Just call this luck!
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Aug 21, 2007
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For an improvement maybe you could have tried 12...Nxd4 13. Qxd4 and then you can try Qc7, Bd7-c6 and you have a decent position.
Yeah 12...Nxd4 is better, getting my bishop to c6 is ideal along with Rc8 uh.
12...Rb8 was my down spiral.Thanks for your insight
I think 12.Nxd4 Nc3xNd4 13.QxNd4 e5.... and the Queen run away and you open your game and have a little advantage. I do have to appreciate that you played very well the rest of the game and you deserved to win!
you were lucky in this game but you still played well enough to win. It wasnt all just luck.
i don't care for White's 17th or 18th moves. maybe 17 Qe2 to start freeing the WB or your f3!? is best.
I don't think your opponent had a good concept of defending his king. He did a terrible job. You played well, but I think you actually won because your opponent slipped really badly and you were in the right position to receive him.
chopra wrote: I think 12.Nxd4 Nc3xNd4 13.QxNd4 e5.... and the Queen run away and you open your game and have a little advantage. I do have to appreciate that you played very well the rest of the game and you deserved to win!
uh 13...e5 does push queen away,but it also leave a hole in my position. d5 square will be a perfect out post for white knight or bishop, while e5 block the scope of my dark square bishop. Just imagin moves like Nd5 will you leave the N there? of course not knight trade off, then bishop occupy d5. that would be troublesome. and let say if i trade off bishops white will have a pawn on d5 and will play e4. my dark sqaure bishop will be very limited.
not just luck but his good one!!!
palabyo wrote: not just luck but his good one!!!
Thanks, maybe I am my worst Critic.... normally my little brother make me pay making mistakes like 12...Rb8. that one reason why I on this site. To learn all that I can to beat my little brother and regain my crown 
Here is a game of mine which I was losing badly. I made many mistakes early on and was about to resign in a couple of moves. White surely was winning the game, however I manage an attack which white could had nip it in the bud. Was I lucky or what?