My chess lesson for the day

When it looks like you are in a really bad position, things might not be so bad. I'm white and white to move. Some days I might have resigned:




Here's the game:

The kind of game & finish that Larsen Opening players dream about.

Moot point but I prefer to end this thus:

Much nicer! Thanks for showing it to me.

Was this a blitz game? I have to ask so I'll know whether to praise the game or trash it. 😉

I plead the 5th.

Originally posted by Eladar
I plead the 5th.

I found myself in a similarly hopeless situation a couple weeks ago:

It may be similar, but to me they are not even close. Mine was a game of checkmate, yours was a game of advantage. It takes someone with a much deeper understanding of chess than I to understand such a distant end game.

Originally posted by Eladar
It may be similar, but to me they are not even close. Mine was a game of checkmate, yours was a game of advantage. It takes someone with a much deeper understanding of chess than I to understand such a distant end game.

Perhaps it should be a won endgame, but I never understimate my ability to lose a winning position.

Not sure of a really good alternative to Qg5 as otherwise losing the queen or being mated?

Qf8 risks Nf6, kh8. the bishop could then move (eg a1) and the knight h5 the following move.

Originally posted by Habeascorp
Not sure of a really good alternative to Qg5 as otherwise losing the queen or being mated?

Qf8 risks Nf6, kh8. the bishop could then move (eg a1) and the knight h5 the following move.

Yeah, I think Qd6 was the move at a cursory glance.

I wonder if Black was playing too stereotyped with his c5 break. It seems to me he freed your dark square bishop too readily without compensation- but idk I would have to think on it and I have way too many games going currently to spend that level of time on it. 🙂