On playchess server i average 1350 elo... (blitz games 10 minutes 95 percent of the time) . When i first started playing chess like 7 months ago i was at like 1100 elo in blitz (10 min). On slow I average around 1550 elo but i have not played slow in a while...hard to find people who will play slow (slow btw 90 percent of the time was 16-20 minute games).

Here is what i saw but it required 42... Kxh7 then i looked at the other moves Black could play.

if 42. Bh7+ Kxh7, would result in a mate also via..... 43. Rxh4+ hx4
44. Qd3+ Kh6
45. Qg7#

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42... Kf8 43. Rf5 ... which to excellent white possition 42... Kh8 43. Qd3 .... which leads to excellent white possition

I did not see the whole continuations though. I got confused on what Black would do next after like 3 or four moves in my examples above.

I ran my choices through fritz though and all my choices fritz said I would win. Of course I cannot see so far ahead like fritz but the possition just looked good in my head for white.

Why could i not see the very simple elegant solution though????

Drudge

After 42 Bh7+ Kxh7 43 Rxh4+ gxh4 44 Qd3+ Kh6 45 Qd3-g7 is not legal; Black can also meet 44 Qd3+ with 44...R8e4.

42 Bh7+ Kxh7 43 Rxh4+ gxh4 44 Qg5 has been suggested by earlier posters when if 44...Rg8 45 Qh5 is mate. However, 44 ... Rxg2+ keeps Black in the game after 45 Qxg2 (not 45 Kxg2 ? Rg8 wining the queen)Rg8.

<Why could i not see the very simple elegant solution though?> In this case I would say a lack of appreciation for the important things in the position. The line you chose is attractive because it is forcing. Somewhere in your mind you thought that you had to pick forcing moves because your queen is en prise. Most of the time this would be right, but in this particular position it is wrong.

Lionel Richie