Chess: How knowing old games helps to find crushing moves

in #chess7 years ago

So I was just playing some blitz games for a little fun, when I suddenly had this position.


bf7sac.png

Now Nh5 is not really the best move, but that is not the point of this post, I am more interested in the fact that I found the remarkable Bxf7+, I found this move by virtue of knowing a short game by a Prince Dadian of Mingrelia (who remarkably only has won games in the database).
Anyway I was struck by the following gem.
dadianf7sac.png

The point of this move is the simply fact that black is entirely lost, The queen is lost, or the black king will be checkmated (after Kxf7 Ng5+ Kf6 Qf3#)

This gave me the idea to play the remarkable Bxf7+ With the combination
1. ... Kxf7 2.Ng5+ Kg8 3.Ne6 Qe8 4. Nxc7 Qd8 5.Nxa8 Thus I have captured two pawns and a rook, for two pieces
This seems like a pretty good deal, but also I have disrupted black coordination.
The two pawns gave me the following endgame, which might be drawn with correct play.

endgame_draw.png

With the opposite colored bishops it could be that it is a draw with correct play, but white has good chances for a win.

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