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In comment #3, I have marked 16. Nxe5 as a mistake, but it still was okay for white and it is actually not a mistake. If at all if there is a mistake, then it was 17. f4 as it opens up the white king. Black immediately gets a strong attack but fails to execute it correctly.
When the king is in danger, involving in tactics to win material is generally not advised.
Jul 14, 2015
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#5
Here's my generic check list filled in for the first game...
CHECKLIST OF COMMON VIOLATIONS OF HEURISTICS
("+" means a violation.)
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OPENING
+ Use of an opening that is passive or second rate (versus strong / aggressive / top notch).
o WHITE PASSIVE
o Center Game: 1. e4 e5 2. d4
o Scotch Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
o Vienna Game: 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3
o Bishop's Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
o Van't Kruijs Opening: 1. e3
o Larsen's Opening: 1. b3
o Hungarian Opening: 1. g3
o other
+ BLACK PASSIVE
o Philidor's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
+ Scandinavian Defense: 1. e4 d5
o Nimzowitsch's Defense: 1. e4 Nc6
o other
o Use of an opening that is third rate.
o Grob's Attack: 1. g4?!
o Ware Opening: 1. a4?!
o Kadas Opening: 1. h4?!
o St. George Defense: 1. e4 a6?!
o other
o Use of an opening line that is known to be faulty / very weak.
o Damiano's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5??
o Philidor's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4?!
o Petroff's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4?!
o other
o Use of an opening that is generally considered unsound, especially a gambit by Black.
o Elephant Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5?!
o Latvian Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5?!
o Englund Gambit: 1. d4 e5?!
o Albin Counter-gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5?!
o 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5?!
o From Gambit: 1. f4 e5
o other
+ Failure to equalize with the necessary central pawn push early enough.
+ White erred
+ White failed to play d4 in an e-pawn opening.
o White failed to play e5 in a d-pawn opening.
o White failed to play ...d4 or ...e4 in a c-pawn opening.
o Black erred
o Black failed to play ...d5 in an e-pawn opening.
o Black failed to play ...e5 in a d-pawn opening.
o Black failed to play ...d5 or ...e5 in a c-pawn opening.
o Failure to advance a center pawn two squares when it would have been better to do so.
+ Unfamiliarity with unit placement for this opening.
o SICILIAN DEFENSE
o Nf3, d4, ...cxd4, Nxd4 in the Open Sicilian
o White placed a piece (especially his queen or king's bishop) on the half-open c-file.
o Black allowed c4 in a Sicilian Defense, leading to a Maroczy Bind type position.
o Black played ...e5 in a Sicilian Defense, which left the d-pawn backwards at d6.
o White not playing Kb1, which left the king in line with enemy pieces on the c-file.
+ NON-SICILIAN DEFENSE
o Blocking the c-pawn by N-QB3 in a d-pawn opening.
o White erred: Nc3 before c4
o Black erred: ...Nc6 before ...c5
o Pinning via B-N5 on the same side as the pinning player has a fianchetto.
o Advancing e5 in the Caro-Kann Defense.
o Preventing ...e5 in the Queen's Gambit via Nf3.
+ other
+ White erred
o Black erred
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DEVELOPMENT
o The player failed to challenge the center early in the game.
o Failure to advance at least one central pawn to at least the 3rd rank in the opening.
o White erred: no d3, d4, e3, or e4 in the opening
o Black erred: no ...d6, ...d4, ...e6, or ...e5 in the opening
+ The same unit was moved more than once in the opening, in a way that is not known to be sound.
+ White erred
+ Black erred
o The queen was developed too soon, before the minor pieces.
o White erred
o Patzer Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5?!
o Napoleon's Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3?!
o other
o Black erred
CASTLING
+ Failure to castle early enough, when in a position where castling was important.
