A game I just finished with a new friendly opponent "chessmanjam". After move 25 I was trying to find myself a checkmate with my knight and two bishops, but just couldn't spot one! This lead to my opponent's imminant checkmate that I naively forgot about. Your thoughts, please!

22. Bxc5+! and you can take the Q.

I couldn't find a checkmate with the knight and bishops too. Maybe Rd2+ was better, involving the rook instead of the knight. After his Re2, you can get your knight to check. But I don't know how that would've gone

28....rd6 was sucuide. 

bastiaan wrote:

22. Bxc5+! and you can take the Q.

I couldn't find a checkmate with the knight and bishops too. Maybe Rd2+ was better, involving the rook instead of the knight. After his Re2, you can get your knight to check. But I don't know how that would've gone

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 Ah, you're right! Why didn't I see that!

 

@KingOfTheCastle - Very true, I regretted that move straight after I made it, but ofc, t'was too late. 

I basically agree with the above, but white had a 16)BxBf8 if:

16...d2

17)BxQ with check

if:

16)... Bg2+ 17)Kf2 and of course if

16)... QxBf8 17)RxBe4+ wins the queen

Escapest_Pawn wrote:

I basically agree with the above, but white had a 16)BxBf8 if:

16...d2

17)BxQ with check

if:

16)... Bg2+ 17)Kf2 and of course if

16)... QxBf8 17)RxBe4+ wins the queen

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 Lol lucky for me that my opponent never spotted any of those, even though I stupidly lost my queen in the end.

I didn't got 12 Nc3.... could any one be kind enough to explain why not 12. Nxf3?????? 

fernandobtn wrote: I didn't got 12 Nc3.... could any one be kind enough to explain why not 12. Nxf3?????? 

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12. Nxf3 Qe2+ 13. Kg1 Qxf3

There is a mate at move 21... Qh4+

22. Ke2 Qxh2+ 23. Ke3 Qg3+ 24. Ke2 Qf3+ 25. Kd2 Qd3+ 26. Kc1 Ba3#

Well.... the Mate possibility was way beyond my foresight capacity!!! ACTUALY I WAS TOO BLIND TO SEE THAT D PAWN PROTECTING THE QUEEN IN 13th MOVE!!!

 

Man.... i'v got to improve my chess urgently! 

when your opponen played 5. Qh5 he/she set up old trap, which usually have played in the start, like this:

1. e4 e5

2. Qh5 g6!

3. Qxe5+ Winning a rook in the corner.

That start is better to learn. Usually Qh5 is weak because then black plays first Nc6 and the Nf6 attacking white Queen with tempo, but in this case it would not work because of mate in f7, so your best moe would have been Qe7, which you played one move too late.