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uukhan

@heister thanks for the analysis

SeriousaboutChess
It was the most complex game i have ever played. Can you kindly analyse it? It was a 3 days online game. Thank you.  
t_taylor

I just played this last night.  I felt i had a slight advantage the whole game, just couldn't get the full point.  i know i should have protected the pawn near the end, that was my final blunder.  still a fun game though.

heister

@ 11qq11 - If you castle opposite sides, be prepared to throw everything you've got at his king's position.  The safer king usually comes out on top.

LoekBergman

@heister: thank for the analysis, but that was not my game. :-) I played the move of Yasser Seirawan ( and probably did not handle it very well, although I liked my end game.)

This was my game:

How was your book? Did everything work out good for you?

heister

Ok ok.. I'll take a look at YOUR game :p.  You caught me trying to take the easy road.  The book is coming along fine.  It is being edited, which is a longer process than I realized.  

As soon as it goes online, I'll put a link out so you can all have a look.  

LoekBergman

Thanks. Laughing I don't want to get credits for good play I did not do.

I have edited two books. One of them was a real project. It took me two full months to accomplish. The other one was done within two sessions of several hours.

Success with it.

john4000

Time control - 30  minutes

I played with the black pieces

My rating now 1306

Opponent's rating c.1300 when the game started

I shot myself in the foot really early on with 4.f5 when I clearly needed to play f6 or h6. However, why I'm posting the game is for the way I defended. I've put some of my own thoughts from the game here. I know white made a few errors when he could have more systematically pushed home his advantage early on. Still, interested to know what you think! Thanks!

p.s. when I refer to some squares in my analysis I've got it wrong because I was looking with the board 'upside down' haha - references to Ne3 should clearly be references to Nd6

 

heister

I'm glad you're asking that question John.  Defensive tactics are just as important, if not more so!  I will get to your game in the next couple days.

Ben_Dubuque

heister, what happened to my game from the last page??? it was posted in pgn format cause my diagram icon is acting screwy

mjh1991

I've got a pretty little game, but I have a few concerns about the soundness of it.  I was in a very sacing mood.  I took the point and made my opponent look like a toy, but I still have some doubts.  Initial computer analysis suggests that the sacrifices while not necessarily completely sound were not terrible and did give compensation.  Then again even if it was unsound, I think at my level the defense would be tricky.  I'm looking for some thoughts and suggestions.  The game was 30|0.

I really would appreciate having a strong player look through this and give me some thoughts (even if they conclude that my pretty little game is nothing but trash).  I also just want to say I think what you're doing with this thread is amazing, and I admire your dedication to helping weaker players.

heister

@Loekbergman - Pretty strong game.  I hate to be the one to tell you that your long calculation missed an idea :(.  The good news is that your opponent missed it too!

Ryanyurocks10
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heister

@ jetfighter - your opponent took it easy on you in this one.  He had several chances to put it away early on.  :(

MSC157

Spoiler: Later he was banned.

heister

Heh.

allenac21
 
I've always been really bad at openings, and I think this is where I messed up.
Ben_Dubuque
heister wrote:
 

@ jetfighter - your opponent took it easy on you in this one.  He had several chances to put it away early on.  :(

thats what I thought, I was playing standard theory, per the Bd7, e6 is not really the right square at that point, as e5 can sometimes be used by black. I did make plenty of mistakes. Ironically the member I played this against was banned for cheating.

RITWIK_11
 
 

All the while I felt I had an initiative but couldnt win with .Please suggest your moves.

LoekBergman

@heister: thank you very much for your thorough analysis!

I had thought about Ne2 indeed, but in hindsight I agree with you that black has not much pieces left to make it too dangerous for white and if black does not start to exchange on c3 after 0-0-0 of white, what are his pieces doing there anyhow?

I didn't see b5, but I had my questions with g4 too after I had played the move. Before I played it, I thought that it was mandatory. But anyhow, I think that Ne2 is the most important move that I missed. I shouldn't be in this position after the disastrous opening of black. If my opponent had played your Ba6, then would the opening end in a disaster for me instead.

Thanks for the feedback about the endgame. I couldn't calculate both lines to the end, so I had to make a choice based on evaluation.