nice play alex. next time you shouldn't play french. play more of an open than a closed game.
Losing to IM Dmitri Zilberstein
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Nothing wrong with playing the french.
However you have to know what you are doing and you clearly don't know how to play the french. Bb4 has no place in the tarrasch, and you should never block the c pawn.
nice game alex
Jan 20, 2009
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Sorry, can't help you out with any game advice, your a stronger player than me. However, I am interested in what happened. How many games were played, were they timed? Also, what was his final score? Was he promoting chess in schools?
@ maradonna, he(Dimitri) was playing a whole lot of people at once, and they weren't timed, but most people made their move by the time he got back around to them
Its amazing to see how he gets all his pieces into the action esp the knights and bishops. May be your lack of knowledge of this opening and that did you in. No offence, even I do not know.
However, you should have considered playing c5 earlier to break his long queen side pawn structure.
Other than opening and endgame play there is nothing I would fault you on.Its funny but I think I've found an improvement for white (the IM). Instead of Ra2 on move 18, Bxf5 wins a pawn atleast.
This was my game against Dmitri Zilberstein in a simul at my high school. It was fun to play against Dmitri and even though i lost i still get pizza for surviving more than 35 moves. My friend got a draw! I posted this game because i wanted to know what I could've done better. (My endgame is horrible). Thanks.