Hello,In my point of view your 14th move was wrong ! you shouldnt go forward or eat the pawn. you lost a move there. In addition , later you pushed forward your queenside pawns and as a result you had an instable pawn structure an you've weakened this side. When you lost the second bishop , i think there was no hope for you to win this game.Finally , i believe that your 4th move was wrong . You should have palyed something that could prepare an attack ! Or maybe Be2 , in order to castle! I hope i've helped!!
how to use my king better and how to come back from being down a piece
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thanks guys and thanks for pointing out how trading the bishop would have been bad
After 1...e6, it is much better for White to establish his center pawn duo with 2.d4. If you look into the material available here on chess.com about pawns and pawn play; you will find that pawns in duos are the most efficient fighting force.
When you are down material you have to create counterplay. Counterplay is created by avoiding exchanges and creating complications in the position.
I will write further regarding counterplay and your game.
transpo wrote:
After 1...e6, it is much better for White to establish his center pawn duo with 2.d4. If you look into the material available here on chess.com about pawns and pawn play; you will find that pawns in duos are the most efficient fighting force.
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Ok a few points have been made and i agree but want to clarify.
1) your trading queen's idea is just flawed. What you want is irrelevent what does the position require is the best answer. Your opponent checks you and a simple block with the bishop helps maintain a lead in development. In symmetrical positions this is often the difference between a win and a loss (or draw). Your capture Qxe7 also just helped black develop. (look at the number of developed pieces after move 7....Bxd7. Your essentially the player with the 2nd move.
2) a more normal line is something like 1. e4 e6 2 d4 obaining a central pawn duo. (its mobile) black counters with 2....d5 and is trying to get white to commit to a decision with the e4 pawn a) locking the center with d5 or trading on d5. The advance d5 gains space on the kingside more or less committing white to a kingside attack while black can focus on the queenside and undermining the center with ...c5 and ...f6. In the line you chose with 2. Nf3 this is more difficult because after 2 ...d5 3. e5 black can prevent you from effectively supporting the pawn on e5 with d4 by playing 3...c5. its not horrible for white but Black is doing fine because the e5 pawn is lacking its natural defender d4. Steinitz played this a few times i think and had some ideas. Its not with out venom so black should be careful but white needs to know the plans too
In all you need to work on basic capturing threats. When you say something like,.. I didnt see the rook means that fundamentals are lacking. especially since it was early in a G30 time control.
I would recommend working through a book called Chess Mazes by Albertson. They are good for strategical planning but they also teach you to look for attacks by pieces. (board vision) They are also a LOT of fun too :)
i always seem to have trouble when i get down a piece i cant get my piece back it seems if you could look at this game and tell me what i could have done better besides the obvious blunder i made and how i could use my king better i would appreciate it a ton!