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This game just finished earlier today and I will start to dig into it tomorrow. What I am looking for is anyone's opinion regardless of rating. I'm curious what different people with different ratings "see". And PLEASE as I said in the title. NO engine or AI stuff. I'm really curious as to what people see. There is no wrong answer here. We are all here to learn and grow. And no I will not be offended by anyone's opinion.

Avatar of isolani-d4

What do I see - not sure how you wanted this or even what you were looking for.

I'm a mid 600 Rapid and approx 990 Daily. :-) And Analysis was completely off

Move 3: attack on f2 by Nf6 to e4 forcing Bg3 drop back to defend (or should have)
Move 4: black establishes pawn chain and allows all minor pieces to deploy

Move 5: Assessment - black has 2 minor and Queen yet to deploy. Kingside castle looks more protected. - white Same amount deployed before castling

Space: White is closed down on black squares, white squares open. Black is bumping into its own pieces.

Move 8: Black takes a poison pawn on B2. Maybe not so poisonous as it looked.

Move 11: BLACK IS MARCHING ITS PAWNS UP IN PAIRS (or is it DOWN in pairs?)

Move 16: White still isn't castled, its Bishop isn't deployed and the Rooks aren't together Black never castled either.

Move 17: B, C, D - HALF-open files, only white taking advantage on C

White's Bishops: BS Bishop can be sacrificed if something has to go because it has a chain on black diagonal. WS Bishop is in great location to attack diagonally.

Black's Bishops: Both blocked in by their own pieces (earlier)

criss-cross applesauce on the white diagonals at the last!!!

Three reps - draw

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By the way, those three repetitions aren't exactly same but it is my understanding that it doesn't always matter. Two are the same. But the third didn't even calculatte? Sorry I don't remember but It seems incorrect but I'd have to think a lot more to say why. If it's going by the Ne2 then it didn't complete 3

CORRECTION: FIRST knight is Nf6 ...

ADDED: This was one time through. I rushed as always, sorry. Maybe ten minutes total.

ADDED AGAIN: Changed semi-open file to half-open file <blush>

Avatar of Morphy

Master-level game, bravo

Avatar of KeSetoKaiba

Here's my thoughts in a pgn diagram. No engine analysis. Just my comments typed out:

Avatar of Dreamkiller120101

Castling earlier would have likely helped with some of the pinning that was happening at the end.