You castled so you won the game, your opponent did not and you punished him for it.
From Desperate situation to CheckMate! So slick!
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AndBell wrote:
You castled so you won the game, your opponent did not and you punished him for it.
White castling was actually a huge blunder.
tj2112 wrote:
Looking at the game now it doesn't look like anything special. At the time bishop to h3 felt like a stroke of genius as I felt like I was staring down the barrel of an impossible situation. I was thinking that my only option was to take his bishop on g4 setting up a tough situation with his queen. I agree with Scottrf that castling there put my back against the wall.
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Scottrf wrote:
AndBell wrote:
You castled so you won the game, your opponent did not and you punished him for it.
White castling was actually a huge blunder.
How was castling a huge mistake there? If the bishops are exchanged, blacks queen cant checkmate the king down there by herself- it would take several moves for black to bring an additional piece over there for a mate able attack. In the meantime blacks king is in the middle of the board with no pieces around it, very vulnerable. Castling might not have been the most efficient use of a tempo in that situation, I'm struggling to see it as a terrible blunder though.
Good game man!