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@nikos8109 Thank you! You can share your kool games anytime.
Ok, here I start with a game of mine,which took place today, 15th of January, at a bullet tournament,here into chess.com. It was the 6th round of the tournament and this game,secured me a spot into the medals. i was playing against a Russian player,who is a good one for my rating and as I recall, he is a pawnpusher,which I tried to turn into my favour,with a Knight sacrifice, ruining his pawn structure. Enjoy!
We'll attempt to analyse two games. We'll go over each of them separately. And perhaps we might pick up a few things in the process.
Algerian IM Saad Belouadah played 2... Qe7 after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 in 2018. This game transposed into 3... Qe7 variation of Philidor Defence.
@nikos8109 spotted a powerful Knight sac, but there was a stronger move.
14... Qd7 is practically forced after 14. Bc5. Moves like 14... Qg7 hangs mate in one.
One overload tactic later, Black is one piece down. The Knight 
sac was still a very strong move, especially considering it was a bullet game.
I was also looking at Bishop sac, which might have been even stronger,with 14.Bxg5 fxg5 15, Nxg5 with the idea of Bf7+,but there was 15...Nh6,which would cover everything
Also,at your analysis, I thought that after 14.Bc5 Qd7, maybe 15. Qe3 could have been better,as it would eventually force the Queen to move away from the "d" file. For example, 14.Bc5 Qd7 15. Qe3 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Qg7 17. Qxc6+ and the Rook on "a8" falls
The most important aspect of reviewing a chess game in which one side has won is to determine what went wrong for the losing side. As the old proverb goes, "You learn more from defeats than you do from victories."
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@nikos8109 described @RedArcticFox as a "pawn pusher", and 5... f6 was the first massive mistake of the game. 5... f6 not only weakens Black's King, but it ignores several opening principles for nothing in return. @RedArcticFox just wanted to push another pawn. They did exactly that in the next move with 6... g5, further undermining king safety. The engine suggests 5... b5, but I think a simple 5... Nf6 will do just fine.
When you are strategically busted, you gotta rely on your tactical acumen. A player of @RedArcticFox's strength is well aware of how bad their pawn moves are. Their plan is to take @nikos8109 by surprise in a bullet game. After causing chaos on the board, @RedArcticFox hoped to win the game only by tactics.
This plan failed when they didn't reinforce the loose g5 pawn with 13... Ne6 or neutralise the beaming b3-Bishop with 13... Be6.
13. g4
- 13... Ne6 (this newly posted Knight bolsters the loose g5-pawn and aids Black to gain control of the critical c5-square) 14. Bxe6 (removing one of the defenders of g5-pawn) Bxe6 15. Nxg5 fxg5 and things look much better for Black.
- 13... Be6 (prevents the Knight sacrifice) 14. Nxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bh6 where Black is better or 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 or 14. Bc5 Qf7.
And now,another game, a blitz one,which is much better in terms of tacitcs and gameplay,overall. I would place it in the "Opposite side castling fireworks", plus "pawn stoem", since usually, opposite side castling,leads to pawn storms. In these cases,the quicker player wins. Enjoy
hkchessking wrote:
Rd1 would let me have the open file so he played RG1
I understand it was classical time control. How much time did you guys have?
The rating difference between you and your opponent was north of 200. This was quite an upset. Bholase decided to play the Italian Game. You responded with the Two Knights Defence. I like to play 3... Bc5 here which is called Giuoco Piano. White's downfall began when they gave up their powerful c4-Bishop which was controlling a2-g8 diagonal. The a2-g8 diagonal contains the vulnerable f7-pawn, and White's light squared Bishop was nicely placed for some f7 shenanigans. Tucking the King to its castle 6. 0-0 was the way to go. King safety became a major concern for White later on in the game.
19... Qd5
20. b4 weakens the dark squares around the White King. @hkchessking exploits these weakened dark squares by playing moves like 23... Qxb4+ and 24... dxc3+ which induce a Queen versus Rook imbalance. 20. a3 leaves some hope for White.
@nikos8109 That was another exciting game. Thank you for sharing. Keep 'em coming! Did you notice 18. g5 traps the f6-Knight?
13pax wrote:
@nikos8109 That was another exciting game. Thank you for sharing. Keep 'em coming! Did you notice 18. g5 traps the f6-Knight?
Yes I did,however I wanted the h pawn to advance in order to open this h file for my Rook. Which eventually did happen. Maybe I should have trapped the Knight immediately, I don't know.
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13pax wrote:
hkchessking wrote:
Rd1 would let me have the open file so he played RG1
I understand it was classical time control. How much time did you guys have?
The rating difference between you and your opponent was north of 200. This was quite an upset. Bholase decided to play the Italian Game. You responded with the Two Knights Defence. I like to play 3... Bc5 here which is called Giuoco Piano. White's downfall began when they gave up their powerful c4-Bishop which was controlling a2-g8 diagonal. The a2-g8 diagonal contains the vulnerable f7-pawn, and White's light squared Bishop was nicely placed for some f7 shenanigans. Tucking the King to its castle 6. 0-0 was the way to go. King safety became a major concern for White later on in the game.
19... Qd5
20. b4 weakens the dark squares around the White King. @hkchessking exploits these weakened dark squares by playing moves like 23... Qxb4+ and 24... dxc3+ which induce a Queen versus Rook imbalance. 20. a3 leaves some hope for White.
it was 1hr 30 min and 30 sec increment for the first move
Event - 68th Chess.com Tournament
White - PraveenBhagwat
Black - CraZCanuck
Opening - Ruy López: Old Steinitz Defence
Key Features
- Opposite Side Castling
- Trapped Piece
- 19 Move Miniature
As per the computer analysis, the most effective move was 6. d4 straightaway, with the aim of unsettling Black's pawn formation. Instead, in the game, I opted for 6. c3 to prepare for the advancement of d4 in the next move.
I was weighing the option of 10. exf5, which would have won a pawn. If Black had played 10... Nxf5, then 11. g4 would have followed. However, I chose 10. d3 instead, which, in retrospect, was an inaccurate move.
The move 12. g4 traps the h5-Bishop. Eventually, the queen from b5 and her bishops combine in harmony to execute a captivating checkmate.
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