A look at the recent Queen Sac that floored Carlsen.
I was not going to touch this as it’s popping up everywhere but
I found a Red Hot Pawn game with the same pattern and idea.
This is a good game, one of the best RHP games I have posted.
What I’m listening too during lock in.
My Lock In Chess Tournament with it’s own Chess Stall.
A chess sketch made up of wee gags only chess players will understand.
Someone, possibly Rudolf Spielmann, once said of Alekhine words to the effect of: "I understand all his combinations perfectly and could execute them myself. It's how he gets into a position to be able to launch them I don't understand."
It was a bit like that with the Carlsen game. I watched Eric Rosen's video on it, and admittedly it was flagged by knowing there was a queen sacrifice, Rosen talking about stopping the King escape, and him saying: "This is the last move.", but even so I saw it in about 1/4 of a second. The problem is I'd never have played 12. c4, so after the knight's taken the pawn falls and the sacrifice isn't on...
A look at the recent Queen Sac that floored Carlsen.
I was not going to touch this as it’s popping up everywhere but
I found a Red Hot Pawn game with the same pattern and idea.
This is a good game, one of the best RHP games I have posted.
What I’m listening too during lock in.
My Lock In Chess Tournament with it’s own Chess Stall.
A chess ske ...[text shortened]... made up of wee gags only chess players will understand.
Chess Records and Queen Sacrifices
02 Jun '20 17:53
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