marci natalia je vous encourage!

very cool thanks

very interesting game, its good to know even the best of players make the most elementary of mistakes

great

great article.

Left out on purpose? (3) When gained an advantage, the pieces positionally involved might have lost their function and value, thus have to be reharmonized for a couple of turns, and then one wants to pursue another plan to gain another, maybe game-winning, advantage. More important than "wearing the opponent out", "going for a mate straight" or "aggressive downtrading". Looking 20+ moves ahead whether one can hold on to an extrapawn in the future endgame? I don't buy it. And if the extrapawn is lost, then you hear: "I wanted to give back the material for some positional justification under some racing-conditions in some variations".

hehe i didnt even notice the mistake...

it was a great game!

Thanks for the good article and all the nice comments that comes therewith.

36. e6 locked down the game for good :( I wouldn't have played it lol, I like to take my chances with an open game, a closed game without knights is kind of lack luster.

@mistergort that would actually be pretty useful

Natalia, thank you for the article. Can you write an article (or series) about recognizing 'critical moments'?

Now losing won games. That's the worst feeling there is in chess I think. The close second is getting completely outplayed.

I think I'd try to get both my rooks on the h-file and, with my queen on g6, take the pawn at h6 with a rook.

Ricardo_Morro We have all gone through that

ARandomPerson To obtain a title you must have a) rating b) norms c) prepare an application, pay the fee to FIDE and have your app. reviewed. This is a troublesome process, so some players prefer not to waste time on it before getting to grandmaster level.

Highstreet Cheapo (slang) = a simple ("cheap") tactical shot, e.g. in blitz cheapos often decide the game

ElGuero Would have been bald by now if I had reacted that way

what a crazy game great cannon!

For those commenting that they missed "the blunder", after 51. ...Qf8? white can play 52. Rxg7 forcing 52...Qxg7 53. Rxh6+ Kg8 54. Rg6.  There is a note if you click on pgn in the diagram describing the variation up until this point.  I've never done the insert digram thing before, but I guess I'll give it a try in a second here.