[FEN "rn3Q2/pp1bn3/1Pk1p1r1/3pq1N1/7P/8/5PP1/1R3RK1 w - - 0 21"]
21. Rfc1+ Kd6 22. Qxb8+ {Always good for a laugh.} 22... Rxb8 {Now you send OOPS! I never saw that....wait 10 seconds and play....} 23. Nf7 {Then butt out before you get the traditional abuse that follows such play. All good fun as you imagine him smashing up his keyboard..} 1-0
I think i'm finally getting better! I think it's all to do with the way i play the center of the board. some of the strong players i play on blitz that can't win go all quiet after being very chatty in the beginning hehe love it!
He saw you were threatening cxb7+ winning the d8 Rook so he played 18...bxc6.
18...Rxd1 checkmate appears to be a better move.
Blitz IMO is all about making OK/good moves and if you can, avoid blunders.
(that gets me the 2013 Sherlock Holmes Award for stating the bleeding obvious.)
Sometimes you can see better looking candidate moves but that will
require some thought to see if it really is good.
Then there is a good chance you may blow it by blundering towards the
end of the game. It's a question of balancing your play with your time.
So I go for this looks OK, or this looks tricky for him to defend (the spec
sac with no analysis.)
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Here is a recent blitz game (5 mins) v some lad who is graded on Gameknot 2150.
kid zebra (AKA GP) - adrenaline101a Gmaeknot April 2013
1. e4 b6 {Against such openings you employ the Morphy Time Bomb. Do nothing but develop and wait till Black tries to break free then if you have developed with venom you should (not always) get the tactics flowing.} 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 O-O {Now don't go chasing Knights with e5, that is what he wants. Wait, let him break free. (or try to.)} 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Qd2 e5 {OK. Here he comes. Just remember he started it.} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 {The breakout has given me a nice wee target on c7 and a weak square on c6.} 12... Qc8 {Which Black tries to remove.} 13. Bh6 {First I'll get rid of his g7 Bishop. That looks OK.} 13... c6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rac1 {Pins in Blitz are good weapons. Always pin if you have the chance. They take 3 seconds to play the pinned lad takes 30 seconds deciding how bad it is.} 15... c5 16. b4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {Hello c6 The pin worked.} 17... Qd8 {An awful move. brough about by Pin Panic. We have all been there and played moves like this.} 18. Nc6 Qc8 19. b5 Nb8 20. Qc3 {Another pin. The last one worked out fine, let us see what this one can do.} 20... Nxc6 21. bxc6 Qd8 22. e5 {Very clumsy, too clever, awful. that Knight is no longer pinned Black can now play play 22....Nxd5. However what he plays is OK.} 22... dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 {Because Black can now play 24....Qxd5 and I'll have to wriggle about to see if I can make anything with that advanced (now weak) c-pawn. } 24... Kg8 {But Pin Panic sets in. Black unpins the Knight thinking only now he is threatening the pawn on d5.} 25. Bc4 {No second chances in this game. Did I mention you must also be lucky in Blitz Chess.} 25... Ng4 26. Qg3 {I'm threatening luft with tempo. Luft in Blitz Chess is a must move, if you can get it with tempo, take it.} 26... Nf6 {OK no luft with tempo, I must watch out for back rank tricks.} 27. c7 Qd7 28. d6 b5 29. Qf3 {These double attacks on undefend pieces are the winners in Blitz. Try to keep everything covered.} 29... Rc8 {Now the pawn steal 30.Bxb5 is no good as Black plays 30...Qxd6 but I've seen the win (and spotted the trap.)} 30. Qxf6 bxc4 {Now not 31.Rd1 whick fails to 31...Rxc7 but.} 31. Re1 {That's it The coming Re7 wins.} 31... Re8 {Possibly a mouse slip. 31...Rf8 was the only move to hold f7 after the coming Re7.} 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qd8 Kf8 34. c8=Q
Spotting mates from the blue is also a good blitz ploy.
Of course you must have a head full of mating patterns.
This MP you will also see posted by Raggers in Robbies thread on
the two Bishops Sacrifice.
madcastelli - Me. Gameknot April 2013
FEN
3r4/3np1k1/p5pq/P1pPp2p/2P1B2b/3Q4/6P1/1R3RK1 w - - 0 26
One Crazy Blitz
02 May '13 14:00
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