I was so tilted..I missed a checkmate

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renquirona

Jan 17, 2021

As a beginner, I play at least 3 tournament games each day just to work towards my goal of reaching 1000 by the end of June, I played someone who was lower rated than me and their opening just threw me, as in I just couldn't get a beat into what they were trying to do 🙈

Any-hoot, credit to them because they played really well and it's a shame that I missed this checkmate at move 24 (I'm playing black), where instead of taking back the bishop Rxe8, if I played Nxd3, that would've been mate. Oh well, we live and learn.

What are your goals when it comes to chess?

daxypoo

Jan 17, 2021

...Bf3 move 15

daxypoo

Jan 17, 2021

as far as your opening it was perfect

in fact, i thought you were white for a moment and that black had, somehow fumbled a complete victory, and you just missed a swindled checkmate

you would not have been in the position you had if you did not play opening well

daxypoo

Jan 17, 2021

good tactics to practice in this game and the strength of pins and the brutal strength of catching enemy uncastled king at receiving end of a rook check (especially when hemmed in)

dont over look this game, but look how you could have really executed more precisely around move 15

renquirona

Jan 17, 2021

Hi @daxypoo, I can see the exchange, that works..is this right?

The way I see that is:

BxNe2, Qxe2

Rxe2+, Kxe2

Qe7+, Kd1

Bb3#

daxypoo

Jan 17, 2021

the beauty of this pin and the ...Bf3 move is there is no rush to execute it

you can bring in your knight which is also hitting e2 and your queen is there in case you need her

just from a quick glance white would have to move his rook (to protect for a bishop retreat to challenge your bishop)

white’s entire army is paralyzed so bring more pieces to the party

(the straight up exchange of initial pin will be a queen and knight for rook and bishop- totally winning but you can even do better)

when you have an opportunity to “pull off a morphy”esque game then go for it!

renquirona

Jan 17, 2021

Whoa! Amazing insight @daxypoo, thank you so much! 🙏🏼 I think that's another part of chess that I need to develop and bring more pieces to the party to join in the action. Going to watch a Morphy game out of inspiration now!

RJMan1991

Jan 17, 2021

I’ve been beating myself up all week for missing obvious checkmates. I’m desperately having to get better at visualizing all of the king’s possible escapes and whether or not they’re covered 😵
Especially under the pressure of the time clock... 🤯

RJMan1991

Jan 17, 2021

One thing I’ve done recently is purchase a couple of books about the “art of checkmate”... hoping they help!!