A Satisfying Queen Sacrifice in 17 Move Game

Submitted by erik on Mon, 12/01/2008 at 9:18pm.

I played a fun miniature game today with a queen sac and a funny mate. Game and comments below:





Thanks for reading! Comments welcomed...

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Comments:

by scorpion_ve - 4 months ago
Ohio United States
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If black's reply is 16...f6, I don't see why 20...Qxe5 is a must as you posted. White's reply with 21.Bg4 is not checkmate. Black's King still has 21...f7. If black's would've seen it perhaps your sacrifice wouldn't have paid off as it did. However, it was very clever though and  I liked the finish.

by shane97 - 9 months ago
California United States
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nice

by dakoo - 9 months ago
Corcaigh Ireland
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i like

by Pastuszek - 10 months ago
London United Kingdom
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nice...

by Ir_Kamikaze - 10 months ago
Tehran Iran
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Oh it's really cool!

by RN9 - 10 months ago
Toronto, Ontario Canada
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Unreal

by staggerlee - 10 months ago
Clermont-Ferrand France
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Very cool.  Congrats.

by ThreeQueens - 10 months ago
Durham, North Carolina United States
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very, very cool... I don't think I have ever seen that mating pattern before  Cool

by bigfundu - 11 months ago
Chennai India
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Sweet ... although it required white to play a little carelessly, black should be commended for excellent piece coordination and visualize the mate nicely.

by shuttlechess92 - 11 months ago
California United States
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That was nice - but taking White's queen was too greedy and let White activate all his pieces like lightning!

by dr_islam - 11 months ago
cairo Egypt
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ERIK,very good sac but ithink black makes it look so easy however your calc is very very good,but i think you might be in danger if black didn't move his Q and start developing pieces your pawns skeleton would be very weak!!!!!!

by LATITUDE - 11 months ago
USA United States
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Black was hasty, White was collected.

Very elegant with the two pawns as the tip of the arrow.

by phr - 11 months ago
Maribor Slovenia
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yo very elegant play erik!

by mathijs - 11 months ago
Utrecht Netherlands
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I missed the lines after 17...Kf7, Erik, very nice. You could have given them in the first place,though, they weren't trivial, lol.

by davidetal - 11 months ago
Tarragindi Australia
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BIG board for a (lovely!) miniature:)

by Bob1 - 11 months ago
Lisheen Ireland
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Killer moves there man..

"The more valuable the sacced piece, the more beautiful the mate"-Me

by Zenchess - 11 months ago
Omaha United States
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Hey good job erik!  Im not just saying that cuz yer the admin, I didn't know it was you until after I saw the game =)

by vijaykulkarni - 11 months ago
Pune India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 7248

Everything white played was not forcing on Black, specially 7.. Qh4 but Black played what white wanted.. Nice game..

by RetGuvvie98 - 11 months ago
Manassas, VA United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 3542

Thanks for sharing this one with us all.

I've had a few 'sweet' ones like that, clear, crisp and finished in 15 moves or so.

by veljomedic - 11 months ago
Elverum Norway
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 375

Really nice, allways good with the sacrifice. Mine usually are 60-40 % to win but I get the feeling that I rather remember the blunders after the sac on the long game with to many combimations.Cool

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