Hi.
Still bugged.....Of course it may not have been a famous game.
Perhaps it was from something I saw at a league game, on here, anywhere.
It could even have been just a note.
I messed about with Arts joke position.
I took the Queen back to d5 and look fo a more snazzy win. Nothing.
So I swapped sides to look for a White trick. (I always mess about with posted
postions looking for things.) A counter joke.
The position is not the same but the idea of it is.
Too long Nimzo. You cannot work out all the ramifications in that position.
All you can see is it will give you play. Lots of play. Go for it.
You just check to make sure there is not a one move refutation if the
sac is refused. After that and you are sure there is not a first move ref.
(Have to stress that, In my experience a lot of spec sacs have been bust on
the first move by a refusal or a counter trick.)
Go for it. Think on his time.
And....
What do you do at Christmas, show your family the wrapped presents
but never allow them to open them?
Nimzo - Show us what happened in the game. 🙄
So first off, I was annoyed as my opponent showed up 20 minutes late for the game (this was before the zero tolerance fide rule..)
Anyway, of course he snaps off the Bishop instantly, this added to my annoyance as he didnt even hesitate to think about my idea. Naturally I played Qxc6 with an attack on the a8 rook.
Now for those of you with chess engines Bf4 seems like a pretty strong move but I chose Re1 with a full assault on the uncastled king.
Black is close to shuffling the king off to safety so Qxe6 is required (Rxe6? Bb7 Qanywhere Bd5 and that is sucksville.)
Both my opponent and I missed the key defensive idea Nf8!- after Qe2(where else?) Ne6! Ouch.
Nb6 is what I concluded he would play prior to the sac, for better or worse.
So Bg4 is pretty interesting but Rb7 is natural as it adds support to the Bishop on e7. Again I anticipated Rb7 which allows me to bring my Knight into the game with tempo.
Nbd7 forces the issue but doesn't improve things for Black.
Qg5 Nxc5 Qxg7
Seeing that the Knight on f6 is hanging from the start position is key here.
So working out Black's next move is what ate up most of my time. Initially I thought Black might try Rg6 but Qh8+ puts the kaibosh on that line, then I realized Nd3 is the best reply.
So now I am 20 minutes deep into my clock, down a pawn and I am vested into the idea of finding the "truth" in the sacrifice.
I play Qc6+
If Black had played Qd7 I would have replied with the same move Qc4
here I assumed I could pick up the Knight and have a good game...So after 45 minutes I bang out the Bishop sac and for several moves we play instant back and forth until suddenly the FM stops after Nb6 and he thinks for 30 minutes... play continues up until Qc6 and here the FM finds a strong response!
I have about 5 minutes and a +30 second increment-
I snap off the Rook, he forks and by capturing the rook and I recapture with the knight.
Bb7+ Kf1 Qb6!
Somewhere around here I started thinking backwards and I realized I had missed the right move... needless to say in a worse position and under pressure I played the horrific-
Be3??
and Black skewered my Queen and King.
the move I missed is compelling instead of Qc6 Rd7 Qc4
Rxe7! of course!
and after Kxe7 Qe4 (or Qh6) White is playing for only two outcomes.
Originally posted by WilfriedvaI really liked that game. It reminds me of some of the master games I've seen
22.Bxg7!
[fen]r4bk1/1brn1ppp/1q1Np2B/p1NpP3/Pn1P2Q1/3B4/5PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 22[/fen]
In fact,it's one of those rare games I'm happy with my play throughout.
I'll add the entire game with some light notes where the fun started
[pgn]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Nfd2 c5 8.c3 c4 9.Bc2 b5 10.b3 a5 11.O-O Nc6 12.a4 cxb3 13.Nx ...[text shortened]... g8 26.Nh6+ {and black resigned.I'll add the end} Kh8 27.Qg8+ Rxg8 28.Nf7 {checkmate}[/pgn]
with the smothered mate. Good job.
Originally posted by nimzo5It is hard to see everything. I am like you OTB by using too much time early
[fen]r1bqkb1r/p2n2pp/2p1pn2/8/Np1P4/5N2/PPQ2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 12[/fen]
So first off, I was annoyed as my opponent showed up 20 minutes late for the game (this was before the zero tolerance fide rule..)
