Plus:
A picture of a Chess sandcastle.
What I did in a submarine in the 1980's.
Three Queen sacs ending in a corridor mates.
A Book Review (well kind of) Rocking the Ramparts.
A New Opening Trap with Prof.Natterjack (give it a try)
A fresh Assassin Pawn Mate.
Pawn Fork Trick Blunders.
Simply loads of stuff all backed up with RHP examples:
Blog 4
Wowzers, check out the great finish to this game, which I believe is consistent with the theme of this thread.
[Event "October 2010 Quartets X"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[EndDate "2011.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "gambit05"]
[Black "steinbass"]
[WhiteRating "2231"]
[BlackRating "1870"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "8537387"]
Originally posted by SmittyTimeThat looks like a master level game. Was the White player a chess master?
Wowzers, check out the great finish to this game, which I believe is consistent with the theme of this thread.
[Event "October 2010 Quartets X"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[EndDate "2011.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "gambit05"]
[Black "steinbass"]
[WhiteRating "2231"]
[BlackRating "1870"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo g8xg7 30. Rd3g3 Kg7h7 31. Be2d3 f5 32. exf6 Kh7h8 33. Rh3xh6 1-0[/pgn]
P.S. 28...Rfc8 may save black for the black king would have an escape
sguare. But seeing that is due to my RJ Hindsight.
Originally posted by RJHindsNo, that wasn't a Master. That was one of my recent wins.
That looks like a master level game. Was the White player a chess master?
P.S. 28...Rfc8 may save black for the black king would have an escape
sguare. But seeing that is due to my RJ Hindsight.
It was relatively easy to see the mate in 5 with most of the pieces on excellent squares. More difficult and challenging are the sacs where you can't calculate the immediate outcome.