How Could My Oppenent Win
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Mar 6, 2008
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I would say that the knight retreat after the queen exchange was the beginning of the end. Perhaps your opponent should have also made an atttempt to line up the rooks at some point.
Your opponent played a bad first move. Your opponent could have not hung the exchange, and not have played 25. Nxd4, either.
The knight retreat was forced, but it seems to me that 29)RxBa1 and white can hold on a bit longer. He was in trouble at that point. My feeling is that he "out-clevered" himself earlier with 25)Nxd4 and should have played 25)Ra2 to help control your f and g pawns and so the knight would not be pinned after taking your d4.
15. ... Qxe6. I think 15. ... fxe6 is better. This opens a file for your rook and will allow you to open the center by pushing your d-pawn.
21. ... f6 and 22. ... f5. Why not just play 21. ... f5.
At move 25 you can take your opponent's knight. You should pretty much always take free material.
White made a mistake with 34. gxh6. This allows your king to advance easily. Instead, white can play Nd4-e2-f4 where it blocks your rook from protecting the f-pawn.
Mar 6, 2008
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I am curious, why not 24.... ef? taking the N and attacking his Q? And why didn't your Bishop capture the hanging N he left for you? It appears your opponent was not trying to win this game at all, but you wanted to give him a chance.
Scott wrote: I am curious, why not 24.... ef? taking the N and attacking his Q? And why didn't your Bishop capture the hanging N he left for you? It appears your opponent was not trying to win this game at all, but you wanted to give him a chance.
Yes, 24...ef!
Posters have mentioned the "hanging" piece after 25.Nxd4. So, 25...Bxd4 26.Qd5+ Qf7 27.Qxd4, and Black loses control of the a1-h8 diagonal.
Scott wrote: I am curious, why not 24.... ef? taking the N and attacking his Q? And why didn't your Bishop capture the hanging N he left for you? It appears your opponent was not trying to win this game at all, but you wanted to give him a chance.
To be honest, i'm not sure why I didn't take the night. I think my thought process was that I was going to promote a pawn at all costs and e3 gave me a better chance. What would I have done if his queen took my pawn?
As to why I didn't take the knight with my bishop, I can only blame it on stupidity on my part. That was such an obvious move and I should have taken it.
Loomis wrote:
15. ... Qxe6. I think 15. ... fxe6 is better. This opens a file for your rook and will allow you to open the center by pushing your d-pawn.
21. ... f6 and 22. ... f5. Why not just play 21. ... f5.
At move 25 you can take your opponent's knight. You should pretty much always take free material.
White made a mistake with 34. gxh6. This allows your king to advance easily. Instead, white can play Nd4-e2-f4 where it blocks your rook from protecting the f-pawn.
You're right on move 15. I guess that would have also forced him to move his queen. I was worried about having doubled pawns, but in that case it would have been worth it.
For move 21, I wanted to exchange pawns, but then realize that it was a bad idea. I'm happy he chose not to. That was definately a mistake on my part.
Move 34, I was very suprised he made that move. It was more wishful thinking on my part and I was running out of ideas.
Kaniksu wrote: Scott wrote: I am curious, why not 24.... ef? taking the N and attacking his Q? And why didn't your Bishop capture the hanging N he left for you? It appears your opponent was not trying to win this game at all, but you wanted to give him a chance.
Yes, 24...ef!
Posters have mentioned the "hanging" piece after 25.Nxd4. So, 25...Bxd4 26.Qd5+ Qf7 27.Qxd4, and Black loses control of the a1-h8 diagonal.
Good points. I had a feeling that I was getting lucky in this game.
Actually, I'm still having a hard time understanding 24...ef. Wouldn't he eventually take my pawn? I know I get a knight out of the deal, but could I still promote a pawn? Perhaps, I was too caught with the promotion idea.
I am mainly wondering what my opponent could have done differently after we exchanged queens. I must admit that I was suprised by a few moves that my opponent made. Perhaps move the pawns earlier?
We were both rated in the low 1400's for what it is worth.
Thanks in advance