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If you think that's a pretty finish, you can help all of humanity by quitting chess and forum posting and exiling yourself into a dank, isolated cave.
Mar 23, 2008
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kealoha71 wrote: If you think that's a pretty finish, you can help all of humanity by quitting chess and forum posting and exiling yourself into a dank, isolated cave.
That comment was cruel and un-called for.
you just posted your rating as 1361. is that before or after the game? because all new mebebers start at 1200. you from hawaii, that's not nice. he did win the game after all.
Mar 23, 2008
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You started off with 1200 as your rating, then you won the game you've shown above, your rating is now 1361
you should have played 20. Nxf3!!+
queen is down!
on move 20, the queen was guarding the bishop
It IS a pretty finish.
You can't really tell someone's rating or how good someone is just by looking at one game, but getting an account here, playing and reading is of course a good way to get a higher rating. After playing a few games here, you can see approximately how good you are, and of course, the more you play the better you get. I've just registered here and only played one game on this site but I've found it to be pretty good so far, especially this forum.
As for your game, I've taken a brief look at it: 4. ... e6 locks your light squared bishop in and cramps your position somewhat. I would probably have played 4 ... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bg4 in that position.
17. ... Ncxd4? seems like an unneccessary piece sacrifice to me. Did you consider 17. ... O-O-O, and after c4 you play Qb4, afterwards the d4 pawn looks weak.
After 22. Rc1, you could simply have played 22. ... Qf4!, putting your queen in a strong position and still defending that weak c7 pawn. And even if that pawn would fall, it probably wouldn't matter as you would be close to mating anyway, the game would probably continue 23. Re3 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 25. Qh1#.
Of course white's play was weak at some points, especially 20. h4?? and 23. Qd2??. But you did a good job exploting his weaknesses and eventually won, congratulations.
I hope I've been able to help with what turned out to be quite a long post. A good tip is always going over your games critically, both the ones you win and lose since there are always things to remember or improve for future games.
Mar 23, 2008
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Be patient, pal. Play some more games and you'll have a more accurate rating.
Thanks guys, I didn't expect such quick responses. I suppose the easiest way to get an accurate rating IS to play more. Off I go, then.
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Your game really made me laugh. The notations seemed very serious! You play just like me...though just a little bit higher in rating. But I think you belong to an 1800+ rating!!
Seriously, we all start low... Good luck in your next Chess.com play.
I think you're good enough to start studying openings a bit (not to much, that will ruin your game, believe me). Just try to come up with a defense against every opening, and focus on e4 or d4 mainly (reti/english/larsen's I wouldn't recommend for a beginner). Just practice, practice, practice. I would put you at about 1300, but one game isn't enough to guess your rating. 2. Pc6 is a bad move btw, it blocks the c pawn which you will need to play c6 or c5 with sooner or later. Better would be Pf6 or g3
Play more.
you had that move long before. reveiw it
kealoha71 wrote: If you think that's a pretty finish, you can help all of humanity by quitting chess and forum posting and exiling yourself into a dank, isolated cave.
kealoha71 has a pretty fun little "put down" box in his/her profile if anyone else wants to play :)
oh yeah, it was a good game darkveggie. just keep playing and pay attention to your own patterns and style of play, you'll be able to learn and improve in no time.
This is my first game on chess.com. I just want to know what my rating should be and how I should focus on improving - tactical/positional, opening/mid/endgame, etc. Any chess coach with backgrounds teaching beginning/intermediate players care to comment?
For the record, I haven't had much formal chess training. I've read one book, 'the complete chessplayer' i think, and spent a week at summer camp in middle school with GM Victor Sherman in the DC area. I've been reading some posts and articles on this website, and I've gotten better from them.
So I know this opening is non-standard. Also, my opponent played erratically with questionable sacrifices, so I can't compare myself to him... There aren't many variations explored
, and I did win this game, but I felt my opening had weaknesses.