Anyway, of course he snaps off the Bishop instantly, this added to my annoyance as he didnt even hesitate to think about my idea. Naturally I played ...[text shortened]... R1B3K1 b - - 0 21[/fen]
and after Kxe7 Qe4 (or Qh6) White is playing for only two outcomes.
and then having to play fast later in the game and I am very bad at speed
chess. I just don't thing fast and my memory for remembering where the pieces
are that I have moved in my head often make me start all over from the
beginning several times before I finally decide my plan might work. But most
times I miss something and pay for it later with a lost position. But I like to
be able to attack.
Hi Nimzo.
"I was annoyed as my opponent showed up 20 minutes late for the game."
When the late comer eventually turns up, shake hands and then you walk
away from the board. Take a full 5 minutes to get yourself back in the zone.
Ignore the clock.
"of course he snaps off the Bishop instantly, this added to my annoyance
as he didnt even hesitate to think about my idea."
He did consider your idea. He was looking at the possibility and was thinking
about it on your time. The longer you took the more time he had to work out
the best move. Taking the Bishop.
You also lost the 'surprise of the sacrifice' something Vukovic rated quite highly,
because he saw it coming.
He states in one of his books that Hort fell off his chair when Keres sacced
his Queen against him.
Hort - Keres 1961
Keres played 36....Qxc1+.
I asked Hort about this. He said it happened but it was not the sacrifice.
The game was adjourned as he got up he stumbled given the impression
the shock had floored him. (the sac happened quite a few moves before he got up.)
If every instinct was telling you to play it, then play it.
(after first looking for that first move refutation.)
Trying to analyse the position into the ground on what he might play
will knacker you and cost you time.
And don't get annoyed at the board. His job is to annoy you with good moves.
Don't make it easier for him.
Good Game. You went for him (eventually) hold your head up high.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Actually GP- he didn't see it. He left the board after 2 minutes and got a sandwhich across the street. When he came back and I sacc'd he frowned and took it with no thought.
Hi Nimzo.
[b]"I was annoyed as my opponent showed up 20 minutes late for the game."
When the late comer eventually turns up, shake hands and then you walk
away from the board. Take a full 5 minutes to get yourself back in the zone.
Ignore the clock.
"of course he snaps off the Bishop instantly, this added to my annoyance
as he didnt e ...[text shortened]... e it easier for him.
Good Game. You went for him (eventually) hold your head up high.
Originally posted by greenpawn34I know what are you saying. Historically, I have always been very hesitant to do a sac unless I believe I have a forced mate. But now I am more willing to try a sac if it gives a lot of play, even without an absolute forced mate, but also not an apparent immediate refutation. Though it is hard to decide sometimes. What other insight to you have about how to decide whether to do a sac if no forced mate? Normally, while sacs may be fun, I like to be on the receiving end of a sac and refute it and win with the material advantage. That can be gratifying.
All you can see is it [sac] will give you play. Lots of play. Go for it.
Anyway, below is a game in the first RHP tournament I won, and in which my opponent was strong but he did not appear to make the best moves in this game. I as white did a B sac on his weak f7 square, and mated him on move 20.
A more recent game below (in the 2012 championship tournament) which I was black playing against the Queen's Gambit. I went for a rook versus knight + pawn sac. This player was arguably not as strong as my opponent in the above game, but I still was hesitant to do the sac but saw a lot of play, and that he (white) had to be very careful. In the position below, black to move, in which I RxN.
The final position in which white resigned.
The entire game. Again, I am black. Edit: annotations added.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Ayep- he spotted me 20 min and then on move 10 I spent 45 minutes of which he spent less than 2 at the board....
🙂
Sorry, I thought you said you spent 45 minutes considering the sac.
He was away for 45 minutes buying a sandwhich after arriving 20 mins late.
You should sacced right away. That would have put you up by 1 hour and five minuites.
very true though, although he makes his living playing 3min blitz at the chess tables by North Beach in Chicago...
all being said, I have long since adopted the rule of 5 min for a good move, 15 min for a critical position and 20 min for a decisive move. I had 3 heartbreakers to the 2200+ crowd and then adopted a more practical strategy to time management.
thanks for the comments GP.
Originally posted by nimzo5Fascinating. Thanks for the story and the effort in the presentation.
[fen]r1bqkb1r/p2n2pp/2p1pn2/8/Np1P4/5N2/PPQ2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 12[/fen]
So first off, I was annoyed as my opponent showed up 20 minutes late for the game (this was before the zero tolerance fide rule..)
Anyway, of course he snaps off the Bishop instantly, this added to my annoyance as he didnt even hesitate to think about my idea. Naturally I played ...[text shortened]... R1B3K1 b - - 0 21[/fen]
and after Kxe7 Qe4 (or Qh6) White is playing for only two outcomes.