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Originally posted by vipiuThat's one of the most brilliant combinations that I've ever seen! Not just on this site, but anywhere! I checked it with an engine and both the rook and queen sacrifices were completely correct, winning in all variations. If you worked everything out before sacrificing the rook, then you must be a genius!
I think I have just finished my best chess game ever (still, I need to recheck it wit a computer to see if my sacrifices were correct)...anyway, the Q sack is for sure winning:
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19..Rxg2!!
This is definitely the harder sacrifice to calculate, although the subsequent queen sacrifice is more spectacular. Although Rxg2 is the kind of move that many attacking players would want to work!
It reminded me of one of Tal's sacrifices, except that they were usually unsound, but this was 100% sound!
Originally posted by vipiuNicest game I've ever seen. Can I call you Tal?
I think I have just finished my best chess game ever (still, I need to recheck it wit a computer to see if my sacrifices were correct)...anyway, the Q sack is for sure winning:
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Originally posted by vipiuThat is just beautiful!!!!!
I think I have just finished my best chess game ever (still, I need to recheck it wit a computer to see if my sacrifices were correct)...anyway, the Q sack is for sure winning:
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Originally posted by Yugano, Neg1 is not protecting enough(because the K will be still pinned and somehow trapped and you can bring B into attack too, and N is already there), you get back at least a piece+pawn+activity for the rook (this I figured out in the game before Rxg2, now with engine I can see that I easily win also in that line)
That's a marvelous conception. I don't see how Black can possibly have sufficient compensation for the R if it were not for QxN+.
i.e. if it weren't for QxN, Neg1 should sufficiently protect the knight and I do not see the compensation for the rook.
So it requires Black to see the forced mate if QxN+ KxQ before the R sac.
So...very nice, if you missed Bg3 then you were very fortunate to find QxN...very nicely done!
(edit: if you say Neg1 after Bg3...yes, in this line I saw Q sack before)
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Originally posted by David Tebbthe played line I figured out complitely on R sack because it is the only line not refuted by Bg3...but even I used a couple of hours before Rxg2 I still remember that I found some line for white when I get only piece+pawn+attack for rook, but now I regret that I did not write down the lines as I was probably wrong, the computer says Rxg2 is winning...
That's one of the most brilliant combinations that I've ever seen! Not just on this site, but anywhere! I checked it with an engine and both the rook and queen sacrifices were completely correct, winning in all variations. If you worked everything out before sacrificing the rook, then you must be a genius!
[fen]r3k1r1/3bb2p/1q3p2/p1p1pn2/2Pp4/1P3N1P/P ...[text shortened]... e of one of Tal's sacrifices, except that they were usually unsound, but this was 100% sound!
funny though that my Fritz 10 doesn't find Rxg2 in 1 minute with infinite analysis...but after I move it and again analyzing for some time it says it is winning...
pobably if I give it more time it will find it...
(genius? haha, no way...maybe genius in one game-even I would call it luck and inspiration...and retard in other games 🙂 )
Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschexyes, about the same pin...mine was even easier to see in some point of view as the my N check-fork threat next was coming like a glove on that Q pin
This reminds me greatly of a game I had last year (though without the queen sacrifice)
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thank you all...
it is nice that you have time to check many variations in a correspondence game...in a OTB game there is simply not enough time for this...
actually I read some thread before with some positions from Kotov(I do not remember the exact name of the thread) where Kotov was saying "the position is asking for some strong play here"...and I felt like this...that white whould consolidate with Ng3 if I do not do something strong...
Originally posted by KorchAgreed!
19....Rxg2!! and 21...Qxf3!! are excellent moves. Very well played.
Actually I think the game was pretty much over after 19...Rxg2!!. The Q sac wasn't neccessary, but it was consistent. And cool!
Not in a million years would I ever see that R sac!