"I'm not sure why he moved his queen to that position....unless it was to guard Re8?"
To remove the pin and protect against the threat of BxN, RxB, RxR which loses a piece because the pawn is pinned to my queen (If I protected the knight with my bishop then f3 wins). By keeping the queen attacking e4 I could leave the option to recapture with pawn or rook. That was the idea anyway.
Hey this is some good stuff here. Hope to play you soon.
Hey this is some good stuff here. Hope to play you soon.
It was so much fun to play it straight out! I love correspondence, but this may become my new favorite soon.
6.Qd3 is a clumsy way to protect e4. See that ...Ne5 lines the computer mentioned.
6.f3 is even more clumsy (and weakening), so what about the more desirable 6.Bd3? Huh, rather not- it leaves the d4 knight en prise.
So, we come to the right move to play: 6.Nxc6, and if Black replies 6...bc6, then 7.Bd3. Then after some natural moves like 7...0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.ed5 cd5, chances are dynamically balanced.
Phren:
Thanks for the comments. I have to go back and look closely at what you said. f3 is a weak move, agreed. I did notice my positioning was rather weak the majority of the game....So, the line you mentioned at the end I suppose would balance that out. (I'm referring to those values the computer gives after each move)...
Mike
Where did you get this computer analysis?
You ran this PGN thru something else before posting, and were able to retain comments? I want to do exactly this. SCID only shows massive chains of evaluations (What is this called?). I would like a few big comments by the engine in plain English. How can I get this?
I used the engine on chess.com. I just ran the analysis, cut copy paste the pgn,( or whatever it's called) into the analysis board. It showed up with all the engine comments. I could have erased them but choose no to
TacticalSymphony wrote:
JackOfAllHobbies wrote:
Where did you get this computer analysis?
You ran this PGN thru something else before posting, and were able to retain comments? I want to do exactly this. SCID only shows massive chains of evaluations (What is this called?). I would like a few big comments by the engine in plain English. How can I get this?
I'm not sure if this is what natural used (I think it is, though) but if you have a premium membership here you can get written analysis by the engine on any game you have played.
Correct.
Mike
GG, although I would ignore the computer numerical evaluation for now and just concentrate on playing chess. You had connected outside passed pawns in the endgame (starting on move 27) and therefore really should have forced a win. Especially by move 29.
If i was going to a tournament!
I want to play against the strongest players i can find and any games they wanted to play. The old saying come to mind. Do not take a knife to a gun fight. Getting some games against some weaker players helps also. See how fast you mate them in a game. If the game last too long you know something is wrong.
Also have to assume many players from Chess.com are playing also.
Hi:
I usually don't post my games, but I thought I would like your opinion on this game. I play correspondence A LOT, and I want to practice for tournaments, so I decided to get into some live chess. I annotated the game (maybe not so great, but it gives an idea of my thought process). I noted 6 bad moves and a game ending blunder. I left the computer analysis in, but annotated myself. Any thoughts?
Thanks
Mike