Could I Snatch A Win?
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Here is a game I have recently finished, it ended up as a draw but there was a point where I felt sure I was going to win. Were these hopes false fantasies or was there a way for me to claim the prize?
36...BE5 would have set up a discovered check, and you might have been able to win his rook, or trade rooks, which would have been better than what happened.
jasonpitts wrote: 36...BE5 would have set up a discovered check, and you might have been able to win his rook, or trade rooks, which would have been better than what happened.
Sorry, I meant 37...BE5
Yeah, but what if he plays 37 ... Kg8? No more discovered check...
35. Bd6
36. Anything?
37. Bf8
The game is full of mistakes, as it's normal on your level. After 10 moves it equall, then 12. d5? lost a pawn without compesation. 14.... e4? is weak, for alow knihght to come to a strong squere d4. 18... Nxc3 is good, for you will have a week double pawns at c-line. However, it was necesary after that to play. 19... d5? is a mistake, for the pawn is exposed to an attack, and the you take it.
And then, you missed your chance after 25... Rxc3??
26. Rxe5! fe5 27. Bxe5 and take a rook!
26. Bxe5 fe5 give black a beter endgame. For some reason, he didn't take a bishop, and a result is a hard endgame - bishop agaistn three pawns! It probably need to be drawn.
31. f4? is bad - your king need to go up with Kg2-g3. He need to say "thanx" and eat the pawn an pasant, 31... ef3, with a threat Rg2 and Rxg4 and then a bishop is agaisnt five pawns...
32.... Re2?? is horrible! Black king is going to be locked in a mate net!
The best is 33. Bd2! with a plan: Bb4 and Bf8# or Bc3 (if he play 33... a5), Bxf5 and Bg6#. Black has no good way to prevent it - his king can only wait his destiny!
You could realise the same idea with 35. Bd6! and 36. Bf8#