Excellent job at explaining your logical chain of thinking and how you find tactics, exsspecially how you found Nd5. Thanks.
MM78, iv just looked into them moves and yea your quiet right, well spotted. thanks for the info mate.
@steveoplacebo:
that's a great question...I had a good look and it if b4 I believe white gets into trouble:
1b4 Qa3+
2 Kb1 Nxe4 exposing an attack on the queen and a double attack on the knight c3 if the queen moves. White can even get mated on b2 in some variations.
So the only thing I can see to save both is 3Nb5 attacking black's queen. But then after 3..Bxd4 4Nxa3 Nc3+ forking the K and R on d1 and coming out well on top.
It just shows the amount of tactics latent in this position/game. I'm sure I haven't seen everything but I reckon b4 would have been very dangerous for white.
p.s. b4 would be a fork, not a pin
hi guys sorry to sound like such a novice but at 5.41 why dident white just push the pawn to b4 pinning the knight and the queen?
awesome game Melik, privet iz Bostona.
Nice example on showing when it's ok to trap in your own bishop. Thanks
That was a very nice game. Thanks for the video!
Great tactics and good information for developing a mating net.
Very interesting game, loved that h5 pawn move!!
Great game, thanks Meli.
Thanks for sharing the game, a very explosive attack and it made a very enjoyable watch!
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by GM Melikset Khachiyan
GM Khachiyan looks at an entirely tactical game. It does however kick off with a piece sacrifice based entirely on positional considerations. But when the opponent fights back, the only way to win is to be concrete. Try to guess white's moves as you watch, and sharpen your calculation skills.
