your best game ever

Originally posted by trallphaz
i dont critize other players plays often because everyone makes bad moves now andthen but who the hell trades a bishop for a queen?

Your comment was truly reflective of your rating at present and most likely your 1200 chess vision in terms of trading bishop for Queen. The idea was that the Queen was trapped, and he had to take the bishop. Now, are you going to pay me some money for this instructional information, trallphaz? Good grief! You remind me of the guy who comes along when you and your other 1500 friends are playing some chess, and you (rated around 1100) are trying to laugh or say: "You had that won man!! Look! you could have taken his Queen!" But, lo and behold, both of us tend to ignore you because we know that you DO NOT KNOW that an interference tactic gave way to an inactive rook that could have protected the pawn from advancing to c8=Q and checkmating the King! And, that by taking the queen, you would be mated in return. Hypothetically speaking of course. Okay, class is over grandmaster.

Originally posted by powershaker
Yes, indeed Ragnorak! Overlooked that one. I was simply trying to trade off the rooks. But, yes, that fork would work, too. There are a lot of tactical ideas I did not probably use. But, I did find some of them. The game would have been even better with that fork though, I have to admit. 🙂 Thanks for insight Ragnorak.


p.s. I also saw that 24. Qb5+ also pins the knight to the rook for icing on the cake. 🙂

Didn't you say you were a 1900 OTB player? 24. Qb5+ results in mate in one.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
Didn't you say you were a 1900 OTB player? 24. Qb5+ results in mate in one.

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I'm not 1900. No. I'm around 1700 normally. And, I saw the mate in one.

Originally posted by powershaker
I'm not 1900. No. I'm around 1700 normally. And, I saw the mate in one.

Oh,adding ridiculous to ridiculous.

You claim to be 1700 (Rag remembered wrong,you claimed to be 1800+OTB) ,you saw the mate in one but for some odd reason you decided to not deliver it?

Who do you want to fool?

Originally posted by Ravello
Oh,adding ridiculous to ridiculous.

You claim to be 1700 (Rag remembered wrong,you claimed to be 1800+OTB) ,you saw the mate in one but for some odd reason you decided to not deliver it?

Who do you want to fool?

I just overlooked it. I had already won the game. And, I said 1700, because I may be 1800 strength in standard time, but I was just being reasonable in that I've beaten 1700 and 1800 opponents half the times as I've lost to them in standard time. Also computers. On here, my 1500 rating is only reflective of playing basically quick chess with no sources. My rating on here is a little lower than my real strength. Doesn't matter. Cheers!