How come you didn't push your QR pawn? E.g., 28. ... a3 I think would have caused white some problems. The bishop, knight and rooks are all well placed to support the advance. The bishop can go to b2 to support it (if necessary), the rook can go to a4, threatening the c4 pawn then to b4. White needs to defend the g3 pawn from the bishop etc. You did all that work to get a passed pawn then ignored it
Any way to have won this game?
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Dec 30, 2010
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try re8, he has to move a rook the e file. then go with nc5+, he has to go to d4. then push f5!
yeah, there's also the idea of a3 followed by ra4. really depending on how your opponent reacts
Dec 30, 2010
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NickYoung5 wrote:
How come you didn't push your QR pawn? E.g., 28. ... a3 I think would have caused white some problems. The bishop, knight and rooks are all well placed to support the advance. The bishop can go to b2 to support it (if necessary), the rook can go to a4, threatening the c4 pawn then to b4. White needs to defend the g3 pawn from the bishop etc. You did all that work to get a passed pawn then ignored it
Yep, you're right. I had a winning advantage and didn't use it. Thanks for the analysis.
Dec 30, 2010
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paulgottlieb wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what was the idea behind 5...Bg4? 5...O-O is much more usual. There doesn't seem to be a good reason to give White the 2 bishops so easily. Luck for you, White gave up the 2 bishops just as easily. I think 9.Qb3 would have give White a lot of pressure.
A couple of places where you might have improved are 23...Nc3 instead of Nc5, 30....a3 instead of Bxd4+. Your remark that you are trading a bad Bishop for a Knight might be technically true, but the trade is a big mistake. Your Bishop is outside the pawn chain, active and strongly posted. It's a great piece. And most important, it controls the queening square.
Towards the end, 33...Rae8 was better than Nb3
Thanks, Paul. I don't have a good answer for 5...Bg4 other than I wanted to get another piece into the fray. Probably a mistake. As for Bxd4+, I didn't want to allow his knight to set up shop on c6. Seems like that could have been difficult to dislodge there. I agree with 23...Nc3 in retrospect. I usually play too passively and this was a good example.
:/ do i get no love for my idea? i'll diagram it and throw in a possible continuation
Dec 31, 2010
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psyduck wrote:
:/ do i get no love for my idea? i'll diagram it and throw in a possible continuation
Thanks, psyduck. I was having trouble visualizing it, but it looks promising. Clearly I had a few options that I failed to capitalize on. These examples will be useful to study and review for the next time.
Here's a recent drawn game I played. It seems like I should have been able to break through and win since I had a passed pawn and a knight to his bishop in a closed game, but I couldn't find any way to get through. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Thoughts?