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Rook_Handler wrote:
ashtondayrider wrote:
I only started properly in January so I don't have much of an archive to go into here...but I'm very proud of this most recent win.
It's round two of a tournament game and my opponent gave me a solid kicking in round one so they're a decent player and gave me a really interesting couple of games!
What I'm most proud of here though is that I formulated a clear strategy (attack F1-H3 & compromise their defenses), maintained a decent tempo, turned down what felt like natural moves for longer plans, abandoned rooks and calculated an end game strategy. As somebody quite new to playing the game (properly) it just felt like this was a game where I'd made some real progress in my approach and was starting to apply lessons and knowledge into my game.
As with others' comments - feel free to criticise or let me know if I missed anything! I'd love to know if there's anything else I could learn from this...
Although the idea of not trading material when attacking is a good one, if you're UP material, then trade away. Being up that Exchange is enough to win.
Thanks, yeah that's something I've got better at since! I think this is the kind of evaluation I'm getting better at over time....reading Weapons of Chess (Pandolfini) helped me to get a bit if a better understanding of this kind of thing as well!
Here is a game where I defeated someone by playing my favorite opening (when I played this game my rating was 722)
evan gambit
One of my best games recently. I played as black.
[Event "?"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 d6 2. Qh5 g6 3. Qd1 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bg4+ 10. f3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. Kc1 a6 15. Be3 b5 16. h3 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. a4 Red8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ba5 Rdc8 22. Kd2 Rab8 23. Kc1 b4 24. e5 Ne8 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Bd3 Bxe5 27. Re1 Bf4+ 28. Kb1 b3 29. Re4 bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Bg5 31. f4 Bf6 32. Bb4 Rb7 33. Bc4 Rdb8 34. Ra6 Rxb4 35. b3 Bg7 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Kd2 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rxg2 41. Rd7 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Rxh3 43. Rd8 Kf8 44. Ra7 Rc3 45. Rxc7 Bd4+ 46. Ke1 Bb6 47. Rcc8 Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Ke7 49. Rc8 Rf3 50. Ra8 Rxf4 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Rxh7 Rxc4 53. Ra7 g5 54. Ke2 Kf5 55. Re7 Nf6 56. Rf7 Rc6 57. Rf8 Ke4 58. Kf2 g4 59. Rf7 Kf4 60. Kf1 g3 61. Kg2 Rc2+ 62. Kf1 g2+ 63. Kg1 Kg3 64. Rg7+ Kf3 65. Kh2 Ng4+ 66. Rxg4 Kxg4 67. Kg1 Rc3 68. Kxg2 Rc2+ 69. Kf1 Kf3 70. Ke1 Ke3 71. Kf1 Rc1+ 72. Kg2 Kf4 73. Kf2 Rc2+ 74. Ke1 Ke3 75. Kf1 Rf2+ 76. Ke1 Re2+ 77. Kf1 Kf3 78. Kg1 Kg3 79. Kf1 Kf3 80. Kg1 Re1+ 81. Kh2 Rf1 82. Kh3 Rh1# {0-1}
