Chess Thread II

[Cavebear]

Well, at least it wasn't an impossible position as we too often see when a chessboard is shown on TV.

[Unbeliever]

Here's a game in which White sacrificed every piece except a Knight!

Henry Ernest Atkins vs Herbert Levi Jacobs



http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1622777

1.e4e52.d4exd43.c3dxc34.Bc4Nf65.Nf3Nxe46.O-ONd67.Nxc3Nxc48.Re1+Be79.Nd5Nc610.Bg5f611.
Rc1b512.Rxc4bxc413.Ne5fxg514.Qh5+g615.Nf6+Bxf616.Nxg6+Qe717.Rxe7+Bxe718.Ne5+Kd819.Nf7+ Ke820.Nd6+Kd821.Qe8+

[Cavebear]

I knew a player in college who could think like that.  Utterly brilliant.  But he could only do it high on grass and only a part of the board at a time.  You just had to figure out where he wasn't focussing and play there.

In the spot he was focussed, he was unbeatable.

[Unbeliever]

[Sal1981]

Holy shit that pan-zoom was annoying. Why do they torture us so?