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Coming back to chess after a long while, critiques wanted

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10th February 2008, 11:32pm
#1
by sentinel_hawk
United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 13

So, started playing again after a few years so tear this game to shreds. I have to state that my action rating was about 15-1600 but when I started I was young and stupid so my rating dipped to about 200, been building it back up from there. 

 

 


14th February 2008, 11:48am
#2
by erik
Mountain View, CA United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 5956
well, you pretty much manhandled this guy :) i'm sure you'll find appropriately rated opponents soon ;)
14th February 2008, 08:42pm
#3
by NM tonydal
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 951

It looks like 17... Rb7 would've won a piece.  And I think 20... Nbc5 would've been strong.  It's complicated, but...that's probably why you should've played 19 Kf1 (on e3 the B's a little wobbly--plus that allowed his Q to come out).  He also could win 2 pieces for a R with 20... Rxe3+ 21 Qxe3 Qxa6--although having lost so many pawns (and with his position disorganized) that's probably not much of a bargain.  Oh yeah, and 29... Ke6 still would've lost the Q:  30 Nc7+ and if 30... Kd6 31 Rd1+.  Fun game to analyze!

 

 


16th February 2008, 12:00am
#4
by sentinel_hawk
United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 13
Yeah, I noticed the Rb7 and ended up deciding that it was an acceptable risk since I could eventually trade down and be 3-4 pawns up in the end game. Hopefully I'll get a chance to notate a second game as black sometime soon.
 

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