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A Very Strange Queen Sacrifice

Very nice game!
Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks!

Very nice game! Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks!

@ILikeBlitz said ^

Very nice game!
Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks!

Thanks! Yes, I probably should’ve clearly mentioned the players — White was Daniel_ChessTraining (2343) and Black was GM aspiringstar (2667), it was a rapid game on lichess.

@ILikeBlitz said [^](/forum/redirect/post/UpmiJhrD) > Very nice game! > Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks! Thanks! Yes, I probably should’ve clearly mentioned the players — White was Daniel_ChessTraining (2343) and Black was GM aspiringstar (2667), it was a rapid game on lichess.

It's worth pointing out that the nuance of 21...Nb6 (and subsequent 22.Qc6+ Bd7) simultaneously hitting the white queen is essential. Otherwise, white could play 22.Bc3! bxc3 23.Qxc3 bxa1=Q 24.Qxa1 with Q v BR. Looks to me that white has enough time to unwind there and eventually convert the extra material and central control into a full point. However, as it is the attempt would just lose the queen for nothing.

It's worth pointing out that the nuance of 21...Nb6 (and subsequent 22.Qc6+ Bd7) simultaneously hitting the white queen is essential. Otherwise, white could play 22.Bc3! bxc3 23.Qxc3 bxa1=Q 24.Qxa1 with Q v BR. Looks to me that white has enough time to unwind there and eventually convert the extra material and central control into a full point. However, as it is the attempt would just lose the queen for nothing.

@Lizard1 said ^

Very nice game!
Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks!

Thanks! Yes, I probably should’ve clearly mentioned the players — White was Daniel_ChessTraining (2343) and Black was GM aspiringstar (2667), it was a rapid game on lichess.

Thank you!
As far as I know, aspiringstar is a top GM, quite underrated in rapid here. His blitz rating on the site is around 3000, I have a score 7-17 against him here. (The unusual time of the day when I played some games against him perhaps contributed to this score a little bit.)

@Lizard1 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/eth52h26) > > Very nice game! > > Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks! > > Thanks! Yes, I probably should’ve clearly mentioned the players — White was Daniel_ChessTraining (2343) and Black was GM aspiringstar (2667), it was a rapid game on lichess. Thank you! As far as I know, aspiringstar is a top GM, quite underrated in rapid here. His blitz rating on the site is around 3000, I have a score 7-17 against him here. (The unusual time of the day when I played some games against him perhaps contributed to this score a little bit.)

@ILikeBlitz said ^

Very nice game!
Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks!

Thanks! Yes, I probably should’ve clearly mentioned the players — White was Daniel_ChessTraining (2343) and Black was GM aspiringstar (2667), it was a rapid game on lichess.

Thank you!
As far as I know, aspiringstar is a top GM, quite underrated in rapid here. His blitz rating on the site is around 3000, I have a score 7-17 against him here. (The unusual time of the day when I played some games against him perhaps contributed to this score a little bit.)

I'm planning to cover more of his games in my blog posts soon, he's played some fascinating ones.

@ILikeBlitz said [^](/forum/redirect/post/ONJEfkEo) > > > Very nice game! > > > Being busy and short of time, I had to skim the text. May I ask you who played the game and where? I can't find it anywhere in the text. Thanks! > > > > Thanks! Yes, I probably should’ve clearly mentioned the players — White was Daniel_ChessTraining (2343) and Black was GM aspiringstar (2667), it was a rapid game on lichess. > > Thank you! > As far as I know, aspiringstar is a top GM, quite underrated in rapid here. His blitz rating on the site is around 3000, I have a score 7-17 against him here. (The unusual time of the day when I played some games against him perhaps contributed to this score a little bit.) I'm planning to cover more of his games in my blog posts soon, he's played some fascinating ones.

In just a handful of moves, Black has gone from being down a queen for a pawn to being up a full exchange, with a safe king and total control of the position. The numbers are striking: White briefly gains 8 points of material, but is forced to give up 13. The net result is Black being up 2 points (if White were to pick up the bishop on b7)

There's no bishop on b7 - do you mean the knight on c6? Even then it isn't obvious that white can capture it...?

>In just a handful of moves, Black has gone from being down a queen for a pawn to being up a full exchange, with a safe king and total control of the position. The numbers are striking: White briefly gains 8 points of material, but is forced to give up 13. The net result is Black being up 2 points (if White were to pick up the bishop on b7) There's no bishop on b7 - do you mean the knight on c6? Even then it isn't obvious that white can capture it...?

@stevage said ^

In just a handful of moves, Black has gone from being down a queen for a pawn to being up a full exchange, with a safe king and total control of the position. The numbers are striking: White briefly gains 8 points of material, but is forced to give up 13. The net result is Black being up 2 points (if White were to pick up the bishop on b7)

There's no bishop on b7 - do you mean the knight on c6? Even then it isn't obvious that white can capture it...?

White could've taken the bishop on b7 on move 20

@stevage said [^](/forum/redirect/post/TLFiSWOs) > >In just a handful of moves, Black has gone from being down a queen for a pawn to being up a full exchange, with a safe king and total control of the position. The numbers are striking: White briefly gains 8 points of material, but is forced to give up 13. The net result is Black being up 2 points (if White were to pick up the bishop on b7) > > There's no bishop on b7 - do you mean the knight on c6? Even then it isn't obvious that white can capture it...? White could've taken the bishop on b7 on move 20