I WIN! (finally...)
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I finally beat my friend at chess! He's around 1900 uscf, so I'm pretty proud of myself right now. It only took me like a hundred losses to finally get one win...
I can believe he missed it, but only because I've spent a year lulling him into a false sense of security. :)
And yes, tonydal, I think I do lose an exchange after Kh8. I totally lucked out on this one. I fritzed it and it said that black is still winning event after Qxf7.
Oh well. I suspect that even masters profit from a little luck now and again.
That is a classic mate. I am surprised he fell for that and moved Rxf7. You did a great job and congratulations but I am pretty sure your friend let you win...
Jarlaxte78, I thought about that, but if was going to let me win I don't think he would have waited so long... Also, he thought it was pretty funny that he had missed Re8+ after looking at the board for four minutes. If you knew him you would know that he would considder it dishonorable to throw even a casual game. I think he just blundered while I was lucky enough to be sitting accross from him. I felt like more like I had scratched off a winning lotto ticket that played a great game of chess.
"Personally, I am of the view that if a strong master does not see such a threat at once he will not notice it, even if he analyses the position for twenty or thirty minutes." - PETROSIAN.