I hate chess.
Well, not exactly. Not yet. But, almost. Some days...
Take a look a the following position that arose in a recent game of mine on FICS.That's me with the white pieces, stumbling around with what should have been an attack. Reminds you a bit of that comment by Harry Bird, no?
Place the contents of the chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet -- and you get the style of Steinitz.
What a mess! Chess masters who say that they talk to their chess pieces, or that their pieces talk to them: what would they be hearing now??
17.Bxe6
17...Bxd6Light-squared White Bishop: I suppose you're all wondering why I called you together today...
Dark-squared Black Bishop: Excuse me, I think that there's something you left off of the agenda...
You see, things like this shouldn't happen.
Stumble-bum players like me shouldn't knowingly sacrifice their Queens like this.
It's just not natural.
18.Bxf7+ Kh6 19.Nxd6 g6
In both cases, though, White would have still been better. The problem is, my Queen sac was correct.
20.Nxf5+ gxf5
Tossing in the towel. He could have delayed the mate with 20...Kh5 21.h3 Ne5 22.Ng7+Kh6 23.N5e6+ g5 24.Bxg5 checkmate.
21.Ne6 checkmate
I'm glad I got that out of my system.
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