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ANNOTATED GAME
Survive an onslaught...then counter and massacre.
Chessmafia (2225) vs. Lecce_Wulf (2220)
Annotated by: lecce-wulf (1200)
Chess opening: French (C05), Tarrasch, Botvinnik variation
Chessmafia (2225) vs. Lecce_Wulf (2220)
Annotated by: lecce-wulf (1200)
Chess opening: French (C05), Tarrasch, Botvinnik variation
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40. fxe3 |
The final nail... it is now certain mate in 4 moves. 40.Rxe3 Qxf2 41.Kh1 Qxe3 (winning the rook) 42.Qxh3 Rh6 (winning the queen) is game over too. | |||||
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40... Qf2+ 41. Kh1 hxg2+ 42. Qxg2 Rh6+ |
And my opponent abandoned the game in a huff in view of 43.Qh3 Rxh3 checkmate. You often find this rude behaviour on the internet. In blitz games they log out, in longer games they let the time run out, rather than resign and acknowledge their opponent with the customary 'well done' or 'good game', they perform the equivalent of getting up and leaving the room, obliging their opponent to wait shocked at the board. Let me conclude this game, which I consider one of the best all-round 'real time' games I've been fortunate enough to have played in (and don't forget, I should have lost!), by quoting the 2nd World Champion, the great Emanuel Lasker: 'When Steinitz lost the last game of the [world championship] match to me, he stood up and exclaimed: "Three hurrahs for the new world champion!" These words touched me.' | |||||
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