It's a BAIT! Warning. Don't bite.

Warning. Don't bite. It's a Bait.

Below are 2 baits. They are parts of games. How do you think they continued?

Bait #1:

Bait #2:

In game 1, black has to get back to the 8th rank fast to avoid mate. White may have played Kh4, and dumdum took the f-pawn

In the 2nd game, there is a setup for Bxh7+ Kh8; B(back)+ Kg8; Rh8+ Kxh8; Qh1...# soon. So Black probably "won" a pawn with ba3

#1.  Kh4 all the way, totally sewn up.

#2.  Black must defend h7 or find a forcing move, what else is there? ....Rfd8?   ..g6 is meh, always attack!   would still rather be white tho' . . .

Waiting for more comments, I will post the whole game tomorrow. Just as the theme suggests, Don't bite, it's a bait.

It's not the bait, it's just a bait.

I'll bite.

In diagram bait #1, what is white best choice?

Diagram bait #2 is quite obvious, but you will be surprise about the ending.

Wait, is the question how did the game continue, or what the best continuation is?

In the first one I don't see a big difference between Kf4 and Kh4.  Seems winning either way.  I also don't see what the "bait" is here.

In the second one white is threatening mate and the rook so... black loses either way but before resigning I guess he could move the rook and hope white doesn't see the mate.

Here is the complete game of bait #1:

a pawn bait that caused checkmate.

And here

is the complete game of bait #2:

A beautiful checkmate on a blitz 5,0 game. Of course I couldn't have seen the checkmate in such a short time. It's just an instinct.

The pawn move was to block the rook check. thanks for your analysis.

#1  I fail to see why that was singled out for any special analysis?

#2   25.Bg6+ is better (and forced) after 25...Kg8 26.Rh8+ Kxh8 27.Qh1+ Kg8 28.Qh7#

why am I even bothering with this.....

Thanks. Good analysis that I fail to see.

Word of advice, don't advertise the games you won by being 'handed to you on a plate' by an opponent's complete lapse of sight. Bad form really, pick the games where you had a creative idea......and in and Blitz game?

What do you mean by advertise? If you don't mind I want to see your creative idea.

Well you're saying 'look at this cool thing' and it ain't cool it's just weak play.

I mean, in the first game if black just plays Rc8 then -in blitz- maybe YOU'LL be the one making a fool of yourself with a clanger on the next move. nothing to be proud of.

I know. That's what makes them so interesting. Well, they are just weak plays, but they take something to point them.

why in the #1 not Kf8??

Because it's a blitz game.