Taking advantage of TEMPO

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20th February 2009, 01:24am
#1
by agai
tirana Albania
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 24
20th February 2009, 04:02am
#2
by WellRounded
Georgia United States
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 140

I wouldn't mind seeing that whole game... just because the board is pretty crazy, alot going on.  Nice Mate(w/ black 1 move away no less.)

20th February 2009, 04:05am
#3
by kiesh2
India
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 692

That was a good queen sac and good tempo, well done!

KIESH2

20th February 2009, 04:20am
#4
by uritbon
tel aviv Israel
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 1000

um... that's just a tactic... the title was missleading...

20th February 2009, 04:39am
#5
by Drecon
Groningen Netherlands
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 224

No, the title was very accurate. The whole idea is that if black ever gets a free move it's checkmate. Therefore you need to make every move with an extra tempo. It´s a good illustration on how tempo can give you the win from a lost or equal position.

22nd February 2009, 04:08pm
#6
by NM tonydal
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4542
WellRounded wrote:

I wouldn't mind seeing that whole game... just because the board is pretty crazy, alot going on. Nice Mate(w/ black 1 move away no less.)


It's called the Evergreen Game:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018961

(And what you're really taking advantage of is a double check.)

 

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