My dragon got slayed!

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djbaruah

Bodo300

You made some moves with your lightsquare bishop that helped him

(7...Bg4 8.f3 Bd7):You waste a move and help him start attacking you , he moves f3 wich supports the pawn storm on the kingside , that actually happened. Meanwhile you are getting your bishop back from where you started basically doing nothing.

The trick with knight takes bishop looks good , but what if he doesn't fall and play g4...Then you find yourself back on d7 while he is getting closer to the target.

It may look unimportant but in fact it's the main reason of your loss.

djbaruah

Yea i guess you are right. I lost one move and not only that I should have played the bishop to a4 instead of rook to c8. That way he could've never moved his pawn to c3 to free his pinned knight on d4. I could've easily won the game then.

mnag

Next time you play the Dragon, 7. ... Nc6 or 7. ... 0-0. I suggest you look at master games with the Dragon to get a better idea of what to do. The queen's bishop should be on d7 or sometimes e6, never g4 in the opening.

spedio

ng4 insted of bg4 to eliminate white's dark square bishop

caveatcanis

White's rook sacrifice was a bit profligate (23. Rg1 was simple and good).

You could have sown some confusion by giving back the material with 25... Rxc3+.For example  26. Kb1 Rc1+ 27. Bxc1 Qxd3+ 28. Ka1 Qh3 or 26. bxc3 Qxc3+ 27. Bc2 Qxe3+ 28. Kb1 Qh3