I am currently looking for instructive games, where a player is in a bad or otherwise hopeless middlegame position, and sacrifices one or more pieces to remove the defending pawns and/or pieces in front of the opponent's king to be able to deliver perpetual check as a means of saving himself from losing the game.
Can you think of any good examples?
Also I can vaguely remember a game - I think it was a pretty well known one - where a player delivered the perpetual with a knight or two knights instead of the usual queen. For the life of me I can't find it again. Any ideas?
Many thanks in advance for taking your time!
I am currently looking for instructive games, where a player is in a bad or otherwise hopeless middlegame position, and sacrifices one or more pieces to remove the defending pawns and/or pieces in front of the opponent's king to be able to deliver perpetual check as a means of saving himself from losing the game.
Can you think of any good examples?
Also I can vaguely remember a game - I think it was a pretty well known one - where a player delivered the perpetual with a knight or two knights instead of the usual queen. For the life of me I can't find it again. Any ideas?
Many thanks in advance for taking your time!
@Sefegiru : Here's a game I played a while ago that I think fits your criteria well:
https://lichess.org/Svuqqjwh
@Sefegiru : Here's a game I played a while ago that I think fits your criteria well:
https://lichess.org/Svuqqjwh
Thank you @AustinL0926 ! This is the kind of perpetual I'm looking for... Much appreciated!
I've also done some digging in the databases and struck some gold:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1118320
https://lichess.org/LS8kgnry#103
and
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067374
https://lichess.org/ENaLXJ7P#0
While not the game I had in mind, the motif is similar.
I'll keep on looking. If any of you find anything more, please share!
Thanks guys!
Thank you @AustinL0926 ! This is the kind of perpetual I'm looking for... Much appreciated!
I've also done some digging in the databases and struck some gold:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1118320
https://lichess.org/LS8kgnry#103
and
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067374
https://lichess.org/ENaLXJ7P#0
While not the game I had in mind, the motif is similar.
I'll keep on looking. If any of you find anything more, please share!
Thanks guys!
there's a ton of em
@Sefegiru
Well, I haven't played any such game and don't know any OTB game like that but I do have played some in which I sacrificed in order to draw but in a winning position in order not to lose on the critical low time.
@Sefegiru
Well, I haven't played any such game and don't know any OTB game like that but I do have played some in which I sacrificed in order to draw but in a winning position in order not to lose on the critical low time.
@Akbar2thegreat The reason I am looking for material on swindles, defenses, saving lost positions is, that I am preparing a presentation for my local chess club on the topic "How not to lose - How to save a lost game". While what you describe does not give me what I asked for, your answer is more valuable to me than you might realize! To prevent a loss on time by sacrificing to remove the opponent's last remaining pieces, thereby securing draw is something I had not yet thought of to include in my lecture. So thank you very much indeed for giving me the idea!
@Akbar2thegreat The reason I am looking for material on swindles, defenses, saving lost positions is, that I am preparing a presentation for my local chess club on the topic "How not to lose - How to save a lost game". While what you describe does not give me what I asked for, your answer is more valuable to me than you might realize! To prevent a loss on time by sacrificing to remove the opponent's last remaining pieces, thereby securing draw is something I had not yet thought of to include in my lecture. So thank you very much indeed for giving me the idea!
Fischer-Tal 1960 ("the Immortal Draw")
Fischer-Tal 1960 ("the Immortal Draw")
And since your topic is all about saving lost games, that gives you an even more entertaining field to explore: sacs for stalemate. One such acknowledged evergreen being Bird-Englisch 1883.
And since your topic is all about saving lost games, that gives you an even more entertaining field to explore: sacs for stalemate. One such acknowledged evergreen being Bird-Englisch 1883.
https://lichess.org/WglIaryr/black
https://lichess.org/WglIaryr/black
@Sefegiru
Oh! Unknowingly, I provided you another topic for your presentation.
Well, it's good for you!
@Sefegiru
Oh! Unknowingly, I provided you another topic for your presentation.
Well, it's good for you!