Originally posted by WriterAnathema
I'm deprived of tactics!!!
Before setting off down the sharp opening path you have to
have faith in your tactical ability to create problems for your
opponent to solve.
Pins, Skewers, loose piecese, Kings trapped in the centre,
the initaitive, (very important that one - if you have sacced a
pawn and lost the initaitive you will have to sac another),
mating patterns (especially mating patterns) etc etc.
Also, if your opponent is under 1800 then know he will blunder
when defending. They often see threats that are not there
and play weakening pawn moves or misplace their pieces.
Here is a 3/0 bliitz game from a few days ago (I'm Black)
I'm seeing a lot of the Bishops Opening because more and more
players know I play the Latvian.
So I'm saccing my b-pawn to mess things up.
Don't ask me for the theory on it - I don't know it. (is there any?)
In my games both White & Black b-pawns are often put to the sword.
You will see all the tricks I just mentioned.
15.Kf1 is a typical blunder - 15.Bd2 and I have nothing.
But at the back of his mind was an old trick based on a Rook
coming to e1 (10...Nxe4) so 15.Kf1? (ghosts)
After my 22...Nd4 my opponent took a while to move.
I thought he had seen my mate trap (mating patterns again).
But he went for it. Expecting no doubt 23....Ne2+ 24.Kf1 NxR+ 25.QxQ.
Or perhaps he was looking at 23.Qxc5 Rac8 when he can
sac his Queen. Either way he missed the mating pattern.
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b5 4. Bxb5 c6 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Ba6 10. Ne2 Nxe4 11. Be3 d5 12. c4 Bxc4 13. b3 c5 14.Qd1 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Nc3 16. Qe1 Bxe2+ 17. Kg1 d4 18.Bd2 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20.Bxc3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nc6 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Qxc5 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Qf1+ 26. Rxf1 Ne2
I did not get a 'gg' I always give a 'gg'. This lad just flaked off.