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ChessRules - 1248 beats a 2220!

Submitted by KanaPolak on Thu, 09/18/2008 at 2:05pm.

I have always been told "you are under-rated", it is true, I lack consitency.  On this day I arrived at the a local chess tournament with a CFC-rating of 1248, after defeating a 1600, drawing a 1700 and beating an 1800 I was faced with Mr. Master rated 2220.  The final round... he may have underestimated me, but I played a near perfect game, and won! 

 

The Game Summery

In the openning black sacrafices a knight for a crazy attack after white commits an inaccuracy in the Sicilian.

White defends and manages to trade queens.  A Beauty of a finale, blacks knight creates a triple threat and white finds the only move to save the day!  (The position makes for a great chess puzzle, see if you can find whites move!)

 

I'm glad to have a cool place like chess.com to share this, I get excited just typing about it!

 

Enjoy!

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Comments:

by Narz - 47 hours ago
Pitman, NJ United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 3353

Congrats, nice win!

by figrock - 2 years ago
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1438

Good show..!

by lastwarrior2010 - 2 years ago
Seattle, Washington United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 899

that was beutiful

by kershack - 3 years ago
Mexico
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 281

Beautiful game! Congratulations!

by Muspelheim - 3 years ago
Jakarta Indonesia
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 296
Great game!
by MisterCutie - 3 years ago
Russia
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 54

Rxb7 this seems like an extremely odd move to me, sense all you get is a bishop

by KanaPolak - 3 years ago
Lethbridge Canada
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 43

(:  The time control was 1 hour per side.  We finished with about 10 minutes left on each clock.

 

Venkat Narayanan:  Good idea!  But I don't think black can afford to make queen inactive by capturing the rook on h1. Also this allows white to activate his queen and capture the pawn on e5.  Interesting position though.

by venkat_narayanan - 3 years ago
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 80

Even after "preventing"  Black's White square bishop from skewering the king and the queen by playing :-

11. h3, black can still play 11. ...... Bg4+ as hxg4 and Black captures the rook on h1 with his queen. And after this, the game is equal!!!

Anyway, i really loved this game because it was very open and sharp. Congratulations on winning the game mate !!!

by rexbo - 3 years ago
tasmania Australia
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 430

I think the master should have played on because often weaker players can fail to convert endgames.

well done bye the way.

 Which master was it?

by kibuyaga - 3 years ago
olympia fields United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 114

A beautiful game especially the end with the way Black played with the deadly Knight...but still lost!! I think Black paid for the Knight sacrifice

by hicetnunc - 3 years ago
Neuilly-sur-Seine France
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 5370

Very nice game - congratulations Smile

by lapin - 3 years ago
Thessaloniki Greece
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 2047

Good game my friend. Continue like this.

by SolomonAllenWilbur - 3 years ago
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 8

you missed a nice combination near move 22 where you could have ended up with his bishop and knight and the b7 pawn. hint(your rook)

by SolomonAllenWilbur - 3 years ago
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 8

You could have played g3 you had a Knight on c3 that defends e4.

by jrs49 - 3 years ago
Germany
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 5789

Congratulations! Very strong play from both players. How much time was left on the clock? I suppose a lot of time was taken before each move!

by MPresident - 3 years ago
Minneapolis Ukraine
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 161

just interesting...cute kinda but ending is opportunistic...

by fgm351 - 3 years ago
A Tree United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 416

awesome

by 0-0-0 - 3 years ago
USA-Ireland Ireland
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 61

congrats nice game

by hardfighter - 3 years ago
United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 139

very nice game. close ending too.

by KanaPolak - 3 years ago
Lethbridge Canada
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 43

Yea, the Master could see the huge smile across my face and told me about the first time he beat a Master.

Yes there was a three-way tie for first, both other winners we're rated 2000+.

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