A General Chess Discussion Thread?

Does anyone else just sac the exchange even if you know/feel it is a bad idea even though it might cost you the game?

Never. It is a mistake to take.

But you'll keep paying right?

SOGun I thought this was a Greek Gift game. Nice draw Fras.

I thought you had the endgame after 38 and rooks were gone.

I tried capitalizing on my time advantage, but played one move way too quick

How do you take advantage of after a Greek gift though?

By playing it

@Just_an_average_player
You want to be able to attack the king, often with your knight and queen. Here’s my example, and it’s how it plays out most of the time.

I think most the time they'd play Kg6 there instead of Kg8

Yeah what happens if they play Kg8

Also 700 comments congratulations

Kg6 ?

Yes that

I think Qg4 automatically wins a lot of material

Oh

Yeah just setting up a discovered attack with queen/knight

Hm

Qg5 f5 en passant and I think you get an exchange minimum but probably more

Yeah ig I am really more a positional player rather than attacking player. I rushed way too fast in this game. Fortunately my opponent didn't take profit of my mistakes, and the ending pattern was nice so I decided to share it. Anyone have tips on how to attack without exposing yourself too much ?

About exposing yourself I would try to plan your development around where your kings going (what side your castling, or if you’ll do something else) and develop to keep it safe and not push pawns too far there to prevent them from opening up the king.