Queen sacrifice

"A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused" - Rudolf Spielmann (1935, The art of sacrifice)

I have just performed what I think is probably the most risky and probably the best queen sacrifice I have ever done.
Take a look and let me know what you think, Game 380037

-Robbo

You shouldn't be asking people to comment on a game in progress, especially a rated game played in a (presumably) serious clan match!

if you look at it there its over anyway

I looked at it, and it said "in progress".

Originally posted by David Tebb
I looked at it, and it said "in progress".

David

Thanks for pointing this out and being vigilant , to keep everyone happy I request taht no one posts any opinions in this thread until game is officially over, and I will re-post my original post.

-Robbo

Originally posted by eyeqpc
Yes, I know this, but my opponent has already acknowledged this game is over, if you look you will see he only has one possible move he can make and then I have mated him. All I was seeking was an opinion of an earlier move, nothing discussed will change the outcome. Both me and my opponent knows this.

-Robbo

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Even if what you say were true, it doesn't change anything on the fact that this is a game in process.

Originally posted by eyeqpc
"A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused" - Rudolf Spielmann (1935, The art of sacrifice)

I have just performed what I think is probably the most risky and probably the best queen sacrifice I have ever done.
Take a look and let me know what you think, Game 380037

-Robbo

19. Ne2 Bxh2+
20. Kd1 Rxf1++

Doesn't make much of a difference.

I gave the position after move 18 to my ChessMaster, and it gives a mate for black, but it takes a lot of moves. The start goes like this:

19. Ba3 c5
20. Qb2 Be7
21. Qe5 O-O-O
22. Qe7 Ne7
23. Bc5 Nf5
24. Nc3 Ng3
25. Kf2 Rg2+
26. Ke1 Nf1
27. Kf1 Rdd2

and now black clearly has a better position and will win.
If you saw all this, then you had a very, very good day 😀. If you have more of these, then we will see you in the top 20 soon!
So it is a very good sacrifice. Sometimes you have to things like this because it feels good, although you cannot overlook all the consequences. And if it then all works out, then you feel like a grandmaster!

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I don't care if there was a way out that a GM might have found, or if mate could have been avoided for another 20 moves, it was a damn fine sacrafice! Well played!

all i have to say i would not like to have been white when trying to find a move after the queen munched that pawn.

well played

dan

Thanks all.
I am pretty sure that it will be a long time before I risk a queen like that again, as soon as I clicked on the move button I started panicking.
Thanks for all the comments.

-Robbo

that is a SWEET attack indeed. Nice.