could I have won? beginner ish player seeking help
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I feel as though I’m on the verge of being average at chess. Thoughts on my style of play and if I did an ok job. I don’t know how to post on my phone, last game vs cha0sunity
ajl721 wrote:
You missed 37. Bb6+ which would've allowed you to win white's bishop. Other than that, he had the advantage pretty much most of the game until you got into that draw.
He was the player playing Black who spotted the move 37...Bb6+ and won the White bishop. White had the advantage almost all the time before that. Well, 43...Bxb6 ruins Black's win as the passed pawns can be stopped.
First of all: congrats on reaching that completely winning endgame on move 42.
It's a shame you panicked and sacrificed your bishop for a pawn there, throwing your winning chances away. You would've won just by playing the most natural move ...Rd7, stopping both passed pawns from advancing.
Being a piece up in the endgame is almost always winning, provided your opponent doesn't have a super powerful promotion threat, like connected passed pawns that are far advanced.
Next time you'll get him. You just have to reach a position like that again, take a deep breath, and make calm, solid moves. Don't panic and sacrifice material unnecessarily like that again.
Hi all, sorry but I don't see the game you're talking about...could you please share it?
Hey, don't feel bad, I just played someone with a 3 minute time limit, and I was capturing their pieces all over the place, and had him in check numerous times, AND I was up +28 points BUT the program still said he won! What a ripoff, I am so teed off.