Originally posted by AThousandYoungWhen you add it all up, he's basically down 3 pawns. He should have fought on for a little longer
You know what's interesting is that he got 3 pieces for the Queen (he lost some Pawns too I guess) but he saw the royal fork and immediately resigned.
Losing the Q is such a psychological blow to some people!
Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboardI would have starting marching my Pawns on the Kingside up, with Rooks backing them up and the Knight and Bishop on the Queenside ready to jump in via d5.
What if he had placed his king on g8 instead of g7?
I didn't make the first sac hoping for the second and the royal fork.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungIt feels so good to string together moves and win. For all those of you who say, "but they could have done this and they could have done that" Well its a risk, the only way anyone wins in chess is by the other person making a mistake, so you can either put pressure on them to make that mistake or you can hope they will make it by themselves.
I would have starting marching my Pawns on the Kingside up, with Rooks backing them up and the Knight and Bishop on the Queenside ready to jump in via d5.
I didn't make the first sac hoping for the second and the royal fork.
I know which one I prefer :-)
Hats off to AThousandYoung