| Game analysis - How is sacrificing queen winning on move 20?#3 You end up with two rooks for the queen and Knight+bishop for a rook. Piece wise, it's a clear advantage. Position wise, white does not have enough attackers. | esmiro |
| Game analysis - Pretty exchange sac in complex sharp open position#1 Pretty wild game, and I'm very proud of it. 17 ...... Rxc5 ! With the idea that if bishop takes to unpin the pawn, the rook can recapture and black is winning. On the other hand, if pawn takes the roo… | esmiro |
| Game analysis - I resigned before move 20. I was doing just fine :(#7 @AsDaGo Yeah, that's a good one heheh | esmiro |
| Game analysis - why I lost 3-4 games, before playing Perfect?#2 It's hard to answer since you are only posting the game you won, and not the ones you lost beforehand, which are the ones you are asking about. Generally speaking, I'm afraid the reason might be more … | esmiro |
| Game analysis - I resigned before move 20. I was doing just fine :(#3 Yeah, I don't really know but it just felt very hopeless. After f3,the g4 square would also fall, and their bishop was a monster. My knight on b1 was pathetic, they had a better pawn structure and in … | esmiro |
| Game analysis - I resigned before move 20. I was doing just fine :(#1 They say that knight's backward moves are the hardest to find. My recent game is just one example. The reason why I resigned is that I did not realize that Ng1 would both defend the f3 and the c4 squa… | esmiro |
| General Chess Discussion - Congratulations Gukesh!#25 He gave a lesson on the importance of mental stability to succeed in chess. When he was asked when he realized that he could win the tournament, he said "right after I lost the game". He realized that… | esmiro |
| General Chess Discussion - The eval bars in live games decrease the fun don't they?#3 @EvilPyrokar said in #2: > U win some, u lose some... That's a true statement but it has nothing to do with the point I am making. | esmiro |
| General Chess Discussion - The eval bars in live games decrease the fun don't they?#1 I'm talking specifically about watching games with professional commentary. Even though from time to time the commentators do acknowledge that some moves are hard to find, I think that the computer ev… | esmiro |
| General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#59 @esmiro said in #54: > Bold prediction: Hahah I did worse than a coin flip | esmiro |
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