25 Jun 09
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I was feeling very good in this game and when my opponent,Robin,played 15.Rd1? I thought the point was already mine.A very dangerous state of mind.I was thinking 15....,Qxc3+ 16.Kh1,Nxf2 and I'll pick up a rook.Then I thought I might as well go 15....,Nxf2 right away.What's the difference,right?Not like he can do anything.
Well,I noticed the difference when Robin uncorked 16.0-0! knocking me off my chair.
Seriously,who,as an attacker,thinks of castling in this position?It should be against the rules 😕
Lucky for me he did miss the better 18.Rxf2 or 18.Rxe3+ and I still managed to steal a draw 🙂
25 Jun 09
Originally posted by Fat LadyWhy did white play 10. Rd1? 10.Nd5 seems better.
Here's another example of White castling when Black has a knight on f2. Didn't turn out too well for him though.
[pgn]
[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Leonid Stein"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d ...[text shortened]... 2 Qxe3 22.Qxd6 Qe5
23.Qd2 Rad8 24.Qxa5 Ne4 25.Ne6+ Qxe6 0-1
[/pgn]
25 Jun 09
Originally posted by RomanticusI'd say 18.Rxf2 is a knockout punch. 18.Rxe3+ is strong but, if this is blitz, it's still game on.
I was feeling very good in this game and when my opponent,Robin,played 15.Rd1? I thought the point was already mine.A very dangerous state of mind.I was thinking 15....,Qxc3+ 16.Kh1,Nxf2 and I'll pick up a rook.Then I thought I might as well go 15....,Nxf2 right away.What's the difference,right?Not like he can do anything.
Well,I noticed the difference w ...[text shortened]... c3 29. Bb4 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Bc5 Rc4 32. Bg1 Kxb7 33. h3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
Plus I don't get how you would not play 15..Qxc3+? It grabs a pawn, but besides that its only point is to prevent white from castling. If you already saw 15...Qxc3+ why second guess yourself? The saying goes, "when find a good move sit on your hands and find a better one" or something like that but the key word is better! 🙄
Not and equal one and definately not a worse one! 😉
26 Jun 09
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Originally posted by RomanticusRomanticus, you are a much better chess player then I, but...
I was feeling very good in this game and when my opponent,Robin,played 15.Rd1? I thought the point was already mine.A very dangerous state of mind.I was thinking 15....,Qxc3+ 16.Kh1,Nxf2 and I'll pick up a rook.Then I thought I might as well go 15....,Nxf2 right away.What's the difference,right?Not like he can do anything.
Well,I noticed the difference w c3 29. Bb4 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Bc5 Rc4 32. Bg1 Kxb7 33. h3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
What would happen after move 22.Qg7...etc
Black is forced to lose the knight....
If black goes to Kc6... its mate in 4
If black goes to Kc8... King ends up running and losing on tempo.
Any suggestions?
26 Jun 09
Originally posted by PureRWandBIf 22.Qg7+? black can't play 22...Kc6 since he has a knight there so 22...Kc8 23.gxh3 Be4+ 24.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 25.Kg1 Qe3+ 26.Kg2 Qxc3 27.Qxg6 Nxd4 and black is doing just fine.
Romanticus, you are a much better chess player then I, but...
What would happen after move 22.Qg7...etc
[pgn][Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgam"] [Date "2009.06.02"] [Round "?"] [White "robincoup"] [Black "Romanticus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C40"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. N ...[text shortened]... goes to Kc8... King ends up running and losing on tempo.
Any suggestions?
26 Jun 09
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Originally posted by PureRWandBOh didn't notice you were wondering what happens after 22.Qg7+ Ne7?? Well to answer that question, what happens is that black eventually gets mated. Black shouldn't play 22...Ne7.
Romanticus, you are a much better chess player then I, but...
What would happen after move 22.Qg7...etc
[pgn][Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgam"] [Date "2009.06.02"] [Round "?"] [White "robincoup"] [Black "Romanticus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C40"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. N ...[text shortened]... goes to Kc8... King ends up running and losing on tempo.
Any suggestions?
26 Jun 09
Originally posted by PureRWandBI looked at that during the game.I had:
Romanticus, you are a much better chess player then I, but...
What would happen after move 22.Qg7...etc
[pgn][Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgam"] [Date "2009.06.02"] [Round "?"] [White "robincoup"] [Black "Romanticus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C40"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. N ...[text shortened]... goes to Kc8... King ends up running and losing on tempo.
Any suggestions?
22.Qg7,Kc8 White still needs to pick up a piece so he'll most likely play 23.gxh3 then 23.....,Be4+ regains the exchange for Black.I don't see a problem with that.In fact,I think Black might be slightly better in that line.