I was black. One of the first times I have actually put together a multi piece coordinated mate. Used a rook sacrifice to start things off.
My best mate ever! Like a "tactic's" solution
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tj2112
Apr 20, 2019
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Apr 20, 2019
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Very nice! The queen sacrifice was something I wouldn't have thought of. I believe better players like yourself are willing to lose your queens for position and not just for attacking. It's a level I hope to get to myself. In my game it is one of the few times my win wasn't just dumb luck! I actually saw how the moves would flow together.
Re: OP, the combo just doesn't work. 31. rg3 and you've got nothing except a loss. At your rating, I personally think its better to not sacrifice unless you can see to the end, because your attacking instincts aren't developed enough to sacrifice on a hunch.
Apr 20, 2019
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Thanks ArtNJ! That's my point. It didn't feel like a hunch. I "saw" that it was a winning combination. That's why I took the time to post it. If it had just been a lucky crap shoot I wouldn't have posted it. I have been doing endless C.com tactics and this type of sacrifice isn't uncommon in the solutions. So even though my rating is what it, (actually proud to be in the 900s. Up from the 500s months ago) I have been exposed to more advanced concepts on the chess board. And anyway, it obviously DID work didn't it?
Nice!
In chess there is nearly always someone better you.
Those who are higher up the pyramid do well to offer advice but should
respect the enjoyment others deride from the game.
Apr 20, 2019
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Although a nice mate, it wasn’t forced, instead of 31 Kh2 white could have played 31 Rg3 blocking the queen’s check, by then you’d be losing.
Apr 20, 2019
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So... Just because he didn't move 31. rg3 (certainly a better move I admit) my mate was a lucky fluke?
Apr 20, 2019
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Didn't HE or She miss the move? I'm confused. Or are you saying I missed it in the analysis?
Apr 21, 2019
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Hi DS, It was a Rapid game. Yes after looking at the game more closely I see that had he made that move I was in some deep doo doo. I guess it was satisfying though because I felt that I was kind of backed into a losing game and ended up pulling it out, I got lucky that he moved his king instead.
tj2112 wrote:
Hi DS, It was a Rapid game. Yes after looking at the game more closely I see that had he made that move I was in some deep doo doo. I guess it was satisfying though because I felt that I was kind of backed into a losing game and ended up pulling it out, I got lucky that he moved his king instead.
As we have discussed, 31. rg3 shuts down the attack. However, 31. kh1 would have led to an interesting situation. Computer says its a draw, but I think it would be totally fine to envision it in your head and say, "I must have something here or at worst its a draw". Black picks up the rook, is threatening to regain the knight or take h3, and white's king is wide open.
tj2112 schreef:
I was black. One of the first times I have actually put together a multi piece coordinated mate. Used a rook sacrifice to start things off.
I wouldn't call that a multi piece coordinated mate. You tricked your opponent in a lost position. The rook sacrifice doesn't work, but you were lost anyway.
After 24...e4 blundering the bishop, you were losing. 24....Bc5 attacking the rook would have won for you.
tj2112... more like your opponent threw away terribly his win.. nevertheless good game.. win's a win
26 Qf8, would that move not have swung it white's way? This is the first time I've enjoyed looking at someone else's game. Good fun, eh.
Hey guys,
What do you this of my game? Really turned the tables
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
The sequence beginning with 33 Rh8+ was quite amusing (and would serve well in a tactics book).
Yeah, that's why i posted it. It wasn't my cleanest start but it had a nice comeback