+ White erred.
o Black erred.
o Castling into danger.
o Castling queenside and allowing opponent to invade on QR2.
o White erred: Black invaded on a2
o Black erred: White invaded on a7
MINOR PIECES
o A knight was moved to the rim in the opening.
o White erred, queenside: Na3
o White erred, kingside: Nh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...Na6
o White erred, kingside: ...Nh3
o A bishop was placed in front of one of its own side's unadvanced central pawns without a good reason.
o White erred, queenside: Bd3 before d3 or d4
o White erred, kingside: Be3 before e3 or e4
o Black erred, queenside: ...Bd6 before ...d6 or ...d5
o Black erred, kingside: ...Be6 before ...e6 or ...e5
ROOKS
o A rook was developed far too early in the opening, especially via an edge file.
o White erred, queenside: a4, Ra3
o White erred, kingside: h4, Rh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...a5, ...Ra6
o Black erred, kingside: ...h5, ...Rh6
o Rooks were not connected early enough.
o The wrong rook was moved to the needed location, especially leaving one without any mobility.
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EXCHANGES
o Unfamiliarity with relative piece values.
o Allowed loss of the exchange (5-point rook lost for a 3-point bishop or knight).
o other
o Allowed opponent to get the (6.5-point) bishop pair in an open position where bishops were more valuable.
o Allowed opponent to get a knight for a bishop in closed position where a knight was more valuable.
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MOBILITY
o A pieced got diverted to a poor location upon a recapture.
o KNIGHT
o White erred, queenside: Ba3 or Ra3, Nxa3
o White erred, kingside: Bh3 or Rh3, Nxh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...Ba6 or ...Ra6, ...Nxa6
o Black erred, kingside: ...Bh6 or ...Rh6, ...Nxh6
o ROOK
o White erred, queenside: Rxa3
o White erred, kingside: Rxh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...Rxa6
o Black erred, kingside: ...Rxh6
o A rook was moved to a location where is had reduced mobility and no future, especially giving up an open file.
o Failure to seize an open file by one or both rooks.
BISHOPS
o A bishop was treated "as a large pawn," especially to protect other pawns in a pawn chain.
o A bishop was blocked in by pawns, needlessly.
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TIME / LOST TEMPI
o The queen could be chased off, resulting in the loss of a tempo.
o White erred
o White erred, queenside: Qxd4 ...Nc6
o White erred, kingside: Qxe4 ...Nf6
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred: ...Qxd5 Nc3
o Black erred: ...Qxe5 Nf3
o other
o A knight could be chased off because of a pawn advance where there was no pawn discouraging such a pawn advance.
o White erred, queenside: ...d5 Nc3 ...d4, due to lack of e3
o White erred, kingside: ...e5 Nf3 ...e4, due to lack of d3
o Black erred, queenside: d4 ...Nc6 d5, due to lack of ...e6
o Black erred, kingside: e4 ...Nf6 e5, due to lack of ...d6
o other
+ A bishop could be chased off because B-N5 was played on the same side where P-B3 was possible.
o White erred, queenside: Bb5 ...c6
o White erred, kingside: Bg5 ...f6
o Black erred, queenside: ...Bb4 c3
+ Black erred, kingside: ...Bg4 f3
+ An unnecessary prophylactic move was played, resulting in the loss of a tempo.
+ White erred
o White erred, queenside: a3
+ White erred, kingside: h3
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred, queenside: ...a6
o Black erred, kingside: ...h6
o other
o An unnecessary pawn advance was made that did not attack anything.
o White erred
o White erred, d5
o White erred, e5
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred, d4
o Black erred, e4
o other
o A knight was placed at a "pseudo-outpost" where it could be driven off by a pawn, especially when placed in front of an opponent's pawn.
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PAWNS
o Pawns were allowed to be doubled unnecessarily.
o White erred
o White erred, queenside: Na3?! ...Bxa3 bxa3
o White erred, kingside: Nh3?! ...Bxh3 gxh3
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred, queenside: ...Na6?! Bxa6 ...bxa6
o Black erred, kingside: ...Nh6?! Bxh6 ...gxh6
o other
o An f-pawn was moved in the opening in a way that is not known to be safe.
o White erred: f3
o White erred: f4
o Black erred: ...f6
o Black erred: ...f5
o The castled king was exposed by advancing the protective pawns in front of it.
o White erred
o Black erred
o The opponent's queen was allowed to become centralized without a means of chasing it off by *pieces*.
o White erred
o Black erred
o A pawn was advanced too far to be adequately protected.
