We need more amateurs to post their annotated games.

7. Bxc6 is a blunder.

10...Rd1 wins the game.

There are so many mistakes from white that I can't even take this seriously.

Who asked you to take this game seriously? 

I annotated my second game. Live 30 0. There were two difficult decisions for me to make. What do you think?

http://blog.chess.com/sfriedman71/second-annotated-game

that kind of game, with good play by white, will result in bad position for black I think

I blundered a whole rook, but my opponent made some inaccurate moves, and managed (somehow) to lose.  A pleasant surprise for me.  Game in 15/5.

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=346152976

good job man. that's the illness everybody had, winning at some point, and then stopped thinking and then end up losing :D

instead of cxb, after axb6 white is finished and can resign

see my friend's first intl tournament game and think if its good or not lol

I knew he should have lost many, many, many ! times before, but he managed to win !

it's game no. 8

http://blog.chess.com/HakoneRider/sic-2011-round-7-and-8--4th-day

Indeed, it's really easy to play the Royal Game, badly.  

So many players are thoroughly clueless in the endgame.  Like fish out of water.

I analyzed and annotated another one of my, a beginner's, games. This one is a Live 30 0 against a strange. My opponent plays a Queen Pawn opening. Position is mostly even until a double-blunder and my opponent resigns.

What do you think?

http://blog.chess.com/sfriedman71/annotated-live-30-0

Here is a 10 minute game I played earlier. I remembered that Kasparov played this against Deep Fritz in Bahrain and that he had a great defense against it as well. My question is: was the knight fork harmless here for me (I had the black pieces). Comments to follow.

A good game but it shows me that I need to do several things to vastly improve.

• Slow down and look at all of my opponents moves
• Look for the best move then look again at the others
• Focus on tactics

Thanks to CaptainPlanet for helping me to see where I need to improve as well.

@ vengence : Bh3! was the best, pinning the rook to the king, and the Bxf4 was fine, because rook is still pinned, and you got a piece, with good play, black wins

after Bxa1, it's just a matter of time before white loses. Qh6 was kind of a question, because after f6 Qd5+ Kh8, white had nothing.

if I play as black, I would get my rook on e8 (so the king can't run across the board), queen on c6 (all light squares), then pushing the pawns down the board.

gg

@laeg:

Thank you for that insight. As a matter of fact, I had considered both ideas there (Bh3 earlier than played and Re8 to deny the King escape). However at the same time, the reason I did not execute these ideas was that i simply was playing faster than i should and in doing so, overlooking serious candidate replies. In the game I made about 4 errors in my game such as not choosing the correct move, reversing move orders and failing to analyze certain lines (for example, the d4 pawn push looks to me like Black loses material if White attacks in the center. Also, White had Nb3 early in the game, forking the Queen and Bishop that while not serious, still needed to be looked at because the game is a lot sharper following Nxc5 Qxc5).

What I like about this game was the fact that I was capable of objectively finding my errors and addressing what things I need to do to improve my game. This in and of itself is far more important to me than winning. I too try to learn at every game and this was a very instructive example against a offbeat line played by a lesser experienced player. I could have easily played passive and likely lost or drawn yet instead, I did try to find the best move and then look again.

Again, thank you for the reassurance.

PP (AKA Vengence69

4. c5 should have been followed up by 4...b6. 

Pushing the pawn like that in QGD is awful.

Comments about my game will be of major help, still an amateur. 

I liked your game, you played consistently with your rating. However, when one of your pieces is threatened, you really should consider other options as opposed to just retreating it. For instance, I would seriously suggest a move like 8... Qh4 (adding enormous pressure on the naked castled king and progressing with the attack) instead of your 8... Nf6, which just allows White to breathe again. Think about it.

Below is game where I finally played (correctly) a kingside attack from the Modern Defense (Averbakh).  Game in 15/5.

I annotated another one of my games. Usually my Live games are 30 0. But, this was in the dentist's office. So, 10 0. I beat a player ranked 100 pts higher :)

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=348541130

True b6 contests the square but the biggest thing is, if I can undermine the center, that is better than simply jockeying for the b-file. White's pawns point to the Queen side so that is where his space advantage is. Playing there as Black simply lets White have time to develop at Black's expense.

I played a similar game several months ago using White against a player rated 300 pts. higher and got a draw due to overlooking a h7 check. All that happens if Black contests c5 is the Rooks are gone and a drawish game ensues barring errors.

Finally, I figured, "If e5 is good enough for Kasparov, it's good enough for me".