I think that was a very well played game on your part, and your annotations are superb in the fact that nearly move is explained and your thoughts behind the various plans you adopted. The little combination at the end to win the exchange is icing on the cake.
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Great game, is a USCF rating of 828 actually equivalent to an 1806 chess.com rating?!
I'd say from the game he posted he's probably a solid B-player USCF. From what I've seen, most USCF ratings are usually within 300 points of your chess.com rating, and often much closer than that.
Nice game, bud. I think a game like that would have gotten me back into chess, too.
Now, do you mind a little constructive criticism? On move 20, isn't Qxc5 playable? If 21.dxc5, then Rxd2. And on move 30, don't you have Re8 available? The only move I can see to block the attack is 31.Ne4, but then Bxe2+, 32.Kxe2, f5 wins the Knight, doesn't it? But you're doing fine, bud, and let me say, glad to have you back and in such goodshape. Good luck!
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Nice game, bud. I think a game like that would have gotten me back into chess, too.
Now, do you mind a little constructive criticism? On move 20, isn't Qxc5 playable? If 21.dxc5, then Rxd2. And on move 30, don't you have Re8 available? The only move I can see to block the attack is 31.Ne4, but then Bxe2+, 32.Kxe2, f5 wins the Knight, doesn't it? But you're doing fine, bud, and let me say, glad to have you back and in such goodshape. Good luck!
I'm all for constructive criticism, but I'm a little confused. On move 20, I don't have a rook on the d file, so how could I play Rxd2 after dxc5? As for move 30, I noticed that Re8 while I was annotating the game. I think I was just too excited about getting the exchange and too intent on moving the a3 bishop to look at the board too closely.
good game.
i liked your playing very much.
I learned to play young, but was no good until I was forced to change schools due to administration sanctioned extortion threats. At the new school chess was popular and I played chess heavily for a couple years. In college I dropped chess for poker, and after college I was in the board/card game industry playing all sorts of stuff.
But that career bit the dust, so four years ago I went back to school and moved to get a decent job. I couldn't find anyone to play other board games with, so I tried to get back into Chess, playing in the local club and OTB tournaments. I sucked. I don't know if I was misremembering my high school skill or what, but I could not stop making stupid moves. And not just any moves, but moves I had seen five minutes earlier and identified as bad moves. After a year it became too frustrating, and I dropped out with a USCF rating of 828.
A few months ago I ran into a guy named Dylan from that Chess friendly high school online, and he challenged me to Chess through Chess.com. I loved the online chess. I could fiddle with pieces on an analysis board, and if I was lost I could just sleep on it. I was still making stupid moves, but not ones I had seen previously and rejected. However, I was still a bit gunshy about it as I could remember the incredible frustration of the last attempt.
Dylan got me playing one of his Chess friends, matzleeach. He seemed like a solid player, certainly more solid than I've been any time recently. So I said to myself, if I can just make it through this game without blundering away any pieces, I will get back into Chess hardcore. I didn't feel the need to win it, just to make a decent showing for myself. Here's the game:
I'm not saying that was master level play on my part, but it was solid enough for me to feel confident getting back into Chess. And I'm loving it. I had forgetten just how awesome Chess is as a game, even though I've always considered it one of the two best games ever invented by man. Thanks to the guys at Chess.com for building a site where I can have so much fun, and thanks to matzleeach for the best game of Chess I've played since high school.