Originally posted by Eladar
So, why didn't ajax simply take the queen with Nxh5?
Or after that simply take his knight instead when checkmate was at hand?
What rating is Ajax?
It's not too uncommon to see a Queen left hanging and missed.
It's is so rarely done that some players have never seen one.
Nobody has simply left a Queen v me OTB.
I doubt if I'll ever find the position again but last year I did see a
White Queen left en prise. Black played something else.
He sacced a Rook to pull off a Knight fork that...won the White Queen. 🙂
Don't blame the 1200 player, laugh at the game.
I've said this before, this game is so brilliant that a handful of moves played
by an amatuer can bring just as much amusement as a 40 move masterpiece
by a Capablanca. At least I can understand the amatuer game.