o White erred
o Black erred
o An opponent's pawn was allowed to become passed.
o White erred
o Black erred
o Attempt to hang on to a pawn used in a gambit in an unwise manner.
o White erred
o Black erred
o To many open files were created, which could allow the opponent to invade.
o White erred
o Black erred
PAWN STRUCTURES
o An outward-pointing pawn chain was produced, especially when chasing off a bishop, which resulted in poor center control.
o White erred
o queenside: c3 b4
o kingside: f3 g4
o queenside: c4 d3
o kingside: d3 f4
o Black erred
o queenside: ...c6 ...b5
o kingside: ...f6 ...g5
o queenside: ...c5 ...d6
o kingside: ...d6 ...f5
o A weak "central triple pawn cluster" was produced, usually in a double e-pawn opening from P-Q3 and B-K3 on the defending side.
o White erred, pawn cluster of d3-e3-e4
o Black erred, pawn cluster of d6-e6-e5
o The pawn structure was weakened by attempting to chase off a centralized queen via a 2-square pawn advance.
o White erred: ...Qd5 c4
o Black erred: Qd4 ...c5
o A backward pawn was created unnecessarily.
POISONED PAWNS
o A poisoned pawn was stolen, especially by a queen capturing a NP.
o A tempo was lost by protecting a poisoned pawn needlessly.
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FIANCHETTOS
o Failure to complete a fianchetto (failure to move the associated bishop to N2).
o White erred, queenside: b3 but no Bb2
o White erred, kingside: g3 but no Bg2
o Black erred, queenside: ...b6 but no ....Bb7
o Black erred: kingside: ...g6 but no ...Bg7
o Did the player allow his fianchettoed bishop on his castled side to get traded off, resulting in weakened squares around his king?
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TACTICS
o Did the player overlook a mating combination?
o White erred
o Black erred
+ Player overlooked the win of material that would have won for himself, or saved himself.
+ White erred
+ Black erred
o An unsound sacrifice was made, especially in a position where there was no imbalance or earlier errors to justify a sacrifice.
o White erred: Nxf7
o Black erred: ...Nxf2
o other
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ENDGAME
o Failure to produce a draw by sacrificing a piece for a pawn that would result in insufficient mating material.
o K versus K would be draw
o K+B versus K would be a draw
o K+N versus K would be a draw
o K+B versus K+R would be a draw
o K+N+N would be a draw
o Failure to produce a piece combination that would be difficult for the opponent to win, even though theoretically winnable.
o K+Q versus K+R
o K+B+N versus K
o Failure to spot a faster mate.
o White erred.
+ Black erred.
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OTHER
o Avoidance of a queen exchange that resulted in a worse position than if queens had been traded.
o Did the player make a premature attack, especially before all the pieces were developed?
o Failure to prevent getting "queen slapped," which resulted in the loss of castling privilege in a risky position, or loss of a tempo from needing to retreat a knight.
NO CASTLING POSSIBLE
o White erred: ...Qxd1+ Kxd1 => no castling possible
o Black erred: Qxd8+ ...Kxd8 => no castling possible
LOST TEMPO
o White erred: ...Qxd1+ ...Nxd1 => lost tempo
o Black erred: Qxd8+ ...Nxd8 => lost tempo
o A piece got trapped.
o Queen, especially by moving the queen too often in the opening
o Bishop, especially by capturing a rook pawn followed by P-N3 to trap it
o Rook, especially by moving a rook out too soon, especially laterally
o Knight
+ An enemy piece was allowed to linger in one's territory, especially a knight at N4.
+ White erred.
o Black erred.
o Failure to take advantage of weak moves or errors (positional or tactical).
o White erred.
o Black erred.
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Good list
Jul 15, 2015
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#7
sanath1987 wrote:
Good list
Thanks. I got tired of repeatedly writing the same comments about common errors so finally I made a checklist instead. Here it is again for the second game...
CHECKLIST OF COMMON VIOLATIONS OF HEURISTICS
("+" means a violation.)
