I have been playing this game for a few days now and we have been moving consistently today. Averaging moves every 10 minutes or so. I have a forced mate in 1 move and my opponent quit moving. I understand I will get the win eventually but it is still irritating.

Not the prettiest game and I am black.

9064918

Not sure how to post game.

Originally posted by hedonist
[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ema84v"]
[Black "HighTorque"]
[WhiteRating "1509"]
[BlackRating "1400"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Result "*"]
[GameId "9064918"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1b5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3xd4 Bc8d7 6. Nd4xc6 Bd7xc6 7. Bb5xc6 bxc6 8. O-O N ...[text shortened]... h3 43. Kh1g1 Qh3e3 44. Rg2f2 Qe3g3 45. Rf2g2 Nd2f3 46. Kg1h1 Qg3e1[/pgn]

Thanks a ton for that. I had no idea how.

I would think your opponent is in bed it's 1.50AM in italy

Yes I would give them the benefit of the doubt had they not moved right up to the last move.

The game was forced from a couple moves before this point. Why keep it going or not just resign when the game is lost?

Originally posted by HighTorque
I have been playing this game for a few days now and we have been moving consistently today. Averaging moves every 10 minutes or so. I have a forced mate in 1 move and my opponent quit moving. I understand I will get the win eventually but it is still irritating.

Not the prettiest game and I am black.

9064918

[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "h ...[text shortened]... h3 43. Kh1g1 Qh3e3 44. Rg2f2 Qe3g3 45. Rf2g2 Nd2f3 46. Kg1h1 Qg3e1[/pgn]

I think you should be thankful it is not you who is resigning.


Instead of 31.fxg6+ I'm liking 31. Qxh7+.
Black cannot interpose his Queen as QxQ+ (pxp+ first) KxQ and Rxe8 wins a Rook.

So 31.Qxh7+ Kf8 (31...Kf6 32. Qxg6 mate.)
32. fxg6 And I cannot see a Black defence to the mate on f7
that does not lose a Queen.


32...Qg7 33.Rxe8+ or 32...Qf6 33. Qh6+ and again Rxe8+
Surprise it was missed. it looks pretty obvious.
The dangers, of which I know only too welll, of blitzing a serious game.

Trust me when I say that I am the first person to admit that I should have lost this game. I went up a minor piece and didn't follow up with what I think should have been a win. I got into a bad situation that my opponent didn't follow up on either. I was moving on two or three games and was only taking 1-2 minutes to evaluate our game. I was also moving on my phone at times which is never a good idea either. I knew I had definately screwed up and wanted to see how my opponent would play it out.

This is actually another reason I am irritated because as long as my opponent was winning he was moving at a good pace and suddenly took alot longer to move after he took my rook and put his queen out of the action. I thought I could at least draw and when I saw the forced mate I thought for sure we would wrap it up. He quit moving with only one move for him.

I had actually expected him to play Qxh7+ and was looking for any way to draw.

I didn't see 30. Qh5 until after I submitted my move.

He does not appear to have moved in any of his other games.
He not a sulker, very few time outs and he appears to be better or
at least equal when he was timed out.

He is also a non-sub so I'd expect him to quit when he wakes up
to get his max game allowance up.

However, if he sees this thread he may make you wait the 7 days.
I would. 🙂

You may be right, but I will get the win either way now.

I guess maybe I should subscribe so I can play a few more games, although I didn't play too well with six going.

This whole correspondence chess thing is alittle different than I am used to. I need to take some more time on my moves.

Originally posted by HighTorque
You may be right, but I will get the win either way now.

I guess maybe I should subscribe so I can play a few more games, although I didn't play too well with six going.

This whole correspondence chess thing is alittle different than I am used to. I need to take some more time on my moves.

I will have to check out the analyze board for sure, although that does seem like cheating. I guess cc is a different game than otb.

thanks.

Originally posted by HighTorque
I will have to check out the analyze board for sure, although that does seem like cheating. I guess cc is a different game than otb.

thanks.