Can I please have some feedback on my games?
My 5 game simul
Game 1. Black should have captured the bishop with the b-pawn and then he would have ... d5
He abandoned the pawn when he could have defended it ( Qb6 ) and put pressure on your b-pawn.
Your Nf6+ set the cat amongst the pigeons to such an extent the black player dropped a piece.
3-2 was a very good result against 5 players.
Game 2 was exciting but I do not know much about the Dutch. Great that you extracted an attack when material down.
Not sure what was wrong with 30. ... Qe1 mate rather than 30. ... BxB check ;-)
I've actually done a simul like this before as well, except with only 15+1 or something.
BTW, you made "eccentricknight" close his account - he's been on here since 2009.
Game 3. Well oh dear. I am not very familiar with Grand Prix ( 2. f4 ) and Rossolimo ( 3. Bb5 ) against the Sicilian and clearly neither are you. If as white your "best" move is 9. Nc3-e2, going backwards it is clear something has gone badly wrong.
11. b2xc3 Not me. I would have taken with the d-pawn (a) it opens up the queen bishop. (b) Ng3 supports f5 and (c) that is all backed by the rook.
13. d3 you are losing, whether Kh1 or h3 are better I am not sure. Black has Bb7 and Bg4 in mind and they both hurt.
16. Bd2 Clearly black was hoping 16. c3xb4 Nxe4 and bye-bye rook on a1.
I looked at 16. e5 Nd5 17. c4 Nc3 18. Qe3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qd4 .... hmmmm.
17. Qe1 I would have played c3xb4 black would either play (BxR ; RxB) or (Ng3; Qf2 NxR ; RxN)
At move 21. you should have regrouped, such as Ba4 ( move the hanging piece and you want Bc3) firing off g4 was never going to work because black would come straight back at you with a centre pawn move.
@Rat1960
Thanks for the feedback!
9.Ne2 and 11.bxc3 was part of my opening prep - and as far as I know of the main line - but I would like to understand this line better.
At master level, it seems black scores exceptionally well in this line (7...a6)
I just checked the database, it seems white usually combines d3 with Rb1 getting off of the x-ray, which makes sense - avoiding the discovered attack tactics.
I think h3 was more or less a waste of time - Rb1 or Be3 seem to be better options.
Jaracz (2318) vs. Zezulkin (2529) Polanica Zdroj 2000 · Sicilian, Grand Prix attack (B23) · 0-1
https://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=645968
I can hardly believe it is a mainline. No wonder I have always played Open Sicilian. Gee.
I decided to play 5 15/10 games at once.
Feel free to offer feedback.
Here they are: