A fun opening with lessons both ways
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This is a 12 minute no bonus time game I played here at Chess.com. I am trying to improve all points of my game and can use any input. Granted it was a rather quick game and there were some bad moves I already know about and put in my thoughts so you can tell the difference between slip ups and ignorance. I especially welcome resources on the opening which I regrettably have played often but not studied in depth, and endgame which with respect to pawn play I have never been strong in.
Just viewed the computer annalysis and noticed the blunder on 18... Rd7 which with correct play would put me down a minor piece. Up to that point though it gives suggestions I might add the coputer gives my opening a small advantage to black after book play
In addition to that blunder, after 48... a3, white is completely won. It's a shame he did not comprehend this and threw the game with Nb4?? 49. Kb3 stops the pawn, and if black takes the knight (which he defends so vigorously), the f pawns queens.
Thank you tonydal, that is something good to chew on
48... a3
"with white in zugzwang he has to give up something and thus the game is over but he refused the draw offer and we played it out"
Actually, white should have no problem winning here. He can simply play 49. Kb3, as if you play 49... Kxd3 there is no way for you to catch his pawn following 50. f5, whereas your own pawn is easily dispatched.
(N.B. Post #3 says the same thing.)
Nytik wrote:
48... a3
"with white in zugzwang he has to give up something and thus the game is over but he refused the draw offer and we played it out"
Actually, white should have no problem winning here. He can simply play 49. Kb3, as if you play 49... Kxd3 there is no way for you to catch his pawn following 50. f5, whereas your own pawn is easily dispatched.
(N.B. Post #3 says the same thing.)
Shoopi already made this point
Feller wrote:
Shoopi already made this point
Hence the N.B.
You missed 27... Nd1+ -- which I believe is winning.
33. Ne3+ followed by Nf1 wins a pawn.
After 35.Nd3 I believe your position is lost... and if he'd played 35.Nc4+ I'm sure you're lost. Way to hang in there though and make him prove it -- he couldn't.
Thanks for the comments. This was admittedly a bad game but I can still learn what not to do. Most mistakes that I don't learn from will be repeated. I find similar binds commonly, perhaps I should later post some other lost or fast paced games.