Where did White go wrong?
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Beside trading on move 20, where did White go wrong?
The way I see it, 4.a3 was probably a waste of tempo, but I didn't want to have a pinned knight. I don't remember why I moved 11. Qc1. I suppose to line up my queen and bishop. The queen trade was a problem because it left me a queenside minority. Instead of 37. Nxa4, 37. Rb7 would probably have been much better as you say. Thanks for posting the game, you played well.
thanks for commenting TraglorfBob. After 14...g6 forced, I believe, I was in fear for my K. But after 20 Bg5 and the exchanges, I felt much better!
move 20 was bad, should have taken back with knight, that way you have your queen for the open file, which you could then move Rac1 to and take advantage of the file, i believe because of that white lost, the loss of tempo with a3 wasnt too bad when it came down to eg you could always use that to your advantage.
Yes, if I had taken with the knight, I would have had my queen to help deal with those 2 queenside pawns.
the only downfall i see is that he will kick ur knight out with h6, the easy solution is Nf3, which in turn defends the d4,e5 pawns i think it could be a good game after that since its a even game(material, and position)
i played it out with shredder classic 2 with an elo of 1400 and here is how it went
Well, this shows that there are certainly more ways to win a game than capturing material!
Thanks for the analysis!
Definetly trading Qs killed White: what was a weakened castled position turned into "luft" for my K.
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4. a3 wasted move.
9. Be2 instead of d3. Loses central control.
Qc1 badly misplaces Q.
etc
White is a much weaker player than black and lost. You have to make your moves more useful.
TraglorfBob wrote:
The way I see it, 4.a3 was probably a waste of tempo, but I didn't want to have a pinned knight...
After Black's d7-d5 and e7-e6 opening moves setting all of his central Pawns on light squares, any pin on your Queen's Knight would involve exchanging that Black dark-squared Bishop that's supposed to be guarding those dark squares.
blueemu wrote:
TraglorfBob wrote:
The way I see it, 4.a3 was probably a waste of tempo, but I didn't want to have a pinned knight...
After Black's d7-d5 and e7-e6 opening moves setting all of his central Pawns on light squares, any pin on your Queen's Knight would involve exchanging that Black dark-squared Bishop that's supposed to be guarding those dark squares.
bluemu means that you shouldn't favour knights over bishops. It's a weakness to do that and in this situation his dark square bishop is a more important piece than your knight so black would only exchange it if he could favourably transpose into an opening called the Nimzo-Indian. Favourably transpose means change to that opening line if it's to black's advantage. But his dark square bishop is important to black, to guard the dark squares.
a3 was a wasted move yeah white had nothing to worry about
White should have gained tempo before capturing the pawn
white's knight definitely went back and forth a few times, which wasted a few moves
Yes I gave up following the game at that point. No attempt at planning at all by white.
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white ??...where did I go wrong ?
dxc4 makes the game hard for them atleast
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