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Tomas posted an update
I’ve been struggling with endgames recently, so I was glad to get this hard-fought win. I missed a few opportunities to chase the rook around and it generally felt like a bit of a cat-and-mouse game. I’m not sure if I should have brought my Queen up on the second rank when he had two rooks there.
On move 53, I figured I was close to blowing it, but I still had the Queen. I tried to put my opponent in check and protect my Queen at all costs. I finally realised I needed to activate and position my King better later on. In the end, I found the tactic. I’m looking forward to Nelson’s tutorials on Silman’s endgames, to say the very least!
What would you guys do differently? I think I need to consider both sets of pawns more.
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Charles and Ryan3 Comments-
Missed mate in 1 on move 22! Doh! I’m not great in endgames, but if I have a queen vs rook like that, I’m actively looking for opportunities to set up forks with the queen to win pawns or the rook.
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I know, so frustrating! Haha
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I think Nelson talks about this is one of the lessons, but when playing the Owen’s I only play Bb4 IF white has moved their knight to d2 or c3 so I am pinning the knight. Otherwise I will develop other pieces until white moves their knight. The engine thought you made good moves, but I like my bishops and will only trade them early if I am winning material.
Nice fork at the end to win the game, which is all that matters.1
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