I lost this one but its an interesting loss

See what happens after move 13, I bit off more than I could chew, forgot his queen can come to the rescue. I sac'd two pieces for that attack too. Bummer.Game 3159367

Soo...which one are you?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Game 315967
See what happens after move 13, I bit off more than I could chew, forgot his queen can come to the rescue. I sac'd two pieces for that attack too. Bummer.

Are you sure that's your game?

White wins so I guess black.

Is this another suicide by forum post?

I would have alerted the mods already, but I think it's an honest mistake.

OOPS, I missed a frigging number! I got flustered by a stupid IE message saying I had to allow temporary scripts. My only excuse🙂Game 3159367

Originally posted by sonhouse
OOPS, I missed a frigging number! I got flustered by a stupid IE message saying I had to allow temporary scripts. My only excuse🙂Game 3159367

you certainly sacrificed a bunch of pieces thats for sure

Originally posted by Dies Irae
you certainly sacrificed a bunch of pieces thats for sure

Yeah, I though for sure my pawn would punch through, but I missed the queen coming down behind the pawn, I should have prepared the sac by getting my back bishop out so the rook could have taken the my rook snatcher, that may have made it a more potent attack. As it was, the attack was an illusion!

why not 14.... a2

I didn't take a close look but then he has to respond to the mate threat and you'll queen???

edit: Oh I get it. 15. Qa5

Now I understand it all

Originally posted by Dies Irae
why not 14.... a2

I didn't take a close look but then he has to respond to the mate threat and you'll queen???

edit: Oh I get it. 15. Qa5

Now I understand it all

No, his queen just comes to a5 and stops all that stuff. Thats why I didn't immediatly push. I saw the queen coming in. I was going through all kind of hoops to keep it out of there. Ah, you beat me to it.

Originally posted by sonhouse
No, his queen just comes to a5 and stops all that stuff. Thats why I didn't immediatly push. I saw the queen coming in. I was going through all kind of hoops to keep it out of there. Ah, you beat me to it.

Hrm, I'm having a tough time finding a winning line for black after bxa3, I'm not sure your sacrifice was justifiable.

Yeah, it's tough for you after that, I think the main problem with the sacrifice is that your queen is out of play, and white's d pawn prevents too many troubles - trying axb2+ with Rb8+ to follow doesn't seem to work because of this reason. You probably should have spent another move or two preparing this attack and attempted to swing your queen onto the a or b file first.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Hrm, I'm having a tough time finding a winning line for black after bxa3, I'm not sure your sacrifice was justifiable.

Yeah, it's tough for you after that, I think the main problem with the sacrifice is that your queen is out of play, and white's d pawn prevents too many troubles - trying axb2+ with Rb8+ to follow doesn't seem to work because of this re ...[text shortened]... or two preparing this attack and attempted to swing your queen onto the a or b file first.

Yes, in retrospect....amazing how hindsight is 20--20! I think the main thing I missed was getting my back bishop out of the way so I could take that accursed bishop, it screwed up my whole attack.