Finished this OTB chess game yesterday against an older friend of mine.

This was our first game out of two which I played against him. I made the mistake of not writing down the moves, so I had to come up with them from memory. (I hope I got them all right!)

I added a few small notes on some moves, but nothing too big. Feel free to post ideas and better moves that could have been played.

I hope you guys enjoy as much as I did. I will post the 2nd game we played another time. (And more when we play again this evening)

Have a good day.

Jeremy

Bump! Don't be shy, post away! 

Jeremy

I liked that game, good game Jeremy.

I've had simular games with a friend of mine,knowing him though i know we arn't afraid of going queen for queen as a matter of fact we have a queen kill game now set up so.I like the reactive styles of both parties and the castle manouvers were supreme.

Thank you guys for your posts. I just finished another game against Chris, this time I was black again. We played the Sicilian: Nadjorf Variation in which I tried 6..Nc6!?

I will post it in a few days hopefully. :)

Jeremy

cool

after 13.axb3 though white has doubled pawns, black's a pawn becomes weak  (especailly with absence of dark squared bishop) and vulnerable - an opportunity white failed to exploit

17.Rad1 wrong strategy - d5 would have been much more effective

18.b3 - again d5 would have been much more effective

18...c5 a counter-productive move, not in accordance with both side's pawn structure

20.dxc5?? was an oversight blunder losing the knight - we need not look further after this move.

The opening was played well by both sides.

There were some strategic pawn push inaccuracies from both sides.

Good game!

Can someone explain me why 3 .. a6? I really don't understand it...

Thanks for posting Lasker, I appreciate it. :)

Your analysis is very good!

@SirakD: 3..a6 is the book move, but it doesn't have to be played. You could also play 3..Nf6, Ne7, d6, or even Bc5.

Jeremy

Black's e5-pawn is attacked by f3-knight, and defended by c6-knight, which in turn is attacked by b5-bishop. Can white win the pawn? No, not yet, because white's e4-pawn is also undefended:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 if now 5. Nxe5, 5...Qd4 or 5...Qg5 wins back the pawn.

But what happens after white defends the pawn by Re1?

After having played 3...a6, black can immediately play b5 to kick back white bishop from attacking the c6-knight. Without 3...a6, black cannot do that - there are other (complicated) variations which very slightly favor white.

Also note that black does not waste a move or tempo by 3...a6 - white has to play 4.Ba4 (thus wasting a move) to save the bishop.

So in the long run, 3...a6 has become the mainstream in Ruy Lopez.