An outstanding performance by my Opponent , chess new method !

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attarianHK
I just played that awesome and wonderful game, and my opponent ( white ) gave me the privilege of his magnificient analysis, he also agreed to share them on the forum. ( analysis of my opponent enclosed as "comments"
 
 
After lots of years of playing chess, i can't believe i got to 2000 fide without knowing that method .
He told me he uses a ( i quote) "method called SCAP (that in Italian means Scacco, Cattura, Attacco, Pedoni/Piano). So, basically, every move is calculated, even the most stupid one). I calculate the checks first, then the conquers, the attacks and, for last, the pawns. For example, my move Qb1 wasn't too hard to see if I wanted to conquer the pawn in b5. The pawn in g4 came after seen that no checks, conquers or attacks were good for me. It's a great technique but with 2 limits: 1) sometimes it may take a long time to move, 2) it's hard to calculate on real chess (on the pc is fine). I have to say, I consult Wikipedia to know more info about the opening, but that's it! "
 
 
Here come my opponent analysis: 
  1. e4 d5
  2. exd5 Nf6
  3. c4 e6

c4 protects d5. After 3 ..e6 I've seen that the d5 cell is double-protected from the black, so:

  1. Nc3 exd5

The knight protect the pawn in d5. Black capture d5, so I go for the exchange.

  1. cxd5 Nxd5

I didn't really understand the black move here, after exchanging knights, he could move the queen to capture my knight, but, as far as I learn, moving the queen so early is not adviced. So, I tried to go close to the "Happy garden" game. The happy garden (an Italian grandmaster used to call it "Giardino felice" consist into putting the bishops in f4 and c4, two pawns in d4 and e4 and two knights in c3 and f3, then castle. This is what I was trying to achieve here, instead of exchanging knights.

  1. Bc4 Be6

Of course, black wants to protect d5, so nothing special here.

  1. Qe2 c6

Just in case, I pin the bishop. Black protects the knight in 3 ways.

  1. Nf3 a6

Still trying to recreate the "Happy garden" and develop another light piece. For sure, my next moves will be d4 and Bf4.

  1. d4 Bb4

Black is pinning my knight. I didn't care too much, because I can eventually respond to the change with the pawn in b2 without creating a situation of two pawns in front of each other

  1. Bf4 Nxf4

As announced, that was my move. I made a mistake and I recognised it too late.

  1. Qe4 Nd5

I'm protecting the queen now, and I thought a central position could be the best solution. Plus, I'm attacking the knight is f4.

  1. O-O Bxc3

The damage is done, I lost a bishop, so I castle. As I said, in case of exchanging my knight for your bishop, I won't have two pawns in front of each other, so:

  1. bxc3 Nxc3

I need to protect my queen now:

  1. Qe5 Qf6

Qe5 seems to be good in case of a future attack of the g7 pawn.

  1. Bxe6 Qxe6

Exchanging the bishops.

  1. Qxg7 Ne2+

And now capturing the g7 pawn, attacking the rook. Black is checking me.

  1. Kh1 Rf8

Forced moved for me. Black protects his rook.

  1. Rfe1 Nd7

The reason for this move was to pin the black knight. The idea was to capture the knight and then pin (and capture) the queen. The plan B was to move the d pawn in the future and then kd4, capturing the knight.

  1. Rxe2 Qxe2

The plan worked fine, the queen is now pinned:

  1. Re1 Qxe1+

The queen is pinned and the rook is protected by the knight. Black here can only prevent to lose more points than needed, so he captures my rook.

  1. Nxe1 O-O-O

Not capturing the queen would be stupid here.

  1. Qxh7 Rfe8

After that (capture a queen to a stronger opponent is always great, now we need to move on), the queen captures the unprotected h pawn. I can see a checkmate in 1 if Rxe1, so there are two ways to prevent this: give the king an exit way, like h2 or g2, or protecting that cell. Moving one of that 2 pawns means losing a knight, so:

  1. Nf3 f6

The knights protects e1 while I'm giving the king an exit way.

  1. h4 Rh8

The rook is attacking my queen, so I need to move it. I thought that Qf5 could have been a good move to pin the knight, too. Another idea was Qc2 and then, if the black plays c5, capturing it with dxc5, then kxc5 and the knight is pinned. That grandmaster in Italy, back in the summer 2000, told me that pinning is usually a good thing to do.

  1. Qf5 Kc7

I play Qf5 as explained above.

  1. h5 Nb6

Here, there are no captures available, apart from the stupid Qxf6 or Qxd7. The choice were between Qf4+ or h5. The pawn is protected by the queen and I can protect it with g4 in the future.

  1. Nh4 Nd5

The knight is protecting d4. If I move the knight to attack (in two moves) the h rook, the pawn in d4 is unprotected. I can choose now between Nh4 (to attack the h rook later), Qxf6 or g4. I went for Nh4 to attack the rook later. I don't understand black's move Nd5 (why didn't he capture the pawn?)

  1. Ng6 Rh6

As announced, I attack the rook. In that area, I'm everything is protected. If I move my knight to f4, in case of exchange, I will go for Qxf4 and attack the rook at the same time.

  1. Nf4 Rd6

The black refused the exchange, so I go for it:

  1. Nxd5+ cxd5

Now, back to the original plan to protect h5:

  1. g4 b5

Now, what should I do? Apart from a2, who is defending the two pawns on the left side and the d pawn who is blocked, the f pawn is unprotected. Qf3 could have been good, but, at the same time, I wanted to move the king away from the corner (the queen leaves its place, then pawn exchange, rook captures pawn and check). So Kg2 is a good move for me. The Italian grandmaster told me that, in case of a 3 diagonal pawns, it's good to have the King attack outside the triangle. I never understood this thing to be honest, I can understand that it's good to have the king far from the corner when not so many pieces are left on the board.

