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CJ posted an update
Tactical question: I decided to forgo the free knight and move my rook to line up on the king and pin the queen. But game review raked me over the coals for it saying I gave up a free knight which was true Especially at low ELO, was the subsequent rook move with discovered attack potential really a bad idea? P.s. I won.
Timothy C, Vikram and 3 others4 Comments-
It seems to me that if you move the rook to e1 rather than take the knight right now then the knight can go back to c6. When you move your knight for your discovered attack the c8 bishop can block on e6. Not a great position for them but they will be able to castle and not lose any pieces as the queen defends the bishop.
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Think also , if you did take the knight & black didn’t see your Re1 & didn’t move their queen , you still have Re1 & wil win the queen as your knight will now attack the e6 square too ! Even if they move the queen Re1+ is still powerful ! Pleased you won the game 😃
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A couple thoughts.
1. Trading the rook for the queen is net four points of material, grabbing a free knight is net three points materials – so even if you succeed in pulling off the attack, you’re only marginally better off.
2. But you’re two moves away – if you move the rook, black has time to move the queen away from harm.
3. Additionally, one of the moves you have to make is getting the knight out of the way anyway, why not do it first as it comes with a capture (and an attack on the f-pawn!)
4. Even if you manage Re1 and move the knight, pinning the queen to the king, black has any easy out – block with the bishop.
Its good to keep an eye out for complex tactics but just because something is harder to see doesn’t make it better than an easy one. You just don’t get easy tactics at higher levels.
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Even more than the queen pin is it feels like my pieces should be able to close in for a mate. Bc5 keeps closing in but I don’t see a way to seal the deal. Analysis is good but unfortunately always plays at 3200 rating so there’s no forced mate. But the way it escapes is very computer-ish. I wouldn’t expect a trap here to work on a master level but at at my rating it feels like there should be something.
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