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I’d appreciate if someone could look at this game. I was taken off guard by the moves white played and I know the threat to my king and king’s position came early on. I’d like to know how I could have better avoided the knight/queen attack; I think at least one mistake was blocking my bishops. I did think I had a chance for awhile but maybe not?

Personally, I believe that before castleing, it is necessary to consider the potential risks that such an action may trigger. Perhaps I would not have castled so soon.

Yeah I wasn’t sure that was the right move.

With white having his King in the center, I would have tried to open the center immediately. The f6 Knight needed to be on d5 instead of the pawn and an early e5 break would have put White on his back foot. When your opponent plays e3 and b3, try to rip the center open as fast as possible, since this is the easiest way to blunt attacks from the wings.

That makes sense; thank you! I hope I’ll remember the advice next time I come across this.

i saw infinite moves ahead

3. f5 was a pretty bad move because on the outside it just looks like you're trading pawns but this move weakens your kingside severely. 8. g6 missed nxg5 which was a free queen. These sorts of blunders/misses can be prevented simply by double-checking the board before every move. Another example of this was 11. b6 which blundered the bishop on f5 but luckily your opponent missed this. 27. nf6 missed qe1#. When your opponent's king is severely exposed like that always try to look for checkmate and major threats.

First of all I wouldn't really recommend playing the Sicilian defense at your current level as it's very complicated and theory intense. 5. be7 blundered bxg7 which would've trapped the rook but luckily your opponent missed this. Make sure to always pay attention to the entire board before making a move and double-check as well. Apart from that though your opening was fine and you even gained an advantage early on. 15. bd6 was ok but it would have been better to trade off pieces as you were up a large amount of material. 22. re8 missed rxc3(a free bishop) but then your opponent blundered it again and you captured it. You were actually doing good for the most part but then came the major blunder... 29. f6 which blundered mate in 1 and lost you the game. Always make sure your opponent doesn't have any threats before moving and if they do than always attempt to nullify it.

Very tense game, one of those I can show without blushing...

Hey smiley, can you review my game? You haven't done that for a while.😭

We have been trying to outsmart each other for many moves.

As Milunka Lazarević said in eighties: "Let's have an equal position after opening and then let the better player wins." In fact I was in trouble after opening, but I endured.

Thank you for mentioning this. I wondered before how I might test out or run through theories or patterns to better prepare for this decision in a Candidate move. Had such a game yesterday. I shall move it up in my priority; much appreciated.

In this game I blundered whole rook! But I had so winning position that I survived both the blunder and my own poor endgame technique ;=)

dude js blunderd his queen🤣🤣

[Site "Chess.com"] [Date "+58275-08-28"] [White "PPonthePP423"] [Black "HajiTamar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "917"] [BlackElo "996"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. d5 Na5 13. Be2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nc4 18. Rf2 Qg5 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Nc2 Ne5 21. Qf4 Nd3 22. Qxc7 Nxf2 23. Nb4 Ne4 24. Qxb7 Nxc3 25. Qa6 Qe4 26. Nd3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Nxd5 28. Qa5 Qxd3 0-1

This is really helpful feedback; thank you. I’ve been trying to balance checking for threats, captures, and attacks with time as I’ve already lost several games due to running out of time. Regarding the defense, is there a different one you’d recommend for a beginner?

Np! As for the defense I personally like to play the Caro-kann as black as it's fairly simple to learn the ideas and there isn't much theory involved in it. My favorite variation of the Caro-kann would probably be the Caro-kann Botvinnik-Carls variation as it is a slightly more aggressive version of it but that's mostly up to preference. A lot of people might tell you it's "boring" or "drawish" and while that may be true at the highest levels, draws very rarely occur even at my level. The Caro-kann really helped me a lot as a beginner.

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