I think my most tactical game yet

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Avatar of Kupov

I started playing chess about 3-4 months ago after discovering this site, when I first joined here I was an absolute beginner and my rating was about 800 (on a good day) Now I think I am a solid 1200 player and I think this is my best, or at least most tactical game that I have played so far.

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=11385268

The game goes fairly well for both sides and I manage to get one pawn up, after he blunders away a biship with no compensation he resigns, but I think that he could have pulled together and beaten me as I admit he was a superior player (likely he played with a little less fight due to my being rated over 100pts below him)

But I think it was a good game played and definitly some good tactical training for me.

Any comments or advice would be much appreciated, thanks in advance :D

Avatar of madpawn

I thought you played well  for someone who has just recently started playing. And a Sicillian  - at that!!  Most beginners are at a loss facing the positional demands of a Sicillian. 

Your opponent's mistake which led to the loss of the knight was a consequence of early bad moves which lost tempo: 6...Ne5.  I was not enamoured by his 8....Qc7 (self pin) I think its bad habit waiting to be punished.

Avatar of Azures

Nicely done, but I don't understand why your opponent resigned at that point...

Avatar of Kupov

 Azures my opponent was down a knight and a pawn, I think he could have pulled off a win but a lot of people (myself included) get disheartened at early loss of material with no compensation.