CHESS: Subsim team versus Letum

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Black 9. f7-f5
10. white f2-f3, black f5-f4 white's queen is lost.

10. white e4xf5, black Nd4xf5 White's only recourse is Qg3-f3. It seems like this could be followed by black qd8xe7 should White choose to attack the bishop at e7. Should white's queen attack black's knight at g4, black responds with Nf5-e3+
and white loses his queen.

10. white Nc3xd5, black f5-f4. It seems like this could be followed by black qd8-d7 should white choose to attack the bishop at e7. I don't see any other moves that save his queen in the end.

As such, I submit f7-f5 for consideration.

Well, yes. Very complicated situation, i admit I struggle myself a bit now.

I'm not sure if I see it. I think you might be recommending d5xe4. I haven't pursued that to a great extent yet. I don't have a lot of time to look at it now, but I think it might be good. Looking at it briefly, I think it may be better than f7-f5.

Indeed, de4: is what I meant. It opens the d-line on which the king is positioned, but unfortunately it moves your queen off that nice firing position on d8: Be7: would be White's reply most certainly.

In case of your move not being de4: but f5, you need to take into account four possible answers: White moves Nd5: or Be7: (probably white' two best answers), f4 (making things even more complicated to calculate), and ef5: also should not been ignored.

If you feel you suffer from overload, try to simplify the situation, if you see a possibility. Maybe you do not make the best moves that way, but it cannot be helped: you need to come along with the skills oyu have NOW, not in the future, so try to chnage situation that you can calculate it again. juzst make sure that your way to take complexity out of the situation is a safe way and does not leave you at your disadvanatge. remember that White faces the same calculation problems like you.

A bit chess psychology sometimes is on order. Namely: bluffing. But this i never have written, so treat it as if you never have read it.

welcome in the middle of the maelstrom. The match approaches the event horizon. Paddle for your life, or sink like a stone.