sug_chess_puzzles Vs maxsar
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so... what do you want to say by posting this game?
uritbon i am hoping for some helpful comments to show me where i went wrong and basically to assist my overall game!
Hi again. It's good to see you so interested in improving.
Hum... I don't like 7. a4 . I get what you're doing, but is there really a need to get that pawn back so fast? If your opponent is willing to use his time to defend that pawn (which is, by the way, pretty hard), you can focuse on your superior development. You have two strong central pawns, a well positioned knight, and you can develop with tempo by playing 7. Bg5 . If black now plays 7. ... f6, his pawn structure is now weaker, and the knight can no longer develop to its most natural square, f6.
9. d5? So you have a strong central pawn, but you're willing to trade it off for... nothing, really. You also allowed him to get rid of his doubled pawns on the c-file. And even if he allowed you to play 10. dxe6, after 10. ... Qxd1+, bye-bye castle.
11. Rxb5 - this is not bad, but leaving an unprotected rook so close to the opposing territory is often dangerous. This can often be used to win, if not material, at least a bit of tempo.
13. Ba3? is a blunder. The game showed you why.
14. Bxe7?? I feel that you got so desperate with the sight of the unavoidable loss of material that you jumped into that apparent solution without looking twice. If you got calm, you would see that there were basically two options:
14. Rxb8 Rxb8, winning a knight for a rook but placing his rook dangerously in the open b-file.
14. Rb1 Rxa3, losing a full bishop but keeping your rook in an important defensive position. You see the problem with playing 7. a4?! too fast? Now your queenside is somewhat destroyed, and your opponent has some threats on Qa4 or Ra3. Not looking good.
16. Qxd5? ouch.
19. ... Nxd7?! Hum. With the queens off the board, castling is not all that important. 19. Kxd7 would've activated his king and allowed for a quick activation of his rook. After 20. ... O-O he used two tempos, the rook is still not too active, the king is very passive with the endgame coming up, and the knight is still on the second row.
Yea, from now on his material advantage is just too big, your position is gonna break up eventually.
This game was a blunder game, but your weaknesses on the queenside made it very easy for you to make a mistake. When your king is so exposed and his pieces have so much mobility, you have to play very carefully.