White could have won the game with 15.Bf6 & 16.Qf4+ or forced a perpetual with 15.Qe4+ & 16.Qf4+, so Black was smart to offer the draw and White was foolish to accept.
Ended in draw, but was there something one of us could do?
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likesforests wrote:
White could have won the game with 15.Bf6 & 16.Qf4+ or forced a perpetual with 15.Qe4+ & 16.Qf4+, so Black was smart to offer the draw and White was foolish to accept.
Is that a rational line to expect if 15Bf6
> Is that a rational line to expect if 15.Bf6?
No, after 15...Nh4?, White should play 16.Bg7#.
David, 15...Rh2? is also a mistake. It hangs the rook and allows mate. Eg, 16.Qxh2+ Nh4 17.Qxh4#. White had a clear win in the original position.
White simply wins a piece.
Exactly! :)
Why did you accept the draw? Low on time?
Davidmingming wrote: Why did you accept the draw? Low on time?
Midnight after a few beers...
Your game wasn't against NN, but erik
Davidmingming wrote: Your game wasn't against NN, but erik
I usually just fictionalize an NN when the other player is a chess.com player before discussing it on chess.com.
> Midnight after a few beers... I usually just fictionalize an NN
I often do the same. It's understandable that you missed 15.Bf6 playing real-time. It's a "quiet" tactic and those are often the hardest to see... it's much easier to spot tactics than involve a sequence or checks and/or captures.
After 1. Nf4 Qe6 2. Bg7 Qf5 3. Qf3 is crushing, attacking both the black queen and the rook on a8.
If 3. ... Qf3 4. Bf6+ mates.
If 3. ... Ng7 4. Qf5 Kh8 5. Qf6 Rg8 and Black is helpless against h2-h4-h5-h6
Draw was certainly agreed prematurely Long way to go
It seems to me black still had alot of play left when he offered the draw.