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Move of the day4 Aug 2026

A ROOK FORA KNIGHT.ON PURPOSE.

Move 17, the rook takes his knight on h5. It is an exchange for nothing and I played it because his defence had to be exact after it and mine did not.

Engine has it second of 36 moves. One move later he had one move out of 35 and played another.

Round 4Move 17Rxh5

Schwarzacher Open 2026Turniertagebuch

Zug des Tages4. Aug. 2026

TURM GEGENSPRINGER.MIT ABSICHT.

Zug 17, der Turm nimmt seinen Springer auf h5. Das ist eine Qualität für nichts, und ich hab sie gespielt, weil danach seine Verteidigung genau sein muss und meine nicht.

Laut Engine der zweitbeste von 36 Zügen. Einen Zug später hat er einen von 35 gehabt und einen anderen gespielt.

Runde 4Zug 17Rxh5

A rook for a knight, on purpose Ein Turm für einen Springer, mit Absicht

Round four, move 17. His knight came to h5 and I took it with the rook, which is a rook for a knight and the engine puts me a pawn and a half worse straight afterwards. It is still the engine's second move of the 36 legal ones there, so it is not a blunder, it is a price.

I paid it because his defence had to be exact and mine did not. That turned out to be measurable: on his next move the engine gives him exactly one move out of 35 that keeps him better, and he played a different one. He had the same one-move choice three more times before the end and found it once.

The move the engine actually wanted was 17.Ne4, and its line is my game move for move with the rook still on h1. So the position I bought was on the board for free. I would still play it against him.