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Avatar of TheMrLooka

I think I didn't do well at the beginning, that knight was moved to many times. Had some good moves later. Fair game if we don't count the opening. What do you guys think?

 

EDIT: wrong game inserted, wait a second...... will fix

EDIT 2: Nope, it good, just looking from the white's side.... I am black

Avatar of ModernCalvin

White made a lot of mistakes too. The immediate things that come to mind:

He could have won a pawn if he played 18. Nxf7!

He could have won both of your Bishops for a Knight with 29. Nxf4!

Since he was already up a piece, these would have sealed the win for him.

 

As for the opening, I'm not sure what the best move is, but 2. ... exd4 looks okay. When White recaptures with the Queen 3. Qxd4 you can develop your Knight with tempo 3. ... Nc6 rather than lose a whole bunch of tempos and/or a piece. The resulting position with be a interesting Reversed Scandiavian-like position with White having a pawn already on e4.

(The Scandiavian mainline is 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 to which Black usually plays 3. ... Qa5). 

Avatar of Loomis

One tip is that you have to look ahead. Whenever you move a piece you have to think if your opponent can attack it and what are you going to do when he does. 3. ... Nd4 loses a piece, as you found out, because you didn't think about what would happen if your opponent attacked your knight after you moved it.

Similar for 8. ... Bg4+. Did you think about what your opponent would play in response? Did you consider 9. f3. It makes the bishop move pretty pointless.

Always look for ways to take advantage of pins. You have the bishop pinned on d2 with your rook. But you don't attack it with another piece at the first chance. 16. ... Ne7 could have been 16. ... Be3 winning the d2 bishop. White didn't realize the danger and let you do it a bit later anyway, but he could have prevented it with 17. Kc2.

19. Bxd2. This wins the bishop, but 19. Rxd2+ would have prevented white from taking your pawn on a7.

30. ... fxe4. This is a pretty tough move to see far ahead on. 30. ... Bxf3 looks like the simpler way to get an advantage in this position.

50. ... Kb3?? You could have played 50. ... b1=Q+ with an easy draw.

Avatar of TheMrLooka
Loomis wrote:

One tip is that you have to look ahead. Whenever you move a piece you have to think if your opponent can attack it and what are you going to do when he does. 3. ... Nd4 loses a piece, as you found out, because you didn't think about what would happen if your opponent attacked your knight after you moved it.

Similar for 8. ... Bg4+. Did you think about what your opponent would play in response? Did you consider 9. f3. It makes the bishop move pretty pointless.

Always look for ways to take advantage of pins. You have the bishop pinned on d2 with your rook. But you don't attack it with another piece at the first chance. 16. ... Ne7 could have been 16. ... Be3 winning the d2 bishop. White didn't realize the danger and let you do it a bit later anyway, but he could have prevented it with 17. Kc2.

19. Bxd2. This wins the bishop, but 19. Rxd2+ would have prevented white from taking your pawn on a7.

30. ... fxe4. This is a pretty tough move to see far ahead on. 30. ... Bxf3 looks like the simpler way to get an advantage in this position.

50. ... Kb3?? You could have played 50. ... b1=Q+ with an easy draw.


Thanks.

about 50... Kb3, it was a bad move I agree. But I thought he will check me, and pin down my king to the queen. Didn't realize that I could move my King from check and defend the queen.

About 8... bg4, didn't white do something like that in today's game of the day (Tatai Stefano (2369) vs. Robatsch Karl (2349))

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TheMrLooka wrote:

Thanks.

about 50... Kb3, it was a bad move I agree. But I thought he will check me, and pin down my king to the queen. Didn't realize that I could move my King from check and defend the queen.


You're overlooking that 50. ... b1=Q+ is check against your opponent. His only choice is to move his king. You will be the one checking him, not the other way around.

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Loomis wrote:
TheMrLooka wrote:

Thanks.

about 50... Kb3, it was a bad move I agree. But I thought he will check me, and pin down my king to the queen. Didn't realize that I could move my King from check and defend the queen.


You're overlooking that 50. ... b1=Q+ is check against your opponent. His only choice is to move his king. You will be the one checking him, not the other way around.


Didn't realize it would be check.... damn, easy draw it could of been

Avatar of donjose

50...kb3

i think you lost because of that. you could promote with check instead