[Event "OTB game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Opponent"]
[Black "Me"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxa4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qd3 Qxf4 15. Qh7#
1-0
Or else you'll cry.
Originally posted by Ian68Classic bishop sac, nice when you pull it off but not when it's done to you.
[Event "OTB game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Opponent"]
[Black "Me"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxa4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qd3 Qxf4 15. Qh7#
1-0
Or else you'll cry.
when you see a free piece dangling there it's hard to not grab it I guess.
It was actually a long play game (36 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes finish). I think I just got carried away after my opponent played the opening so badly and had a Kramnik moment.
Ignoring the bishop and playing 12...Kh8 probably would have been sensible, but I think 14...Rd8 or Re8 would have allowed the king to escape all the possible checks and threats via f8-e7-d8-c7. A higher rated friend has also suggested that it might have been better not to castle when I did, I did consider 11...b6 intending Ba6 but I thought that left the queen a little stranded.
Originally posted by Wulebgrit was technically unsound but for this player in this game it was correct. Sometimes you get the feeling that your opponent will panic if you play agressive moves. It can be a quick knockout or a horrible loss.
Don't be absurd. Black was fine before white's blunder on move nine, and was then simply winning until he missed an elementary mate in one.
It was unsound bishop sacrifice in an inferior position.
Originally posted by Ian68Never castle kingside if you play the French as black. (or any opening where your knight has been dislodged and the bishops, knight and queen are bearing down on the king side.)
[Event "OTB game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Opponent"]
[Black "Me"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxa4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qd3 Qxf4 15. Qh7#
1-0
Or else you'll cry.
Game 1514982
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Originally posted by RagnorakThe king is often perfectly safe on the kingside in the French, even when forced there without castling: Game 2250846
Never castle kingside if you play the French as black. (or any opening where your knight has been dislodged and the bishops, knight and queen are bearing down on the king side.)
Game 1514982
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