CM Konstantin Loy - GM Erik Blomqvist | Blitz chess

RTU Open 2023, Riga

[@KnightToRemember]

We all missed yesterday’s daily video

[@matthewcummings5067]

That fork near the end was almost a brilliant tactic. Unfortunately, you can see the player realized it wouldn't be enough after they played it. Still impressive though - I wonder how far in advance they saw it

[@KnightToRemember]

Do you mean Ne2? Because it looked wrong and it was wrong

[@matthewcummings5067]

@claudiog7692 I did say almost. Winning (or drawing) tactics and blunders can look very similar, especially if you're living off the increment like Black was at that point. It looks like Black's losing a piece because his Bishop is overloaded - so, use an in-between move to get the knight out of dodge and give the Bishop a single responsibility. Unfortunately, it turns out Black's losing that piece no matter what (Stockfish was already reading +5 the move prior) because of Kf1, where the other two king moves are draws.