Bliitz game last night. I'm White.
Yes your hero is ahead a Rook and a Bishop. Time to wrap it up.
If I get the King onto b7 then I have a Knight fork on d6.
1.Rxb7+ and he can take back with the Queen.
So 1. Bxa7+ Kxa7 2.Qa4+ ties down the Queen to holding the e8 Rook.
THEN I can play Rxb7+ and fork on d6.
It's all with check so it's forced. End of analysis. I am a genius.
Look at diagram. The e-file is cluttered with pieces and I have
two pieces on my back rank. He has no threat on the e-file.
I sent gg. I always do and I was laughing.
(I resigned after Nf3+ but have shown the mate just for effect).
Hopefully one day I can laugh when something like that happens to me. I'd just get angry and think "how could I blow this won game".
I think I need to re-assess my definition of a 'won game'. There's no such thing as a 'won game' until it is actually won.
Thanks for the thread. I have high hopes that this will help.
Hi
It is good. It looks like a helpmate.
There is a pawn or two dotted about in the actual game but nothing
that interfers with how the game went.
I was too wrapped up in my own plans and that Rook on g2 must have
been a Bishop in my mind.
I'm reminded of an Allegro game with Elaine Rutherford.
This is not the exact position but the idea is there.
It is the rear eand of a 5/6 move combo - the last few moves went like this.
I played 1.Rxa7 Kxa7 2.Qa5+ Kb8 3.....
then realised the the f1 Rook was a Bishop - OOPs.
I know I'm alone here. I recall seeing a Tal note to a game he lost.
He had in his mind sacced two Rooks on h1 to give a Rook check on h1.
He had run out of Rooks.
Blitz slips happen all the time - you play 8 or 9 games v opponents
who make silly moves. Then you yourself go into clumsy mode.
Also sometimes you just let it happen.
One lad kept trying the Shilling Gambit on me - 3...Nd4.
And I kept winning with 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+
I sent a message on his 4th attempt saying 'OK OK OK - I'll fall for it."
and let it happen.
He was over joyed - he said he had never actually caught anyone
with it before and thanked me.
Sometimes winning is not everything. Especially at blitz.
What you have done? I'm sorry for you. Anyway I have lost that way once but not here. I was exactly a rook up (Bishop +Rook vs Bishop with equal number of pawns).
As far as I'm concern, there is nothing to regret but a lot to learn. After all I'm human. Furthermore I play to enjoy the game. Winning to me is an additional factor to enjoy the game.
Win or lose, let's us appreciate our game. Always try for the best.
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- move 1 could not be played: Invalid PGN : Error converting move d2
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.6.7"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Big Orange Country"]
[Black "colpro"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 3. Bc1-f4 h7-h6 4. e2-e3 Bc8-g4 5. Nb1-d2 Nb8-c6 6. h2-h3 Bg4xf3 7. Nd2xf3 Nf6-e4 8. Nf3-e5 Nc6xe5 9. Bf4xe5 f7-f6 10. Qd1-h5 Ke8-d7 11. Be5-h2 c7-c6 12. c2-c4 Qd8-a5 13. Ke1-e2 Qa5-d2 14. Ke2-f3 Qd2xf2 15. Kf3-g4 f6-f5 16. Qh5xf5 Qf2xf5 17. Kg4xf5 e7-e6 18. Kf5-g6 Kd7-e7 19. c4xd5 c6xd5 20. Bf1-e2 Ne4-f6 21. Bh2-e5 Rh8-g8 22. Rh1-f1 Ra8-c8 23. Ra1-c1 Rc8xc1 24. Rf1xc1 Nf6-d7 25. Kg6-h7 Ke7-f7 26. Rc1-c7 1-0
while by no means perfect, I laughed at this game.
12.c4 was a terrible move that should have cost me the game.
however black came back with his own mistake 12. Qxf5? when 12. e6 was correct I believe as after White takes f2, black goes up the exchange a night for a rook. What got me the most was how, these blunders aside, my king marched all the way to h7. just an odd place for the white king to end up. I thought it was funny. haha HAHA
Originally posted by Big Orange CountrySpeaking of ...e6 - why not play it even earlier, like on move 15?
[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.6.7"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Big Orange Country"]
[Black "colpro"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 3. Bc1-f4 h7-h6 4. e2-e3 Bc8-g4 5. Nb1-d2 Nb8-c6 6. h2-h3 Bg4xf3 7. Nd2xf3 Nf6-e4 8. Nf3-e5 Nc6xe5 9. Bf4xe5 f7-f6 10. Qd1-h5 Ke8-d7 11. Be5-h2 c7-c6 12. c2-c ...[text shortened]... just an odd place for the white king to end up. I thought it was funny. haha HAHA
Black should trying to win white's KING - not some useless Rook in a corner. 🙂
How will white get out of this alive?
Originally posted by SwissGambitactually, from that position cant black play g6 and win either a queen or a very quick forced mate or (likely) the queen and a subsequent forced mate.
Speaking of ...e6 - why not play it even earlier, like on move 15?
Black should trying to win white's KING - not some useless Rook in a corner. 🙂
[fen]r4b1r/pp1kp1p1/2p2p1p/3p3Q/2PPn1K1/4P2P/PP3qPB/R4B1R b - - 0 15[/fen]
How will white get out of this alive?