Ah, I just realized that I recalled it incorrectly. I just remembered that I actually had my queen on d1, because I remember his knight kept me from putting him in check. I actually backstepped to when I started sacrificing pieces up until the end of the game. Was it a good idea to trade off those pieces or could I have done something more?
Any way I could have won this game?
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tonydal wrote:
Yeah, I think you can win with 1... Qc7+ followed by 2... Ke7. Definitely a hairy position though! (especially in time pressure).
I agree.
Also, the bishop and knight should have been put to better use. I am always uneasy when the opponent has a pawn at the 7th rank, so I think Nb6+ is a good move, because it lets you take the pawn, thus eliminating the threat to you and still saving the knight. Then, play Bf1 and you will be able to promote your h file pawn without a sacrifice. That way, if White tries to stop promotion with his knight, you have two pieces to keep the knight occupied.
Sheath wrote:
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I am always uneasy when the opponent has a pawn at the 7th rank, so I think Nb6+ is a good move, because it lets you take the pawn, thus eliminating the threat to you and still saving the knight. Then, play Bf1 and you will be able to promote your h file pawn without a sacrifice. That way, if White tries to stop promotion with his knight, you have two pieces to keep the knight occupied.
I don't think Bf1 will work, look at my first diagram. But I have another idea, look at my second diagram. In the second diagram there are some other variations in the move list. It is a difficult endgame I would say, not fit for a situation with a time pressure:
Sep 30, 2008
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Wow, good one. I think I know where I went wrong. First, I was scared to lose my Knight if I captured the pawn that Black was trying to promote, but I lost it trying to promote my own pawn anyways, so that was pretty foolish of me. Also, I didn't think out the pawn play on the left side well. For some reason, I thought I wouldn't be able to pass up his pawns without sacrificing my Bishop. Since it was a timed game, I was going by instinct, and my pawn play is slowly improving.
Oh well, should have won, but a good learning experience nonetheless. Thanks for the help.
First time posting (actually second, but pretty much first). I just played a game on Yahoo Chess. I ended up with the following set up and am wondering if there is anything I could have done to win (I'm playing as black). I drew him into a stalemate because I couldn't see myself winning it and was running out of time. To reach this position, I basically sacrificed a Knight and Bishop to promoted a pawn to Queen, which upon reflection was a pretty bad idea because the only way to take the Pawn is to move the Knight, which wouldn't be possible with my Queen alone. I didn't save the moves, so I couldn't remember the exact set up before my exchange, but I'll try to duplicate it. Also, is there a way for White to decline the stalemate and still win? Thanks.