# Life is like Chess..5

- Link: https://coffeefordessert.com/2026/11/01/life-is-like-chess-5/
- Published: 2026-11-01T04:45:00-06:00
- Author: Coach Chad

> Check out this #chess game: TCZ_CoachChad vs Agoldfarb – [https://www.chess.com/live/game/113962821519](https://www.chess.com/live/game/113962821519)

This was a rated 15|10 rapid game from the US Chess club tournament on Chess.com,
July 6, 2024. I had White.

The lesson is loose pieces. After 11…Nb5 and 13…Qd4, Black’s knight on b5 had no
defender, and a check took it for free. From move 14 on I was a piece up, so my 
job changed from winning material to converting it.

Converting means trading the right pieces. I traded queens on move 18. My rooks 
did the rest: they took the d-file, then the fifth rank, and picked off pawns until
the last rook trade on move 42 left Black without counterplay.

 * **14.Bxb5+**: The b5 knight was undefended. Black blocked with 14…c6, and 15.
   Be2 kept the extra piece.
 * **18.Qxd4 exd4**: Trade queens when you are a piece up. Fewer attackers means
   fewer tricks against you.
 * **27.Nxe6 fxe6**: The knight removes Black’s last bishop. Two rooks and a knight
   against two rooks.
 * **41.R7d6+ Rxd6 42.Rxd6+**: A check that forces a rook trade. Black’s king is
   pushed away and 43.Rxb6 wins another pawn.
 * **52.Nc3+**: A knight fork: check on the e4 king and an attack on the a2 rook.
   Black resigned.

– Coach Chad

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    ```
    [Event "Live Chess"]
    [Site "Chess.com"]
    [Date "2024.07.06"]
    [White "TCZ_CoachChad"]
    [Black "Agoldfarb"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [Tournament "https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/-us-chess-1510-rapid-4880069"]
    [ECO "A20"]
    [WhiteElo "1507"]
    [BlackElo "1810"]
    [TimeControl "900+10"]
    [Termination "TCZ_CoachChad won by resignation"]

    1.c4 e5 2.h3 Nc6 3.a3 a5 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.h4 h5 7.Na4 Ba7 8.Bd2 Ng4 9.c5 d5 10.Nh3 Nd4 11.e3 Nb5 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qd4 14.Bxb5+ c6 15.Be2 Nf6 16.Bxa5 Bxc5 17.Nxc5 Rxa5 18.Qxd4 exd4 19.b4 Ra8 20.e5 Nd5 21.Bc4 Nxb4 22.O-O Nd5 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Rfd1 b6 25.Nb3 Be6 26.Nxd4 O-O 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Ng5 Rf5 29.Nxe6 Rxe5 30.Nc7 Rd8 31.Rab1 Rd6 32.Rb5 Re4 33.Rbxd5 Rc6 34.Nb5 Rxh4 35.g3 Rhc4 36.Rxh5 g6 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.Rhd5 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Ra1 41.R7d6+ Rxd6 42.Rxd6+ Kg5 43.Rxb6 Rb1 44.f4+ Kh5 45.g4+ Kxg4 46.Rxg6+ Kxf4 47.Rf6+ Kg4 48.Rb6 Rb2+ 49.Kf1 Ra2 50.Ke1 Kf3 51.Kd1 Ke4 52.Nc3+ {1-0}
    ```