Quirine you genius ... Quirine you wimp!

Tournament 414 and Game 1384416

Wimp? He made a blunder and lost a game. It shows that it happens to the best of us. Well played Peakite.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Wimp? He made a blunder and lost a game. It shows that it happens to the best of us. Well played Peakite.

queen for knight odds is still a good game - peakite had only a 1/3rd chance of winning from there ... quirine should have lots of tricks to try for a draw - or even a win ...

genius' often have no idea just how stupid the rest of us are!

(oh - yes - well played peakite - it is not your fault that you won 😉 )

Good games. Why would Peakite only have one-in-three odds in a blown-open position six points up and armed with an increasingly dominant Queen? I'm not sure the rating difference (at 1500+ he's clearly no patsy) would really figure at all in a position like that, especially after ...Rg8.

Originally posted by flexmore
queen for knight odds is still a good game - peakite had only a 1/3rd chance of winning from there ... quirine should have lots of tricks to try for a draw - or even a win ...

genius' often have no idea just how stupid the rest of us are!

(oh - yes - well played peakite - it is not your fault that you won 😉 )

28. Kf3 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Qh5+ 30. Ke3 Bxd6 31. exd6 Qc5+ 32. Kf3 Nxd6

That's not odds that's a simple conversion for any player.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
28. Kf3 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Qh5+ 30. Ke3 Bxd6 31. exd6 Qc5+ 32. Kf3 Nxd6

That's not odds that's a simple conversion for any player.

i rest my case 😏

Originally posted by flexmore
i rest my case 😏

What?

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
What?

He rests his case. Looked pretty readable to me 😀

That case is currently resting on a baggage conveyor belt in Prague.

Originally posted by Amaurote
That case is currently resting on a baggage conveyor belt in Prague.

Never fear - we may believe that - but Xanthos knows that it will be mistakenly picked up by a blind Mongolian gentleman on his way to Iceland ... at the airport the case will be stolen and then the thieves will be caught by the Iceland police who take it home and give it to their children who read the book "Babar loses his crown", they take the case to paris to find Babar, and end up giving it to an elephant at the zoo who eats it.

Originally posted by flexmore
i rest my case 😏

It rests in peace.

Mistakes can be made by anyone .. I got lucky too

Game 1346097

I'm just glad everyone doesn't post the games I lost due to my own mistakes

I certainly did get lucky, although with Quirine's move rate the odd blunder is to be expected, and generally was more pleased with the other game (until the end). Although I've since given it a quick analysis with Chessmaster 8000 (all I have), which suggested I was slightly ahead before the blunder (a surprise to me) - if anyone could suggest what could have happened had his last move not been made.

I had spotted the chance to win the d-pawn, plus hoped I should have gone on to win from this position, queen and two pawns for a knight up.

Still, I'm rather pleased by the result. Nice to have the scalp of such a good player.