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Road to NM: Week 2 — A good OTB Rapid Performance

@babobobo said ^

  1. Rc1 in the second game seems to win a rook. Threatens 36. Bxb4# and capturing on c1 leads to mate in 1

yes, that's the best move, and I looked at that, but I often am very scared of playing lines like that in time pressure (I had about a minute left at this point, not an excuse for missing that, but that's what happened

@babobobo said [^](/forum/redirect/post/CbCqbx4q) > 35. Rc1 in the second game seems to win a rook. Threatens 36. Bxb4# and capturing on c1 leads to mate in 1 yes, that's the best move, and I looked at that, but I often am very scared of playing lines like that in time pressure (I had about a minute left at this point, not an excuse for missing that, but that's what happened