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OPENING
o Use of an opening that is passive or second rate (versus strong / aggressive / top notch).
o WHITE PASSIVE
o Center Game: 1. e4 e5 2. d4
o Scotch Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
o Vienna Game: 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3
o Bishop's Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
o Van't Kruijs Opening: 1. e3
o Larsen's Opening: 1. b3
o Hungarian Opening: 1. g3
o other
o BLACK PASSIVE
o Philidor's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
o Scandinavian Defense: 1. e4 d5
o Nimzowitsch's Defense: 1. e4 Nc6
o other
o Use of an opening that is third rate.
o Grob's Attack: 1. g4?!
o Ware Opening: 1. a4?!
o Kadas Opening: 1. h4?!
o St. George Defense: 1. e4 a6?!
o other
o Use of an opening line that is known to be faulty / very weak.
o Damiano's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5??
o Philidor's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4?!
o Petroff's Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4?!
o other
o Use of an opening that is generally considered unsound, especially a gambit by Black.
o Elephant Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5?!
o Latvian Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5?!
o Englund Gambit: 1. d4 e5?!
o Albin Counter-gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5?!
o 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5?!
o From Gambit: 1. f4 e5
o other
o Failure to equalize with the necessary central pawn push early enough.
o White erred
o White failed to play d4 in an e-pawn opening.
o White failed to play e5 in a d-pawn opening.
o White failed to play ...d4 or ...e4 in a c-pawn opening.
o Black erred
o Black failed to play ...d5 in an e-pawn opening.
o Black failed to play ...e5 in a d-pawn opening.
o Black failed to play ...d5 or ...e5 in a c-pawn opening.
o Failure to advance a center pawn two squares when it would have been better to do so.
o White erred.
o Black erred.
+ Unfamiliarity with unit placement for this opening.
o SICILIAN DEFENSE
o Nf3, d4, ...cxd4, Nxd4 in the Open Sicilian
o White placed a piece (especially his queen or king's bishop) on the half-open c-file.
o Black allowed c4 in a Sicilian Defense, leading to a Maroczy Bind type position.
o Black played ...e5 in a Sicilian Defense, which left the d-pawn backwards at d6.
o White not playing Kb1, which left the king in line with enemy pieces on the c-file.
+ NON-SICILIAN DEFENSE
+ Blocking the c-pawn by N-QB3 in a d-pawn opening.
+ White erred: Nc3 before c4
+ Black erred: ...Nc6 before ...c5
o Pinning via B-N5 on the same side as the pinning player has a fianchetto.
o Preventing ...e5 in the Queen's Gambit via Nf3.
o other
o White erred
o Black erred
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DEVELOPMENT
o The player failed to challenge the center early in the game.
o White erred.
o Black erred.
o Failure to advance at least one central pawn to at least the 3rd rank in the opening.
o White erred: no d3, d4, e3, or e4 in the opening
o Black erred: no ...d6, ...d4, ...e6, or ...e5 in the opening
+ The same unit was moved more than once in the opening, in a way that is not known to be sound.
+ White erred
o Black erred
o The queen was developed too soon, before the minor pieces.
o White erred
o Patzer Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5?!
o Napoleon's Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3?!
o other
o Black erred
CASTLING
+ Failure to castle early enough, when in a position where castling was important.
+ White erred.
o Black erred.
o Castling into danger.
o White erred.
o Black erred.
o Castling queenside and allowing opponent to invade on QR2.
o White erred: Black invaded on a2
o Black erred: White invaded on a7
MINOR PIECES
o A knight was moved to the rim in the opening.
o White erred, queenside: Na3
o White erred, kingside: Nh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...Na6
o White erred, kingside: ...Nh3
o A bishop was placed in front of one of its own side's unadvanced central pawns without a good reason.
o White erred, queenside: Bd3 before d3 or d4
o White erred, kingside: Be3 before e3 or e4
o Black erred, queenside: ...Bd6 before ...d6 or ...d5
o Black erred, kingside: ...Be6 before ...e6 or ...e5
ROOKS
o A rook was developed far too early in the opening, especially via an edge file.
o White erred
o queenside: a4, Ra3
o kingside: h4, Rh3
o Black erred
o queenside: ...a5, ...Ra6
o kingside: ...h5, ...Rh6
o Rooks were not connected early enough.
