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Were you very low on time? You also missed a chance to force g6 which would have damaged his kingside.
On move 52, Ke1 wins and forces mate
Ke1, Kb1, Kd1, A1= Q, Qc2 mate.
If he goes back to A1 to avoid that mate then you staircase his king until mate on c1
nice game. It pays dividends to stay calm.
May 28, 2016
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Yea, I had LOADS of time. My opponent was complaining b/c I took a good 15 mins on the pawn break. I wasn't sure of it but i knew I remembered seeing it somewhere else. Then it came to me - GM Yasser Seirawan. I got too too excited and blew it. 8) I feel better now. Haven't broken anything in the house, but wow what a rush. I get really amped up when I get to play a 1400+ player, I only play slow chess (45/45 only) bc well... i just stink at 15/0. Anyway, yea, I should not have gotten over excited and jumped the gun. He was avoiding A1 like the plague and once I blew it and let him off of A1, I had no hope b/c there wasn't a zugzwang I could pull off.
This is why I play chess though. I thrive on the masochistic disappointment and irritation. Its totally weird being this mad at one's self. I'm sure all of you chess junkies know exactly what I'm talking about.
Still, I am grateful for the painful lesson learned, but I can't be proud of this game. 8/ I'm going back over it tomorrow and looking for other mistakes.
Love all y'all, my fellow chess addicts. 8) So nice of you all to comment on my misery. LOL. 8)
Edit: Mr. JGambit has it right. Chess at some points becomes about nerves and staying calm. Oh, what a mental game of 'ideas' (another Seirawan quote) chess is.
Sounds like a very healthy relationship with chess. If you want to become stronger and I'm not sure if you do or not, you have to play the board, not the person. This was a good lesson. A very good lesson. It's up to you to turn this lesson into something constructive. To me this game reminds me of the age old quote, '
- Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. - Spielmann.
In the endgame you just started chaotically checking him, panicking. A simple 2-3 move calculation would have won you the game instantly. You must calculate in the endgame. No getting around it.
I am ready to throw something. 8) But then that's why I play.
I just drew a won game because i decided to sweep up all the pawns instead of going for the throat.
Have a great look. I used a trick I learned from GM Yasser Seirawan to break the pawn blockade, which my opponent should have done instead (I was sweating hoping he didn't know this trick). Then watch as I (white) eat up the pawns and miss some mate opportunities still at the end and end up with a draw. I could throw something. This guy was worth 12 rating points if i beat him. And I threw it away for a draw. 8/
The only good thing is I have learned not to jump the gun at the end of the game and start sweeping up pieces. Uuuuugh.
I love the stress and anger of chess though. What sucks about it is there is ... noone... but yourself to blame when you mess up like I just did. Yet the rage is there. All temper tantrum and I could just CRY at 43 over the loss of this game.