THE ROOOOOK - Chess Forums

Nov 3, 2023

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I finally got to sacrifice the rook. This was to save a lost position. I “won” because my opponent resigned, but it made the position equal, but show the hype!

[Event "?"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "michaelpowers8"]
[Black "SanjayGa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1831"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Nb5 c5 5. b4 a6 6. bxc5 axb5 7. Bxb5+ Bd7 8. Nxd4 Bxc5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nb3 Bd4 11. c3 Bb6 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qg4 O-O 15. d4 Nxc3 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh4 Kg8 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Nd5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 b6 23. Rc2 Ra4 24. Rd2 Nxe5 25. Qg3 Nc6 26. Rc2 Rxd4 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ {1-0}