OK here is
the game that my last few posts itt were about. It's over now and he just resigned. I'm sure I rustled his jimmies by seizing his Queen in both games.
The move in question was move 12 for black. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out which way to capture. I can just recapture his knight (and seeing how he followed it up, maybe I should have), and his Queen is still lost for a knight, but I didn't love how he might end up in that line (with some center control and my king unable to castle).
I expected it to play out thusly (based on how poorly thought out some of his moves had been up until that point in both our games):
12...bxc4
13.Nxd8...Nxe2+
14.Kh1...Rxd8
...with immediate ability (if I want it) to exchange minor pieces on c3 or castle short. So trading my Queen (and pawn if you count his 12th move) for his Queen and 2 minor pieces. Or my Queen+knight+pawn for Queen+bishop pair+knight
Which would you have played here and why? Kxf7 or bxc4? Or something else?
This was my first time playing Sicilian...so if it looks ****ed up that's why. I'm pulling ahead of the pack in that tourney. I'm not sure how people move on to the final round. I know it's 2 players but I don't know if it's the top 2 overall points total, or top player in this round from each of the 2 groups (ignoring overall score?)
I absolutely despise these games where I'm trying to stave off a cheap mate early. I can't stand when my opponent brings their Queen out early and usually do poorly against this. I spent a lot of time on moves 4 and 5.
I fist-pumped when he played the careless 11.Qc4 instead of Qd1.
Last edited by A-Rod's Cousin; 04-04-2015 at 01:42 AM.