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Blitz Insanity

The following position is from an OTB blitz game that I just played against a friend.  We play lots of games where we fool around and do piece sacs -- our reason usually being "because it looks cool".  This game started as a Tal gambit that I turned into a reverse Budapest (1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5 f5).  Later on I turned down winning the exchange on at least three different occasions, amid remarks of "d...bag", simply because...well...I could.  Anyway, about 10 minutes after we had both run out of time (nobody cared), the position got so crazy that I just had to take a snapshot of it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we analyzed it inconclusively, I told him that I hadn't found a direct win if he simply promoted the pawn.  So he tried it.  Although I soon won his first queen, he still had enough of a material advantage to beat me in the endgame 30 moves later.  /*Spoiler:  Fritz tells me now that after ...b1 = Q I have several ways to deliver perpetual check, but it also says that ...Qc7+ and ...Bxf6 are wins for Black.*/

Comments


  • 22 months ago

    FM Kacparov

    lol I see now. I expected something like that

  • 22 months ago

    balifid

    Kacparov, see that blank space between the slashes where it says /*Spoiler:  White text*/  ?  Highlight it.

    Sites about films, books etc. like TV Tropes use this method so that readers can't accidentally read certain text, which could reveal key plot elements in a story and thus spoil it.

  • 22 months ago

    FM Kacparov

    what's white spoiler text? :(

  • 22 months ago

    balifid

    That's what you get for calling me a d-bag.  I write a post that mentions that you called me a d-bag, and everybody reads it  Tongue out.  Well, at least two people anyway...

    Kacparov, I did put the position into an engine, I'm just saying that I didn't include the detailed analysis here.  You can see the white spoiler text by highlighting it.

  • 22 months ago

    SuperJudenSauce

    Btw I love how you include the fact that I called you a D-bag.

  • 22 months ago

    FM Kacparov

    didn't you check it with an engine?

  • 22 months ago

    balifid

    elaborate please?

  • 22 months ago

    FM Kacparov

    didn't you do it?

  • 22 months ago

    balifid

    Kacparov highlight the spoiler text.  I didn't include any analysis but an engine can easily verify what it says.

  • 22 months ago

    SuperJudenSauce

    I'm so glad you took a picture of this lol.

  • 22 months ago

    FM Kacparov

    it should be fine for white

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