Frequently if black castles e5 is correct, while if white can castle quickly d5 will kill an uncastled black.
Here is a game with e5, it is viable but I believe it should be delayed as shown:
Just got completely blown off the board by someone 400 points higher than me
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12.Bxe7 is the typical move that many club players automatically play but it is usually better to keep the tension, since that favors you. And you probably should have castled(probably queenside) sooner as well. Oh and with e5 being played and all, it seems that the bishop was better placed on d3 instead of c4.
Yes, that's what I like about chess too wafflemaster, but unfortunately lots of tactics often make things a lot messier than that :) I think the key is figuring out the strategic ideas, and finding the most forceful yet sound way to achieve them, and the most forceful moves are tactics. Although sometimes tactics just appear without you even preparing them, and not having any clue about the strategy :)
Tactics I think are sort of what proves the theories you're referring to. Whether a bishop is better than the knight in some hypothetical position could be speculated about philosophically, and that's good for finding a plan, but as for which plan trumps the other, it will come down to which plan makes the most forceful threats, forcing the other side to concede, and this will depend on who can give the other side more tactical problems. If you will, positional chess creates the theory, and tactics prove it/disprove it.
Indeed, tactics and strategy go hand in hand. All I am saying is that in general, overlooking tactics is more consequential than overlooking positional moves, so early on tactics should be the focus. That doesn't imply you shouldn't study strategy at all of course.
Shepi, do they really have actual theory on 2...Nf6 3 cxd5 Nxd5? 
@ Elubas
I agree with everything you're saying. But I think we have different styles / approaches :)
I'd rather play out a good knight vs bad bishop endgame than find a series of forcing moves leading to a king hunt/material gain. Tactics are exciting, and attacks are based in strategy for sure, but calculation is tedious to me. My ideal game would be a Karpov like win. Sure it will contain tactics, but they're not the main attraction.
Sure. But I can assume that Karpov always made sure his moves were tactically sound :)
4. e5 is without a doubt much better. It is the main reason why hardly anyone plays the Marshall Defense.
White could have also played 6. d5 Nb4 7. a6 Na6 8. e5!
Honestly, the 1900+ played terribly. You should have squashed him, but you let fear get in the way.
Elubas wrote:
Sure. But I can assume that Karpov always made sure his moves were tactically sound :)
Absolutely. I'm sure he was a world class tactician. As you said, in a practical game tactics with an emphasis on forcing moves are inseparable from strategy. It all works together for a well played game.
To tired to calculate the possible chance to win with Qh5 with a Knight sacrafice.
The rules I was refering to specifically(since they are different depending on the source) are develop, develop, develop, move a piece once, King safety(connecting your rooks).
royalbishop wrote:
To tired to calculate the possible chance to win with Qh5 with a Knight sacrafice.
I didn't see win.
Black can ignore 1. Qh5 and play 1...Nxd4.
Black is much better. I was thinking of 1. Qd3 instead, but black can just play 1...g6.
Bonesy1116 wrote:
You didn't really get blown off the board, you just made a few bad moves that were tactically bad, game over.
7.e5 is fine in my opinion. 7...Nd7 just looks wrong. Don't know why he just didn't go to d5 straight away.
8.Bc4 as others have stated this appears wrong. This bishop probably belongs on d3. Aside from the obvious attacking benefits should he castle kingside, you could play Be4 at some point if you want. Also, your bishop sitting on c4 can get tempoed a few different ways from opponent knight moves. No need to allow this.
9.h4, I'm fine with this.
11.Bb3, you seem like you want to attck the king and you put your bishop on this lame square. It does nothing here. 11.Bd3 again is better.
11....Rb8 can't for the life of me figure out the reason behind this wasted move. This guy is 1900?
14. Nf3, this isn't at all in the spirit of your attack. There are many attacking ideas for white here. Qd3, Nce4, Qg4, Qh5. I don't know what is best but Nf3 feels way too wimpy.
17.Bc2. No good, I would probably just castle queenside here.
19.g4 creates way too many weaknesses. Also, your king is still uncastled. You need to get this dude tucked away before something horrible happens. Nxd5 is probably fine but I can see you are still looking to attack. Fine, but get your king out of the center unless you want to be the one who gets attacked.
20.Nxd5 makes things worse. I wonder if you can play Ne4 here.
Lessons to be learned:
Put your pieces on the right squares to maximize their effect. Your white squared bishop was poorly placed in my opinion.
Castle at some point.
Work on your tactics.
Have you never heard of the term "mysterious rook move"?
Black had a specific intention. That does not make it a bad move.
Capablanca's theme was to place the rook on c1 or c8 early in the opening, and he managed to win many brilliant games with that maneuver.
Mar 30, 2013
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Advice 1: plan to reach the next 100 grade level.
Advice 2: work on those things which are most going to get you there.
For me, the part of advice 2 I am focussing on is tactics training. Watch a concert pianist play. Watch a beefcake in the gym. You think these folks became absolutely amazing by doing nothing? No, success is a mixture of talent and hard work!
11...Rb8!? actually makes some sense. The idea was probably to play Nd5 and then to push the b pawn.
brusselsshrek wrote:
Advice 1: plan to reach the next 100 grade level.
Advice 2: work on those things which are most going to get you there.
For me, the part of advice 2 I am focussing on is tactics training. Watch a concert pianist play. Watch a beefcake in the gym. You think these folks became absolutely amazing by doing nothing? No, success is a mixture of talent and hard work!
Or Chinese parents...
By the way, I'm not sure what gym you go to, but the beefcakes in my gym are all on steroids.
Mar 30, 2013
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P.S. In the game you left your king in the centre just asking to get smashed. You can try that when you're 400 points above someone ;-).
brusselsshrek wrote:
P.S. In the game you left your king in the centre just asking to get smashed. You can try that when you're 400 points above someone ;-).
Rating elitism at it's finest...
Follow rules 1,2, and 3 of the opening, tempi are mans best friend. Don't hang your pieces.