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bigmac30

here is a game i plaued last night in the teignmouth summer tournement round 9 i was playing black against someone rediculously two and a half times higher and ended with a draw i wdo you as playing balls out to be mistake free what do yo think not a single pawn was taken throughout the whole game

ps after the game with amnesiac help i managed to beat him
Kupov

1380 x 2.5 = a lot more than 1790

bigmac30

in enland my grade is 63 and johns is 142 or 145 whitch is close to 2 and a half times diference your system maks it closer

Kupov

His position at the end is clearly winning (for him).

Streptomicin

That is 1.3 times better, but in chess, 1800 and 1400 is much more

bigmac30
Kupov wrote:

His position at the end is clearly winning (for him).


 show us then pal we looked at the break thrus knight penarations and my opoment who translates books in russian says i was far better plus amnesiac a very very sharpe attacker tore him to bits from the end positon if he was 5 to 10 years younger he cuold take it very seriosly he also could still get a good enough grade to get fide registered so post afew lines i u want and show us how we are wrong

TheOldReb

The position after 28...Rb8 is clearly better for black. If I had to play the position I would prefer to play black.

bigmac30

i do admid it does look better but i was sutch a tight sqeeze but i didn't want to risk it. getting bragging rights to holding my own with 140+ player was epic. not sure of opening was i right to call it benoni queens indian hybrid or is there a proper varation. would cd lead to better play ?

Whipster

The naming conventions for hypermodern openings are rather messy and confusing, since the usual method for naming an opening - by order of the opening moves, becomes unsuitable. I wouldn't personally call the position a Queen's Indian/Benoni hybrid (though I'm sure there are people/computers who/that would), since neither e4 nor c4 were played, and I would be very much tempted to call it a London System, since that is what White played.

Whipster

In fact, the pawn formation you later arrived at by the eighth move is typically Tarrasch - the position seems to have transposed into a London System vs Tarrasch Defence.

TheOldReb

Black has more space, better minor piece, rooks better placed and the only good "lever" in the position ( b5 coming ) , white will have to defend patiently and still may not hold a draw in this position. All the other levers ( b3, h3, e5, h5&h4 are not so good , even bad I would say but b5 is a good lever for black and is soon to cause serious problems for white , the mighty steed on e4 makes his counterpart on g2 look like a crippled old mule...... Laughing

bigmac30

cool whipster do you cd cd would of made it better

bigmac30

so after rb1 or a1 b5 imediatly and there is a concreate break thru

TheOldReb
bigmac30 wrote:

so after rb1 or a1 b5 imediatly and there is a concreate break thru


 yes

bigmac30

this was the sort of ideas i was having but if  he double up on a file i would have to spent time protecting the a pawn

TheOldReb
bigmac30 wrote:

this was the sort of ideas i was having but if  he double up on a file i would have to spent time protecting the a pawn


 If he wins your a pawn while you crash through on b2 white might get mated or lose the N/g2 , if black crashes through on b2 I think white is doomed so the a pawn isnt important in that case...

bigmac30

cool certanlly a bizar endgame i don't remeber ever seeing one with all 16 pawns on the board somting that reqires a bit refining is my end game when it's easy postion i can win endgames in my sleep when its dificult i cann't quite understand and choke like last night thanks for youre adivice though

Kupov
Reb wrote:

Black has more space, better minor piece, rooks better placed and the only good "lever" in the position ( b5 coming ) , white will have to defend patiently and still may not hold a draw in this position. All the other levers ( b3, h3, e5, h5&h4 are not so good , even bad I would say but b5 is a good lever for black and is soon to cause serious problems for white , the mighty steed on e4 makes his counterpart on g2 look like a crippled old mule......


That's about what I was thinking. Thank you for articulating it so nicely.