Kansetsu Waza refers to the joint techniques in Ju-Jitsu. In the latest game of chess, there is a very strong theme of joint lock, around the bishop at the c6 square. Somewhere in the middle game, I noticed that I could suppress the bishop on that square. That wasn't enough to achieve any advantage of course, but I traded off his very agile knight with an extravagant rook (Yes I did!) to give him a material advantage, and myself a more attacking position. After that his only really active piece was his Queen. Holding his bishop down, and seeking to zoom in on his weakened King-side proved to be a narrow and difficult task. Even though I suppressed him for a good time and had better attacking potential, I was burning out of fuel. Then, his frustration got the better of him and he made a premature attack on me, and it was suicidal; the game was suddenly over.
I have an imagery: it was like those Kungfu movie where an opponent had been held down, but when he finally had some space, he went for an attack on the protagonist, and the latter returned with a swift fatal single strike in a split second. And 'the bad guy' stood motionless, dead. This game has that element of psychological factor which affected the game play of my worthy chess mate. I just know that he could have force a draw with me by repeating moves 27 and 28... before the sudden death blow brought upon by his over-eager counterattack. I'm guessing he did not want to just draw the game, because in terms of material/numbers, he was winning me.
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