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My best win ever!!!

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CliffLandin
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I beat a player that was 600 rating points better than I am. He was really whoopin' my ass, but I think he got greedy.

Game 888574

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
I beat a player that was 600 rating points better than I am. He was really whoopin' my ass, but I think he got greedy.

Game 888574
a fine win, well done! 😉

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
I beat a player that was 600 rating points better than I am. He was really whoopin' my ass, but I think he got greedy.

Game 888574
Your opponent was 2 pieces up with an easy win.... I'll bet his idea of Hell was losing that game. 🙄

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Here is what fritz thinks, shows black winning the whole time.. nice game though! Good work

[Event "Nanna Grouped Random"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2005.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CliffLandin"]
[Black "fhbchess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 8 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

{B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. g3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 {
last book move} 4. e5 Bxe5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Na3 O-O 9. O-O d5
10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $142 $19 {
would have given Black a clear advantage}) 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rb8 14. b4 Nh5
15. Qh4 Bxa1 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Qe4 Bg7 18. Bg5 Nhf6 (18... Ndf6 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. f3 $19) 19. Qh4 Nb6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21.
Bf4 Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qd4 23. Ng5 Qxd3 (23... Ra8 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip}
24. Ne5 $19) 24. Be4 Qd4 (24... Qc4 {and Black can already relax} 25. Rc1 Qa4
26. Bxb8 $19) 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Rd1 Nxe4 (26... h6 $142 {secures victory} 27. Rb1
Qa4 $19) 27. Qxh7# 1-0

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Originally posted by arrakis
Your opponent was 2 pieces up with an easy win.... I'll bet his idea of Hell was losing that game. 🙄
Dude, he was THREE pieces up. I'd be cryin' if I was him.

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
I beat a player that was 600 rating points better than I am. He was really whoopin' my ass, but I think he got greedy.

Game 888574
You are mean! 😛

Anyway... Maybe he thought that you were his customer and that you were about to resign quickly....

Well done

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
I beat a player that was 600 rating points better than I am. He was really whoopin' my ass, but I think he got greedy.

Game 888574
Was it really your best win? Your opponent made an appalling blunder by failing to spot your mating attack. You played well to be able to take advantage of his blunder so devastatingly, but he could have defended easily a couple of different ways. If he had defended it, then you were in a hopeless position.

Sorry, I'm not trying to rain on your parade. You did great to beat a player ranked so highly above you.

This, Game 762065, is my best game on here, even though my opponent wasn't rated higher than me. It was a tactical monster, with no clear blunders (IMO. White could have escaped at the end, but for what purpose?). Sure there are a couple of miscalculations, and slight mistakes (like my opponents choice to exchange the rooks), but no piece got desperately hung. There were also many stalemate pitfalls up to about move 70.

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
I beat a player that was 600 rating points better than I am. He was really whoopin' my ass, but I think he got greedy.

Game 888574
You see that's the thing. Beating someone 600 points higher than you is possible when you are 1000. But when you are 1700 it's nigh on impossible.

And Ragnarok is right, the game isn't that great. I mean it's a win but it was pretty shocking in parts. I don't know which game I would choose as my best. However I have a feeling that I may have a clear choice when a certain game finishes. So far two long term sacs (well I'm going to call them sacs), of course if I lose then it won't be so spiffy.

CliffLandin
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Okay, truly the game wasn't that great. I was getting my ass kicked. It did feel rather good though as I haven't beaten many people that are that much better than I am. Often I make blunders that cost me the game, it was very satisfying to see a very good opponent do it this time instead.

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Here's a game of mine with a good but frustrating finish for black. Mate is threatened and he has a full turn but nothing to do to defend it. Also notice that the previous move of check was neccessary to force the mate. Game 924986

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Enola Straight

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Also one without attack but only threats of it. And I played the endgame pretty well.[gid]909968 [/gid]

Talem16
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Well this is my best game I think or one of the best I haveGame 152717

CliffLandin
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Okay, this is my best win. My intimidating opening moved paralyzed my opponent with fear.

Game 950717

l

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
Okay, this is my best win. My intimidating opening moved paralyzed my opponent with fear.

Game 950717

Actually, I disagree. You were premature with that attack on the centre while weakening your defence. Unfortunately, black did not exploit this and resigned. He/she clearly had a won game. 😉

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