bluewaterrider
Senior Member
Moves in chess carry consequences. The action in this game starts to feel somewhat like that of the comic shown above, where everything tried from the protagonist's point-of-view not only fails but backfires, seems unstoppable, and fails so spectacularly it seems appropriate to a Rube Goldberg cartoon.
Hence, my decision to pin that knight costs me by bishop. Then I lose control of the long a1-h8 diagonal. Because my knight must leave when the pawn that took out my bishop clears space for HIS bishop to target it. And it's unable to stop that bishop from smashing not one but TWO more targets on the board, because that knight must retreat from the White King pawn that goes after it.
So in short order, from ONE decision, I lose three pieces, and more promised to follow; my opponent is just getting started ...