Computer Free Analysis #2
Hi all,
As stated in this post last week, my new chess resolution is to do a double analysis, at least once a week. That is, first going through the game as slowly as possible without any computer. I want to take notes, make guesses of when the blunders are, what the eval is in key position etc., and only after all this, go through the official chess.com analysis.
I then post both analyses on my blog without hiding my dumb original comments. So you can enjoy the blunders I made in the game and blunders I made in analysis!
The idea is the same idea behind the whole blog. To give some motivations, ideas, and learning tricks to people who, like me, wish to improve their rapid online rating.
But before going to the game, let me give the usual warning: I am no chess master. Just a guy who likes to work on his chess and still remembers what being a beginner feels like. So my advice is definitively not as smart as those from GMs, but it may be a bit well suited to new players.
Now without further ado, let's go to the game!
The game
Here is my game with my computer-free analysis:
And here is the analysis with the computer.
Takeaways
1) Comparing my analysis to the first one, I think I have already made some progress.
I am pretty happy that I caught my first opening blunder with 11... Bb4, and also saw why my opponent didn't punish it properly with 12 a3.
I am also happy with my correct analysis of 12... Qb6 being the best move.
As with the first exercise, I am confident this will help me remember these opening ideas for future games.
2) I still missed quite a bit of tactic, both in the game and the analysis. But the position was sharp, and the tactics were non-trivial. So I don't feel too bad.
3) I hope I'll remember the mistake that was 13... Qxe5. I will add to my extensive list of chess rules of thumb the following half-baked wisdom: "always look for simplification when you are materially up, but development down. Especially if the alternative is to grab even more material".
All in all, it was a very productive second installment of this double analysis, at least for me.
As before, I hope you found it instructive too, and even more, I hope it will inspire you to try the double analysis yourself!
Until next time, happy learning!
