Today, for the first time, I beat him.  Finally!  We had the same idea for a long time, but I finally broke through the chain.

 

Well done and well played!

Good game, I'm still a far way from beating my dad, he is uscf-master strength, and also my coach =p

Congratulations. :)

Vulpoon wrote: Good game, I'm still a far way from beating my dad, he is uscf-master strength, and also my coach =p

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Oh yeah, my dad isn't a master or anything, he just taught me how to play.  so this was a big milestone for me.

nice end game method!!i just post a very nice end game puzzle in win by less value in comment 12,also like u,win the game by sacrifice a castle,try to solve it and good luck.

I did this recently as well, which is pretty good, seeing as how he has an ELO 1988.

Well done, a very nice game...

Brutal.  I bet he choked on that 'free' rook!

I remember the feeling of getting good enough to beat my dad at chess. Like you he showed me how to play the game. He was never a tournamnet player or anything, but he knew how to checkmate and beat me pretty good for a long time. We used to both do the mate in 2 puzzles in the newspaper as well. It's a nice thing to share chess with your dad.

Congratulations!  I remember how good it felt the first time I beat my dad.  I never beat my grandfather tho.  But it was that, "I'm not going to give it to you - you have to earn it" attitude that made that first win feel so good.  Just this weekend my daughter said to me, "I'm going to beat you Daddy.  If I don't beat you this game, I'll beat you next game, or maybe the next one.  But I'm going to keep trying until I win."  That's my girl!  She's already starting to anticipate moves and counter them.  I'm so proud of her.

nice one.