Position #1. Obviously white is winning. Besides being up a pawn, they have a big space advantage. I would actually play Nd5, castle King side and play a3 and either double up my rooks on a file or e file.
position #2. I wouldn't have resigned. I would play Rhe1 and just play on. There is tons of play
I think (but don't know) you're in deep poop in that final position but you definitely wanted to play on... materially you're down one pawn (16 vs 15 pts)! His King is exposed and vulnerable -- it's a very difficult position I wouldn't want to play either side against Rybka... there's lots of potential for mistakes on either side. Opposite color bishops... you can win back your pawn instantly with Bxh7... but that's probably bad... man you resigned when the battle was still absolutely raging.
I definitely wouldn't have castled queenside in that first position... but it's an interesting complex middlegame, hard to say what would be correct. I would have been very interested in the d5 square for my N. I'd LOVE to exchange light square bishops and then plant my N forever on d5. I don't know that is actually feasible or not, but that's the sort of idea I'd be working with. The backwards pawn on d7 also looks like an appealing target might be some ways to pressure that. Maybe an immediate Nd5, hoping for Bxd5 cxd5 and I think you've got an initiative with mobile pawns in the center rolling forward. It's a neat position, and one can't really say what's what without looking very carefully at Black's counterplay. Which I haven't done. I pretty sure I'd castle 0-0. 0-0-0 looks like castling into his attack to me.
i dont know if its that easy.. i really dont see any crush for white in position one, while black has the more direkt bxe5 winnig two pawns.. the really only move i see is Nd5 to avoid running in this attack... after bxd5 and re7 its still possible for black exchange three pawns for the blacksquared bishop, which is winning as well, i guess.. (white has no posibility to castle anymore after 1. bxe5 - fxe5 2. Qxe5 + be2 3. Qxb2 the game is over because the rooks can be dubbeled on the e line and theres no escape for the white bishop..
plz correct me if i'm wrong
Hello everyone.
I am enjoying getting back into chess witha good friend, and we meet weekly for a couple of games. We are still rusty, but trying hard to improve ! We have decided to record our moves and if we have an interesting position, perhaps post here for help. I would like to post our last game here, from a mid point position. White to move.
I was playing white. My apologies for not having too deep an analysis, however, I can say that my strategy was based around castling on the queen side, and pressuring with the rook. However, after castling, some canny play by black with bishop and rook resulted in the loss of the white queen. I resigned at the position below.
I would like to ask, if it's within protocol, what would have been a better strategy at position 1, and if there was actually any hope in position 2 - the pawn looked dangerous, but 2 rooks against a queen - maybe there was something to fight for...
My apologies if I haven't posted appropriately - if this is the case, please accept my apologies, and let me know so I can do it right next time-
Anyhow, any comments that may help us understand the positons a bit better would be most welcome.
Many thanks,
NM