I don't know if I would resign that end position...Black would only end up down a pawn if they did take the queen
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erikido23 wrote:
I don't know if I would resign that end position...Black would only end up down a pawn if they did take the queen
what about after Rd8+ ?
nicely played Rob
Jun 26, 2009
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starwraith wrote:
erikido23 wrote:
I don't know if I would resign that end position...Black would only end up down a pawn if they did take the queen
what about after Rd8+ ?
nicely played Rob
Oh I missed the bishop pinning the queen(I was thinking the rook could interpose)
Jun 26, 2009
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That's a very powerful attack. Black seemed to be behind in the tactics because you pressed him by playing sharply.
erikido23 wrote:
I don't know if I would resign that end position...Black would only end up down a pawn if they did take the queen
31. ... Rxe4 32. Rd8+ Qf8 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Rxf6 Rxc4 35. Rf4+ Rxc3 36. bxc3 and Black is decimated.
Taking the queen is pretty much forced. The rook on e8 is hanging, the pawn on h4 is hanging, I'll take the rook on f6, ... theres too many threats. If he moves the rook away then after Bxf6 I am up a full rook and black's attack is gone.
These are some of my observations.
With 7..d5, Black seems to have shut off his own fianchettoed bishop! 10..Na6 could well have been 10..Nc6 at least bringing the knight out.
Instead of 12.Ne2, you could probably have played, 12.Rc1 since the pawn was anyway protected by the other knight. It gave Black some leeway in fact.
It seems to me that all the while the pawn at b2 was ignored by your opponent :)
In any case, you played really well to exploit the situation and close it off nice!
bigfundu wrote:
These are some of my observations.
With 7..d5, Black seems to have shut off his own fianchettoed bishop! 10..Na6 could well have been 10..Nc6 at least bringing the knight out.
Instead of 12.Ne2, you could probably have played, 12.Rc1 since the pawn was anyway protected by the other knight. It gave Black some leeway in fact.
It seems to me that all the while the pawn at b2 was ignored by your opponent :)
In any case, you played really well to exploit the situation and close it off nice!
d5 is a common theme for black in the queens indian defense. This along with the Bishop on b7 attempt to stifle white's e4 push ideas.
My idea with 10. Ne2 was to move my knight to f4 which is a useful outpost and to open up the e1-a5 diagonal for my bishop to operate on. If he lets me, I want to possibly push b4. I also intended on trading in the center at some point and swinging my bishop to a5 like in the game so that he cannot hammer me on the d-file as easily. I don't claim this plan to be absolutely correct but it was my line of thinking.
The pawn on b2 is poisoned the entire game. For instance 18. ... Bxb2 ? fails to 19. Rb1 and he loses one of the bishops. Later in the game the same fails because I pin the Bishop to the Queen on b7 and he has a difficult time defending everything at once.
Thanks for your comments! Does my analysis make sense?
The seemingly "hanging" pawn on b2 is something I looked at when you asked for suggestions... I wondered why he didnt' play 18. Bxb2, but then realized why it didn't work. Black didn't help himself in this game, and you did a great job to take advantage of his mistakes!
This game was played tonight at the Greater Worcester Chess Club in MA. I was white and my opponent was J. Alfano who is rated around 1850. I was unfamiliar with this opening and the game started very positional and ended very tactically. Please comment and suggest improvements.