Drawing Out the King

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Avatar of theplague42

 

Hey everyone, just finished a game on another website early today. Remembering a lesson from a few years ago, after my opponent made a mistake fairly early I decided to sacrifice a couple pieces to draw out his king into the open. I would just like some opinions on how well it worked. My opponent wasn't the best, but I think I did a good job of attacking his vulnerable king. He made a couple crucial mistakes near the very end, but I had lines to cover for them. If you see any mistakes on my part, I'd love to know about them. Don't worry, I won't be offended :)

PS. I'm not sure why, but it's starting a move 0 for some reason. Ideas? Sorry it's so long, but I haven't played or analyzed in awhile. Also, it's not showing checks for the original move, the ones I had copy-pasted into the PGN box. The alternate lines I added in, as well as the checkmate which I redid to make it show up, all show them fine. Must be something with the phpBB chess tags on forums.

 

 

Avatar of wbbaxterbones

1...Nf6 isn't a mistake, it is Alekhine's defense, used by a lot of good players in the past.

Nice job finishing it off, but your opponent played awful!(no offense Anon)

Avatar of oozecube2

I'm sorta straight to the point in annotations, so I'm sorry if you feel it's abrupt or rude, these are my thoughts. I'm an 1800 USCF player, so that should be about the level of annotations,  though it's quite possible I said something stupid or overlooked something. 
Best, oozecube2.
Avatar of theplague42

Not abrupt at all; honest and to the point. Thanks for the help.

Avatar of oozecube2

Conclusion: It was an unsound attack, but it was, nevertheless, a strong one that he needed to cope with adequately, and he failed to do so, resulting in a win for you. You played some really good attacking moves, and you played some really bad moves. So, good play, definitely room for improvement.