OTB, one often simply sees that the opponent is so undeveloped that a brisk attack is simply bound to succeed, or at least that the defense will prove to be too difficult to find over the board, as it is normally much more difficult to conduct the defense than the attack.

I noticed that Peter D Lalic is on the Recent Visitor list of Peter D Lalic, but Peter D Lalic has not kibitzed recently.

This game was played by Peter D Lalic a couple of weeks ago. Peter D Lalic won! Good for him!

Peter D Lalic is the son of Bogdan Lalic and Susan Lalic.

In fact I was reading about that, at User: PeterLalic, but Peter D Lalic doesn't use his forum much. Instead Peter D Lalic posts his videos at YouTube.

Peter D Lalic won this excellent game and then he suggested the title for P Lalic vs M Grigoryan, 2022.

Will having this recent and powerful win as GOTD change that?>

Hopefully! I have long enjoyed viewing the classics on CG, but I haven't felt like kibitzing much.

<OhioChessFan: I saw him on the "Recent Visitors" list yesterday. I suppose we could safely update his player bio to mention his user name on cg.c.>

I earned the title of Candidate Master only last month, so I would be very grateful for that update, please!

<Offramp: Sadly, the title is totally garbage and nonsensical.>

I searched in Mega Database 2022 for the position with White Na8, Bc7 and Rd8 and Black Kc8.

Only three games appeared: two that ended with checkmate in that position, and Adianto vs G Pieterse, 1986 :

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<Brenin: How far ahead did Lalic see at this point? [13.Ng5]>

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I was pleasantly surprised by 12...Qa5, since I had assumed that it could be refuted by the discovered attack 13.Nb5. Instead, I expected 12...Nc5 because I was threatening to trap the queen with 13.Na4.

Immediately upon 12...Qa5, I recalculated 13.Nb5. When I realised that the knight on e6 was defending c7, I searched for a move to deflect it.

Hence 13.Ng5, which I played only after visualising 13...Nxg5 14.Nb5 Qxe1 15.Nc7+ Kd8 16.Rhxe1. Although I would be down a knight and a pawn, I was satisfied with the simultaneous threats of Nxa8, hxg5, and Bf5+.

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I concluded that, in the worst case scenario, I might regain material before Black unravelled with ...Bh6+. However, being an optimist at the board, I was already dreaming of the exchange sacrifice on d7.

I did not imagine checkmating the king on a5, but on e8. Back on move 12, I was hoping for

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20...Ke8 21.Bc7?? Nxc7?? 22.Nxc7#. In fact, 21.Nc7+ would have been the only winning move, but the variation was too deep for me to foresee 21...Nxc7 22.Bd7+! Kd8 23.Bxc6+ Kc8 24.Bd7+. I did spot 22.Bd7+! on move 18, though, before playing 19.Rxd7+.

<Amarande: OTB, one often simply sees that the opponent is so undeveloped that a brisk attack is simply bound to succeed, or at least that the defense will prove to be too difficult to find over the board, as it is normally much more difficult to conduct the defense than the attack.>

Nowadays, this is my philosophy right from the start. Hence 3.d3! It also gave me confidence in my development lead when I really needed it.