Eye Versus Brain

This post would be interesting. It is all about my game last Thursday against Wesly Situ a kid has just joined at Reno Chess Club. Actually, I'm teaching this one too, it is pretty exciting to play your students at the tournament in the sense that you have to "schooled" and show them that you are stronger than what they think.

This game is actually not a favorite game at our club but it did attract alot of expectorates during that match, the highlight part of this is when Alsasua and Case (both expert players) were pondering at my board deeply and start shaking their heads while crunching their foreheads, that was funny because they were showing me that they don't get the point of my move!

I put Eye Versus Brain as a tittle for this post is because simply, in Chess we shouldn't always rely on what we see on the board it is because the pieces and all materials on that surface can be deceiving, it is better to rely on your theory, principles and sometimes instinct of playing Chess than relying to your eye vision. I mentioned about "physical vision" of the Chess position here because it is quite related at my game, whereas I sacrificed at least 4 pieces including my queen!

After 16. ... h4

Book theory ended prior to black's 16th move, from here you can see how this game goes, it is simply exploiting the white side's weak move by using the combination. White continued by playing 17. h3? and actually black can easily exploit that one by playing the normal 17. ... Bxh3, but I don't wanna win after 40 or 30 moves with accurate play.

Well, here is the starting position when the combination take place.

after 24. cxd6

I know that all players at the Chess Club expected me to win this game and I have no question about it, some players like this game it is not because of the score 0-1 it is because how I skillfully delivered the combination. This Game reminds me the National Geographic Channel where Fox was tearing the body of a cab, it is so pathetic. Click here to play the game