...calling BS (bull-shyte, for those who don't know American slang).
In other words, games where your opponent made a pointed threat and you willfully ignored it and won (or vice-versa; we learn the most from our losses, right?) because it wasn't as bad as he thought, or that you had threats that were faster/more devastating.
Do you want games where we spotted a threat, (not over-looked it) ignored it,
played a counter threat and it transpires the counter threat was duff and we won or lost.
Do you want games where we spotted a threat, (not over-looked it) ignored it,
played a counter threat and it transpires the counter threat was duff and we won or lost.
Yes.
I guess I'm looking for games in which you saw the opponent's threat, yet let him play it anyway, because either A) you had more dangerous, or faster, threats of your own elsewhere, or B) allowed it to happen because you saw you could escape in the end, even though it looked scary for awhile.
Does this count? Black (me) to play. I want to play Qe4 then work on shifting the white king out of the way of my f-pawn. White's threat is Nf6, which means I have to exchange the knight for my rook and open up the possibility of a series of perpetuals.
Remember - the analysis board is your friend 🙂. I might have done the same over-the-board but I've got enough losses to vouch for my usual calculation skills.
Originally posted by hunterknox Does this count? Black (me) to play. I want to play Qe4 then work on shifting the white king out of the way of my f-pawn. White's threat is Nf6, which means I have to exchange the knight for my rook and open up the possibility of a series of perpetuals.
[fen]5r2/1p5k/p2p3p/3N1q2/1PP4P/P1Q2p2/5K2/8 b - - 0 43[/fen]
Here's how it plays out...
[pgn] ...[text shortened]... one the same over-the-board but I've got enough losses to vouch for my usual calculation skills.
Nice calculation, but no, it doesn't count, because White wasn't actually threatening Nf6 - it was covered twice in the diagram.
[FEN "5r2/1p4k1/p1qp3p/3Nb1p1/1PP2p2/P3P2P/2Q1K3/2B5 w - - 0 37"] 37. exf4 Bxf4 {That is wrong it should have been PxB.} 38. Bxf4 gxf4 {Now instead of Kf2 White can climb a stair case.} 39. Qb2+ {Kg8 or Kg6 then Ne7+ wins the Black Queen and Kf7 we will see later on after I demo the perpetual.} 39... Kh7 40. Qc2+ Kg7 41. Qc3+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. Qd3+ Kg7 47. Qd4+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ {Perpetual...if the King runs...} 48... Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. Qe7