Of course, I don't mean "your opponent letting you win on purpose", but rather: have you ever been in a situation where you had calculated a beautiful win and instead of "letting you" play it, the opponent made a worse move and threw the game away, not allowing you to play it? I'm asking because I had a similar feeling today in a classical game, and I found it rather hilarious.
So this is the position. As you can clearly see, I'm already much better, due to the fact that my opponent didn't really know how to respond to my opening (Italian Gambit), made a few mistakes and came out of the opening severely underdeveloped. Here, I calculated 12. d5 Na5 13. d6!, which is what happened in the game.
Obviously, in this position Black can't play 13...cxd6??, because after 14. exd6 the rook is lost. So 13...Qf8 and 13...Qd8 are the only two options. After 13...Qf8 I would've most likely played 14. Bd3, and White is still much better. However, before playing 12. d5, I calculated that to 13...Qd8 (which is what I assumed he might play, considering the fact I was also somewhat targeting the c7 pawn) I can respond with 14. Bxf7+! Kxf7 15. e6! dxe6 (obviously not 15...Ke8 16. e7) 16. Ne5+ and I either win material after 16...Kf8 17.Ng6+ or checkmate after any other king move. After the game Stockfish confirmed that that calculation was correct. And I know, it's not exactly the hardest combination to spot, but it still would've been a great and fun way to end the game.
Instead of that my opponent played 13...cxd6 and resigned almost immediately XD And yeah, I was pretty dissappointed that I didn't get to finish the game in style and instead "had to settle for" taking advantage of a huge blunder.
So, I wanted to ask: have you ever had a similar situation, where you were dissappointed at your opponent for blundering the game away? Or is it just me? :D
Were you ever annoyed at your opponent for gifting you the win, instead of letting you win in style?
Of course, I don't mean "your opponent letting you win on purpose", but rather: have you ever been in a situation where you had calculated a beautiful win and instead of "letting you" play it, the opponent made a worse move and threw the game away, not allowing you to play it? I'm asking because I had a similar feeling today in a classical game, and I found it rather hilarious.
So this is the position. As you can clearly see, I'm already much better, due to the fact that my opponent didn't really know how to respond to my opening (Italian Gambit), made a few mistakes and came out of the opening severely underdeveloped. Here, I calculated 12. d5 Na5 13. d6!, which is what happened in the game.
Obviously, in this position Black can't play 13...cxd6??, because after 14. exd6 the rook is lost. So 13...Qf8 and 13...Qd8 are the only two options. After 13...Qf8 I would've most likely played 14. Bd3, and White is still much better. However, before playing 12. d5, I calculated that to 13...Qd8 (which is what I assumed he might play, considering the fact I was also somewhat targeting the c7 pawn) I can respond with 14. Bxf7+! Kxf7 15. e6! dxe6 (obviously not 15...Ke8 16. e7) 16. Ne5+ and I either win material after 16...Kf8 17.Ng6+ or checkmate after any other king move. After the game Stockfish confirmed that that calculation was correct. And I know, it's not exactly the hardest combination to spot, but it still would've been a great and fun way to end the game.
Instead of that my opponent played 13...cxd6 and resigned almost immediately XD And yeah, I was pretty dissappointed that I didn't get to finish the game in style and instead "had to settle for" taking advantage of a huge blunder.
So, I wanted to ask: have you ever had a similar situation, where you were dissappointed at your opponent for blundering the game away? Or is it just me? :D