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Pretty happy about this win, lol am I too happy?

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Gilded_Candlelight

VirtualMichael

If you did 2. .. Qb6, you could have attacked the b2 pawn.

at 3. ... you did Nc6, but 3 ... e5 from you would have prevented e5 from him.

More advise coming from me ...

Gilded_Candlelight

without Nc6 is e5 hanging?

VirtualMichael

By the way if you did 3. ... e5 and he did 4.Bxe5, then 4 ... Qa5 would win his bishop.

5. ... f5 was not advantageous to you; what if he did exf5?

6. ... f4 would have been really cool after 6. cxd4, though.

Some good moves after, though.

LOL, your opponent might have castled on the wrong side or too early.




 

Gilded_Candlelight

I see the bishop win now. Yeah f5 was me throwing away whatever I was working towards. I was a little lost at that point. I think he was not paying attention because he was 100 points ahead of me in his rating. 

VirtualMichael

Any move in particular that you did that you have inquiry about?

Gilded_Candlelight

I really think I wasted time with Rd8 on move 19, I think there must be a better move there

GargleBlaster

18...a6 isn't necessarily a terrible move, but the rationale "so I can play ...b5 and stop a check" is.  The sooner you distinguish between serious threats and "check" the better you will be.

Other than that and missing 6...f4 and a few other minor things, seems like a pretty well conducted game.  Congrats. :)

Gilded_Candlelight

I see. So the check would be more a nuisance than a serious issue I should be worried about?

GargleBlaster

If the check in of itself is harmless, which appears to be the case (I freely admit I've not analyzed it much, but at first look I don't see what terrors it brings), then spending two tempi to stop it is anything but. :)

Also, if you were worried about White activating his Q with check (again, to what end, I'm not sure), a more efficient way might be 18...Kh8, costing only one tempo and permenently securing your King, or 18...Rc8, developing your unmoved Rook onto an open file. 

On the other hand, I'm not sure 18...a6 is such a bad move - for some reason, it "feels" sort of right to have the pawn on a6 instead of a7, since it's no longer unprotected there once Black's QR enters the game - but the rationale of "it helps me prevent check" is often a misleading one for newer players.

Gilded_Candlelight

lol I understand, sometimes I dont know where to move so I just try and fix a weakness 

VirtualMichael

b5 on your move 19 may have been better than what you did, which was 19. ... Rd8.

Gilded_Candlelight

ah. b5 to advance the pawn and stop his pawn? Rd8 was silly, I thought "this is silly" when I made the move. 

GargleBlaster
Gilded_Candlelight wrote:

lol I understand, sometimes I dont know where to move so I just try and fix a weakness 

That's laudible, actually.  Chess can be tricky in this way, though - it's sometimes hard to get a feel for "tempo" in it, which is to say when you can take "time out" to improve your position and when you need to strike as fast as possible.  In time you'll probably develop a sense about these things, especially if you remember to ask yourself from time to time if what you're afraid of is real or not, because if it's an illusion, chances are you're better off letting your opponent persue it. :)

GargleBlaster

Btw, I don't think 18...a6 or 19...Rd8 were bad moves, mostly just commenting on the philosophy behind them.

VirtualMichael
Gilded_Candlelight wrote:

ah. b5 to advance the pawn and stop his pawn? Rd8 was silly, I thought "this is silly" when I made the move. 

I think White would be fine with doing b4 to b5, so one way to stop that is to move a pawn there yourself.

GargleBlaster

I don't see why b4-b5 is a threat at all.

VirtualMichael

But White could still like to do b5 even if it is not of any service threat-wise and just takes more space only, and taking the opportunity away from White to do so is what the adversarial cruelness of aggressive chess is all about!

GargleBlaster

I'm confused - when could White have played b4-b5 in this game and not just simply lost a pawn?  Also, if Black had allowed b4-b5 by not playing a7-a6, what would a pawn on b5 accomplish for White?  It's not exactly cramping Black very much and in fact will require at some point a third move (probably a3-a4) for protection.

Gilded_Candlelight

lol so many options in the end game, I thought it was suppose to be simple. I  have won my last couple games against stronger opponents but I think that it is because they have not been playing well. I guess I would like to have seen my opponent make a good move so I can learn more. When I am unsure what to do I would like to see the threats that are hidden from my lack of experience.