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Originally posted by !~TONY~!
Ahaaaa! Ch-Check it out!
Game 117566
Well, I did say, "If White played accurately" that he could nullify the initiative. BUt if he plays inaccurately, stuff like this happenes. 🙂

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Who plays accurately? I think black has enough comp. personally. 😀

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Originally posted by !~TONY~!
Who plays accurately? I think black has enough comp. personally. 😀
Well, we seem to be at pretty close to the same strength. Want to try it out? Rated or unrated, set piece or not, I'll leave it up to you. 😀

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Here is a brief game with a similar early attack by white's queen and bishop. I am trying to figure out why Black resigned instead of taking the white queen with his knight and having a huge advantage in material. What am I missing?

Game 552620

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UPON FURTHER REVIEW...

It appears Duckfan and Hynix specialize in that sort of opening. Hmmm.

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Originally posted by Paul Dirac
Here is a brief game with a similar early attack by white's queen and bishop. I am trying to figure out why Black resigned instead of taking the white queen with his knight and having a huge advantage in material. What am I missing?

Game 552620
i suspect black makes minor errors every now and then.