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Hey I played black this game. I won the game, but I figured one way to get better is to know when my opponent makes mistakes.. and when i make them also. Hoping you guys can take a look at this and let me know what you think. Im learning how to play, so don't talk too bad about me. haha.
26 Bf6# comes to mind
Was this a blitz game? The play seems very reactive--just poking at pieces that come within range.
White's 23 Qxg2 was a bonehead move that haunted him later. In such cases, it's best to just move the Rook away and let the enemy pawn serve as cover, if possible.
As for the opening...it starts with Nimzovitch's Defense and goes downhill from there. It's not really an opening--as played here, as such, but just moving pieces around to create confusion and see what shakes loose.
My first tip is to have a better opening game. You immediately start the attack with G7 to G5 with the risk of messing up your pawn structure. After his retreat with the bishop, there is already a lot of tension on your knight on E5.
So, finish you opening first with creating a safe spot for your king and developing your minor pieces instead of chasing away the threats and weakening your pawn structure at the same time. For example, look at your bishop on C8, it does nothing (however, it was possible for you to win his bishop at 22 :P) until the last two steps.
Try to study an opening, like the popular sicilian defense. Learn it's possibilities and traps and explore your own style with it.
Hope this helps!
Btw, it was possible for him the have a mate in three at 26. :)
DrSpudnik wrote:
26 Bf6# comes to mind
Was this a blitz game? The play seems very reactive--just poking at pieces that come within range.
Man the game was like 7 minutes. Im fairly new at this whole thing as you can see lol.
I'd suggest laying off blitz for a while. Even play with no clock in casual games. You need to look at the board and see the relationships between the pieces and what is possible before trying to crank up the tempo.
MisterTP's advice about trying to learn (at least the early bits) of a regular opening system is good too. It could be anything 1...e5 or the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann Pirc etc...
The response: Nc6/a6 cedes three moves to White to take over the center.
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