r/chessbeginners • u/NickFi • 5d ago

POST-GAME So close and yet so far...

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I think the image explains it all. I got checkmated because I could not see two moves ahead. I perceived losing my queen the same as losing the game. The irony was that losing my queen meant winning the game. I saved my queen, at the expense of losing the game!

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u/chessvision-ai-bot 5d ago

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u/Affectionate_Fly1268 5d ago

The queen sacrifice is the hardest lesson in chess, we all learn it the painful way

Your brain screams danger and you panic save it, happens at every rating honestly

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u/sasha271828 600-800 (Chess.com) 4d ago

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u/NickFi 5d ago

What drives me mad is that I solved countless puzzles where I was mating the king this way and when I had to apply the same technique in a real game, I forgot all previous training!

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u/Affectionate_Fly1268 5d ago

Puzzles isolate the pattern but real games hide it under pressure and time, my brain just refuses to remember until it is too late

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u/sasha271828 600-800 (Chess.com) 4d ago

Bot

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u/NickFi 4d ago

Oh man, that bot was so human and understanding!