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Hi can anyone help analyse this game? I feel I played it quite well: until the Blunder!!!
5. e3 is not best. c4xd5 e6xd5 6. Bxf6 either wins a pawn or trashes black pawn structure
8. c4xd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 also trashes pawn structure.
9. same issue as black is hardly going to "win" a pawn, keep the tension with bishop or queen move.
10. Bb5+ now why do you want to lose your nice h7 attacking bishop against a castled king.
14. ... h6 ? You are losing, why black did not play ... Rfc8 I just do not know.
16. f3 is a lemon as black can reply Ng4 (bishop attacked e3 attacked) 17, Bf2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bf6 and you get hurt on the queenside
17. Rfd1 (hmmm just take the pawn and block the check with your bishop) 17. ... Qb7
18. .... Bd6
20. .... Bd6 wrecking your pin and forking queen and knight.
#3 seems you and me were looking at the same time.
3 main mistakes:
- 8. Nc6 bc6 is a positional one, after the capture the black b7 pawn gets more central and more advanced on c6; unless some tactics are available, always try keeping more central pawns
- 16. f3 is bad, as it weakens the second rank, as well as the e3 and f3 points
- 26. Ke1 is a major tactical mistake, as after the rook check on f2 white loses too many pawns; retreating on h1 with the king retains big edge and almost certainly a win
#7 Oh err. Arguing with an IM again :-(
How about 7. Bg5xNf6 Be7xBf6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qa3 Qb6 10. Rd1 - Only a mere four moves from castling.
Maybe 7. Rd1 e6xd5 8. Bg5xNf6 Be7xBf6 9. Qxd5 BxNc3+ 10. b2xBc3
You can't go offering me pawns, because I take them, confident I can defend the storm coming at my king.
pfren, do I take it 5. e3 is best then ?
Thanks people, much appreciated :-)
"7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qa4+ is interesting. No games played, but the computer suggests the pawn sacrifice 8...b5!? " ---- Does that prove GM's are weaker than me then. ;-)
Yeah I thought 7. Rd1 was a flake hence the "maybe"
The MB v WS game looks like the Keres version. I really must get his games in a PGN sometime.
I know I would go wrong as black at 12. ... because I would grab the b-pawn.
12. ... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Rb3 Qd6 14. BxNf6 BxBf6 15. Nxd5
Nice game, the move Kf1 feels more natural than the better Kh1.
To the point where I would feel reluctant to play Rd7 even though it should be good.
