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Apr 10, 2019
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#103
galley77 wrote:
What am I doing wrong???
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[Date "04/09/2019 08:22PM"]
[White "MickThompson2 (1328)"]
[Black "galley77 (1250)"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.d4 Qe7 8.Bxf4 Rd8 9.Re1 g5 10.Bxg5 Rg8 11.h3 Bxh3 12.g3 h6 13.Nd5 Rxg5 14.Nxe7 Rxg3+ 15.Kh2 Nh5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rg1 d5 18.Rxg3 Bd6 19.Kxh3 Nxg3 20.e5 Nf5 21.exd6 Rxd6 22.Bd3 Ne3 23.Qe2 Re6 24.Ne5 f6 25.Qxe3 fxe5 26.Rg1 Kd7 27.Bf5 a5 28.Bxe6+ Kxe6 29.Qxe5+ Kd7 30.Rg6 Kc8 31.Rg7 Kb7 32.Qxc7+ Ka6 33.Qb7# {MickThompson2 wins by Checkmate}
Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "04/09/2019 08:22PM"]
[White "MickThompson2 (1328)"]
[Black "galley77 (1250)"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.d4 Qe7 8.Bxf4 Rd8 9.Re1 g5 10.Bxg5 Rg8 11.h3 Bxh3 12.g3 h6 13.Nd5 Rxg5 14.Nxe7 Rxg3+ 15.Kh2 Nh5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rg1 d5 18.Rxg3 Bd6 19.Kxh3 Nxg3 20.e5 Nf5 21.exd6 Rxd6 22.Bd3 Ne3 23.Qe2 Re6 24.Ne5 f6 25.Qxe3 fxe5 26.Rg1 Kd7 27.Bf5 a5 28.Bxe6+ Kxe6 29.Qxe5+ Kd7 30.Rg6 Kc8 31.Rg7 Kb7 32.Qxc7+ Ka6 33.Qb7# {MickThompson2 wins by Checkmate}
Could you please annotate the game with your thoughts?
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ChessQueen (2642) - JuergenWerner (1403) 1-0
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
Apr 11, 2019
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#105
JuergenWerner wrote:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
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ChessQueen (2642) - JuergenWerner (1403) 1-0
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
Thanks for the annotated game! Who is this 2600+ player?
Apr 11, 2019
0
#106
BlakeyBChess wrote:
JuergenWerner wrote:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
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ChessQueen (2642) - JuergenWerner (1403) 1-0
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
Thanks for the annotated game! Who is this 2600+ player?
Its Alexandra Kosteniuk i think (@ChessQueen)
Apr 12, 2019
0
#107
From annotation of a Tournaments I played in: I made an early Queen sacrifice, and won with the Sicilian hyperaccelerated Dragon. I would love to see your thoughts on these moves, where White made mistakes or even blundered, because I doubt I would have an easy game against a good player.
Apr 12, 2019
0
#108
Arankaaa wrote:
Why did white not just take your bishop on move 36 ??
I assume, he was afraid of nasty takes on h2 tactics, followed by a Knight fork on g4 
ANd if King doesnt take Rook, then the 2 Knights plus Rook would be too strong.. because f3 is weak
Apr 12, 2019
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#109
My real question is why the Q to e3 on move 21. I mean I had in mind after Bishop a4 .. Knight b3 to trap the Queen, so e3 would be her only square. I guess there was no way to defend b3. hmm, but opponet shouldnt just give away the Rook, after being 3 pieeces down already
Apr 12, 2019
0
#110
Arankaaa wrote:
Hi I feel like my opening wasn't the strongest and I shouldn't have allowed his knight on such a strong square.
How was my overal gameplay and do you have some pointers on how to improve the position in following games ?
that K2 move was really questionable..I alsow wonder about the 10. .. Nd7 move, it seems like there are not much option to go afterwards. YOu profited from the 14. exf6 move.. Bb5 would pin the Knight
And didn't you miss Qd4+ on move 9?
Apr 12, 2019
0
#111
Arankaaa wrote:
Another game in which I fear many mistakes were made
yeah.. don't know why opponet just didnt take the pawn on b4 with the Knight. Also, I noticed:
You kicked the Knight with the Pawn on f4, which allowed the opening along the black diagonale for the opponet, along with potential Queen eying from the b6 square. Kicking the Knight with d4 would be perhaps better? Just my 2 cents
Apr 12, 2019
0
#112
HashBangFoo wrote:
From annotation of a Tournaments I played in: I made an early Queen sacrifice, and won with the Sicilian hyperaccelerated Dragon. I would love to see your thoughts on these moves, where White made mistakes or even blundered, because I doubt I would have an easy game against a good player.
Do you have any games you’ve lost in this line? It might be easier to look for possible improvements then
Apr 13, 2019
0
#113
I've just posted a video analysis of a game I played against GM Kudrin! It's the first video in my new "Taking on the Titans" series, on the videos page of chesspathways.com
A lot of our more advanced members wanted some advanced content posted to the site, so I wanted to start this series for them! I'll get back to analyzing some of your guys' games soon too!
BlakeyBChess wrote:
JuergenWerner wrote:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
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ChessQueen (2642) - JuergenWerner (1403) 1-0
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
Thanks for the annotated game! Who is this 2600+ player?
Yes, Alexandra Kosteniuk.
At the time I wasn't thinking about it, but then someone else mentioned, "Wow, you played against a former world chess champion!" I was like "chess champion?" Then it dawned on me, oh yes she was...
