Killegar Chess presents: Jack Killane Vs. Sean Godley, 2009 - part two

[SMCB285]

Hey Sean - What do you mean by 'He said in Post mortum that he wouldnt take the a7 pawn' ? Just wondering :-)

[SeanGGodley]

@SMCB285

Hi Buddy! Post Mortem is when the players talk about the game after it's finished. Jack and I were discussing a few different courses the game could have taken - and he said he wouldn't have taken the a7 pawn with his queen. How's things going with Fritz, any luck analysing games?

[SMCB285]

@SeanGGodley Ok cool :) And no, no luck :( The computer still isnt doing anything :( I think I might delete it and redownload it again. :-)

[jewbinson]

Did you actually see any of these lines during the game, such as the Qxb6 line?? I fing that hard to believe

[SeanGGodley]

I saw to about Kf8 or thereabouts. My feeling was that there would be enough activity to generate good play, or at least big complications - and in the long, positional run I would have my centre pawns as a plan b. Led to an interesting one anyway! But as I sai din the video, whether we would have found the right moves or not is a whole other story, and pretty unlikely - Fritz is about 300 Elo points stronger than both Jack and me.

[jewbinson]

@SeanGGodley Fair enough. I would have mean amazed if you saw any of those sharp lines after Kf8 lol

[JeremyNasmith]

I was hoping instinctively that you'd play that rook sac when you started analyzing the bishop or knight to c4 variations. I watch alot of Kingscrushers vids as well, and if you watch his vids, which I think you do, you know how much he loves his exchange sacs. But this vid makes a very good point that those exchange sacs, while flashy, and sometimes powerful, need to be made with deep consideration. I didn't calculate further than Nxe4, which I thought would be more than enough compensation

[JeremyNasmith]

but I should have looked a bit further to Qc7.

Very instructive!

[SeanGGodley]

Hi Buddy, thanks for your insightful comments - yes, you're 100% correct. Exchange sacs are lots of fun but they should be used with caution!

Nostrovia,

Sean

[BoudieBatsnikov]

Damn you are a good player!

[RussellsParadox]

That's quite a can of worms you opened up with that rook sac.

[SeanGGodley]

Agreed, but thankfully it was me who caught the fish!