Chess World.net presents Instructive Game: Lucky Break! Part 2 of 2
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whoops, what I meant is you assumed Kingcrusher would play Be7 if Qd6+ was played, but he still would have played Kg7, then the only checks would be on 7th rank, where he would have played Bg7 at that point. And I think what he meant was it was the only check that kept his queen on light squares as he was trying to move his opponent’s queen to dark squares. Sorry about mistyping.
@Zibanzo Yes, I’m assuming he went Kf8, because in the actual game, he did go Kf8. I’m saying, after Kf8, Qd6+ is much better than what KC said was “the only possible check”, Qc8.
I don’t need to write any commentary of my own
— this is just so true!
And I’m so impressed that it was possible for KC to win this game coming out of such a horribly cramped position. I just get into despair when I’m running out of places to develop my pieces in the later stage of the opening. And it happens to me way to often!
@blah1988
you assume he would move to f8 but that beguiles everything he would have been building up to. he would have played Kg7 instead… only productive checks (and not that productive) afterward are on the 7th rank, but they’re still met with Be7 and the position is pretty much the same as the game continuation.
All these unbalanced positions make me nervous. Its very comforting to see that its perfectly possible to calmly calculate ones way through them. When i get uncomfortable i try to think “My opponent is also scared that theyve missed something!”
to be honest, i don’t actually see a way to stop the checks. looks like a draw to me.
at 3:47, you said “there’s only one check after Kf8″, but there’s actually also Qd6+ which looks a lot more useful. if you played, for example, Be7, then he can just go Qxh6+ and just continue checking you. and you can bring your queen back to block the check and stop him from checking you i suppose, but then he can just trade queens and then grab your bishop with gxf3.
Thanks for annotating your games KC. I thought the discussion of strategic plans implied by the pawn breaks and capturing towards the center was particularly illuminating. Also, the various unexpected tactics were a treat to see evolving out of the position. Again, thanks, I hope you continue doing this for many years to come.
Instead of playing Qe2, i thought Bxf3 won material right away, with the point being Qd2 winning a piece. Interesting game.
Nxh6+ would be dissaterous for black :O thats sort of interesting, i most definently would have missed that move.
0:30
I saw it before you started talking about it.
very classy finish. I almost died when you played d5. Doing that to your own light-squared bishop…shame on you!
and he who makes the last mistake is the one who loses
I love this. As Kaspy said, “There are always opportunities to come back.” Great play!