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reassess_blindyesterday at 9:50 PM1 replyview on HN

Qb8+ is a fairly obvious mate in 2. I don’t think anyone views it as a gamble.


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firasdyesterday at 10:27 PM

Right. So I guess that's my quibble with the term sacrifice (shared by Rudolf Spielmann)

But what's interesting to me is the counterfactual like outside of these 3 queen moves he would have lost the entire advantage. So it was like a tactical shot like capturing the golden snitch in Harry Potter

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