well here I sac'ed it for 2 pawns, being 1 pawn up before, and got a quite nice attack I think. -which I played badly of course, and topped it with a premature resignation. the choice was between getting mated and losing my queen, against hundreds of points stronger opponent (1832 vs. 1535), and my knee jerk reflex was to resign. in post mortem I realized I was only about 2 pawns down. :-/ but I think the initial sac was ok.
Game 1820133
Originally posted by ChessJesterOr give up a bishop for one pawn when the mood takesGame 1951072
Lets say in the opening, would you sacrifice your kings knight for 3 pawns?
Well, my rule of thumb is like this:
"Sacrifice if your chances of winning gets higher, don't otherwise."
It doesn't matter if you sacrifice a pawn or a queen - there is any difference.
Heard after an OTB game:
- But if you'd sacrificed your queen you would've won the game!
- Perhaps I had won the game but anyway I would also lost the queen, no thanks.
Originally posted by Shinidokiyou mean 18...Bh4? I think I wanted to break the pin on f-pawn to be able to push it, and to have that Rf doing something instead of sitting idle behind the pinned pawn.
maybe if you played 18. Bh4 (stopping the King in its tracks) followed by Qf6 (exerting pressure on the pin) I think you might have had something....
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18...Rxc4 (-0.04) which I just don't get. I guess it wants to go snatch pawns queenside.
18...Kh8 (0.38) as second choice
and 18...Bh4 (1.29) as it's 6th choice. there's no Qf6 in that line, so apparently it doesn't work.
20...Bh5 was where I went wrong (instead of 20...Bxf5), from -0.50 to 1.42, because I wanted to keep the knight pinned, but completely missed white's 21.Rh1. I was all focused on the rooks ramming through d-file. :-/
Originally posted by FabianFnas"Sacrifice if your chances of winning gets higher, don't otherwise."
Well, my rule of thumb is like this:
"Sacrifice if your chances of winning gets higher, don't otherwise."
It doesn't matter if you sacrifice a pawn or a queen - there is any difference.
Heard after an OTB game:
- But if you'd sacrificed your queen you would've won the game!
- Perhaps I had won the game but anyway I would also lost the queen, no thanks.
Psh!
Sac for a Draw!
Game 1970049
Ahwell -- In that Game, I think Bh4 would of been what I played....so by the looks of things, i'd of lost too...
Originally posted by ChessJester3 pawns will win against a knight in most circumstances. King+knight versus King+three pawns. I was on the recieving end of a three pawns attacking my knight once. It wasn't fun.
what if it wasn't a sure mate, but you put your oponents defence out of wack?
well anyway... thats what I did in this one game and I'm not sure if it was a good move, but we'll find out!