> Repeat after me, checks, captures, att....

LOL yea. Very basic, but very counterintuitive... cuz obvs you investigate the two components (rook trade + knight sac) individually and notice that none of them achieve anything. But _coooombinnned!_ aaah, different story

denlillaapan

The all important Rxd1 first, giving up that beautiful open d file. A 600 will play this "strategic blunder" 33% of the time. A 2600 only 2.5%, according to Maia.

I saw the potential for a knight sac right away thinking the opponent would have to give up the queen to avoid mate, but then noticed the queen is defended, and didn't even dream of Qg4+ setting up the fork. Repeat after me, checks, captures, att....

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Dash_1971

You got it. 

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The all important Rxd1 first, giving up that beautiful open d file. A 600 will play this "strategic blunder" 33% of the time. A 2600 only 2.5%, according to Maia. 

I saw the potential for a knight sac right away thinking the opponent would have to give up the queen to avoid mate, but then noticed the queen is defended, and didn't even dream of Qg4+ setting up the fork. Repeat after me, checks, captures, att....