Its funny because I was just talking about the same exact move. My mentor said bring out the bishop first as your setting up your camp.
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Sep 27, 2010
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AyO9922 wrote:
Its funny because I was just talking about the same exact move. My mentor said bring out the bishop first as your setting up your camp.
Well then I guess I'll heed that advice in my future games =D But my worry is that if I choose to bring out the bishop first rather than push the e pawn, then this gives black enough time to respond and defend the c4 pawn which was the result of the gambit I had offered.
Against best play I'm pretty sure Black is lost, but I think he resigned quite prematurely -- just because something is "won" theoretically doesn't mean someone should resign... if we were all Magnus Carlsen, then sure... but we aren't. Black should sacrifice his bishop for the b pawn and then play to exchange off all the pawns. In an OTB game he could even play to exchange pawns and sac his rook to take the last pawn, because mating with N + B requires some study and I'd be confident that my opponent, rated say 1300, couldn't manage it. In correspondence chess a 1300 might pull off the N + B mate -- might. At any rate, black gave up too soon, he had practical drawing chances.
Sep 27, 2010
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It's funny that the vast majority of games that are posted for analysis are games in which the OP won.
Sep 28, 2010
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JG27Pyth wrote:
Against best play I'm pretty sure Black is lost, but I think he resigned quite prematurely -- just because something is "won" theoretically doesn't mean someone should resign... if we were all Magnus Carlsen, then sure... but we aren't. Black should sacrifice his bishop for the b pawn and then play to exchange off all the pawns. In an OTB game he could even play to exchange pawns and sac his rook to take the last pawn, because mating with N + B requires some study and I'd be confident that my opponent, rated say 1300, couldn't manage it. In correspondence chess a 1300 might pull off the N + B mate -- might. At any rate, black gave up too soon, he had practical drawing chances.
You couldn't be more right. I did a search on ways to mate with the knight and bishop, and just as you said, without any study on it, would have been a chore to put the king to sleep with the fishes. On top of that, any single careless play could easily end it in a very, very, stale, mate. Thanks for the comment!
Sep 28, 2010
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paulgottlieb wrote:
I think Black had some legitimate chances to resist with something like 35...Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Rb1 37.Bc7 Bc8. Black has his problems, but he's still fighting.
Now for some of your other questions: 3.e3 is the standard move is this position. Your 11.Qa4 was very reasonable. If Black had played 11...Qd5 the position would haver been pretty even.
Why didn't you play 12.Nxd4? It looks pretty good to me. Obviously, Black can't play 12...Qxb2 What was the idea behind 20.b4? I can't see what you were hoping to accomplish. Wasn't 20.Rc3 and doubling Rooks on the c-file simpler?
23.Nd2 would have been a lot better for you. Black's 29...Nc3 was a terrible mistake that let you right back into the game.
Hello paulgottlieb, clearly you're far the wiser chess player than me. I just gave myself a slap in the forehead after reading your suggestions, which suddenly make very obvious sense to me now. My idea behind 20.b4 was to unsettle his territory after my eventual a-pawn push, since at that moment my knight's role was basically a blocker to black's passed pawn, and my bishop, being able to only attack light squares, couldn't do anything for that instance.
So in my mind, I thought: "I shall now make my pawns work for their lowly salary then".
You have enlightened me, sir. Thanks!
Sep 28, 2010
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Huangster wrote:
I find it weird that black resigned here.
After the line that paulgottlieb mentions, it looks like white's passed pawn won't get anywhere for the time being. Surely black could have played on.
Is there a reason you didn't play 15.exd4 ?
14.Ke2!? dxe3 15.Bxe3 may have been better. It gets out of check and connects the rooks. The pin on the knight can be removed anytime with g4.
Mr Huangster, 15.exd4 would have solved blacks pesky passed pawn problem (a little accidental alliteration there haha). Unfortunately, my humble brain could not come up with that seemingly simple move at that point of time which would have solved a world of a problem.
Thanks much much appreciated! =D
Sep 28, 2010
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tonydal wrote:
Looks to me like Black is winning after 35... Ra1+ 36 Kh2 Rb1 37 Bc7 Bc6.
Hmm, how is black winning from that position? As in how could he have proceeded to win the game? Thank you sir so much for your wise input!
fizzi87 wrote:
tonydal wrote:
Looks to me like Black is winning after 35... Ra1+ 36 Kh2 Rb1 37 Bc7 Bc6.
Hmm, how is black winning from that position? As in how could he have proceeded to win the game? Thank you sir so much for your wise input!
In your further analysis, Nd4 doesn't win material. Black's bishop can retreat to d7, covering the f-pawn.
If I were black, I'd start chasing your pieces with the king. He'll get to the fray before the white king, so he'll be the deciding asset.
Hello fellow chess fans =)
I have a game here which I recently won by resignation. I'm not so much interested in the victory as much as the reason why my opponent resigned, which I thought was a bit premature. I would be glad to hear any tips/suggestions on how this game could've been played better, and also, whether black could've bounced back from the situation he was in at the point of resignation.
Thanks in advance!