Nice checkmate sequence!
You got Vienna Gambited tho lol
Sacked my rook for an end-game advantage
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Jun 16, 2021
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Viznik wrote:
DaBabysBurner wrote:
Nice checkmate sequence!
You got Vienna Gambited tho lol
Lol was that what that was? The opening was ROUGH for me, he was bullying me all around the board for a minute there.
Is the Vienna gambit a strong opening, should I start playing it?
it's technically worse for white if you know theory for it
and there's three branches off the main line that white can choose from.
This was a game I just had to share, given the tactics used in it were something I learned here at Beginners & Masters! I believe it was @little_guinea_pig who made the comment once that "it doesn't matter the material disadvantage if you get checkmate", and I believe it was @B1ZMARK who explained to me the idea of how sometimes your position on the board can be more important than just gobbling up pieces.
So, with that in mind, I went into this game without knowing that I would use those exact ideas from those great players to help me win a very tough game!
In this game, I actually intentionally (believe it or not! lol) sacked my rook to get my queen down near my opponent's king, which at the time (and still does) felt like an extreme advantage and only a matter of a few moves until mate.
Let's take a look at the game:
I would actually be interested on the insight from everyone here as to what they think about this tactic? Should I have or have not sacked the rook to get my queen down the board?