Game link:
lichess.org/AVheuJiO/black#35
I played this game in correspondence and got my queen pinned to my rook. I moved my queen and lost my rook and genuinly I was like why am I so bad at chess and was about to resign, but I still played it and ended up winning. After the game the engine actually said that the move was a losing move that gave me a 0.5 extra advantage. (18 Bb4)
Game link:
lichess.org/AVheuJiO/black#35
I played this game in correspondence and got my queen pinned to my rook. I moved my queen and lost my rook and genuinly I was like why am I so bad at chess and was about to resign, but I still played it and ended up winning. After the game the engine actually said that the move was a losing move that gave me a 0.5 extra advantage. (18 Bb4)
[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AVheuJiO"] [Date "2026.06.12"] [White "kispisti"] [Black "Mate_in_threee"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2 days per move"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 e5 Qe7 7 Qe2 Nd5 8 Bd2 g6 9 Nc3 Bg7 10 O-O-O O-O 11 f4 Bh6 12 Nxd5 cxd5 13 a3 d6 14 g3 dxe5 15 Bg2 e4 16 Bc3 c6 17 Qe3 Ba6 18 Bb4?! (-0.94 —> -1.63) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. (18 h4 Bg7 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 h5 h6 21 hxg6 fxg6 22 Kb1 Qf6 23 Bf1 Bc8)
[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AVheuJiO"] [Date "2026.06.12"] [White "kispisti"] [Black "Mate_in_threee"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2 days per move"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 e5 Qe7 7 Qe2 Nd5 8 Bd2 g6 9 Nc3 Bg7 10 O-O-O O-O 11 f4 Bh6 12 Nxd5 cxd5 13 a3 d6 14 g3 dxe5 15 Bg2 e4 16 Bc3 c6 17 Qe3 Ba6 18 Bb4?! (-0.94 —> -1.63) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. (18 h4 Bg7 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 h5 h6 21 hxg6 fxg6 22 Kb1 Qf6 23 Bf1 Bc8)
The bishop is strong on the a1-h8 diagonal, potentially compromising the safety of Black's king. The rook, in contrast, appears to be doing nothing on f8. Therefore, one could say the bishop is stronger (and thus worth more) than the rook, and trading the pieces wastes White's aforementioned positional advantage.
The bishop is strong on the a1-h8 diagonal, potentially compromising the safety of Black's king. The rook, in contrast, appears to be doing nothing on f8. Therefore, one could say the bishop is stronger (and thus worth more) than the rook, and trading the pieces wastes White's aforementioned positional advantage.
The pair of bishops (the „Hermaphrodite“, Rowson) is stronger than 2x a single bishop. Here especially the one with no counter-bishop is a force.
The pair of bishops (the „Hermaphrodite“, Rowson) is stronger than 2x a single bishop. Here especially the one with no counter-bishop is a force.
@Mate_in_threee said in #1:
... After the game the engine actually said that the move was a losing move that gave me a 0.5 extra advantage. (18 Bb4) ...
@MrPushwood said in #5:
-0.5 isn't "losing."
My guess is that Mate_in_threee was looking at something like “18 Bb4?! (-0.94 —> -1.63)” and thinking that 18 Bb4 apparently pushed kispisti over the edge into “losing”.
@Mate_in_threee said in #1:
> ... After the game the engine actually said that the move was a losing move that gave me a 0.5 extra advantage. (18 Bb4) ...
@MrPushwood said in #5:
> -0.5 isn't "losing."
My guess is that Mate_in_threee was looking at something like “18 Bb4?! (-0.94 —> -1.63)” and thinking that 18 Bb4 apparently pushed kispisti over the edge into “losing”.
