I Won and Lost the Same Game

Hello,

This would be my first time posting one of my games in this forum -despite my being active for a few years. This would be a recent game of mine -'recent' being completed today: Monday 1/9/2017- that I won due to my opponent resigning.

This would also be the first game I used Chess.com's board editor -it took me about half an hour before I realised I had to revert back to the old Chess.com to use the variant promotion feature. Then after I was all finished with my analysis, I realised how the new Chess.com does the variant promotion and I then confirmed how the 'new' board editor worked.

While I won the following game, it felt like a loss due to the number of mistakes I made and because of how my opponent played. I realise that mistakes are natural and that it is part of learning, however, some of the mistakes I made -along with the reasons I made them- and how my opponent simply did not see them simply made the game feel like a loss.

Hello 

9. 0-0-0 would have saved the piece (pinning the d4-Pawn to Black`s Queen and simultaneously breaking the pin on the b4-e1 diagonal). As the game went, Black could have broken the pin with 10. ... Qg5+ then captured on c3.

But yes, 8. Nc3 was needlessly risky.

@Tomasz13 Playing fast has its advantages. Rushing someone during a game can definitely give you the upper hand -just like it can easily bring the ground to your face-, but playing fast is not very good for learning. 

Daily chess is not a fast game and it would be my opinion that, unlike Live or OTB chess, it is not meant to be finished in one sitting. Daily chess is a great learning tool and I do not like it when I sometimes -not all the time- feel the pressures of Live or OTB chess during a Daily Chess game. Those same pressures are what sometimes lead me to make very bad mistakes -and not because I am not thinking, but because my hands feel compelled to keep moving fast, or in this case, my cursor. 

I am not arguing against playing fast, I was merely stating that moving fast sometimes becomes an issue for me. When it comes to it, though, I too, sometimes, love to play fast :-)

1) every other move does not deserve a sign( !!, brilliant, ?? terrible blunder)

2)34... nh3 wins your knight for nothing

3)after qe4, white is imply down a piece for nothing and should lose quickly

4) 17.c4, qxe4 nxe4 and black is once again completely winning

5) rd8! actually puts white back into the game as he wins his piece back and is OK

6)after nd4, black has the strong c5, after which all your pawns fall

7) 42. "kc2??" is actually the only move that draws (I think) white has goo drawing (and winning!) chances after something like rh1 c5

8) after rxb4??? black should have resigned immediately as he cannot stop white's c pawn

overall you seem to have a strong grasp of tactics and should focus on playing less eccentric openings and protecting stuff with pieces that can't be kicked around.

Are you aware that all of your "?!" should be either "?" or "??"

Lol. In your variation 8.c3 d4?? 9.cxb4 doesnt deserve any sign. It is an obvious move.

Do you know what the signs mean?

Black's fourth move (4. ... Bd6) allowed 5. exd5 with a pin on the e6 Pawn.

@BronsteinPawn I do not have a sign there. Where are you are you looking? 

I am aware what the signs mean. When going through this game with Chess.com's board editor, I used https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/read-this-before-you-post as a reference. 

You annotated 9.cxb4 with a "!? in one of your variations"

Usually obvious recaptures are never annotated.

I see.

You have a lot of trouble with tactic, you should make more puzzle training here or on other chess sites (most have their tactic trainer, and they can differ significantly, so choose your favorite).

Analysing your games with computer is also really good to see the tactics you missed (but if you plan to analyse the game by hand, use computer afterward).

Here is my analysis of the game. I usually talk more about strategy, but that game was quite explosive and full of tactical moves and mistakes. I suck at endgames, so my comments for it are to take lightly.

What's wrong with 22. Rxc8?

Well seen, much better than 22.Bxe6, but I still prefer 22.Nxe6.

Also 23.Rxf8+ is really bad, better is Rxa8

I like how the 1600 is teaching the 2100 lol... anyway good analysis!, although nh3 insead cxd4?? just won a piece

I would have thought 25. Rf1 instead.

After 25. Rf1 Nxa2+ looks insane. 26. Kb2 Nb4 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. h4 Rh8 29. Rxc7 threatens a Knight fork, and the Black Rook is stuck on h8.

 Now, I prefer your line

also do you still go Rf1 if King went on h8 or f8 (by taking c8 with the f Rook)?

Also now that I think of it, Kb2 is also possibly weaker than a3.

Yeah, I sound a bit cocky ^^ I meant, "wow, I missed that variation". I have run a bit stockfish, and I've missed some tactics in my analysis. That game is so dynamic actually.