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My first really good combination

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Awick17
Awick17
Feb 3, 2009
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I really enjoyed this game, from the advantageous opening, to the pausing of the attack for defense, to finally the nice combo at the end, and I hope you will enjoy my analysis of it.  It was one of my first truly excellent games, at least for my level, and fortunately it was against a player ranked at least 100, sometimes 200 points higher than me at times during the game.  In case you are wondering, I believe my USCF rating might be in the 1400-1450 range, but I've only played to 2 tournaments, going 2.5/4 and 3/4, losing he tiebreak and getting the bronze.  The tournaments had probably 16 and 12 people in my division, respectively.  I'm also 15 years old, so I'm sorry if my analysis isn't grandmaster level.

 

Fun fact(s): The only reason I played this game was because I'm trying to beat one person from every country on chess.com.  My opponent was from the Britsh Virgin Islands (or so his flag says), which as of February 3 has 213 people/ ~460,000  members registered on the site.  So far I have at least 1 win against players from close to 100 different countries.  If you're from a country with few players, feel free to challenge me!  (I have 150+ games, a few more can't hurt!)  I also found out that vandalija is currently the highest ranked player from his country, which makes the victory even more satisfying.  He was very kind, and thanks to him for a great game!

 

-Wicksta85, a.k.a. Speedbump

bigdoug
bigdoug
Feb 3, 2009
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#2

Nice smooth game.

TwoMove
TwoMove
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Feb 3, 2009
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#3

Most of the computer inaccuracies can be ignored, the free version is very dumbed down. I agree with 22...h5 instead of Rg6 though, with h4 coming black's attack is at least as fast as yours

santiR
santiR
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Feb 3, 2009
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#4

i like the analysis (although i'm not one to talk either, being a young age too).  good game.

Awick17
Awick17
Feb 5, 2009
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#5

Thank you for the kind comments!

vandalija
vandalija
Feb 5, 2009
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#6

Well, I was glad to played a game like this- in one moment I was not carefyll, I had to play h5, I agree,but, chess is chess