You got really lucky and should've lost. You played a bad game in my opinion. Your opponent played worse though. Really lucky.
A very Risky Attacking Game
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You think so? Care to share any specifics?
I agree that I played somewhat badly and risky. But I think my only pure mistake was 13. Bxh6.
How should black have played according to you (show me some variations)!
Wow reb, I can't believe I missed that that would have been much stronger! Is there no defense??!?!
grantchamp: I have no idea what you're talking about. White played actually quite well and, personally, during the critical stages of that game, there really wasn't any risk at all. On a sidenote, capturing the bishop after move 10 allows a mate in one, so the bishop was immune. Both responces, h6 (as in the game) and BxN leave black in a hopeless quagmire.
Now, as to your 13th move: Bxh6, that one isn't really any good at all. Consider, you're up a queen versus two minor pieces: why make it a queen vs. three, after which black has much more to look forward to? By the way, though, I should point out that it's not technically losing. If you wanted to, you could get a draw by repetition, but why play into such territory in the first place, when the material would have told a different result with patient, accurate play.
That being said, your opponent did play too passively and let you do whatever you wanted on the kingside. The attack developed to critical proportions and black didn't even seem to notice it.
Interesting analysis Gambit. I hadn't put too much thought into BxN, but it seems that my h6 move was pretty smart indeed. I sometimes feel that not kingside castling sometimes gives me strong attacks on the opponents kingside.
But yes I agree that my main mistake was Bxh6, but sometimes I think this move is good simply to remove the protection of king but I agree, I was left with almost no minor pieces and it becomes difficult to checkmate with all those pawns in the way.
Where do you think my opponent began to go wrong (how could have stopped my advance?)
the opening be7 is know as hungarian defense it was play before by karpov
eaglex wrote:
the opening be7 is know as hungarian defense it was play before by karpov
Ah ok thank you for this. I hadn't seen it in a live blitz before.
6...a5 was simply a waste of time.
Better than 7...Bd7 are c6 and Nbd7, both preventing you from removing a knight defending h7.
10.Qh5 was justified, and if his queen moves after 11.Nxf7 then mate is forced, e.g. 11...Qb6 12.Nxh6+ Kh7 13.Nf7+ Kg8 14.Qh8#
13.Bxh6 was not justified, you can not mate him with one piece, even if it is your queen.
Overall, your opponent made some mistakes, but a good attack nonetheless.
I was thinking about instead of a5, why not h6? But then I saw that I should let him take the knight, and there's no defense from checkmate.
I guess maybe my opponent should have mounted his own attack.
Hehe I guess so. Not sure why he decided on a5 either. I'm sure a good player would have made a gruesome attack on me.
I think black lost the game after making 9.... c6, where if replaced by g6, would have neutralised the attack of White at the price of a pawn (10. Bxb7, Ra7 11. Bd5 (all other choices are poor), c6..... game is more or less even at this stage).
i definitely fail to understand the 6.... a5 by black. I would have preferred c6, followed by d5 or Nc6 followed by Bg4
interesting
I guess 3 minor pieces + 2 rooks vs queen + 2 rooks, is pretty even then as the point system predicted :). I hadn't thought of the Nd8 move for black. It's a good thing he blundered the ending.
interesting :)
Occasionally you may mess around in blitz and play a game extremely risky, and even win sometimes (and other times even play similarly and lose to weak players!).
I played very aggressively this 5-min game, and made some really risky moves and sacrifices. I bet versus a high rated player I would have lost horribly (I'm sure you all will find enough criticism here).
But I couldn't find too many ways for the opponent to defend against my attack, where did my opponent go wrong? (I also tried to apply that h4 knight sacrifice, but it didn't work).
Was some of my attacking/risky/sacrificial moves really justified? Or were they just rubbish and I simply got lucky?
I know that analyzing a winning game may not be too useful, but as Kasparov said, even analyzing winning games can reveal problems in your play or inaccuracies.