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immortalgamer

Would love some comments about this game. 

santiR

i think you could have captured on g5 on move 23, but ahven't analysed it. just intuition.

TheGrobe

23. Nxg5 works out quite well if Black recaptures:

immortalgamer

Wow...missed that.  Very nice.

MapleDanish

Mates even quicker with 24. Qxg5+ Kh7 (forced) 25. Rf7#

pWn0rD13

nice game!

TheGrobe
ih8sens wrote:

Mates even quicker with 24. Qxg5+ Kh7 (forced) 25. Rf7#


So it is... of course, Black doesn't have to recapture....

immortalgamer

The game is now sort of ruined for me now :(  .

Peterski
TheGrobe wrote:

23. Nxg5 works out quite well if Black recaptures:

 


 There is a big difference with the game, because there's the night on d6 and not on c5. So Qf7 isn't possible. and the queen stands on f2 so Qxg5+ isn't possible...

TheGrobe

What game are you looking at?  I copied the position directly from the game after move 22.

MapleDanish

Ah yes Peterski you're responding to me I assume... take a closer look at my own post :P ... I'm responding to TheGrobe who posted a !! line for white :).

ilikeflags

pretty good game.  what were the ratings of the players?

immortalgamer

You know that really isn't a true forced continuation...because he can play Qf4 after the knight takes pawn.

MapleDanish
immortalgamer wrote:

You know that really isn't a true forced continuation...because he can play Qf4 after the knight takes pawn.


Sorry Qf4?  I'm not sure I see what you're looking at.

TheGrobe
immortalgamer wrote:

You know that really isn't a true forced continuation...because he can play Qf4 after the knight takes pawn.


Yeah, hence the "if".  I just ran it by Rybka, which likes Qd6 over Qf4 followed by a long, drawn out struggle.

immortalgamer

Oh Ih8...I mean Qf5....looking at the board upside down

crashfreze

I didn't read the other comments but 23. Nxg5 forces mate in 5 moves if black recaptures.  If black declines the capture he's still in huge trouble.  Still a very nicely played game.

MapleDanish

Less than 5 moves (read the comments :P)...

 

But yeah, excellent play by immortalgamer.  Even after the knight 'sac' there is quite a bit of play.

crashfreze
ih8sens wrote:

Less than 5 moves (read the comments :P)...

 

But yeah, excellent play by immortalgamer.  Even after the knight 'sac' there is quite a bit of play.


 Ha! look at that you're right I didnt even calculate Qxg5+  I looked at the long variation...

23. ... fxg5 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27. Qg6#

jpd303

i think white made the first mistake by playing 1.E4   :)