  1. Kg2 a5

The b pawn is uncovered now and it threatens to move my a pawn in the future. Qb1 is a good move. If then b4, a3, bxa3, Qa2 and eventually, get both pawns (or, at least, one).

  1. Qb1 Rh8

As announced, the queen captures the pawn. In case of Rb8, Qc7+.

  1. Qxb5 Rg8

Protecting my pawn with Kf3.

  1. Kf3 Ra8

Moving my king to f4, because is f5, Ke5, the rook leaves and the queen captures the other rook.

  1. Kf4 Raa6
  2. f3 
 
 

ps: it's only a pure coincidence if the last 26 moves of the game are the best recommandation by stockfish .

Bishop_g5

 Perhaps this is the reason you purchased a diamond membership. Only diamond members get this kind of learning experience and privilege...happy.png

 Why didn't ask him to elaborate all the conquers he calculated...? That would have been fun!! 

 For example, this one looks hilarious after 12.0-0 :

" The damage is done, I lost a bishop, so I castle. As I said, in case of exchanging my knight for your bishop, I won't have two pawns in front of each other, so: "

 The definition of concrete analysis. grin.png

nighteyes1234
attarianHK wrote:
 

ps: it's only a pure coincidence if the last 26 moves of the game are the best recommandation by stockfish .

Try again...you blew an easy win. Simple as that.

 Given it was a daily game, he had enough time to look at many moves. As far as the bogus system, they can work now and then. Very plausible that he meet someone who he thought was or claimed to be a grandmaster and that therein is the resulting 'wisdom'.

Probably a victory that he will remember...why not let him have that memory instead of falsely accusing him of using a computer?

 

ArtNJ

The guy has 500+ games with a 1300 rating.  You achieved a winning advantage because he played like his rating and blundered, and you returned the favor blundering the win away.  He played no tactics thereafter, just simple basic play.  And you are accusing him of cheating?  Think before you leap.  Your allegation is extremely ill founded -- that someone with a 1300 rating over 500 games decided to cheat for a part of one game consisting of basic moves with no clever tactics.  Sure there were a couple of knight moves that were rather precise for someone of his rating, but they weren't anything so fancy.  And that was basically it -- most of the other move choises were really basic.  It is possible -- its always possible if there is a match for a sequence of moves -- but your predicate is woefully insufficient for an allegation to be made in good conscience by a responsible player.  

Asteris47

This game was at a U1100 tournament😂!! You have fide 2000 and 2000 in blitz ! I am sorry for everyone U1100 or U1499 player that met you in the respective tourneys. I guess you won hundreds of them just for fun. Also, I agree with the comment #3 mostly. Good game. (maybe) 

attarianHK
ArtNJ wrote:

The guy has 500+ games with a 1300 rating.  You achieved a winning advantage because he played like his rating and blundered, and you returned the favor blundering the win away.  He played no tactics thereafter, just simple basic play.  And you are accusing him of cheating?  Think before you leap.  Your allegation is extremely ill founded -- that someone with a 1300 rating over 500 games decided to cheat for a part of one game consisting of basic moves with no clever tactics.  Sure there were a couple of knight moves that were rather precise for someone of his rating, but they weren't anything so fancy.  And that was basically it -- most of the other move choises were really basic.  It is possible -- its always possible if there is a match for a sequence of moves -- but your predicate is woefully insufficient for an allegation to be made in good conscience by a responsible player.  

 

Sure, if you think so, then i should probably implement the SCAP method of my opponent grin.png 

https://lichess.org/CELieiIx I just find it quite funny.  And chess is not only about tactic ... the knights moves are rather precise, and the explanations behind them are just funny, that's it.

 And look at his "analysis", :

"bishop exchanges" ==> that's not just a bishop exchange.

"I don't understand why he didn't take the pawn" ==> maybe because i won't sacrifice a full rook for the h4 pawn ....

"i could play Qc2, then he would play c5, bxc and then the knight would be pined"==> there are no way on earth nobody of us would  move a pawn which is pinned just to offer it to the opponent.

"The knight is protecting d4. If I move the knight to attack (in two moves) the h rook, the pawn in d4 is unprotected. I can choose now between Nh4 (to attack the h rook later), Qxf6 or g4. I went for Nh4 to attack the rook later. " ===>> if i take the pawn Qxf6 and i stand no chance at all, 3 connected passed pawns is a point of no return in that position.  So in essence he didn't see it and only played it to attack a rook in two moves ? seriously ?

"he didn't go for the exchange so i just take it" ==> lol , if i was to exchange knight i would be forked .

"pawn exchange, rook captures pawn and check). So Kg2 is a good move for me. The Italian grandmaster told me that, in case of a 3 diagonal pawns, it's good to have the King attack outside the triangle. I never understood this thing to be honest, I can understand that it's good to have the king far from the corner when not so many pieces are left on the board." ===> i don't understand it, but that's the first time that i know "go away from the corner" rather than "centralize the king" . 

 

 

attarianHK
Bishop_g5 wrote:

 Perhaps this is the reason you purchased a diamond membership. Only diamond members get this kind of learning experience and privilege...

 Why didn't ask him to elaborate all the conquers he calculated...? That would have been fun!! 

 For example, this one looks hilarious after 12.0-0 :

" The damage is done, I lost a bishop, so I castle. As I said, in case of exchanging my knight for your bishop, I won't have two pawns in front of each other, so: "

 The definition of concrete analysis. 

I paid the membership to suport Chess.com , and to help them pay the servers and so on, and because i don't mind 100 usd or so a year. But in the end i don't care much.