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33. Nc3 would have blocked his Rook on c1 and cut off his Queen from checkmate. You still would have been in trouble but you could have had some breathing room to maneuver out of it.
I see. Or it looks like Bc4 would have done the same... I should have been thinking along those lines. Thanks!
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7. Stead of castle, sacrifice bishop for knight, Thus gaining the 'lead' and making him move to your responses. Plus knight is no longer pinned, and chance at threat is minimized. You will notice that he moves forward and exchances pieces continuing his white advantage.
32. Suggest rook e7 to threat the queen. I know respone woudl be Pe6 for check but you can easily move out of that while your knight still covers that rook and your back side. Ke6 gets you checked from behind for mate buy his c1 rook.
33. Nb6 was wrong move, should have advanced the kngith forward blocking the c-file while gaining position advantage. This also creates a box, to block the advancing rooks.
When on black playing position, sacrifice for advantage in cause and effect playing is very effective. (Cause and effect playing- The 'leader' makes the first move and the 'follower' must make a response, being the leader dictates board position, piece threats/pins, and check rotation.)
7. Stead of castle, sacrifice bishop for knight, Thus gaining the 'lead' and making him move to your responses. Plus knight is no longer pinned, and chance at threat is minimized. You will notice that he moves forward and exchances pieces continuing his white advantage.
32. Suggest rook e7 to threat the queen. I know respone woudl be Pe6 for check but you can easily move out of that while your knight still covers that rook and your back side. Ke6 gets you checked from behind for mate buy his c1 rook.
33. Nb6 was wrong move, should have advanced the kngith forward blocking the c-file while gaining position advantage. This also creates a box, to block the advancing rooks.
When on black playing position, sacrifice for advantage in cause and effect playing is very effective. (Cause and effect playing- The 'leader' makes the first move and the 'follower' must make a response, being the leader dictates board position, piece threats/pins, and check rotation.)
After 5. ... d4 you have an advantage in central space, but your e5 pawn can easily become weak and you will constantly need to guard it with your pieces (or fail to guard it and lose it as in the game). I would prefer a developing move like 5. ... Bc5.
6. ... Bb4 didn't really serve any purpose for you. Since your enjoy space in the center and your pawns point to the queenside you should be looking to gain space and open lines on the queenside. This is your bad bishop but it can protect your e5 pawn or keep your f6 knight from being pinned. On b4 it doesn't do anything but get in the way of your queenside plans.
8. ... Be6. Of course you should defend the e5 pawn here. Either Bd6 or Nd7.
12. ... b5 is a mistake. It allows white to pull your queen off to the side of the board. Getting your bishop back into the game with Bc7 would have been much better.
15. Bf3, here white could have opened up your king a bit with Bxf6.
19. ... c4. I prefer trying to trade the light squared bishop with 19. ... Nc3. You've got to diffuse his kingside attack.
Thanks for the suggestions. I definitely wasn't paying enough attention on the last couple moves.
Loomis wrote:
6. ... Bb4 didn't really serve any purpose for you. Since your enjoy space in the center and your pawns point to the queenside you should be looking to gain space and open lines on the queenside. This is your bad bishop but it can protect your e5 pawn or keep your f6 knight from being pinned. On b4 it doesn't do anything but get in the way of your queenside plans.
Thanks for all the helpful tips. My middlegame analysis needs work; I often have some trouble seeing the points where I should try to develop an attack after the opening has been established.
This game was a lot of fun for me, but by the end I was getting frustrated by my inability to utilize my material advantage. Any help analyzing some of my missed opportunities here would be really appreciated—I don't think I made any huge blunders but was solidly outplayed. Thanks!