Just because a pawn looks so small...

...it doesn't mean that they aren't capable of doing serious damage!!
(PLEASE NOTE that the diagram below is NOT the real diagram. There were two opposite-colour pawns on the same file and I also had a knight)

So I'm playing this game as white and I win. But, in this position, it was black's move and he does something sensible (sensible, as in, not a downright blunder). But then a spectator yells out, "Why didn't you do ...Ng4+?! It forks the king and pawn!... oh, yeah... er..."

Lesson to be learned:
PAWNS ALWAYS MOVE AWAY FROM ITS STARTING SQUARE...

UPDATE 06/05/2011: Just played a blitz game as black... almost let go of a bishop when it could've been taken by a white pawn... got used to playing as white!!! Oh dear...

Diagrams of the week - My Worst Blunder Yet As Black

This is what can happen if you don't concentrate very hard in a chess match (from my own depressing experiences.. :( )


(Click the image below to view the animation)

So, a few points:

I played 5...Bd6 because I NEEDED TO DEFEND MY E5 PAWN, now that white had played 5.Nc3 to defend his e4 pawn. It was NOT the blundering move.

The REAL blunder was of course, 7...Nf6?? because white now has the killing move 8.e5. I should have played 7...f6, which also stops 8.Qxg7, but also stops that pesky pawn fork!

Well, I've certainly learnt MY lesson...