Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 12:30:35 08/21/02
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>One of my early wins against a FM (and we're talking about at simuls, I assume) >was after he strangely "sacrificed" his queen. I was terrified of taking it, but >decided to do so as I had estimated that he does not have something too >spectacuar after that, worthy of the queen. After that, he resigned, admitting >it was a mistake! About psychology, from the book "The Master Game", Jeremy James and Leonard Barden, BBC, London 1979: [D]r1bqr1k1/1p2bppp/p3pn2/4N1B1/PnBP4/2N5/1P3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 13 IGM Tony Miles - Peter Clarke (chess correspondent Sunday Times) (both commenting on their own and each other's moves during play) 13. Re3 MILES: "O hell! I allowed knight from f6 to d5 and if bishop takes bishop then knight takes rook attacking my queen. Oh, dear, hell, maybe I can play knight takes knigt on d5 and he recaptures with his knight, then I can play my rook to h3 and if he takes my bishop on g5 with his bishop I play queen h5 simultaneously attacking f7 and h7. It might be good enough - still it's too late now, we'll see." CLARKE: "This seems very agressive to me - he's going to play his rook to h3 and try and deal a knock-out on the king's side. He's evidently going to show that's he's a grandmaster and knock me out straight away. I don't like knight from f6 to d5 because of the attack rook h3 followed by queen h5. I think I'd better develop on the queen's side and try to counterattack with rook c8, but I'm very unhappy about this position at the moment." 13...Bd7 MILES: "That's a relieve, not completely sure whether my accidental sacrifice was sound." J.
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