o White erred
o Black erred
o The wrong rook was moved to the needed location, especially leaving one without any mobility.
o White erred
o Black erred
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EXCHANGES
o Unfamiliarity with relative piece values.
o Allowed loss of the exchange (5-point rook lost for a 3-point bishop or knight).
o White erred
o Black erred
o other
o White erred
o Black erred
o Opponent was allowed to get the (6.5-point) bishop pair in an open position where bishops were more valuable.
o White erred
o Black erred
o Opponent was allowed to get a knight for a bishop in closed position where a knight was more valuable.
o White erred
o Black erred
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MOBILITY
o A pieced got diverted to a poor location upon a recapture.
o KNIGHT
o White erred, queenside: Ba3 or Ra3, Nxa3
o White erred, kingside: Bh3 or Rh3, Nxh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...Ba6 or ...Ra6, ...Nxa6
o Black erred, kingside: ...Bh6 or ...Rh6, ...Nxh6
o ROOK
o White erred, queenside: Rxa3
o White erred, kingside: Rxh3
o Black erred, queenside: ...Rxa6
o Black erred, kingside: ...Rxh6
o A rook was moved to a location where is had reduced mobility and no future, especially giving up an open file.
o White erred
o Black erred
o Failure to seize an open file by one or both rooks.
o White erred
o Black erred
BISHOPS
o A bishop was treated "as a large pawn," especially to protect other pawns in a pawn chain.
o White erred
o Black erred
o A bishop was blocked in by pawns, needlessly.
o White erred
o Black erred
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TIME / LOST TEMPI
o The queen could be chased off, resulting in the loss of a tempo.
o White erred
o White erred, queenside: Qxd4 ...Nc6
o White erred, kingside: Qxe4 ...Nf6
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred: ...Qxd5 Nc3
o Black erred: ...Qxe5 Nf3
o other
+ A knight could be chased off because of a pawn advance where there was no pawn discouraging such a pawn advance.
o White erred, queenside: ...d5 Nc3 ...d4, due to lack of e3
o White erred, kingside: ...e5 Nf3 ...e4, due to lack of d3
+ Black erred, queenside: d4 ...Nc6 d5, due to lack of ...e6
o Black erred, kingside: e4 ...Nf6 e5, due to lack of ...d6
o other
o A bishop could be chased off because B-N5 was played on the same side where P-B3 was possible.
o White erred
o queenside: Bb5 ...c6
o kingside: Bg5 ...f6
o Black erred
o queenside: ...Bb4 c3
o kingside: ...Bg4 f3
+ An unnecessary prophylactic move was played, resulting in the loss of a tempo.
+ White erred
+ queenside: a3
+ kingside: h3
o other
+ Black erred
+ queenside: ...a6
o kingside: ...h6
o other
o An unnecessary pawn advance was made that did not attack anything.
o White erred
o White erred, d5
o White erred, e5
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred, d4
o Black erred, e4
o other
o A knight was placed at a "pseudo-outpost" where it could be driven off by a pawn, especially when placed in front of an opponent's pawn.
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PAWNS
o Pawns were allowed to be doubled unnecessarily.
o White erred
o White erred, queenside: Na3?! ...Bxa3 bxa3
o White erred, kingside: Nh3?! ...Bxh3 gxh3
o other
o Black erred
o Black erred, queenside: ...Na6?! Bxa6 ...bxa6
o Black erred, kingside: ...Nh6?! Bxh6 ...gxh6
o other
o An f-pawn was moved in the opening in a way that is not known to be safe.
o White erred: f3
o White erred: f4
o Black erred: ...f6
o Black erred: ...f5
o The castled king was exposed by advancing the protective pawns in front of it.
o White erred
o Black erred
o The opponent's queen was allowed to become centralized without a means of chasing it off by *pieces*.
o White erred
o Black erred
o A pawn was advanced too far to be adequately protected.
o White erred
o Black erred
o An opponent's pawn was allowed to become passed.
o White erred
o Black erred
o Attempt to hang on to a pawn used in a gambit in an unwise manner.
o White erred
o Black erred
o To many open files were created, which could allow the opponent to invade.
o White erred
o Black erred
PAWN STRUCTURES
+ An outward-pointing pawn chain was produced, especially when chasing off a bishop, which resulted in poor center control.
o White erred
o queenside
o c3 b4
o d3 c4
o kingside
o f3 g4
o e3 f4
+ Black erred
o queenside
o ...c6 ...b5
o ...d6 ...c5
+ kingside
o ...f6 ...g5
+ ...e6 ...f5
o A weak "central triple pawn cluster" was produced, usually in a double e-pawn opening from P-Q3 and B-K3 on the defending side.
o White erred, pawn cluster of d3-e3-e4
o Black erred, pawn cluster of d6-e6-e5
o The pawn structure was weakened by attempting to chase off a centralized queen via a 2-square pawn advance.
o White erred: ...Qd5 c4
o Black erred: Qd4 ...c5
o A backward pawn was created unnecessarily.
o White erred
o Black erred
POISONED PAWNS
o A poisoned pawn was stolen, especially by a queen capturing a NP.
o White erred
o Black erred
o A tempo was lost by protecting a poisoned pawn needlessly.
o White erred
o Black erred
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FIANCHETTOS
o Failure to complete a fianchetto (failure to move the associated bishop to N2).
o White erred
o queenside: b3 but no Bb2
o kingside: g3 but no Bg2
o Black erred
o queenside: ...b6 but no ....Bb7
o kingside: ...g6 but no ...Bg7
o Allowing one's own fianchettoed bishop on his castled side to get traded off, resulting in weakened squares around his king.
o White erred
o Black erred
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TACTICS
+ Player overlooked a mating combination that would have won for himself, or saved himself.
+ White erred
o Black erred
o Player overlooked the win of material that would have won for himself, or saved himself.
o White erred
o Black erred
o An unsound sacrifice was made, especially in a position where there was no imbalance or earlier errors to justify a sacrifice.
o White erred: Nxf7
o Black erred: ...Nxf2
o other
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ENDGAME
o Failure to produce a draw by sacrificing a piece for a pawn that would result in insufficient mating material.
o K versus K would be draw
o K+B versus K would be a draw
o K+N versus K would be a draw
o K+B versus K+R would be a draw
o K+N+N versus K would be a draw
o Failure to produce a piece combination that would be difficult for the opponent to win, even though theoretically winnable.
o K+Q versus K+R
o K+B+N versus K
o Failure to spot a faster mate.
o White erred.
o Black erred.
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OTHER
o Avoidance of a queen exchange that resulted in a worse position than if queens had been traded.
o White erred.
o Black erred.
o Premature attack, especially before all the pieces were developed?
o White erred.
o Black erred.
o Failure to prevent getting "queen slapped," which resulted in the loss of castling privilege in a risky position, or loss of a tempo from needing to retreat a knight.
NO CASTLING POSSIBLE
o White erred: ...Qxd1+ Kxd1 => no castling possible
o Black erred: Qxd8+ ...Kxd8 => no castling possible
LOST TEMPO
o White erred: ...Qxd1+ ...Nxd1 => lost tempo
o Black erred: Qxd8+ ...Nxd8 => lost tempo
o A piece got trapped.
o Queen, especially by moving the queen too often in the opening
o Bishop, especially by capturing a rook pawn followed by P-N3 to trap it
o Rook, especially by moving a rook out too soon, especially laterally
o Knight
o An enemy piece was allowed to linger in one's territory, especially a knight at N4.
o White erred.
o Black erred.
o Failure to take advantage of weak moves or errors (positional or tactical).
o White erred.
o Black erred.
Its awesome.. compiling such a long list
I am running two tournaments of 5 players each for the rating ranges 1001-1200 and 1201-1400. I had promised to analyse all the games in both the tournaments.
The links for the tournaments are given below.
http://www.chess.com/tournament/sanaths-analysis-tournament--1
http://www.chess.com/tournament/sanaths-analysis-tournament---2
Analysis of tournament-1 games will be posted here. For analysis of tournament-2 games, please check the below link.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/games-of-analysis-tournament---2
Stay tuned for the analysis of the games. Already 5 games are finished in tournament - 1 and I am lagging behind in my analysis. Today I will post the analysis of two games.