I have often noticed that I am a very humble person.
It is not as if I am bragging about something that most of the fraternity that exist in my imagination would give their life for but seriously.
The fact is I am so because there are two sides that war away to nutty glory over me (Here! I am not bragging.) because when the one faction says "Give him some space", the other cramps me up with creeps; when the one says, he is so 'humble', the other brings out something in me to show I am arrogant; when the one says...you get the picture, right?
No matter what, the two factions are always there and here I am, with loads and loads of talent (at times, to the level of genius), commitment, willingness to put in hard work, tonnes of patience and humility, and not in the cover of Life or at the Oscars or the Emmy because these two factions insist on being the 'perfect' mother - father combination to me that even my real parents could not have been.
The fact is because of these two factions constantly at me for as long as I can remember, I have developed some kind of a defence mechanism within me that keeps failing the one or the other and so, I decided to carefully monitor where all I made mistakes (Btw, don't get carried away as one nutcase did because I don't usually make mistakes, in fact, hardly, or rather, I don't make mistakes at all. As I said, I am a humble person and such proclamations about myself are rare so don't think I am bragging again) when playing Chess and why.
Finally, I think I have made the grade as per myself. For, here I was sensing that this opponent on Facebook Chess that had bet 10K would definitely have something up her sleeve as they usually rig up a match with high stakes like disconnecting my internet or having a far higher rated player playing in her place.
But I surpassed myself because here I was playing one of the longest combinations that I can recall having devised.
Take a look at the boards that I managed to screen capture and see how the Bishop is placed at a6 to prevent me from castling on the King side. That is how long the combination was.
Board position 1
Board position 2
Board position 3
After board position 3, I played (let me annotate it as move 3) 3. Ng6 and black responded with ...Ra8-e8. And I played,
4. Qa4.
If 4...Nxf2 5. Nf-g5+ Kxg6 6. Qxc6+ Kf5 7. Qd7+ Re6 8. Qxe6++ !!
Board position 5
Board position 6
Board position 7
From here, evolves another combination that starts not with Nxe5+ but with (let me annotate it as move 8)
8. Qxa7+.
If 8. ...Ke8 9. Qb8+ Kd7 loses both rooks for Black with Nxe5+.
8. ...Kf6
If black had played 8. ...Ke6, 9. Nxf4+ black's Queen forked ! But this, losing the Queen, was probably the best way for Black.
9. Rxf4+ ! Rf5
10. Qe7 ++ !!
The depth of the combinations is what makes the game my best ever.
I am sure I can brag about this win even though it has not won me the world championships or any tournament prize.
I treasure it.
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