Ziryab wrote:
The_Chin_Of_Quinn wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
Umbrellas!
Just kidding. About two years ago, I was playing the French Defense against a young National Master. He threw his pawns at my king, and I threw mine at his. His were arriving faster. As this was a correspondence game, I searched ChessBase for games with my kingside pawn structure and his. I went through about 100 French and Sicilian games to get a feel for the best defensive resources. In the end, my king found safety on f7 with pawns on g7, g6, and f5. His pieces were coming next, but first it was time to defend against my pawn storm. He should have moved his king to the d-file with an unclear position. Instead, he let his king get driven to a1. A rook sacrifice opened his king for checkmate.
Just kidding. About two years ago, I was playing the French Defense against a young National Master. He threw his pawns at my king, and I threw mine at his. His were arriving faster. As this was a correspondence game, I searched ChessBase for games with my kingside pawn structure and his. I went through about 100 French and Sicilian games to get a feel for the best defensive resources. In the end, my king found safety on f7 with pawns on g7, g6, and f5. His pieces were coming next, but first it was time to defend against my pawn storm. He should have moved his king to the d-file with an unclear position. Instead, he let his king get driven to a1. A rook sacrifice opened his king for checkmate.
If you have this game handy I'd like to see it.
It's easy to find in my game history. Just filter for correspondence games and look for wins against titled players. There are only a few.
Oh, I had no idea chess.com had search features like this. I'll give it a try.
Just kidding. About two years ago, I was playing the French Defense against a young National Master. He threw his pawns at my king, and I threw mine at his. His were arriving faster. As this was a correspondence game, I searched ChessBase for games with my kingside pawn structure and his. I went through about 100 French and Sicilian games to get a feel for the best defensive resources. In the end, my king found safety on f7 with pawns on g7, g6, and f5. His pieces were coming next, but first it was time to defend against my pawn storm. He should have moved his king to the d-file with an unclear position. Instead, he let his king get driven to a1. A rook sacrifice opened his king for checkmate.
If you have this game handy I'd like to see it.
It's easy to find in my game history. Just filter for correspondence games and look for wins against titled players. There are only a few.