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It is definitely hard, and we all have to go through lots of difficult lessons like this one. Although to be honest, I probably would have still taken the knight if I were you. In the end, you trade one rook and a pawn for a bishop and a knight, which is basically always a good choice. You're still behind material though, so it is still a tough game. I guess also they'd take another pawn after you take their bishop, but I still don't think it's that bad. Edit: Forget this all. I had tunnel vision and didn't notice that the rook can take the bishop on c3 after Kxe8
I won't give advice on the really small moves like the bishop going one square, because then you'd end up having to question every move you see, basically. But what I will say is that a LOT of funny business can happen when their rook is on your second rank. Basically every single move an opponent makes with a rook on my second rank, I force myself to manually check for if they're doing anything weird.
Hmm. But surely moving the king or rook first before taking is the best move? In the end I actually mated him though a couple moves later. But it was pretty lucky because my bishop was hanging lol.
Every position needs to be looked at as if it's something totally new. One of the reasons why puzzles and playing simultaneous games are so useful is they get you into that mindset.
There are some themes here to learn from that might help. Getting a rook on opponents 2nd / 7th rank is very strong. They moved their bishop to look at your king (should raise alarm bells). They generally just have a lot of pieces pointed at your king. Moving your rook like that activates it but also weakens your king so is something to keep an eye on. Also leaving your kingside pawns like that always makes me nervous that I will blunder a back rank mate.
White has a rook at 7 and it then points a bishop towards your king and you still ignore it to get a "free" knight? You should always analyse the potential moves from your opponent, even more in risky situations like this.
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It is definitely hard, and we all have to go through lots of difficult lessons like this one.
Although to be honest, I probably would have still taken the knight if I were you. In the end, you trade one rook and a pawn for a bishop and a knight, which is basically always a good choice. You're still behind material though, so it is still a tough game. I guess also they'd take another pawn after you take their bishop, but I still don't think it's that bad.Edit: Forget this all. I had tunnel vision and didn't notice that the rook can take the bishop on c3 after Kxe8I won't give advice on the really small moves like the bishop going one square, because then you'd end up having to question every move you see, basically. But what I will say is that a LOT of funny business can happen when their rook is on your second rank. Basically every single move an opponent makes with a rook on my second rank, I force myself to manually check for if they're doing anything weird.
Hmm. But surely moving the king or rook first before taking is the best move? In the end I actually mated him though a couple moves later. But it was pretty lucky because my bishop was hanging lol.
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Every position needs to be looked at as if it's something totally new. One of the reasons why puzzles and playing simultaneous games are so useful is they get you into that mindset.
You still had some attacking possibilities though
Yeah I actually won this game haha. Opponent hung mate. Felt awesome
In the first image you are down two pieces. If they don't get you this way they would have a dozen other opportunities.
Actually they lost, but it was only cuz they hung mate for no real reason
you were already lost, but you could have went Kf1 and traded 2 minor pieces for the rook
Kf8***
yeah mb
Black's bishop is hanging at the end of that line so it's 2 minor pieces for the rook, bishop and pawn.
whoops forgot about the thing
The good news it's pretty simple to improve this aspect of your game. The more you do puzzles the more you develop a spider-sense for stuff like this
There are some themes here to learn from that might help. Getting a rook on opponents 2nd / 7th rank is very strong. They moved their bishop to look at your king (should raise alarm bells). They generally just have a lot of pieces pointed at your king. Moving your rook like that activates it but also weakens your king so is something to keep an eye on. Also leaving your kingside pawns like that always makes me nervous that I will blunder a back rank mate.
White has a rook at 7 and it then points a bishop towards your king and you still ignore it to get a "free" knight? You should always analyse the potential moves from your opponent, even more in risky situations like this.