His fifth move, opening the back door to his King with Pawn to f6, strengthened my belief he thought very little beyond one move and that he was concentrating on his attack, without regard for any attack by me. In fact, I thought of sacrificing my Queen at that point, and started working towards that end.
As to taking my knight? Well, I would have been screwed, and one major piece down.
Politics is the control of wealth and power. You are being conditioned to condemn politics as petty and boring, thus granting all the more control to the powers that be. You are either a part of the problem or a part of the solution. The choice is yours.
An actual endgame. That's a rarity for the games you show, Rook. Much better played by you than by your opponent
I don't want to keep on being a spoilsport, but there could be a big hole in the 9-mover. Suppose he had played NxN instead of grabbing your Queen.
His fifth move, opening the back door to his King with Pawn to f6, strengthened my belief he thought very little beyond one move and that he was concentrating on his attack, without regard for any attack by me. In fact, I thought of sacrificing my Queen at that point, and started working towards that end.
As to taking my knight? Well, I would have been screwed, and one major piece down.