An ongoing discussion : is blitz chess really " chess" ?
In the end that depends what you believe "chess" is, and why you play blitz chess.
It has its place, and taken for that it is useful/fun/relaxing/etc, in its way..
Here's a recent position : white to play, more than enough time left for both sides...
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If this was a proper "chess" game, I would either resign immediately, or play a few moves just to see how Black would tie this up.
However, it is blitz, and the chess part of my mind tells me that " If that Black Knight wasn't on d7, then Qf8 is mate , or if my knight was on f5, and the Ng8 was gone, then Qd7 is mate" so luck and psychology could play a large part here.
I reason that Black could think that he has won the knight(h4) and/or the rook(b1) easily, so may well be inclined to be focusing on either of those ( most likely the higher-valued Rook ) rather than white's remote mate threats.
Nf5 is not a move likely to succeed, since the pawn will snap it up and there are still two pieces en prise. So, how to remove the guarding knight ?
It seems obvious that d5 is the only move to play.
Not much threatened directly, but if Black is one who reacts to an immediate threat, maybe he will capture, and exd is more likely than cxd ( since that allows Qxb5 ), or it may even be dismissed as a distraction to the real meat of the hanging Rook or Knight ?
If the e-pawn captures then Nf5 is possible.
So, I play d5....
The response is an expected material gain : Bishop takes Rook !
I play the pawn capture, dxe . Black immediately responds Ne5, and loses to Qf8 mate !
Yes, its a swindle, but I feel very happy to have won, and by such a " devious" method, plus I have exercised my tactical brain a little, spotting two possible mates, and being rewarded, courtesy of a greedy attitude, with one of them !
An example of how an amateur mind works ? human psychology ? or just blitz chess ?
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