Anyway, there's a free copy of Streetfighting Chess up for grabs for whoever comes up with the best reason for WHY I SACCED MY QUEEN in this game?A feisty chess player called Streetfighter
was attacking his foe a queen lighter.
Was it wisdom or wit
that he sacced his bit?
He won; he must have been right-a
and ....
Black, White, armies meet.
Queen falls like lotus blossom.
Still, Streetfighter wins.
Phil.
Originally posted by streetfighterProbably because you've read The Art of Attack in Chess too many times.
Just noticed this post - thanks guys : )
This game featured in GM Jonathan Rowson's Sunday Herald column last Saturday up here in Scotland. We both missed lots of opportunities apparently, but I guess that's not so surprising in such an unusual position!?
Anyway, there's a free copy of Streetfighting Chess up for grabs for whoever comes up wi o get writing!
You can enter too Greenpawn, even though you've got a copy already : )
Well folks, thanks for all the witty (sometimes!) replies : )
It's tough to decide on a winner, but after much consideration (blahblahblah) I have decided to go with.....(drum roll).................. Mr Phil!!!
I've always been partial to a good limerick, and his haiku (?) was excellent too!
Runner-up - this lucky devil gets half-a-book for his efforts ; ) is Fat Lady! I have the feeling he/she knows me (or vice-versa?!) but if not he certainly knows my way of thinking. (Oh, and he/she does in fact get a full book after all!)
Honourable mentions go to SwissGambit (I would NEVER swat a fly-unless it was trying to eat me in the wild of course) and Orion25 (I'm not sexist, some of my best girlfriends have been women!)
If the lucky pair would kindly pm me an address or 2, shiny, signed copies of Streetfighting Chess will shortly be winging there way to you both : )
Thanks to all who took part in this little bit of fun - I'll post my real reasons for the queen sac a little later tonight hopefully.
All the best,
Andy Burnett
Well, it seems like Fat Lady wants to remain anonymous!
So why did I sac my queen? Partly because (as a few of the early posts can confirm) I simply couldn't work out the consequences of Nxe6.
Every line I calculated semed to result in a different material balance. I'm a pawn up, no I'm the exchange down, hang on, I'm a piece up, oh no I'm not....you get the idea!
So, with a migraine starting to bang away at my head, and no chance of winning anything other than the Best Game prize, the queen sac (which I'd noticed a move or 2 earlier) started to look very enticing.
It was the 'simplest' option - with relatively few lines to calculate, I figured that either my positional compensation would be enough (the passed h-pawn and control of lots of sensitive squares) or Black would find a way to force me to repeat the position somehow. Either way it meant I wouldn't have to count pieces endlessly like the other variation!
Somewhat mundane i know - no 'fly-swatting' or 'maternal need for a new queen', not even someone calling me a 'bald w#####' (though the words may have popped into my opponent's head when I won the prize!)
Anyway, if Fat Lady doesn't want the book let me know and I'll send it to someone else : )
Cheers,
Andy Burnett
Originally posted by streetfighterI'd absolutely love a copy of the book 🙂
Well, it seems like Fat Lady wants to remain anonymous!
So why did I sac my queen? Partly because (as a few of the early posts can confirm) I simply couldn't work out the consequences of Nxe6.
Every line I calculated semed to result in a different material balance. I'm a pawn up, no I'm the exchange down, hang on, I'm a piece up, oh no I'm not.. book let me know and I'll send it to someone else : )
Cheers,
Andy Burnett
but more importantly, I'd absolutely love to READ the book!
-GIN
Originally posted by morphywasthebestI think you have the distinct honor to be the only person on this site to have never made any moves, yet still having managed to lose two games. Bravo! 😀
I'm nobody to comment on games but it looks like a psycological tactic. I would know. Anyone who has played me knows that I risk king and country trying to pull off something amazing. 😛