Off Topic: A Very Lucky Win for Me Against a Strong Russian

[Terry McCracken]

It's Tactically Delicious!

Time Controls 15 min. per side, no increments.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 Nb6 7.N1f3 Bg4 8.0–0 h6?? 9.Nxf7! Bxf3?? 10.Bg6!! 1-0

[d]r2qkb1r/pp2pNp1/1np2nBp/8/3P4/5b2/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 9

Final Position

Paul Morphy Sends His Regards!,
Terry

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

It's Tactically Delicious!

Time Controls 15 min. per side, no increments.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 Nb6 7.N1f3 Bg4 8.0–0 h6?? 9.Nxf7! Bxf3?? 10.Bg6!! 1-0

[d]r2qkb1r/pp2pNp1/1np2nBp/8/3P4/5b2/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 9

Final Position

Paul Morphy Sends His Regards!,
Terry

Sorry Terry,but your strong russian made a childlish mistake and it was very easy for you to win....

[Terry McCracken]

It's Tactically Delicious!

Time Controls 15 min. per side, no increments.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 Nb6 7.N1f3 Bg4 8.0–0 h6?? 9.Nxf7! Bxf3?? 10.Bg6!! 1-0

[d]r2qkb1r/pp2pNp1/1np2nBp/8/3P4/5b2/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 9

Final Position

Paul Morphy Sends His Regards!,
Terry

Sorry Terry,but your strong russian made a childlish mistake and it was very easy for you to win....

That's why I gave his errors ?? and also why I said a lucky win...he is a strong player who became cocky and careless.

Even Kasparov has been known to make egregious errors, IE Deep Blue in Game 6.

Simply saying he made childish errors is saying he's weak or he played weakly and there is no merit whatsoever in my quick Morphyesque win.

This guy is very tough, and he'd eat you for breakfast but he got careless.
And I still had to see the combination, which obviously I did....10. Bg6!! is still a nice finale!

[telmo]

A pretty and typical combination! You're right, even strong players make mistakes sometimes- confidence could be risky in chess. Congratulations for your win.

Telmo

[Terry McCracken]

A pretty and typical combination! You're right, even strong players make mistakes sometimes- confidence could be risky in chess. Congratulations for your win.

Telmo

Thanks Telmo!

Terry

[Steve B]

This guy is very tough, and he'd eat you for breakfast but he got careless.
And I still had to see the combination, which obviously I did....10. Bg6!! is still a nice finale!

your right
even if an opponent makes mistakes you still have to capitalize on them

i am never fortunate enough to get positions like those however to show my tatical prowess

usually i wind up in a mess like this right out of the opening...
here i was white against a 1050 Elo player:


[d] N5k1/5ppp/8/8/8/4nbb1/rr3nqP/6K1 w - - 0 1

Why oh Why Regards?
Steve

[Gandalf]

Isn't black ahead?

[Terry McCracken]

Isn't black ahead?

I think that's the point of the joke.