just looking at it towards the end, it was really my endgame that hurt me, i played passively and allowed him to take my pawns one by one, until it was a good idea for him to trade rooks
Review what was possibly my best game? (it was a loss though -_-)
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On 5.) , Bd3 would have been much better. If he takes your knight, youre getting the two bishops, which is a potential advantage if the game opens up, and the doubled pawns isnt necessarily a weakness, as its bolstering your center.
Bd2 breaking the pin wouldnt have been good in this case, because then he could have taken the knight, then your e pawn with his bishop, breaking up your center.
Moving the knight to g5 was pretty much a wasted move, as you didnt have any attack going, and him moving his pawn to h6 wasn't really a weakness at this level. Maybe in a GM game h6 wouldnt have been great in that position, but were not GMs, and the point is that at the beginner or intermediate level, its not a weakness. It basically wasted a move, and later on, if it would have been better for the knight or bishop to move to G5... now it cant because of the pawn at h6.
H3/H6, or a3/a6 can be a strength depending on the positon. You see it as a position improving move, even when there is no enemy piece to attack at g5/g4, in grandmaster games.
A better move might have been to play e5, and if he played Ke4, you could play Qd3, which would force him to play Kxc3 (he would have no other safe retreat squares) He would have moved Kd5, after which you could play Qd3, breaking the pin and still guarding the knight. Note that at this point he doesn thave a light squared bishop so it would be harder for him to harass your queen with minor pieces.
Playing qe5 to attack his rook isnt good, as its a pretty much pointless move which allows him to make a good developing move + neutralize your threat at the same time, leaving your queen in a useless forward square all by herself.
After that it was pretty much downhill
while i obviously lost, i forced a 2000 rated player to really work for it. What did i do right!? as i am now trialling the premium membership, i have chess.com's skynet analysing the game as well, but a computer doesnt have th same train of thought as a person. i narrated the game with what was (as close as possible) my thoughts. the game was a few days ago (before i discovered the forum and got access to skynet)
EDIT: every thought is a move behind. so read the thought and then see the move. Darn. (im new to the adding pgns and narratin them and stuff)