MickinMD ★ Posted November 25, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 25, 2018 The board below (I have White) is the final position in my first win over a rated chess expert! My rating jumped 24 points to 1860 (Class A). I'm hoping to eventually get to 2000 - "expert." Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Mike and I are now tied and one of us will advance from our group to round 4 (final round) of the team championship (with 5 other players). Each of us has 1 game left. Mike is losing his last game so I have to win or draw my last game - I have good chances - or else Mike advances on tiebreaks. I sacrificed a rook after being visited by the Ghost of Paul Morphy, the American who Bobby Fischer called the greatest chessplayer of all time and where a position from his "Opera House Game" in 1858 (see link below), regarded as the most famous and beautiful game of all time, came to mind and I saw how I could force a winning position by threatening Morphy's "Opera Mate." I've been asked to post an annotated version of my game on chess.com's Game Showcase - for which I'll post the link at a later date for those interested. So I'll hold off from posting any more details here except to point I just picked-off his h- and g- Pawns and he can't stop me from grabbing his d-Pawn - making my d- and h- Passed Pawns Queen candidates. That's why he resigned. My game, with move-by-move capability, is here: https://www.chess.com/daily/game/206940148 Here's the Opera House Game, Rap Version: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted November 25, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 25, 2018 How many moves did it take and can he ask for a rematch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 26, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 26, 2018 Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 26, 2018 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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