@vendasaid Why bother prolonging the agony by making a futile move when checkmate is unavoidable on the opponents next move
Donald Byrne vs Robert James Fischer
"The Game of the Century"
Donald Byrne knew he was lost a good few moves before but he let the "kid" checkmate him
This was the game, actually both against him but this one, throwing the rook away and then resigning 😂
Game 15146449 I just resigned this when checkmate was next move
I strongly suspect this chap is a returning player but I accepted the challenge anyway just for the hell of it to see how strong he really was!
@vendasaid Game 15146449 I just resigned this when checkmate was next move
I strongly suspect this chap is a returning player but I accepted the challenge anyway just for the hell of it to see how strong he really was!
A bit different, yours was a blunder that resulted in checkmate... Actually why did you not take the bishop after he took the Knight?
Oddly enough I touch on this, resigning one move from mate in the next blog
which I am fine tuning, maybe have it posted later today.
There is an incredible amount of games drawn by players not knowing how to
mate with a Bishop and Knight. (though it is not through the lack of trying)
One player has drawn this 4 times out of 5 Their one win being when their opponent
resigned as soon as the ending appeared because they assumed they knew how to do it!
In another game with a different player we get a KBN v K ending on or
about move 60 and the mate is eventually delivered on move 185.
I'm hinting that the losing player could have claimed a draw but it would have been
more fun to wait until they were one move from being mated and then resign!
@a-unique-nicknamesaid A bit different, yours was a blunder that resulted in checkmate... Actually why did you not take the bishop after he took the Knight?
Because it gives him a rook on the 7th rank and a double attack on my bishop