this must be a bullet right ? Because if it's not, then it's a disgrace to the 1700 rated players, even a 1200 can't play that bad 
@zborg : so let's say world famous players play against each other, if one of them loses, so the world will never know the name of the player who loses ? If that's the case, then everyone will be confused who's got the receiving end of the combo, i.e Anand - .... WC 2012
so, who's .... ? 
It's a Chess.com site norm, or rule. Not my rule.
It's a Chess.com site norm, or rule. Not my rule.
ah ok, did not know about that, whatever the case, whenever I put my games, names will be there. If they want to ban this account, ban as they wish. making new one takes only minutes. :)
Here is a 10 minute game I just played against a slightly stronger opponent. I still made a couple of errors but my tactical play is improving.
Not really too bad for not knowing how to handle Black's defense totally. I simply played the board and attempted to find my best moves and get the best positon I could. Not sure where there were many mistakes at here but I think there may have been some ways to improve the position.
Actually the game would still have a few bits of life with Bc6 but not much.
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.
Can't believe I missed that, thanks. I'll keep this in my head.
I still need to learn much about chess including positions, pressure and when to trade material.
33. Bxc7!! would be a tiny bit better.
A tiny bit?? That would have essentially won the game completely and I missed it due to tunnel vision on the pawn. Thanks. Going to post another game shortly against a player 100 points higher than me (I actually won both games but the second one was better I think).
OK, another game that I played at 10 minutes that was interesting.
Aside from the sac i missed, this seems like a better game that i have put together.
Now I know why I did not take the sac, White can give me some upset with Be3.
I will ask a friend of mine to post his tourney games here, the same tourney he (1500) lost to a 1200 LOL, but at the same tournament played cool games :)
@ vengence: black after f5 was lost, but the psychological blow of Nxe5 move sometimes bothers me too, as seen in your games, I had been down material for pawns as well, and I think with best play, black can do something at least :D
his material deficit is compensated with two (!) central pawns, which is quite dangerous, including the passed e pawn (smooth criminal indeed - from a Gserper's article :P )
this kind of game is the reason I like chess, even I could screw this with white, this kind of imbalances spice things up a lot, as I put this through engine, at some point black manages to hold on, in amateur's term, the results can go both sides. vgg
I will ask a friend of mine to post his tourney games here, the same tourney he (1500) lost to a 1200 LOL, but at the same tournament played cool games :)
@ vengence: black after f5 was lost, but the psychological blow of Nxe5 move sometimes bothers me too, as seen in your games, I had been down material for pawns as well, and I think with best play, black can do something at least :D
his material deficit is compensated with two (!) central pawns, which is quite dangerous, including the passed e pawn (smooth criminal indeed - from a Gserper's article :P )
this kind of game is the reason I like chess, even I could screw this with white, this kind of imbalances spice things up a lot, as I put this through engine, at some point black manages to hold on, in amateur's term, the results can go both sides. vgg
Yes, the compensation is pretty good for Black to justify a sac and perhaps i should envision these a bit more in my games. I am not entirely certain but the biggest thing i am seeing by studying tactics now is that i can integrate it into my positional play and it is causing me to evaluate and reevaluate option very carefully. As always, when learning a new concept, I expect my ratings to dip some (I went to 1396 at one point). Now though, i am gaining some confidence in my self in that this guys originally was like 90 points higher than me and i was able to play the board and not the rating confodently.
sorry I was posting last game,
this game, cant black win a pawn with Nxe4?
by the way, after you played Bd7, your position looks bad, black bishop dead, white bishop almost no future, and white starting pawn storm.
instead of h4, Rc1 with Bb1 to follow, now h4 and h5 can come without obstructing light diagonal. before the blunder, I had thought you must be losing, because of the passive position, but luckily the opponent blundered, which gives you the point.
sorry I was posting last game,
this game, cant black win a pawn with Nxe4?
by the way, after you played Bd7, your position looks bad, black bishop dead, white bishop almost no future, and white starting pawn storm.
instead of h4, Rc1 with Bb1 to follow, now h4 and h5 can come without obstructing light diagonal. before the blunder, I had thought you must be losing, because of the passive position, but luckily the opponent blundered, which gives you the point.
Absolutely. I even had it paired with a sac on b4 but chose not to go for it after I saw that Be3 causes me to lose a tempo. In the fianchetto positions, I thought the Bishop was for both defensive purposes as well as quick strikes along the long diagonal. As for my LSB, yes he was very passive. i need to read up on how to deend the King side pawn storm (the Yugoslav Attack) some more so i can round out my Sicilian defending skills as well.
I'm fixing to have another game with one of the engines that comes with Arena 3.0. I'm giving it my Stonewall, so I'll post the result.
Not to detract from a great thread, but I have started a blog where the exact intent is to present annotated games from the view of the beginner:
http://10000hourchess.blogspot.com/
Check it out, any feedback is appreciated!
Not to detract from a great thread, but I have started a blog where the exact intent is to present annotated games from the view of the beginner:
http://10000hourchess.blogspot.com/
Check it out, any feedback is appreciated!
I will keep that in mind and check it out.
Long game here.
Here's one more 3|2 blitz, please for analyse :)
I played black! :)
Your opponent missed a key check at move 31 with Re7+. On 31. ... Kg6 then 32. Ra7 Nxa2 33. Rxa6 Nc3, White's passed pawn threat is very real. There are too many pieces bottled up on the King side to make use of the pawn advantage though with careful play, Black may have been able to draw, though I find it hard to forsee a win for Black here. Your best play came at move 26 playing f4+! then e3 wins.
Nicely played game though to find the repetition in this position.
Your opponnent was clueless, and you should NOT use his name in the public forum with your game. Please make a note of it.