Also, since it was a 2/1 for fun/unrated game, then I believe that she was probably not playing seriously either. I'm sure that in a 60/0 game I would get slaughtered pretty bad...
Apr 16, 2019
0
#116
JuergenWerner wrote:
BlakeyBChess wrote:
JuergenWerner wrote:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
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ChessQueen (2642) - JuergenWerner (1403) 1-0
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
Chess.com: Live Chess: 2018.06.17
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 Reverse King's Indian 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 Playing black as if black was white (controlling center with the pawns) 5. d3 f6 The plan is to eventually play h5 and g5 6. e4 d4 I like to take room/space away from opponents 7. a4 white is counterattacking a5 this was probably a wasted move. Should have played h5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nh4 Qd7 g5 now would be good instead 12. f4 Bh3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 yes mistake because now the rook on a8 is useless 14. fxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Qg4 was thinking trade/simplify because we had equal number of pieces on the board 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Ne3+ another wasted move in hindsight 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. e5 Re8 the rest of the game went slowly downhill from here 23. Rfe1 f5 24. e6 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re5 g6 27. e7+ Kc7 28. Rd5 Ra6 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. c3 Kc5 32. Re5+ Kb6 33. d4 Ka6 34. Kf3 b6 35. Kf4 Kb7 36. Kg5 Kc7 37. Kf6
Thanks for the annotated game! Who is this 2600+ player?
Yes, Alexandra Kosteniuk.
At the time I wasn't thinking about it, but then someone else mentioned, "Wow, you played against a former world chess champion!" I was like "chess champion?" Then it dawned on me, oh yes she was...
Also, since it was a 2/1 for fun/unrated game, then I believe that she was probably not playing seriously either. I'm sure that in a 60/0 game I would get slaughtered pretty bad...
That's pretty cool that you got to play her
Here's the game's link btw. https://www.chess.com/live/game/3595211693
I wish a great day to everyone!
Apr 16, 2019
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#118
NightsHeron wrote:
Hello sir! Thanks a lot for offering your help for free at that. I have a game I'd like to submit to analysis, I think it might be instructive because I appeared to have an advantage at one point, but was totally clueless on how to convert. I am going to see your other analysis videos, I am sure I will learn a lot from it. It's always great when masters analyze beginner's games. Thank you again for what you do. By the way, this was a 30 minute game. I'll try to play longer games, 45 45 maybe, I think it's better, because I get to think more. But I did spend a bit of time analyzing the game later, with the help of my engine, so it was still instructive.
Here's the game's link btw. https://www.chess.com/live/game/3595211693
I wish a great day to everyone!
Awesome, thank you very much! I'm hoping I can get around to analyzing more games from this thread before too long. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos on chesspathways.com - any feedback you have is appreciated!
I enjoyed for example your game analysis against greencrack, I think that the discussion on the h3/h6 a3/a6 pawn moves is important. For instance in the ruy lopez it is often played, I think that if you play it is has to be related to controlling the center somehow, right? I always struggle with that, in the game that I put up my opponent made two of these moves. Also in that video you made the question, why do we miss forced wins? Did we not consider the candidate moves? Or we saw but couldn't calculate it? I think that that's going to be important. And super important, always ask "when I make this move what will my opponent do?" I forget about that alll the time haha. There were definitely a couple of things that I got from the videos so far, I'll probably see them all.
A suggestion that I have is if you did like john bartholomew in his channel, he sometimes plays standard games online (often 15 mins but even longer I think it'd be cool) and shares all of his thoughts while playing. I definitely learned a lot from watching his vids, it's great to know the thought process of a good player in real time!
Apr 17, 2019
0
#120
NightsHeron wrote:
I enjoyed for example your game analysis against greencrack, I think that the discussion on the h3/h6 a3/a6 pawn moves is important. For instance in the ruy lopez it is often played, I think that if you play it is has to be related to controlling the center somehow, right? I always struggle with that, in the game that I put up my opponent made two of these moves. Also in that video you made the question, why do we miss forced wins? Did we not consider the candidate moves? Or we saw but couldn't calculate it? I think that that's going to be important. And super important, always ask "when I make this move what will my opponent do?" I forget about that alll the time haha. There were definitely a couple of things that I got from the videos so far, I'll probably see them all.
A suggestion that I have is if you did like john bartholomew in his channel, he sometimes plays standard games online (often 15 mins but even longer I think it'd be cool) and shares all of his thoughts while playing. I definitely learned a lot from watching his vids, it's great to know the thought process of a good player in real time!
Awesome, I'm really glad you're liking the chesspathways.com videos! Playing games and commentating on them in real time is a good idea too, I'll consider that
Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "04/09/2019 08:22PM"]
[White "MickThompson2 (1328)"]
[Black "galley77 (1250)"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.d4 Qe7 8.Bxf4 Rd8 9.Re1 g5 10.Bxg5 Rg8 11.h3 Bxh3 12.g3 h6 13.Nd5 Rxg5 14.Nxe7 Rxg3+ 15.Kh2 Nh5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rg1 d5 18.Rxg3 Bd6 19.Kxh3 Nxg3 20.e5 Nf5 21.exd6 Rxd6 22.Bd3 Ne3 23.Qe2 Re6 24.Ne5 f6 25.Qxe3 fxe5 26.Rg1 Kd7 27.Bf5 a5 28.Bxe6+ Kxe6 29.Qxe5+ Kd7 30.Rg6 Kc8 31.Rg7 Kb7 32.Qxc7+ Ka6 33.Qb7# {MickThompson2 wins by Checkmate}