I can already tell you that you need to be careful with your queen and to play 2.Nf3 against the Sicilian. You already have a diagonal open for the bishop after 1.e4.
Help me analyze this game, it is extremely complicated
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I like to try and point out lessons that can be taken forward, not just missed tactics. Oogie Boogie's point about bringing more pieces into the attack is one such. Another is 18. . . . 0-0. You should examine your thought process here. It seems you are mainly castling out of loyalty to castling. It doesnt speed getting the rooks into play, and it doesnt make your king safer. Maybe the rook was good on the g-file, or Bd7, as Oogie suggested on 16, was again strong. It gets another piece into the attack, and gives you the option to castle queenside if it turns out there is a reason. Keep in mind you can potentially link the rooks by just playing ke7.
So, in sum, 0-0 wasnt such a huge mistake, but I think its definitely a moment where your thought process went astray.
Hello, this is my first time posting on chess.com. I played a game just now that I felt I didn't play so accurately. Can someone annotate what they thought would have been better lines for both sides? I would really appreciate it.
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=925212767
Summary: This game was scary, I have to say. I felt like one mistake could have trashed my game, and the same for my opponent. He eventually made the last mistake and I found a way to punish his attempt to checkmate me on the first two ranks. It's far from a masterpiece, but it definitely approaches the sensibilities of my hero Tal.