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14th July 2009, 02:10pm
#1
by KanetsuStar
d Spain
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 226

This is from a game i have just played. A beautiful forced checkmate sacrificing the rook. Quite easy it must be, if i could see it in a game, but whatever, try it out ^^

 

15th July 2009, 11:13am
#2
by SteveM
Who Cares United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 1438

Very nice!

16th July 2009, 02:48pm
#3
by awesmond
Plano, TX United States
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 329

wow... your really good if you found that!

16th July 2009, 03:04pm
#4
by Nytik
Southampton United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 5828

What if your opponent doesn't take the rook? Presumably checkmate isn't forced?? It doesn't matter a massive amount, because white is winning anyway.

16th July 2009, 04:46pm
#5
by shuttlechess92
California United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 2473

not bad.

5th August 2009, 10:30am
#6
by KanetsuStar
d Spain
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 226
Nytik wrote:

What if your opponent doesn't take the rook? Presumably checkmate isn't forced?? It doesn't matter a massive amount, because white is winning anyway.


Yeah, it isn't forced, but it was a rook sacrifice with a forced mate AFTER it. If knight doesn't take the rook, so what? I got an extra pawn and I was a rook up and a rook-over-minor piece advantage.

 

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