Band 6: Talk about a time you solved a problem creatively. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I want to talk about a situation, a chess position in which I was losing and I had to win because I didn't want to lose the first prize, which was one minion song, so I needed it to buy a new Bistral. This situation occurred two weeks ago in a tournament I participated in, where I was leading the tournament. Among my opponents, I had the highest score, which was 18 points, and in a critical moment, I made a blunder. I lost my rook and bishop and got only a few points. I was panicking; I was overwhelmed and just survived that situation for a few moves. After a few moves, my opponent made a bad mistake. I used it; first, I spent 10 minutes to devise a strategy and applied it. My opponent fell into my ploy, and I was able to capture his queen, which is the most powerful piece in chess. Knowing that in such a high-level game, the chances would be reduced, he resigned. I got my prize, and I was thrilled that I was able to make my purchase.

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I want to talk about a situation, a chess position in which I was losing and I had to win, because I didn’t want to lose the first prize that was one minion song, so I needed it to buy a new Bistral. This situation occurred two weeks ago in tournament when I participated in it, so I was leading the tournament. Among my opponents I had the highest point, score was 18 points, and in a critical moment I made a blunder. I lost my Rook and Bishop and got only few points. And I was panicking, I was overhelmet and just survived that situation, just for few moves. After few moves my opponent made a bad mistake. I used it, first I spent 10 minutes to make strategy and applied it. So my opponent fell into my ploy and I was able to get his Queen, which is the most powerful figure in the chess. Knowing that without chess in such high level game, the chance will be reduced so long he resigned. I got my prize and I was thrilled that I was able to do my purchase.

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