Coffee for Dessert

..if the assignment were to list the top 10 of all the sneakiest wins from Coach Chad’s ‘tksatx’ archives over on Lichess, this +400 ELO upset victory over a 2100 rated blitz player might be well-deserved to-be listed amongst the top of such a list, but alas..anyone would be at their own accord to make any such list..yet i digress..we have a fantastic game to study right here..stored away shortly after the post-mortem period, and somehow destined to emerge again after a mere 2 year delay from it’s inception on May 2nd 2022..and well..the tactics are still as stunning as they must’ve seemed in the moments of the blitz battle.

Take a look at the following tags to find other similar tactics buried in the CFD archives. Upon another review of this game, the Sacrifice tactic in relation to Pin-Exploit and Mating Net are exemplary in this high level blitz battle — and although the stakes were merely ELO, I know my opponent gave their best efforts – GG to AinseilGato.

The opening sequence is common, feel free to name it in the comments! I reckon that it would certainly be worthwhile of deeper review. Now, without further Ado, please search for the following ideas in the game GIF below, I wish you the best of luck!!
— Coach Chad – May 5th 2024

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See the full game notation below!

[Event “Hourly Blitz Arena”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/1hbL7YPY”%5D
[Date “2022.05.03”]
[White “TKSATXChad_Ambrose”]
[Black “AinseilGato”]
[Result “1-0”]
[UTCDate “2022.05.03”]
[UTCTime “01:39:23”]
[WhiteElo “1716”]
[BlackElo “2112”]
[WhiteRatingDiff “+11”]
[BlackRatingDiff “-11”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “180+2”]
[ECO “A00”]
[Opening “Van’t Kruijs Opening”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e3 { [%clk 0:03:00] } { A00 Van’t Kruijs Opening } 1… d5 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 2. Be2 { [%clk 0:03:01] } 2… Nf6 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 3. d4 { [%clk 0:03:01] } 3… c5 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 4. Nf3 { [%clk 0:03:01] } 4… Nc6 { [%clk 0:02:59] } 5. O-O { [%clk 0:03:02] } 5… Bf5 { [%clk 0:02:51] } 6. c4 { [%clk 0:03:01] } 6… e6 { [%clk 0:02:47] } 7. Nc3 { [%clk 0:03:01] } 7… Be7 { [%clk 0:02:47] } 8. cxd5 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 8… exd5 { [%clk 0:02:46] } 9. Ne5 { [%clk 0:02:55] } 9… O-O { [%clk 0:02:45] } 10. g4 { [%clk 0:02:50] } 10… Bg6 { [%clk 0:02:37] } 11. f4 { [%clk 0:02:43] } 11… cxd4 { [%clk 0:02:10] } 12. exd4 { [%clk 0:02:39] } 12… Be4 { [%clk 0:02:10] } 13. Nxe4 { [%clk 0:02:16] } 13… Nxe4 { [%clk 0:02:10] } 14. Qd3 { [%clk 0:02:07] } 14… Nb4 { [%clk 0:01:53] } 15. Qh3 { [%clk 0:01:50] } 15… Nc2 { [%clk 0:01:45] } 16. Rb1 { [%clk 0:01:38] } 16… Nxd4 { [%clk 0:01:44] } 17. Bd3 { [%clk 0:01:35] } 17… Qb6 { [%clk 0:01:38] } 18. Be3 { [%clk 0:01:31] } 18… Bc5 { [%clk 0:01:16] } 19. Nd7 { [%clk 0:01:27] } 19… Qc7 { [%clk 0:01:13] } 20. Nxc5 { [%clk 0:01:20] } 20… Qxc5 { [%clk 0:01:11] } 21. Rfc1 { [%clk 0:01:15] } 21… Qb6 { [%clk 0:01:11] } 22. Rc3 { [%clk 0:01:02] } 22… Nxc3 { [%clk 0:01:09] } 23. Qxh7# { [%clk 0:01:01] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0