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Well, I ShouldveStuckToPoker 6 months ago
Castling into a queen & rook skewer was the best move!

Hey all,

Just doing a post-game review and this made me laugh.

I'm white and it's my move.  My pieces are developed and my king is a little exposed so I figure now is a good time to castle.  I opted to castle queenside because I wanted a rook on the semi-open d-file.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/122652865819?tab=analysis&move=17

Did you spot what I failed to see?  After I castle, my opponent can (and did!) move his bishop to g4 and skewer my queen and rook!!

I was annoyed with myself for not seeing this but consoled myself with the fact that I was planning a fork move that I had seen - Nf5 would hit black's queen on e7 and defend the g7 square for my queen if black decided to castle.  

Well, the Chess Gods must have been smiling on me because black did castle!

What made me laugh was that in the game analysis my castling ‘error’ was actually considered to be the best move!  Chess is a funny game 😆

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    Bernard Ducharme 6 months ago

    Oh man, I looked at the computer analysis and they are some crazy crazy lines there!
    I probably wouldn't have castled long because of the skewer and because I'm human, but seeing position and knowing it's the best move, it make some sense to me, thoses things happens when you have such a huge development advantage over your opponent. After castling and loosing the exchange because of the skewer, you have all your pieces developped, while your opponent stil has the entire queenside still undevelopped. The computer want to explode the center quickly to capitalize on the development advantage and is willing to sacrifice the exchange to do it as quickly as possible, not letting the opponent time to castle or develop. That's the power of quick development. Well played!

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      Jake E. 6 months ago

      Being completely winning despite giving up a full piece with check is insane. And the computer says no mistakes. You should definitely submit this in the game of the month form. Very well played!

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        Well, I ShouldveStuckToPoker 6 months ago

        Thanks, Jake, that means a lot to me coming from you 🙂

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