This afternoon, at a chess camp tournament, I was playing black in the game below. A couple of blunders, as you see, but overall an equal game.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. d5 Bg4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Qd1 Rfe1 13. Bg6 Qb6 14. b3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Ne5
17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxf6 Qc7 19. Qxd3 exf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21. Nxe8 Rxe8
22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. f5 Qf7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qf3
(Position after 25. Qf3)
I stopped recording moves after this position for the sake of time and thought.
Against what is expected in a queen and pawns endgame, I began losing terribly, especially after my oppoenent called "touchmove" on me, forcing me to move my king away from one of my very protected pawns.
Anyway, moving on the the "nice surprise." Things turned even worse, with my opponent threatening mate and threatening to promote one of his pawns to a queen. And, indeed he did promote, so I was down two queens to one. But, it was far from a win.
(I'll post the position in the next post since only one FEN shows up per post.)
Originally posted by wittywonkaEdit- Dang, you fixed the FEN board before I could post my sarcastic comment. 😉
This afternoon, at a chess camp tournament, I was playing black in the game below. A couple of blunders, as you see, but overall an equal game.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. d5 Bg4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Qd1 Rfe1 13. Bg6 Qb6 14. b3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Ne5
17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxf6 Qc7 1 m a win.
(I'll post the position in the next post since only one FEN shows up per post.)
Originally posted by BLReidSorry, didn't put in the original FEN correctly. Anyway, the final major position came to something like the position below, with white having two queens and a threatened mate.
The plan is so clear from this position 😉
I had finally found the dream-worthy perpetual check. And the game was drawn. 🙂
Edit: Obviously, white to move. 1. Qcd8 is constantly met with 1. ... Qc5+, 1. Qdd8 is constantly met with 1. ... Qf5+, etc., so I just kept using the c5, f5, and f8 squares for constant checks until he took the draw. 🙂
Note: If at any point white had played 1. Qd8 or Qc6, sacrificing a queen, the perpetual checks would have simply continued on those squares.
What a nice surprise! 😀
Originally posted by wittywonkaSuch unmanly tactics have really led to the downfall of what was once a great game. When you've been outplayed, have the decency to get checkmated for crying out loud, none of this running and sniping nonsense for a silly little draw!!! ðŸ˜
Sorry, didn't put in the original FEN correctly. Anyway, the final major position came to something like the position below, with white having two queens and a threatened mate.
[fen]k1K2q2/2QQ4/p7/8/8/7P/P7/8[/fen]
I had finally found the dream-worthy perpetual check. And the game was drawn. 🙂
Edit: Obviously, white to move. 1. Qcd8 is const ...[text shortened]... the perpetual checks would have simply continued on those squares.
What a nice surprise! 😀
Obviously, I'm kidding 😀 But your opponent must have been a little less than happy with the result, nice job! This belongs in the why not to resign thread.
Originally posted by BLReidLol. Thanks! 😉
Such unmanly tactics have really led to the downfall of what was once a great game. When you've been outplayed, have the decency to get checkmated for crying out loud, none of this running and sniping nonsense for a silly little draw!!! ðŸ˜
Obviously, I'm kidding 😀 But your opponent must have been a little less than happy with the result, nice job! This belongs in the why not to resign thread.