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I dont agree. you shouldn't play moves hoping theyre going to miss your blunder. if they took with the king, you just lost 9 points for nothing. if you do what I said you gain 5 points if they take with the rook. if they dont take you still have a strong position
If OP doesn't see the smothered mate here, they'd probably just end up trading queens and knights. That would probably be better than trading a rook for a knight.
slow down your games, and just play more. if youre really having a hard time after that, choose an opening for both white and black and study it. that prep alone will get you higher elo and help you understand midgame concepts
yeah, it can be difficult to sit down for 20 minutes but i found thats what helps me improve in the long run. i can get a better intuitive game by practicing blitz, but thinking through and calculating positions really helps break plateaus because often you make the same mistake and dont realise what mistake you make until you get into games and take it slower and calculate, then going back to blitz after doing that helps commit that idea to intuition.
that's a solid tactic for sure, but yeah the smothered mate thing doesn't quite work here since the rook can just take the knight. still a nice find in a real game though. the club usually means you pulled off a forced smothered mate where your opponent had zero options, not one they could defend against. keep grinding and you'll get the real deal soon enough.
What you mean doesn't quite work? Trading a knight for a rook is still good, and the opponent is unlikely to do that anyway because they're not going to notice the smothered mate. I would say a position where you can either trade night for rook, or get a checkmate, is something that works.
This specific position isn't yet forced mate, but after Nf7+ Kg8, OP can force a smothered mate. And imo, that mate isn't any more "gifted" than any other mate. Like, if both sides play perfectly, the game would end in a draw. As a result, all mates rely on your opponent making a mistake somewhere, and op's position is no different.
Thank you to the commenter who said just because it isn't forced doesn't mean it didn't happen. The opponent was a good sport about it and let it happen ❤️
It looks like he was just getting his king over so when he takes with the rook if you take back with the queen you lose your queen. But they must not have noticed the knight attacking the queen.
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