The tragedy of a missed brilliancy

I was looking over some of my old OTB tournament rated games from the Paleolithic... mmm... actually, from the 1970s and 80s.

Playing over an old game that I had always been very satisfied with - because I had pulled off a nice Queen sacrifice - I suddenly realized that I had missed an even more spectacular move!

The tragedy of a missed brilliancy!

In my opinion, the queen sac was more spectacular hehe. Nice game btw.

In the Queen sac line (which is what I actually played, at the time) the killer move is 17. Be6! cracking Black's King position like an egg.

I always enjoy it when the really shocking move comes at the END of the combination, not at the beginning.

Gg

You're very cool, blueemu. 🙂

Nice combination but really not easy to find!

My Queen pinning Black's Bishop against his a1-Rook after 14. Nxe6!! adds a piquant touch to the combination. Usually, when a friendly Queen and an enemy Bishop are on the same diagonal, it's the Queen that needs to worry about getting pinned, not the Bishop.

Wait a minute! There's no tragedy here. The 'tragedy' would have been if you missed the brilliancy and then went on to lose the game! I'm just kidding, of course. Very interesting game. I think both lines are pretty spectacular, and 14.Qxd5! deserves at least one exclaim.

Thanks.

Yeah, I decided to give 14. Qxd5! one exclam, and 14. Nxe6!! two exclams.

Pretty much your own assessment.

Boohoo (by special request)

Thank you.

ive seen this before

My game? Remarkable. It was OTB.

Are you from the Canadian Maritimes?

Different engines say different things on different depths.

There is no "THE engine says".

mittens

I think this would be a great post game data point in game analysis. “Missed Brilliancies”. I think seeing those kinds of misses would really be highly educational.

I can’t even see the queen sac you’re better than I am

its not important about the brilliancy it’s how you play

both are great moves, keep this up!!😁😁