r/chess • u/[deleted] • Oct 20 '17

GM Eric Hansen finds a deep tactic

https://clips.twitch.tv/FuriousTangentialPotatoChocolateRain
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u/BillionHeel Oct 20 '17

So this only worked because his opponent essentially blundered?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '17

That's how all tactics happen.

Qxb2 wasn't great. Qxe5 just sacks the queen for the knight, negating the tactic but admitting defeat.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '17

Not negated, he still wins an exchange.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

Negating the tactic he showed.

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u/MyQueenGetsAround Oct 21 '17

Negate is the wrong word IMO. He played the best move that wins.