Beware Mindless Play
Sort:
Really? I thought he woulda blocked with Bh6, that's why I took it with the knight first.
17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Bg8+ Bh6 19.Qh7#
Hmm True, I missed that
Jul 8, 2008
0
#5
After the opening adventures, isn't black ok after 11...e6xd5? Looks like a fairly standard QGD exchange position. Where you still intending a King-side attack with something like h3, and g4?
3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 followed up by e4, winning the center.
Jul 8, 2008
0
#7
On white's 3rd move the only refutation of black's Nf6 can be cxd5.
More common for black is the setup with Nbd7 and Bd6 instead of Be7.
You should not take the d pawn first, he will recapture with the e pawn and an ok game. Part of white's "curse" in this opening is always allowing for black to win this tempo. Not a problem.
I would have played Bh4 instead of Bxf6.
Black absolutely has to recapture with the e pawn. Good move a3! The black knight is awkwardly placed on c7 -- where is it going? You are right that Nbd7 was the correct placement.
White's 17th move (Nxg5) should have a ?, right? I think there is a forced mate beginning with Bh7+ (Kh8 Bg8+ any Qh7#)
Well played attack.
Jul 8, 2008
0
#8
Since people have started making comments on the opening, some of the other ones are after 4.Bg5 black can get a comfortable game after 4...pxp 5 a4 Qa5. White's early Bg5 not an advantage here. 4...e6 leads to an old fashioned QGD, where black has played c6 a little too early. (In some lines, black would want to play a quick c5). The semi-slav with Bg5 usually mean the sharp lines, where black plays pxp, and holds on to it with b5, i.e the Botvinnik variation. Instead of 7Bd3, white can carry on fight for tempo with Qc2, or Rc1 but since black has played c6 already not sure this matters too much. 7pxp e6xd5 with be a standard QGD exchange where would not be exploiting early c6 at all. Think you are right that 7...h6 is not a good move. Probably 7...Nb-d7 is better, and if 8.0.0 pxp 9Bxp Nd5 the Capablanca freeing line.
I played this game a short while ago in a tournament. As pleased as I am with how the game went, I also believe that it can be instructional.
My opponent did not blunder any of his pieces away, and he castled into a fairly solid position. But his moves did not coordinate into a plan, and he failed to make any effort to defend against my attack. Although I did not castle, all my pieces were well developed in a 100% effort against his king. Two of my minor pieces removed defenders of his position, with two pawns, another bishop, a rook and a queen ready to conduct the attack.
This game shows how you ALWAYS need a plan and you should be ready to counter your opponent's if you have to. Also, only castle if you need to or want to, but not just because you can. Sometimes castling isn't the best move.