I've never minded when a player plays on in a totally lost position.
I feel my bound duty to try and find the smartest way to wrap it up.
What I do find dismaying is when my best laid schemes get foiled because
my opponent makes a further blunder and I have to play a banal mate.
I'm White, a piece up and trap hunting.
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Funny when all is said and done outside of that pesky mate the point value is even, 21 on each side (counting queen as 10)
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Regarding your note on White's 9th move: 9... Kb6 10 Ba5+ Kc5 and the King wriggles away to d4 for the time being. 10. Bd4+ as you note does lead to mate.
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@greenpawn34 saidWell, that's your problem!
I've never minded when a player plays on in a totally lost position.
I feel my bound duty to try and find the smartest way to wrap it up.
What I do find dismaying is when my best laid schemes get foiled because
my opponent makes a further blunder and I have to play a banal mate.
As bad a player as I am, I never find it a problem to just cold-bloodedly walk a pawn up the aisles. A win is a win, and I'll take a stone-faced win as happily as a grinning one. In fact, I'll be grinning inside.
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My 'School' of thought is, yes the position is lost. I'll make you work for the win. When I reach a clear stage of no heavy material, enough is enough.
Hi Shallow-Blue,
Well, that's your problem!
Not really a problem, I try to give my best (depending on time and mood) and
try not to go for a routine win playing through the motions. If I see a chance for
a snap crisp finish then I work on it. I like to think they might pick up a trick or two
for their future games. Although some of my opponents might be rated quite
low I try, as Tarrasch did, make a game a lesson - for both of us.
Also, brillo-hunting' keeps one alert, no stumbling into stalemates etc..
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@greenpawn34 saidWell, morally I can't blame you. You aim to have fun in the game, and so do I. It's just that I love a brilliancy when it's correct, but a gamble...
Hi Shallow-Blue,
Well, that's your problem!
Not really a problem, I try to give my best (depending on time and mood) and
try not to go for a routine win playing through the motions. If I see a chance for
a snap crisp finish then I work on it. I like to think they might pick up a trick or two
for their future games. Although some of my opponents might be rat ...[text shortened]... sson - for both of us.
Also, brillo-hunting' keeps one alert, no stumbling into stalemates etc..
Gambles on the chessboard are definitely worth playing when the alternatives are also either a gamble, or a slog. On those occasions, I do agree with you. It's just that I also see beauty in the inevitable, unstoppable March of the Black Soon-to-be-Queen. It may not be spectacular, but it's definitively convincing, and in my arrogant opionion, very satisfying when you manage to pull it off.