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Look again. There's a knight on e5.

pauix

That's a nice miniature I've just played. I attempted the Fishing Pole trap, but I ended up sacrifying an exchange for a decisive attack:

posporov051560

Isn't it 13...Bf3 the best try? Black threatens mate on h1. 14.Ng3 (only move to avoid mate) fxg3 (black renewed the mate threat) 14.fxg3 Qxg3#.

pauix
posporov051560 wrote:

Isn't it 13...Bf3 the best try? Black threatens mate on h1. 14.Ng3 (only move to avoid mate) fxg3 (black renewed the mate threat) 14.fxg3 Qxg3#.


Yes, 13...Bf3 is better. I've run Fritz (as I normally do when I sac something, to see if the sac is sound or not) and it agrees with you.

posporov051560
pauix wrote:
posporov051560 wrote:

Isn't it 13...Bf3 the best try? Black threatens mate on h1. 14.Ng3 (only move to avoid mate) fxg3 (black renewed the mate threat) 14.fxg3 Qxg3#.


Yes, 13...Bf3 is better. I've run Fritz (as I normally do when I sac something, to see if the sac is sound or not) and it agrees with you.


As I've seen on your game with computer analysis, white can prolong the game with 14.f3 so the tactical motiff is to prevent it by 13...Bf3 and threatens mate. Glad to hear that Fritz agrees with me on my analysis though one can spot it even without the aid of computer. Good game anyway Smile

madhacker
cigoL

As suggested by frrixz, I will post my latest win here. 

It's my best game ever! And I'm really happy with it, beating a player rated 200 points higher than me, with my "own take" on the Latvian Gambit - in just 15 moves. 


I would like to hear what you think. Wink

pauix
cigoL wrote:

As suggested by frrixz, I will post my latest win here. 

It's my best game ever! And I'm really happy with it, beating a player rated 200 points higher than me, with my "own take" on the Latvian Gambit - in just 15 moves. 

 


I would like to hear what you think. 


Awesome! Games like this one remind me why I played this kind of gambits!

Krames
cigoL wrote:

As suggested by frrixz, I will post my latest win here. 

It's my best game ever! And I'm really happy with it, beating a player rated 200 points higher than me, with my "own take" on the Latvian Gambit - in just 15 moves. 

 


I would like to hear what you think. 


I don't know anything about this opening but it looks like you played very very well. Congrats on a nice win!

cigoL

Thanks guys! Smile

frrixz

Here's one; plenty of blunders to go around.

cigoL

Brutal destruction of his fortress, frrixzSmile

JMB2010

tournament game from a while ago, killing the caro-kann

frrixz
cigoL wrote:

Brutal destruction of his fortress, frrixz. 


Thanks; it's usually a bad idea to castle into a storm of 5 pieces, since with 5 pieces, you can usually afford multiple sacrifices and mate with the remaining 2 or 3.

cigoL

It did indeed work!

Gil-Gandel

This is the most miniature game I ever played...

 

Ben_Dubuque

my shortest was a black a fools mate to, but niether of us had slept in 48 hours and it was like 2 am so its understandable

cigoL

Neat, hessmasterSmile

TheGrobe
A classic misstep in the Petrov.
frrixz

BTW, one thing I HATE is losing on time in a winning X|0 game. This is why I prefer bonus time to exist.