Using small bait to mate

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wu1010

Please post games where mate is achieved suddenly when the opponent takes a small bait (poisoned pawn, opened lane, chased piece, etc.). Thanks!



crazyoldguy

Interesting.

crazyoldguy

Nicely done.

wu1010

Thanks! Feel free to post your own discovered games. Cheers.

wu1010

Here is an example where a natural blunder by my opponent allows me to take the queen (and the lead!) in an otherwise apparently dire situation:



wu1010

This one goes to show that checking in the endgame is almost always the right move.



crazyoldguy

Nicely done.

crazyoldguy

Awesome Rob.

wu1010

Thanks! Looking forward to other people's examples...

wu1010

A chased queen hooks up with a waiting fianchetto in this one:



Olaf-Timandahaf

24 ... Be6 25.Qg6 Bf7 

crazyoldguy

I love it.

wu1010
Olaf-Timandahaf wrote:

24 ... Be6 25.Qg6 Bf7 

That's a fine draw. Various sacs I tried around it run out of gas. Nice!

Olaf-Timandahaf

That's the spirit, mash! Never say die!

How about 25 Qg6 Bf7 26 Nxe5.

Nice Queen sacrifice.

crazyoldguy

You are one sneeky guy.

wu1010

I've updated the last board with some analysis. Thanks, guys.

P.S.: I take no credit for the thematic position and g5-line attack; it's Bobby Fisher's (of course!).

alex_palmer1121

don't have the full game, just this combination saved on my phone. Also, I don't mate but my opponent greedily takes a pawn and I then make a serious of combinations to win his queen :) I'll post it as a puzzle for fun. 

wu1010

Here, flippantly advanced pawns once again costs my opponent dearly.



crazyoldguy

I surely don't understand methods, but I love your results.

wu1010

I think one way to describe what I'm thinking (or giving preferential priority to) under timed play is shaping the field of play by drawing people off, much like in sports when your opponent is playing man and you create space by having decoys run out/away (or in - see pick&roll) from the actual line of play (or pass) you think you can exploit (cause a scoring opportunity).