Jeffreys vs Witten Winning Chess Combo!

Hi Mike, well done for all your great work. I find your videos useful and informative and I sure like your voice! That said, I was puzzling over this one and I agree with Steamroller's analysis - the combination seems to work because black blundered capturing the pawn. Keep up the good work!

why couldn't you use the e-pawn to fork the king and knight from the start?

Nice game.

Do you have grandmaster ranking?

same!

Moving a king around the board is highly not recommended when opponent's queen is present. Here the situation is different.

can anyone comment on the following analysis, beginning from the starting position: It seems to me that the comment "BXd6 would probably lead to a draw" is in fact inaccurate. The line i would offer would be 1 B Xd6 Q x d6 2 e4 fxe4 (forced otherwise e5 forks knight and queen) 3 f x e4 B x g4 (forced again)4 Qa4 + offers white a winning position?

Thats strong, good video.

nice video

When looking at a chess position, you should always give more than chancery thought to every candidate move. If Micheal had, he might've spotted that Nxe4? is actually a mistake on black's part, where Bg6 or Rc8 keeps the pawn which Micheal thinks he's won. This even leads to a better position for black, as the bishop does better than the knight, as it has a longer range and the knight has trouble getting a good outpost.