you definitely deserve the improvement you've gotten. on move 14, white had the option of f5!? with the idea that Bxc1 loses a pawn due to fxg6! threatening Qxf7+ and g7 forcing win of material.
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Apr 12, 2022
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B1ZMARK wrote:
you definitely deserve the improvement you've gotten. on move 14, white had the option of f5!? with the idea that Bxc1 loses a pawn due to fxg6! threatening Qxf7+ and g7 forcing win of material.
Oh, that's a sneaky trap, I didn't calculate that line deep enough. Definitely something I need to work on for my future matches
Apr 12, 2022
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bankai2069 wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
you definitely deserve the improvement you've gotten. on move 14, white had the option of f5!? with the idea that Bxc1 loses a pawn due to fxg6! threatening Qxf7+ and g7 forcing win of material.
Oh, that's a sneaky trap, I didn't calculate that line deep enough. Definitely something I need to work on for my future matches
You can't see it unless you're predisposed to think about it, which is harder. What I would say the key to finding that stuff is to see how much you're developed compared to your opponent, look at his bishop, that is a bad square, because it's hanging, first of all. Second, he's not castled, and your everything lines up really well. So that leads to the logical conclusion, to look for an immediate breakthrough, usually with pawns, and the fastest pawn break is f5. Which threatens to open up your queen+rook battery as well as taking the hanging bishop on h6.
Apr 12, 2022
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B1ZMARK wrote:
bankai2069 wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
you definitely deserve the improvement you've gotten. on move 14, white had the option of f5!? with the idea that Bxc1 loses a pawn due to fxg6! threatening Qxf7+ and g7 forcing win of material.
Oh, that's a sneaky trap, I didn't calculate that line deep enough. Definitely something I need to work on for my future matches
You can't see it unless you're predisposed to think about it, which is harder. What I would say the key to finding that stuff is to see how much you're developed compared to your opponent, look at his bishop, that is a bad square, because it's hanging, first of all. Second, he's not castled, and your everything lines up really well. So that leads to the logical conclusion, to look for an immediate breakthrough, usually with pawns, and the fastest pawn break is f5. Which threatens to open up your queen+rook battery as well as taking the hanging bishop on h6.
True, I need to be looking at deeper ways to accelerate my development advantages
I haven't been playing chess much lately since I've been in the process of moving (which sucks), but I managed to join an online classical chess league similar to the B&M Candidates Tournament but with 75|30 time control. Since this was my first serious game in months, I wanted to go through and really analyze it