Ziggy Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Div A Rd15 Ziggy the Spider beats AH13STu by resignation. My opponent dropped a piece for a pawn early in the middle game which allowed me to reach a won endgame. Thanks for the game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 @gkneil @DeeTillEhDeh Just a heads up, I am actually going on a short holiday so my play will be really slow between Saturday and Wednesday/Thursday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterlichtie Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Ziggy said: Div A Rd15 Ziggy the Spider beats AH13STu by resignation. My opponent dropped a piece for a pawn early in the middle game which allowed me to reach a won endgame. Thanks for the game Yeah, I stupidly thought my Knight was covered.....obviously not. Then after all the exchanges, I couldn't see the point of wasting any more of your time. Looked like it could've been a more interesting game before the major error in judgment. Cheers for the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 [mention=36704]gkneil[/mention] [mention=22650]DeeTillEhDeh[/mention] Just a heads up, I am actually going on a short holiday so my play will be really slow between Saturday and Wednesday/Thursday. My game from last week against[mention]Uncle Psychosis[/mention] is still going.No rush. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Dieharddoonhamer beats Invergowrie by ragequit after 2 mistake moves. Well played mate you took full advantage of my stupidity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, invergowrie arab said: Dieharddoonhamer beats Invergowrie by ragequit after 2 mistake moves. Well played mate you took full advantage of my stupidity Not your finest hour, it must be said good game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Elrohan beats ChessBassGuitar - resignation.There was still a little to go in this but looking at the different lines had me winning - his rook was trapped and Queen was tied to the rook to protect it.It could have been so different if he had pushed his early advantage (caused by a mistake on my part) with his 2 knights, rook and bishop attacking - but, for some reason, he took the pawn with his rook when other more destructive options were avaliable.I was fortunate he did not drive home that early advantage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Can those more knowledgeable than me explain why this move is viewed as a mistake? And why this is viewed as the best move? My thought was that moving the knight prevents a fork on both of my rooks. I get that I lost my bishop, but losing that is preferable to losing a rook. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Yeah I'm a bit annoyed about that, there was a reason I took with the rook which escapes me now but I think I just miscalculated completely. Oh well. The position at the end was just horrible to play, I couldn't face slogging it out hoping for you to blunder. I had bugger all moves that didn't lose, would have been reduced to shuffling my king around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: My thought was that moving the knight prevents a fork on both of my rooks. I get that I lost my bishop, but losing that is preferable to losing a rook. There were ways of preventing the fork without losing material, such as moving the light-squared bishop to cover the square. The computer's best move allows Bxh6, and threatens Qxf8 mate, and I expect at the very least you win both black knights for a rook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Can those more knowledgeable than me explain why this move is viewed as a mistake? And why this is viewed as the best move? My thought was that moving the knight prevents a fork on both of my rooks. I get that I lost my bishop, but losing that is preferable to losing a rook. Because you have better attacking options. His rook may as well be off the board - for a 2pt loss the position is far better for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Yeah I'm a bit annoyed about that, there was a reason I took with the rook which escapes me now but I think I just miscalculated completely. Oh well. The position at the end was just horrible to play, I couldn't face slogging it out hoping for you to blunder. I had bugger all moves that didn't lose, would have been reduced to shuffling my king around. Yep - I was surprised and relieved you took with the rook - if you'd taken my Knight with your bishop I was really struggling. Ultimately it was the Knight that caused you problems at the end being boxed in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 58 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: My thought was that moving the knight prevents a fork on both of my rooks. I get that I lost my bishop, but losing that is preferable to losing a rook. It doesn’t matter how many rooks you have, when you checkmate someone. I’d be looking for ways to continue the attack on the king. (then I’d mess up the attack and lose, but it’s fun) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: DearyMe to end my unbeaten run - nap. Mind games. You're top of the table and unbeaten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Aim Here said: There were ways of preventing the fork without losing material, such as moving the light-squared bishop to cover the square. The computer's best move allows Bxh6, and threatens Qxf8 mate, and I expect at the very least you win both black knights for a rook. 1 hour ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 1 hour ago, die hard doonhamer said: Can those more knowledgeable than me explain why this move is viewed as a mistake? And why this is viewed as the best move? My thought was that moving the knight prevents a fork on both of my rooks. I get that I lost my bishop, but losing that is preferable to losing a rook. Because you have better attacking options. His rook may as well be off the board - for a 2pt loss the position is far better for you. 14 minutes ago, Ziggy said: It doesn’t matter how many rooks you have, when you checkmate someone. I’d be looking for ways to continue the attack on the king. (then I’d mess up the attack and lose, but it’s fun) Cheers folks, I see it now. Shows that I'm clearly still blind to the wider board. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Cheers folks, I see it now. Shows that I'm clearly still blind to the wider board.You missed that his bishop is pinned to his other Knight so it is undefended - moving the pawn to d3 opens up the diagonal for you take the Knight with the bishop and get a lethal attack on his pinned bishop. If he moves the undefended Knight he is still in trouble.Some possible positions below - as Ziggy says - keep the attack going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 And here is one possible line if he proceeds with his Knight fork.Ultimately he loses his Queen or faces mate - the opponent can't proceed with the Knight fork because he needs to defend against your attack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 18 hours ago, Leicesterlichtie said: AH13STU beats gkneil A solid game from my opponent until he went all in with his passed pawn allowing pieces to be left to the dogs in search of becoming an elusive queen. Had to be careful not to make my recurring, ability of late, errors to hold on for the win. Good effort mate, pushed me hard. Aye, is withered between letting the Knight go to push the pawn and then did the same with the Bishop. Considered offering a draw prior to that but go big or go home! You didn’t miss a step once I went for it, well played 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 League B result. Strachanovski defeats @Richey Edwards by checkmate, Well played Richey, improving all the time. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggysBeard Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 cols407 beats pleslie999 by resignation. Very surprised by some of the moves played, very unlike the few times we've played in the past. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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