Too nice, even in a social game a win with a Bishop sac & using what you have been learning is worth a lot, it doesn't matter that your opponent made a mistake not giving himself an escape, someone has to make a mistake for there to be a result.
Well done!!
great posts QueenTakesKnightOops and Jaglavak. Yes, Jagalvak, I understand your distinction. A target is a piece to win or a pawn promotion square. Any other square is a something that I may threaten to occupy, possibly in order to win material.
Still, doesn't that leave most moves in a game 'position improving' moves? Or do I need to start looking for moves that will initiate combinations? Am I looking for combinations most of the game? If so, I understand. It is very clear how that would eliminate postional and maximal thinking.
(on another note, since QueenTakesKnightOops mentioned his game with his wife...I plahyed an informal, untimed game with my old chess buddy last night. I moved 1. d4 and when I saw 1....d5 I decided on a lark to try the stonewall one last time. However I moved Nf3 before moving f4 so I never moved my f pawn, and instead I concentrated my efforts on Bd3, preserving the Bd3 on the b1-h7 diagonal, and on bringing my Q to the h file and lifting the R to the h file. It worked. I sacked the bishop on h7, gave check with the Q on h5, and my buddy moved g6 in a mistake, thinking this would give an escape square to the K. I gave mate on h8 with my Q, backed up by my R on h3, and no escape square for the B king. However, I really won this game by my opponent misunderstanding how to give the K an escape square. A better player would have made me give chase to a fugitive K.Still the game was a good taste of targetting the K, and tasting the blood. The taste of blood was good. And, my opponent tried very hard, successfully, to not take a tantrum about the loss, and I tried very hard, successfully, to feel peoud of myself, and especially felt that I had done you guys, my study group, proud.