moves he calculated (and how far ahead) and what was the difference between him and an amatuer.
and my other axe to grind regarding "sacs" is why they are regarded in such with such awe? - why are players so proud when they sucessfully sac a queen? why is that game held with higher regard and with such reverence that all their other games are little in comparision?
Originally posted by ShinidokiI guess someone may have pointed this out already, but how does black avoid mate after 21 a5! to block the flight square to b6?
but while I'm here, I may as well post my own: -
Game 2223319
This game is my best example of a Queen sac - it doesn't deliver mate (with best defence) but it does win huge compensation for the initial loss
15. Nf6 was best, the line I considered was.
Nf6 Rxg7 Qb6? [Rf8? Bxf6+ Rxf6 Rg8+] Rxb7 Qd5 Rf7
-- this line (unlike 15.Kd8) ...[text shortened]... I later missed and went on to play a crap endgame {silly 21. Knight sac, instead of Bf3+}...)
Originally posted by zebano
At one point Capablanca was asked something along the lines of how many candidate moves he calculated (and how far ahead) and what was the difference between him and an amatuer.
His response was I only calculate 1 move, but it is the right one!
The point I am leading up to is that we are not robots to endlessly calculate thousands of variations. Instead exchange and a pawn, but to find Qxf7+ with a sacrafice leading to mate is truly impressive.
Originally posted by ShinidokiNice position - I think it's relatively easy because all White's moves are forced:
Or how about....(this one is also a lot easier)
[fen]2b1r3/1p2qpkp/2p3p1/4r3/R4Q2/2P2RP1/P1B2P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Netto-Abende, played in 1988
Black to move and mate in 6.
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these two are my favoirte examples I have ever seen, and they do illustrate how "sac's" can be ama ...[text shortened]... RHP start to sac like one of those examples is when I'll really shut up and listen.
Originally posted by chessicleI sac'd the Queen and by move 18 I had won back what I originally sacrificed, so I was left with a 3p+K+B advantage.
I guess someone may have pointed this out already, but how does black avoid mate after 21 a5! to block the flight square to b6?