I'm fairly new to chess, starting off with blitz but then went up to standard and recently on-line. This position perplexed me so much I must have spent at least 3 hours just looking at this one move - and obviously where it led me! It was against iMensan online (I struggled with the full PGN format) He was rated about 1400, me similar but only because of a lucky run in my first 4 online games
So I'd be interested in what is the strongest move and why
I was previously very close losing with his knight checking me and my pawn pinned by the Queen. I was aware he could do the same with his pawn and queen
I was trying to promote my pawn, but obviously ties up with his rooks, though it kept his rooks busy for now. Material was even at this stage
I'm fairly new to chess, starting off with blitz but then went up to standard and recently on-line. This position perplexed me so much I must have spent at least 3 hours just looking at this one move - and obviously where it led me! It was against iMensan online (I struggled with the full PGN format) He was rated about 1400, me similar but only because of a lucky run in my first 4 online games
So I'd be interested in what is the strongest move and why
I was previously very close losing with his knight checking me and my pawn pinned by the Queen. I was aware he could do the same with his pawn and queen
I was trying to promote my pawn, but obviously ties up with his rooks, though it kept his rooks busy for now. Material was even at this stage
Thanks for having a look.
Captain Caveman
Full game is here and this position came from move 27 http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=62445432