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yes i was once behind by 10 points in a tournament (it was the Region III Team Scholastic Qualifier, which many of you know, Opus you might know some schools in region I, or II im not sure). I am rated 957 USCF, and I was playing at opponent 1100. I played for Meigs Magnet, and Mrchessguy was playing board 3. Just an FYI. So I was behind by like 10 points and I forked his Queen and King and won the game soon enough.
Apr 6, 2014
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JuniorMinecraftian wrote:
yes i was once behind by 10 points in a tournament (it was the Region III Team Scholastic Qualifier, which many of you know, Opus you might know some schools in region I, or II im not sure). I am rated 957 USCF, and I was playing at opponent 1100. I played for Meigs Magnet, and Mrchessguy was playing board 3. Just an FYI. So I was behind by like 10 points and I forked his Queen and King and won the game soon enough.
Hey that's great. I went to Meigs Magnet in 6th grade. Who was the coach?
this game is not great, but it does show why lower ranked players (below 1800) should hold off on the resign button until the outcome is certain.
It is not saving my annotation.
4 .. prevent N from coming in
7) prevent pawn double if he takes
10) probably my first mistake, should have played a3 here, which I usually do, but was trying too hard for an early attack
14) I thought I had an attack, and all I did was hang a piece. Trades follow favoring black.
19) trap the pawn so I can attack it and also rook attacks pawn structure.
20) Be3 wins the pawn, eventually. Looking to use these pawns to get my piece back and play to a draw. I take with the rook as it seems easier to fight with the pawns against minor pieces.
24) Rb7 seems like a minor mistake vs Ra8. At some point in here, maybe 25) .. black should have gained luft. Not doing this will turn a hoped-for draw into a win for me.
30) Black wastes time, not sure what my opponent is looking to do, meanwhile I am trying to get into position to make the pawns pay off. Black should be looking for a way to stop the pawns.
33) threaten to win a piece back. My position is now strong, black lost too many moves.
34) the idea of pinning the bishop has been there a while, but now it pays off, allowing my pawns time to move past the bishop controlled square.
36) race to get the other pawn into a supporting position. Black HAS to give his king an escape square, and he has to stop the pawns. But there is no time now.
38) there it is. I win a piece, that is the best black has now. He can try Rxc, my RxB, and I end up with an advanced (but likely doomed) pawn and even material. It might be a win or a draw. I would have to goof to lose it from here. Instead black chose a losing sequence of moves that not only allowed me to queen but cost material -- resign is all that was left to do.
Again, not a good game. I made a bad mistake, but the real lesson here is that at this level, opponents can still turn a winner into a loss with even subtle mistakes. All black really did wrong here was around move 30, wasted a few moves and failed to make an escape square.