thanks mrbob ☺ will post round 5 later today ☺
Having the advantage and then losing...TWICE
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I looked at all of your 1, 2, 3, 7 day games. Stop playing the Closed Sicilian as White. It may be safe for you but it is also very safe for your opponent. Are you trying tell your opponent that your ok with a draw as White?
have you written down your: Things to check before I make a move list.
1. Am I sitting on my hands if I am sitting at the chess board
2. Do I have my written list on my person
3. What is my opponent threatening to do
4. What is the pawn structure on the board
It is late I am tired. I will continue tomorrow with the list.
Well in the game against NGIDI, I think your opponent played well. I think you were never winning, but you moved the two knights too much by move 15. There was not much to show for all the manouvering. White also wasted a lot of moves but you gave him back the initiative by around move 16.
Your bc and d pawns were in nice positions and I think you should've used them to lead a queenside charge.
i completely agree with you kansashog...i should have played on the queenside...otb just seems so much harder now than 12 years ago...no idea why that is ...maybe the psychology of immediately knowibg i just lost myself the game
the game i will post a bit later is the one i really even felt i was winning(maybe i was wrong as im still weak)...but it was a Scandinavian and i was playing white
Mar 28, 2017
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universityofpawns wrote:
Study the endgame first, forget about tactics for a while until you get better at the endgame....looks like that is your weak-point, like most of the players on this site. I remember when I first started and watched few endgame videos for only a few hours and my OTB rating went up about 100 points immediately. Also play your games out even if losing until you get good at the endgame, that's the best way to practice it.
Which specific videos did you watch? I need to improve my endgames.
[Event "Ekhuruleni open section A Round 5"] [Site " THS Springs "] [Date "Mar 25, 2017"] [White "MJ FOWLER"] [Black "D HYMAN"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1417"] [BlackElo "1313"] [TimeControl "60/60"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 exd5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qb3+ Be6 9. Qxb4 Re8 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. Qa4 Bg4 12. Be3 Kg8 13. O-O Ne7 14. Nf4 Kh8 15. d5 Bf5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qxe6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Ne3 c6 23. Rd2 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Rfd1 b6 26. g3 Ng6 27. Nf5 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nc4 29. Rd7 g6 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. R1xd6 Re2 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Re8 34. Kf1 Re7 35. b4 Kg7 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Rd2 c5 40. Rc2 Kd6 41. bxc5+ Rxc5 42. Rd2+ Rd5 43. a4 Kc5 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Kc3 b5 47. a5 b4+ 48. Kb3 Kb5 49. a6 Kxa6 50. Kxb4 Kb6 51. f4 Kc6 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Kd4 a5 54. h4 h5 55.resigns 0-1 i cant understand where it got so bad but i self destructed again
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. d5 Ne7 4. dxe6 F5.
this was possibly my worst game