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Tom posted an update
In round 7 of the Texas tournament, why did that bishop move from your opponent Nelson necessitate sac’ing your Queen?
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I wondered the same thing and did an analysis on it. If he unpins the queen by moving it, there’s too many discoveries and forks with the knights and bishops that you end up losing too much material (worse than queen).
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@1sttim1-18 Oh right, thanks. That wasn’t obvious to me. Guess I need to work harder on my calculation skills. Thank you Tim.
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Tom, losing the queen for 2 pieces is losing 9 and getting 6 points so really just like losing a piece (3 points). Of course that’s not ideal, but the other scenarios seemed even worse mainly to my king coming under fire. At least the way I did the game could go on and I had a fighting chance (although slim).
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@ChessVibes I understand. I think my worry that I need to think about, is that it wouldn’t have occurred to me that I would have needed to sac the Queen, I wouldn’t have realised the danger in the position. Something I need to work on obviously. Slightly worries me that it is so obvious, that neither you nor the commentator felt the need to explain it! LOL!
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