There are typos in your moves starting at move 25, so I couldn't follow it after that. Also, please at least put any comments inside of braces {like this} to make it easier for anybody to convert to PGN to post this game in PGN for you.
P.S.--There's also a problem with White's move 16 (where he captures his own rook!).
I forgot to specify which rook was moving. 11.Rfe1 and 19.Rfd1 and now I think its correct.
I'll remember the braces in the future, or try to find a way to insert those diagrams on my device.
You're right that you should've played 5. c3 followed by Nbd2 (sometimes people play Na3 in the Caro-Kann, too), I'm pretty sure. Typically in the Caro-Kann variations I play Black plays ...Nc6, whereupon that c3 keeps the knight from playing ...Nb4 to attack my bishop at d3.
Also, don't hem your king rook in! You should have played 11. Rfe1, not 11. Rae1.
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AILMENT:
Moving the wrong rook.
This pertains to situations where the rooks are con-
nected, and you must decide which one to move to
a particular file. If you choose haphazardly, the
other rook might wind up with little to do. In some
instances, the ill-fated rook could even become a
potential target by virtue of its reduced scope.
Rx
1. Occupy open files with rooks.
2. Once you gain control of a file, try to double
rooks.
3. Try to operate with rooks functioning as suppor-
tive team members.
4. When either of your rooks can occupy an open
or half-open file, figure out how both rooks can
be used profitably.
5. If you move the queen-rook to the file, consider
what the king-rook will wind up doing.
6. If you muse on moving the king-rook instead,
determine how that will affect the queen-rook.
7. Don't move a well-positioned rook without
good reason.
8. Choose plans that use both rooks.
9. Never develop one without considering the
placement of the other.
10. If you can't decide which rook to move, move
the one that allows you to retain the most
options.
Pandolfini, Bruce. 1995. The Chess Doctor. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Hmm, I played black :) 11.Rfe1 and 19.Rfd8 was in fact played, my bad for missing it in the first post.
Yes, I have the bad habit of not seeing who is playing which color before I comment. Sorry about that!
Does anyone have any feedback? :)
I played this in the first round of a tournament, I have black.
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 We have transposed to the exchange variation.
5.Nc3? white block's his c-pawn and can't challenge my central pawn anymore.
5...e6 6.Bb5+? White trades his good bishop for my bad one and lets me develop my knight for free after 6...Bd7 7.Bxd7 Nbxd7
8.0-0 Be7? Not the best square, but after 8...Bd6 white has 9.Ne5 so I went for the more passive move. Thus I allowed black to take the h2-b8 diagonal, inaccurate.
9.Bf4 a6 Preventing Nb5 with a scary attack on c7, maybe over-cautious?
10.Qd2 0-0 11.Rfe1 Rac8 Preparing to play Bb4 and taking the semi-open file. Maybe the immediate 11...Bb4 is better.
12.Rac1?? Nb6 13.b3?? Bb4! 14.Re3 Ne4 15.Rxe4 Bxc3 16.Qd3 dxc4 17.Qxe4 For me this is pretty complicated, so I'm not sure if I played accurately. I feel like I found the best moves, but I didn't calculate exhaustively. Either way I am up a double exchange and I see no compensation at all for white.
17...Qd5 18.Qd3 Qf5 19.Qxf5 exf5 I was afraid of attacks on h7 to which I am often, embarrassingly, blind. I desperately want to calm down the position and get to an endgame that I will inevitably win. Probably not the most accurate moves objectively speaking though.
20.Rd1 Nd5 21.Bd2 Bxd2 Again, just trying to simplify.
22.Rxd2 f6 this is weakening, but I want to limit the enemy knight and he has no light squared bishop or queen so I go for it.
23.c4 b6 Of course cannot take the knight. I first thought of 23.b5 but white can play c5 and his pawn is passed.
24.Nh4 Rfe7 25.Kf1 Re4? a dubious move. I knew it was risky, but was too lazy to calculate. Probably the low point of my game.
26.Nxf5 Rf4 this was the idea with my previous move, a vague offense towards f2.
I eventually won the game, but I've already asked for too much of your time and I think the endgame from here is more about practice and technique than understanding, so I'll just end it here.
If anyone wants to help me analyze this and correct/improve upon my own thoughts, it is greatly appreciated.