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My best game! Punishing opponent's lack of development and uncastled king.
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Not a bad game.
A few things, the Saemisch position you might be refering I think is this?
https://www.chess.com/explorer?moveList=d4+Nf6+c4+g6+Nc3+Bg7+e4+d6+f3&ply=9
Yer right, Be6 was a bad move, black should not bother defending the c4 pawn as there is no real way to do it, normally when black takes on c4, he is trying to play c5 like in the queens gambit accepted, or has a6 or c6 to support b5.
Pawns are best when they are side by side, so actually, you may want to think about playing
2... d6, I expected g6 soon, getting into the kings indian defense.
3. Bg5 is a fine move, although a little bit rare
3... Ne4 seems unnecessary, as Bxf6 should be fine for black anyway. If he was afraid of that, he could play Nbd7 and protect the knight. Also, again g6 leads to kings indian defense stuff.
4... d5 is a waste of tempo actually, because of the important fact that he already played d6. You actually gain a pretty good amount of time because he moved the knight twice and the d pawn twice.
5. f3, a fine move, you force him to move the knight a 3rd time.
6... dxc4 is probably not a good idea at this moment, as this moves the pawn a third time, and actually helps white develop.
9. Bxc4 is very good because it prevents black from playing e6 because dxe6 wins a pawn.
10. You should consider e5 instead of Nge2. Your move should be fine though. I am not saying e5 is better, but it can be annoying as you gain a tremendous center with d5 and e5.
You did handle the b5 and b4 pretty well. Another idea is your idea of a4.
10... Black needed to play something like c6. This would actually be needed now, as he could really try to put pressure on the center.
12... Nh5 is bad, this does not do anything for development, and forces the bishop to a better diagonal.
13. Bd2 is is fine, as it gains a tempo on b4. You do want to get rid of that pawn, possibly by way of a3 and Bd2.
13... Nf6 is also bad because that hangs the pawn on b4, he had to lose another tempo with a5. (I know, this is really bad for black)
14... Bb5 is probably almost an only move, the reason is that black is actually at a huge space disadvantage, and has to trade really fast, so although it loses the 2 bishops, black had to get some pieces out of the rather quickly shrinking box that they are in.
15. Nac3 is a good move, it puts the knight back into the action, and forces the bishop to trade for the knight on e2. The bishop should not go to e7 as black is already nearly out of space. You may want to think about e5 and e6 and try to start an attack on the light squares, as he does weaken his light squares by trading his light squared bishop.
16. Qxe2 is probs better than Nxe2 as you can put a rook on d1 and develop the queen
17.... You are right, black needs to be developing, or perhaps trying to put pressure on d5 with a move like c6. c5 is a lost tempo. Also, that bishop on f8 needs to move, perhaps g6 preparing Bg7.
18. Ba4 is not a good move, as it actually forces black to develop, or at least he could have with Nbd7 instead of Nfd7.
18... Nfd7 is kind of a wasted move.
19. The pin is annoying, although he needs to play g6. Then he can go Bg7 and then castle ending the pin, you are definitely a lot better tho.
20.... f6 is definitely bad, and not just because of the move Nf4-e6, but he actually weakens his e8-h5 diagonal. This is important as you can start an attack by Nf4, Ne6, f4, f5, Qh4, and I think black has a hard time stopping it. I think you did go for this, so that is a good thing, but f6 is to blame for this attack you got.
21... g5 is a really bad move it forces the knight to go where it wanted to go. Perhaps g6 was better, as it blocks the e8-h5 diagonal.
22... Bh6 is also not good, (Sorry whoever is playing black, I am not trying to offend you, just stating where you can improve) This move has to already start defending against Qh5, and this does not. What black had to do was h5. This gains control of h5 and prevents Qh5. You still want to play f4, because it is still good, but this h5 move hangs on longer.
23. f4, good move, black has nothing he can do to prevent winning at least a bishop.
Good play, there were a couple innacuracies in yer play, but overall, it was good. This did not look like it was black's day tho.
I do think that if black wanted to play 2. d6, he had to play into a kings indian defense, with g6 and Bg7 because that is the only opening I think that makes sense for that set of moves.
Ok, nice game, but remember:
CASTLING IS FOR SISSIES:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/castling-is-for-sissies
Not bad at all, but there is a problem with it: Black's play has been very poor throughout the game.
It could have been a very good game, but in chess, it takes two to tango...
Actually this is the main reason I'm not very hot suggesting to my students to study Morphy's games: Morphy's play was brilliant, actually many decades ahead his era, but excluding two dozens of his games, the opponents played crap.
MPS500 made a fairly decent game analysis, I have very little to add.
GG knave. Don't worry about pfren's comment. The game was creat. Demonstrated clearly how to take advantage of your opponents mistakes. If you can, put a frame around it and stick it on the wall!
pfren wrote:
Uh-oh, the dyslectic genius has made a creat comment again...
Ever heard of a typo? I do it all the time on the phone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographical_error I encourage you to read this.
How long have you been aware of your autisim? Do you feel that your counselling has helped you get along with other people yet?
@Mps500 thats the stuff I need! Thx!!!!!
@pfren i cant deny the truth of what you said, funny enough
@chess of player chill, I saw through the typo! Thx !!!
@pfren i cant deny the truth of what you said, funny enough
@chess of player chill, I saw through the typo! Thx !!!
ChessOfPlayer wrote:
How long have you been aware of your autisim?
I loled, didn't see that coming
Jun 2, 2016
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On the theme of lack of development and attacking the opponent's King, similar thing in the 5th round of the Chicago Open last weekend:
ThrillerFan wrote:
On the theme of lack of development and attacking the opponent's King, similar thing in the 5th round of the Chicago Open last weekend:
Moved pieces multiple times in the opening, didn't castle, wasted more time by pushing pawns, created weaknesses... Really surprising for a 1900+ player...
Jun 2, 2016
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Vicariously-I wrote:
ThrillerFan wrote:
On the theme of lack of development and attacking the opponent's King, similar thing in the 5th round of the Chicago Open last weekend:
Moved pieces multiple times in the opening, didn't castle, wasted more time by pushing pawns, created weaknesses... Really surprising for a 1900+ player...
Moving the Bishop a second time from f4 to g3 is norm in this line, but the rest of it I agree with you. No reason for Bf2 or Bc2 or a4. I presume he played b3 in fear of either Qc4 or Nc4 by Black.
The 13.Bf2 move by White also made it harder to be able to castle as Black's battery is then uncontested.
Of course, the 22...Ng4+ move was the real punch to the mouth!
@ThrillerFan, woah, That was brutal! But I agree @Vicariously, weird a 1900 player still makes the mistake of underdevelopment.
That doesn't take anything away from your play!! GG!