The ROOOOOOOK and The KNIIIIIIIIGHT
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Jul 5, 2025
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Josh11live wrote:
Beautiful game. And the caro-cann by black extra points.
Glad you enjoyed!!
Jul 6, 2025
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#6
Followed it up with this beauty today - my tactical sight is on point - the sequence in the middle is excellent.
Jul 6, 2025
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#7
So many tactical motifs. But in the endgame with R vs B you could have put the rook to a place where it covers the b4 square and if the bishop go there you can promote by sacrifcing which was what I would have done. What was the time control on this one?
Jul 6, 2025
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#9
@josh11live - sorry, what do you think was wrong with the way I handled the endgame? (Not insulted, just curious)
and the time control was rapid, Elo’s of around 1950
Jul 6, 2025
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#11
No I don’t think it was wrong there is nothing wrong with bring the king, sacrificing the rook to promote I just would have played different.
Jul 6, 2025
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#12
Josh11live wrote:
No I don’t think it was wrong there is nothing wrong with bring the king, sacrificing the rook to promote I just would have played different.
Ah, I see. Would you like to share the line you saw? Endgame technique is always something worth studying and diversifying so I’d love to see what you had in mind 
Jul 6, 2025
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#13
Move 33 from black I would have played Rb2 and if white plays with any other piece than the bishop I would have done Rxb4 and push my passed 14 pawn after white does axb4.
Jul 6, 2025
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#14
Josh11live wrote:
Move 33 from black I would have played Rb2 and if white plays with any other piece than the bishop I would have done Rxb4 and push my passed 14 pawn after white does axb4.
Ah, nice idea... only issue is it hangs a fork on that move and I lose!
Jul 6, 2025
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#16
Josh11live wrote:
How do you find these one mile tactics?
7000+ games online and countless OTB! Keep practicing, anything is possible. And I'm always happy to answer any Qs you have
Jul 6, 2025
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#17
In many games I find on youtube or any social media, I find games from GMs that consistently and weirdly have a piece on the perfect square. How?
Jul 6, 2025
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#18
Josh11live wrote:
In many games I find on youtube or any social media, I find games from GMs that consistently and weirdly have a piece on the perfect square. How?
Very good question. Strategic planning and positional play are probably the hardest aspects of chess, and definitely the weakest aspect of my game.
A lot of it, I think, stems from experience in the openings they play. They know the plans associated with their middlegames and certain pawn-structures. They know, for instance, how to handle IQP positions or "Hanging Pawns" structures, and they make sure that every move has a purpose. True masters are able to blend tactical vision with sound, long term positioning of pieces.
They don't always get it right - no one does - and we only see the games where they get it right because it is impressive!!
Sorry for clickbait-y titles, but the sacs in this game would make Levy (@gothamchess) blush! Thematic rook sacrifice for the Tartakower, and while the knight sacrifice was not blessed with the double exclamation mark by game review (computer finds m5 - I say making your opponent choose between their queen or mate in 2 is plenty of calculating for me).