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Sheer luck?!!! :-) Nuh, kidding. I think you caught him off guard, and maybe he under estimated you and disobeyed the first rule of chess: never under estimate your opponent :-) You're a gud player Jon, maybe you underestimate yourself...
Look forward to playing for beer on Tuesday! :-)
That opening is called the Polish or Orangutan
hey...anyone can explain me black's move: 14... Nf8? Should have played Ra5 for an exchange...
I must say you are very good, Barney!!
Great game you played really, but having played chessjoe...i know he's a blitz fan, and I think he plays too many games---to a fault---like there all blitz matches...i think his rating now is 2000+, but he overlooks a lot in his multi-play gaming. I don't imply you won on a blunder he made---but i can see where your trap could have been overlooked.
Enjoy your sweet victory, but don't rush out and bet the farm on heads up play next time, i also beat him, but also to my good fortune he had a boatload of games underway.
Interesting game!
I checked it out though, and interestingly enough, although the text move is strong, much better is 15. Rxf8... as you can see below:
chipsystems wrote:
Interesting game!
I checked it out though, and interestingly enough, although the text move is strong, much better is 15. Rxf8... as you can see below:
I prefer the text move, actually.
silentfilmstar13 wrote: chipsystems wrote:
Interesting game!
I checked it out though, and interestingly enough, although the text move is strong, much better is 15. Rxf8... as you can see below:
I prefer the text move, actually.
Yeah, I don't think he gets it....
Sorry I wasn't more clear. The text move is fine if black plays 15... Rxe1. But, although black blundered with 14... Nf8?, he can still salvage things somewhat with: