Are you White or Black?
Please tell me if I had anything!
Well your opening wasted a lot of moves to be blunt. Instead of Nxe5 I would have kept developing minor pieces. Gives you the advantage. He forced you into a forming double pawns :/ so that opening was kind of botched. Then you moved g4?! A word of advice, I would never open up the side that I castled on. Your opponent will surely exploit that if he knows what he's doing. And it will usually end in checkmate. Trust me, I have learned the hard way. So just asking, what were you planning to do when you moved Q-d5 on move no. 14?
At move 23 it is certainly a draw. He offered you one earlier because he saw where things were going.
Your terrible opening pattern was what killed it for you here. Moves 3, 5, and 7 probably hurt you the most early on. I really felt like you were a half step from a completely lost position for most of the game. A car on the edge of a cliff if you will. You are lucky it ended in a draw. However, I will say that you are incredibly lucky you didn't lose. It feels almost as if your opponent decided that a draw was enough so as to not prolong the game.
Hopefully I am wrong :| But I don't think I am...
I hope I was helpful. I don't want to seem rude or anything, just honest. I answered to the best of my ability.
This game is a typical Petroff's defense ending in draw. Your opening is fine and I'm critical only of 12.g4 weakening your kingside. Pushing kingside pawns is risky as the center is open.
If I'm white, I would play 12.a4. 12.g4 is risky as the kingside weakness would be long lasting. A tactical, attacking opponent would love to exploit this weakness. I admit I'm fond of general rules especially when there are no tactical opportunities. It's safe to play this way.
Your opening was just fine. Unfortunately Black has no real
weaknesses so most middle game plans are going to be playable but
not overwhelming. Centralizing on the white squares with 14. Qd5 was the right
approach. You might have tried to go after the queenside with a4
rather than g4.
5.Nc3 is not considered best in the opening. After that the game was even. At the end, after 25.g5 (fixing pawns on the colour of you own bishop is often not good in endgames with even-coloured bishops) Black is better. He could have tried to improve further with 27.Kf3 d5 and Bd6.
Anyway, I doubt that the black advantage is sufficient for a win.
I can't imagine what game The people who crticize the opening were watching. 3.Nxe5 is book, and the overwhelming choice of strong players.5.Nc3 deliberately accepts doubled pawns in exchange for open lines and fast development. This too is one of the most popular lines at the highest levels. 7.Bd3, I don't agree with, because I believe developing the dark-squared bishop and castling queen side is more in the spirit of this variation. But White's game was fine after 7.Bd3 White was never within a mile of being lost at any point in this game, and had a small advantage up to 15.Ne5, after which there was dull equality
yea, just read what he said, and you can forget the rest
Calling 5.Nc3 as 'more in the spirit of the variation' than 5.d4 is ignoring the opinion of the majority of GMs.
Since 5.d4 did not give much results during the last two decades, White tried another plan which was well-sketched by paul gottlieb: the REAL test for the black position after 5.Nc3 Nxc3 dxc3 is castling longside, and not 0-0.
5.Nc3 is not the 'overwhelming choice of strong players'. 5.d4 is mentioned much more often in databases.
5.Nc3 is not considered best in the opening. After that the game was even. At the end, after 25.g5 (fixing pawns on the colour of you own bishop is often not good in endgames with even-coloured bishops) Black is better. He could have tried to improve further with 27.Kf3 d5 and Bd6.
Anyway, I doubt that the black advantage is sufficient for a win.
Yes of course you know better than Anand the WC when it comes to 5. Nc3
Just look at databases, not just at ONE game of Anand. It gives much more GM games for 5.d4 than for 5.Nc3.
I don't know whether 5.Nc3 is best, but I don't like it. The resulting pawn formation is similar to the Spanish exchange with color reversed. The difference is that, in the Spanish exchange, in return for the damaged pawn structure, Black receives a compensation which is the possession of two bishops and open center. In this particular game, White does not receive a similar benefit. So I think 5.Nc3 is inferior.
Just look at databases, not just at ONE game of Anand. It gives much more GM games for 5.d4 than for 5.Nc3.
Who cares, 5. Nc3 is playable and NOT anything to criticize
I don't know whether 5.Nc3 is best, but I don't like it. The resulting pawn formation is similar to the Spanish exchange with color reversed. The difference is that, in the Spanish exchange, in return for the damaged pawn structure, Black receives a compensation which is the possession of two bishops and open center. In this particular game, White does not receive a similar benefit. So I think 5.Nc3 is inferior.
Tell it to Anand
I never said 5.Nc3 would not be playable. But I will not hide my conviction that it cannot lead to a white advantage, if Black plays correctly.
The fact that Anand played it is not a contradiction to this at all.
As i said before, 5.Nc3 is imo played, because 5.d4 has been played a lot, with little success during the last decades.
5. Nc3 can lead to sharp play after 0-0-0, and black 0-0.
This was my last game in my tournament, (with a time control of G 120/40 SD 60 with a delay of 5 seconds for both controls) and if I won my game I would clinch at least 72 dollars in prizes. I was paired against an opponent over 400 points higher than me, yet I got a quick draw in 26 moves. Could someone plaese tell me if I ever had anything in this game?