I was able to play this classic endgame trick in my game, unfortunately I lost on time afterward.
wow, is this supposed to be a draw or what ??
That was just a technique/trick. White is winning if he pushes his own pawn instead of moving his king
#498 after f4, there's gxh5+, so white was still winning I think.
I completely missed that, because of the King's positioning it does not even work
from an Eric Rosen stream
from an Eric Rosen stream
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Calculation/positional exercise, is f4 a good move or a blunder? What would be a good plan for white if not f4? Who is better?
The King is already unsafe and f4 is even more weakening, specially because after the knight moves the pawn is attacked by his bishop. I would try to centralize my rook on a1 to safeguard my king and get that juicy e file. So Qc2 Re1 and then try to activate the Bishop on b2. You cannot start an attack in the current position as your pieces are stuck in the corner of the board. With the rook on e1 and the Bishop's vision opened an attack is much more likely to succeed.
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
f4 knight moves and the he is threating to fork
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg N6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
f4 knight moves and the he is threating to fork
knight moves where?
Nd7 loses to 1. hxg6 fxg6 2. Ne6 (!!), Nc6 loses to Bxg4 and white has a crushing kingside attack
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg N6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
f4 knight moves and the he is threating to fork
knight moves where?
Nd7 loses to 1. hxg6 fxg6 2. Ne6 (!!), Nc6 loses to Bxg4 and white has a crushing kingside attack
Nf3 blocking the bishops sight
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg N6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
f4 knight moves and the he is threating to fork
knight moves where?
Nd7 loses to 1. hxg6 fxg6 2. Ne6 (!!), Nc6 loses to Bxg4 and white has a crushing kingside attack
Nf3 blocking the bishops sight
Rook has to take and then the queen infiltrates going to h4. I don't think white can survive after that because there is mate on h1
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg N6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
f4 knight moves and the he is threating to fork
knight moves where?
Nd7 loses to 1. hxg6 fxg6 2. Ne6 (!!), Nc6 loses to Bxg4 and white has a crushing kingside attack
Nf3 blocking the bishops sight
Rook has to take and then the queen infiltrates going to h4. I don't think white can survive after that because there is mate on h1
Maybe Rg3 stopping mate but you just take the rook and you're up material still having an attack. I think Nf3 deserves triple exclam !!!
Calculation/positional exercise, is f4 a good move or a blunder? What would be a good plan for white if not f4? Who is better?
f4 is the worst move you can play in this position. Just take the pawn on g6 and go c4. I can see some sacrifices coming up leading to mate as maybe nxf5 after that!
there's only 1 good knight move for black though, in all others white wins, you have to find the concrete refutation. Qc2 is fine, along with hxg N6 with ideas of playing c4 and opening up the bishop. The main take away is that f4 weakens e3 and there's a way to exploit that
f4 knight moves and the he is threating to fork
knight moves where?
Nd7 loses to 1. hxg6 fxg6 2. Ne6 (!!), Nc6 loses to Bxg4 and white has a crushing kingside attack
Nf3 blocking the bishops sight
exactly! This is the only move, Nf3, if Rxf3 Qh4 is crushing indeed. It was important to find this sequence to evaluate f4.
found this interesting endgame concept in a game I was expectating, the players agreed to a draw but there was a direct way to convert, which was interesting to see
found this interesting endgame concept in a game I was expectating, the players agreed to a draw but there was a direct way to convert, which was interesting to see
The winning idea is really easy to spot. I don’t know why White agreed to a draw.
found this interesting endgame concept in a game I was expectating, the players agreed to a draw but there was a direct way to convert, which was interesting to see
The winning idea is really easy to spot. I don’t know why White agreed to a draw.
White kept playing Ra8 and repeated moves, he wasn't aware of the concept of a lucena bridge but did notice the stalemate trap, thought he couldn't move the king and thus couldn't win. It was between 2 <1,000 elo players. It was interesting to see a theoretical endgame position on a live board though, so thought about posting it
I was able to play this classic endgame trick in my game, unfortunately I lost on time afterward.
wow, is this supposed to be a draw or what ??