How to Punish Someone Who Moves Too Many Pawns
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Sep 3, 2017
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I appreciate your analysis of the game. It helps me a lot. I am trying to get better at tactics with puzzles but sometimes I don't see it even though I spend time trying to calculate how to win. My question therefore is how should I study tactics in order to visualize them in both practice puzzles and actual games?
Sep 3, 2017
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Chessamatuer1999 wrote:
I appreciate your analysis of the game. It helps me a lot. I am trying to get better at tactics with puzzles but sometimes I don't see it even though I spend time trying to calculate how to win. My question therefore is how should I study tactics in order to visualize them in both practice puzzles and actual games?
they are a few things to consider, firstly when looking for the best move don't dance with yourself. Think about what your opponent will play not what you want him to play. another thing is when deciding to exchange pieces or not. Obviously you have to think about the position before and after the exchange but the main thing to think about is what material you'll be exchanging and the same with your opponent. for example move 14 you played f4 when you could've won a pawn via exchanging pieces. an easy way to think about it rather than thinking 'that takes that, then that retakes' just count the amount of pieces attacking a piece and the amount of pieces your opponent has defending the piece.
My thoughts on this game:
Move 4: Should I have played d5 instead of Be3? I still think both are good moves, but Be3 might've been passive now that I am analyzing it.
Move 8: I think f6 by black is not a good move. It unnecessarily weakens his king.
Move 11: Maybe I could've straddled black with an isolated queen pawn by exd5 instead of defending e4 with Qd3.
Move 12: Castled queenside so I could try to be aggressive with my kingside pawns.
Move 14: I honestly didn't know what to play here, but decided to advance my f pawn.
Move 15: decided to open files toward his king. Pays off big time.
Move 16: Black unnecessarily puts himself in an even worse spot by playing Nxf4, which allows Qe3+, now both attacking the rook and the knight.
Move 17: Black gets too greedy and goes for another pawn, which blunders his queen with check.
Move 20: Centralizing the queen near the black king.
Move 21: Instead of black defending his king with Rd7, he goes greedy with Nf3, trying to fork the queen and the rook, which costs him the game next move.