Back Rank Mate! (Part 2)
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This is Part 2 of back rank checkmates! It’s never too late to hang back rank mate! In the last video, I managed to win through a back rank mate when my opponent made a mistake against my counterplay where they had a completely winning position. In today’s game, the same thing happens to me! Prior to my critical blunder, I had a +70 advantage, and then, disaster!
In this game, I completely expected to lose as I was randomly matched against a player rated in the 1700s, around 400 ELO points higher than me! As I played and realised that I probably had a winning position, I got really excited, but, this was also mixed with some frustration as I couldn’t work out how to convert the position into a win. Then, when my opponent started advancing on my king’s position, I basically cracked, carelessly playing a move that exposed my king to a back rank mate. I was really annoyed with myself as I only took 20 seconds to make this terrible losing move, when I still had over 20 minutes left on the clock.
I hope you found this game interesting, and thanks for watching!
Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/43892086785
Originally published: https://adventuresofachessnoob.com/2022/04/27/back-rank-mate-part-2/
