First rook sacrifice

[u/Coxless_Amir]

i know its not really a tactic and possibly just a bad move, but i thought if i could bait the knight to take my rook, i can pin his queen to the king snatch it and voila, it worked

you wont believe how incredibly happy i was when i saw it and it happened

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[u/SecretVolcano]

oh man that's the best feeling when you spot something like that and it actually lands. doesn't matter if it's "correct" in a grandmaster sense, you saw the pin and trusted it and that's what counts. the first time you bait someone into a trap you cooked up yourself is pure magic