I'll breakdown my thoughts on key moments:
6. Bd3? was the first sign of trouble, inhibiting white's centre.
22...Nc3 led me to believe that Black was higher rated, and my thoughts were confirmed with white's atrocious reply 23. Rf1?? completely ignoring the tactic. (Re1 was a far better option, overdefending the bishop).
Black gradually begins to apply pressure from here after winning the piece.
36. Ra1 followed immediately by 37. Rf1 was extremely painful
Some more shuffling follows, with white's final desperate 42. Rc8 as a hopeful attempt to capitalize on a premove.
Overall black played consistent, nothing amazing beyond tactical vision and 'passed pawns must be pushed' principles. Performance rating of about 1500-1550 but I wouldn't be surprised with something in the 1400's.
White on the other hand had a terrible crack and on many occasions wasted time nervously shuffling his/her rook backwards and forwards. Performance rating of about 1100-1150. Wouldn't be surprised if they were a 900 or 950 to be honest.
Overall seems like a game between two 1300's, with one outplaying the other through a simple tactic and maintaining an advantage through to victory.
Guess the Elo, patzer 1 vs patzer 2
@Malishious, Nice thought process! let's see what the others will guess, I'll tell it later today.
Thank you! I'm always uncertain about guessing elos, cause the time control for this game wasn't given and for all I know these are two titled players who got very very drunk playing bullet![]()
Hopefully the breakdown explained why I picked 1300 ;D
@Malishious, The time control was 3 min blitz game with no increment. I thought at the start it is written 180 seconds, but I also couldn't see it, I've updated the post.
I'm not sure what their ratings are, but black played fairly well. They continually improved their position, put pressure on the center, and placed their pieces on logical squares. A few of their moves weren't the "best" moves, but they were still always reasonable and logical.
White, meanwhile, played a lot of random maneuvers, as if, once they'd finished developing their pieces, they weren't quite sure what to do. After seeing this game, I feel inclined to remind white to "use your c-pawn!". Especially when black has planted a firm pawn on d5. That c-pawn belongs on c4 there, where it can help put pressure on black's center.
Whatever their ratings, I would say that black was a more experienced player than white.
I'm not sure what their ratings are, but black played fairly well. They continually improved their position, put pressure on the center, and placed their pieces on logical squares. A few of their moves weren't the "best" moves, but they were still always reasonable and logical.
White, meanwhile, played a lot of random maneuvers, as if, once they'd finished developing their pieces, they weren't quite sure what to do. After seeing this game, I feel inclined to remind white to "use your c-pawn!". Especially when black has planted a firm pawn on d5. That c-pawn belongs on c4 there, where it can help put pressure on black's center.
Whatever their ratings, I would say that black was a more experienced player than white.
I'd be inclined to agree with this evaluation, white had a far weaker grasp on the position and didn't have much of a game plan at all
I'm not sure what their ratings are, but black played fairly well. They continually improved their position, put pressure on the center, and placed their pieces on logical squares. A few of their moves weren't the "best" moves, but they were still always reasonable and logical.
White, meanwhile, played a lot of random maneuvers, as if, once they'd finished developing their pieces, they weren't quite sure what to do. After seeing this game, I feel inclined to remind white to "use your c-pawn!". Especially when black has planted a firm pawn on d5. That c-pawn belongs on c4 there, where it can help put pressure on black's center.
Whatever their ratings, I would say that black was a more experienced player than white.
I'd be inclined to agree with this evaluation, white had a far weaker grasp on the position and didn't have much of a game plan at all
Read your bio. You have written -"A piece is only hanging if your opponent sees it."
And now I can't stop laughing...😅😂😂
I'm not sure what their ratings are, but black played fairly well. They continually improved their position, put pressure on the center, and placed their pieces on logical squares. A few of their moves weren't the "best" moves, but they were still always reasonable and logical.
White, meanwhile, played a lot of random maneuvers, as if, once they'd finished developing their pieces, they weren't quite sure what to do. After seeing this game, I feel inclined to remind white to "use your c-pawn!". Especially when black has planted a firm pawn on d5. That c-pawn belongs on c4 there, where it can help put pressure on black's center.
Whatever their ratings, I would say that black was a more experienced player than white.
I'd be inclined to agree with this evaluation, white had a far weaker grasp on the position and didn't have much of a game plan at all
Read your bio. You have written -"A piece is only hanging if your opponent sees it."
And now I can't stop laughing...😅😂😂
I can relate to your bio as well, sometimes I feel like a complete and utter newbie![]()
2300's!! I would never have guessed, they really must've been having a bad day. I wish I had a 2300 play that poorly against me ![]()
White's play, for a 2300, was quite confusing. Several of the moves seemed to lack any sort of logic or plan.
I wonder if they were merely blitzing out unusual moves, with the goal of playing fast and causing confusion.
Sometimes players can get away with this, by pouncing on any tactical blunders that the opponent stumbles into. (Hikaru does this quite well, when he plays the Bongcloud.)
White started an interesting plan of pushing King side pawns, then at some point decided to do nothing. That plan most likely wouldn’t get it anywhere but white had to continue it for creating any possible complications. It was very strange play by white (bad day is when you blunder too much, but this is not just about the blunder no plan no counter attack). I couldn’t understand it as well.
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Guess the Elo of these patzers.
Time control: 3 min blitz with no increment.
This might be a good example for @GothamChess to discuss it (but of course he shouldn't read the rest of this post).