Queen's Sacrifice

This is a game of chess I played at www.funorb.com. I didn't intend to make a video of it, but it was one of my favorite games (and I do play chess a lot), so I took a video of the moves after the game. I played as white and the entire game lasted less than 15 minutes. At (1:23) I could have gotten a free knight but would have lost a valuable pawn. My opponent could not take the Rook that checked him (1:37) because moving the pawn to take the Rook would put him in check by my queen. The rook that did the checkmate (1:45) was guarded by a bishop. Unfortunately funorb cuts off the board letters so I can't give exact locations of the pieces that would be easily understood.

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[ivickvv]

This isn't a queens gambit. Gambit is for things that happen early in the game, not in the end game.

This is merely a queen sacrafice.

[wartex8]

Look at the annotations, I state that. Technically it is not a queens gambit but it is a gambit. A gambit is a ploy designed to try to fool an opponent. (According to the dictionary)

[ivickvv]

I pulled this straight out of the dictionary:

GAMBIT:

"a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position"

This was not a gambit video. It was a queen sacrafice.

[wartex8]

Gambit:

1. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece

2. any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage

read the entire definition buddy

[concept015]

ure opponent just blundered wheres the sac there

[TheButtafingaz]

Why cant the king move to H8

[sadhukar]

really...if you don't see the stacked rooks going against your king then you should stop playing chess altogether.

[fifaworldcuplover]

just to let you know, most players would have thought of that in that position.

THUMBS UP IF U AGREE

[IBOUGHTYAMOM]

@ivickvv than the dictionary is wrong.. because usually chessplayers dont count pawns as minor pieces but as pawns and only knight and bishops as minor pieces.. but the overwhelming majority of gambits consist of sacrificing pawns... i really would stick to more expensive dictionaries

[jackindobox]

What ever it is , it was an intelligent move.....gambit or no gambit.......learn to let it go sometimes ..........satisfies egos.

[jaime001254]

in chess, a gambit wins positional advantage (only opening moves), but nice queen SACRIFICE btw

[zapper469]

Not really...don't trust a dictionary. Most chess players will tell you that a gambit is when you sacrifice material, to gain development.

Sacrifice just means you lose material or a good position on purpose, to gain some type of advantage

[zapper469]

Funorb isn't really a good place to practice. I'm already a 1900 there, then i quit that site