What could be done with this position?

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Avatar of erina_pl
First: Hello, I'm new here.

Also, I don't know how to annotate games properly, I'm a complete beginner at chess and I'm not sure if this post is reasonably formatted. Sorry for all mistakes, I'll try to fix them.
 
The point of this post is: I was playing a game (which I won, but that's the boring part, so I won't post the ending) which was probably full of blunders, both my and the opponent's, but at one moment it got to a very interesting situation, which I post here.
 
 
What would you do here as white instead of that knight move and why? Or was it a good move? Also, who is winning here? I tried to analyze it, but I'm quite bad at spotting the right moves.
 
Thank you and sorry if I posted it in wrong place or if it's boring.

(Also, I have no idea why the text got centered.)
 
Avatar of bufferunderrun

2... d5 was obviously bad as you lose a pawn after Bxd5. Instead you could play e6 (just block the diagonal and the bishop isn't doing much there) or Nc6 (and on Qh5 e6). Now, all those threats with Qh5 won't work.

4.Bxe6 was a bad move. Simply Bc4 leaves you a pawn down.

5... Nd7, not a bad move, but it takes away d7 from the bishop. The pawn is already protected by the bishop on f8. There're no threats, so Nc6 and Nf6 would probably be better.

6... Qf6, this is a bit wrong. You actually would want to castle short here. Ngf6 and then Be7 or Bd6 would have been better.

7... O-O-O, loses another pawn and makes king's position more insecure. Qd8, admitting that Qf6 was a mistake.

8... Kc7, wastes a tempo. The knight gets out and White gets an extra move. Kb8 was better.

10... c4, premature. Now d4 and you have issues with your bishop.

11... Qxb2, Qe5 was better. Now Bf4+! would lead to a draw.

14.Nc7, a bad move. Now Qxc2+, Qxd3+ and the king is in serious trouble. Bd6, Ne5, etc. Nc7 was pointless, but it's hard to say what White can play here. Maybe Nf3, but this looks lost just like anything else, e.g. Qxc2+ Nd2 cxd3+ etc.

Avatar of yuvrajklaassens

hello,

at first if i was you, you first need to work on not being to fast with doeing a move. I can give you a tip: "To take is a mistake!" -GM Susan Polgar 1998Wink

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Oh, and before i forget you need to search for the golden rules of chess

because it can help!