Rook sacrifice

What about this game, Game 3907814, sacrificing a rook suddenly opens room for ideas, i'll try this in some more games 🙂

Does`t look too sound.

Originally posted by emanon
What about this game, Game 3907814, sacrificing a rook suddenly opens room for ideas, i'll try this in some more games 🙂

What if your opponent had played 10...g5?

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Originally posted by emanon
What about this game, Game 3907814, sacrificing a rook suddenly opens room for ideas, i'll try this in some more games 🙂

After 10...Qc8 black would avoid checkmate threats with material advantage.

Originally posted by Ragnorak
What if your opponent had played 10...g5?

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I think after 10..g5 he would follow with 11. Qh5+ g6, 12. Qxg6#

Of course 10..Qc8 would give black the room they needed - as Korch mentioned.

Originally posted by Ragnorak
What if your opponent had played 10...g5?

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Or even 7...g6 and then taken the rook on the next move.

I remember paying for a few of my OTB games to be annotated by an IM. After submitting a (won) game of mine with annotations I was quite surprised by the IM's notes. I'd made quite a few poor moves that I thought were good and misunderstood my opponents play. The win was due to a later mistake by the opponent.