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Checkmate with bishop and knight

I got a win.

I got a win,,

Although this was at blitz time controls at which I am very inconsistent, this is an unusually interesting game. The strategic play was thematic and the analysis tool finds no blunders.

But most interesting is the ending, which is quite something. The analysis tool gets the evaluation of the final position completely wrong using Stockfish 10 at depth 20, saying white is 1.7 pawns up. With more depth Stockfish decides the position is 0.00 but it is only at depth 67 that it starts to realise black is winning, the conclusion I made in the game. Give it a lot of time and it realises black is just completely winning. I am not sure whether my opponent suspected this when he timed out, but I thought as much.

Note that there is no possibility of zugzwang by black at the end because of the bishop (at least until the black king gets to e2 much later). The win starts with the humble a-pawn. Which actually means Kf6 on the last move would have been one move quicker.

Oh, do you like my sacrifice at the end? I don't think you should believe the analysis tool that this is a mistake. Maybe AlphaZero would like it more.

Nice game. Especially for Blitz.

Computer evaluates this as having a Bishop at some time in the future up until there is no more future.

We look at it and almost instantly realize that the piece on h2 is less valuable than a pawn.

Good one Elroch!

Yours too. You were comfortably winning when he allowed the fork.

So I'm playing a nice tournament in my alma mater (UNAC, Peru), invited by the organizer who is a young friend of mine. It's played with a rapid time control (20 minutes per move) and we're already in the k.o. phase.

So far I am pleasantly surprised by the strong level, but I managed to win all my games and now I'm waiting for my opponent in the quarterfinals.

Next game is from the group phase and was my strongest rival of all four opponents in there.

Good game Luke !

Thanks Rocky, it was very hard fought. In the round of 16 (two games of 20', with white and black) I faced another serious opponent, we had played some friendly blitz games a couple days before and tied the score 2-2. So I knew it wouldn't be an easy match:

A miniature with the Advanced Carokan. Enjoy guys.

This is from a World League 960 game 2nd board. Apparently Chess.com does not analyze 960 games,

Any way I thought the Rook sac on move 32 was kind of cool.