I am so excited that I just won this game, not because I won, but because I found this great subtle middle game move. See if you can spot it!

 

Nice game! I kept looking every time it was your turn to see what it was... then it occured to me that you would say "here- watch for it!" - not very smart of me! I can't say much without spoiling it for other people. I can't wait to play each other here...

i did see it! i'm putting it a few lines down so it doesn't spoil it for new readers...

 

i wasn't sure if Nxb3 or Rxg3+ first was stronger... what did junior say about that?

I think Qa7 was a great move, setting up the pinning of pawn and making the whole sequence possible. White could have possibly played 26. Kh2 instead of a3 to prevent the disaster. 

To Erik's comment, I believe Nxb3 was much stronger since the pawn on f2 was still not pinned and it would result in white's Q exchange with black's two rooks and a knight. (26...Rxg3+ 27. fxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Ne4+ 29. Kg2 Nxg3 30. Kxg3). I would be interested to know if there is any variation resulting in better exchange for black by playing Rxg3+.  

Qa7 was the clincher, though white could put up better resistance with Re3. Well played

It took me a while to see why white didn't play Qxb3.  At first I thought a knight and a rook for a queen is slightly better than a knight for a rook, but it looks like that sequence eventually results in mate or loss of the bishop.

Really great move to find!  I'm not sure I'd have spotted that!

great game especiallyQa7

Thanks all, I really enjoyed the comments.

that was a good move

Great move.

Great job

cool

nice

 

vinodagnihotri wrote:

To Erik's comment, I believe Nxb3 was much stronger since the pawn on f2 was still not pinned and it would result in white's Q exchange with black's two rooks and a knight. (26...Rxg3+ 27. fxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Ne4+ 29. Kg2 Nxg3 30. Kxg3). I would be interested to know if there is any variation resulting in better exchange for black by playing Rxg3+.  

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26... Rxg3+? doesn't work in view of 27. fxg3 Rxg3+?? 28. Qxg3 Ne4+ 29. Qe3 or 27. fxg3 Ne4+ 28. Kh1 Rxg3 (28... Nxg3+ 29. Kh2) 29. Qxe4 when black has nothing as far as I can see...

Glad to know I played it right. :)

nice game!!!

nice game jay. In chess if you display your pieces in a reasoning fashion, as you did, this opportunities appear, and you, in a very cleaver way exploited the situation and got a great final wining a very hard game. Congratulations! 

goood game

 

i saw it