white may actually be able to win that, but at most that is a draw for black.
white may actually be able to win that, but at most that is a draw for black.
You may be right. Didn't see that. Guess I got lucky.
white missed 10. b4
I'm curious, what would that have gained? He did move b4 at 11.
Hmm.. White also missed 13. e5! If i'd been black i'd start trading pieces cause i think his position is not that obvious.
Hmm.. White also missed 13. e5! If i'd been black i'd start trading pieces cause i think his position is not that obvious.
I agree 13. e5 might have been advantageous.
I don't get it. After 41 moves, White has two connected passed pawns. I would think he'd have a won game. But then he plays 42.Qg1. What was the purpose of that move? It sure looks like a blunder. Am I not seeing something? And while Black was gobbling up the knight and pawns would it not have been better to take the b-pawn instead of the d-pawn so that Black would have two connected passed pawns plus the bishop? I'm pretty sure that there was time enough to take the b-pawn and get the queen back to defend against White's pawns or alternatively push his own pawns.
Back to move 42. White's weaknesses are the inactive knight and the possible invasion squares c1, d2, or e3. I think White's plan would be to move K to f2, supporting Qe3, leading to a trade of queens. Whether or not queens are traded, maneuver the knight to support a pawn advance, e.g. N at f5.
If I'm wrong about any of this, I'd sure like to know.
My first ever posting! I know I would learn more from posting a loss but I had an interesting win the other day playing black that I thought some might like.
This endgame (which I can often be poor at) was fun because had it played out we both would have gotten pawns promoted to queen and immediately lost them both. Look at the game starting at move 40.
Here's how I think the game would have played out. Assuming a trade of pawns on the "a" rank, we both I think would have moved pawns down the "a" and "h" ranks respectively. When white reached a6 I intended to move my bishop to f7 which I thought would result in white's king moving to a7. White would eventually promote his g pawn. I sacrifice the bishop and my pawn on "a" gets promoted right before his on h. I then move my queen to a8, check, and trade queens. My king could then guard the black pawn on e on to promotion.