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Miniatures are fun

mrkint

#1 Nov 27, 2012

Hello everyone.

I'm terrible at chess, and I know sod all theory-wise compared to 90% of everyone on here. However, I enjoy playing and like showing off so here you go.

Any thoughts and criticisms welcome.
mrkint

#2 Nov 27, 2012

Also, post your own miniatures! Always love a good miniature
steve_bute

#3 Nov 27, 2012

This duplicates a prior forum item:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/post-your-best-miniatures-here
Playdane

#4 Nov 27, 2012

Thanks for posting this game!

Despite having a rating of about 2100 Elo I have never (or almost never) seen these ideas before:

1) The idea of getting a knight to b5/c7 by playing a4 first.

2) Sacrificing a knight on h6 (without a Black h6-pawn).

3) Playing c3 to block the bishop from behind.

An improvement: 4.Qe2 saves the e-pawn.

I enjoy learning new stuff, so thanks for the nice ideas and good luck with your future games!
mrkint

#5 Nov 28, 2012

Sorry, steve, don't know how I missed that! Will trawl through that thread today.

Playdane - thanks! As said I don't know how sound they are but it's good to play around with them in short fun games. The Bishop block I've seen sometimes and can be used to trap a bishop if they pawn grab (I think one of the Spassky/Fischer games had this) but just shutting it out often gets the job done.

Good luck to you too!
dacster13

#6 Nov 28, 2012

5. Nxe4?? h3 and white will win the knight on e4.

So defending with 3. Bd3 wasn't a mistake at all.

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