How to continue this game and how to improve my positional play in games as such
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@DowdyTheFifth I will try to attempt it one of these days in a live game....Thanks for the help
@Louis Creed May I know why it is bad?
Jan 3, 2015
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#5
ElwinRaj wrote:
Yes. Nc3 allows the dark squared bishop to play to b4 and xray a pin on the king. The question is the bishop worth more than the knight. Not in this case because you haven't moved the d pawn and the bishop may be worth a ruined Queenie and slow development. In this case maybe developing a piece is better; Bc4 because you attack the d5 square and along the open diagonal.
@DowdyTheFifth I will try to attempt it one of these days in a live game....Thanks for the help
@Louis Creed May I know why it is bad?
Jan 3, 2015
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#6
ElwinRaj wrote:
Queenie is queenside*
@DowdyTheFifth I will try to attempt it one of these days in a live game....Thanks for the help
@Louis Creed May I know why it is bad?
LouisCreed wrote:
3.nc3 is bad from the start. You might try d4 instead.
3. Nxe5 is the standard move. It is also the most fun one 
If black takes the knight, Qh5+ is somewhat deadly
Jan 3, 2015
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#8
karelkamelensprong wrote:
black can defend.
LouisCreed wrote:
3.nc3 is bad from the start. You might try d4 instead.
3. Nxe4 is the standard move. It is also the most fun one
If black takes the knight, Qh5+ is somewhat deadly
Jan 3, 2015
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#9
LouisCreed wrote:
after qxe5+ qe7 qxh8 nf6 the queen is locked and maybe has compensation
karelkamelensprong wrote:
black can defend.
LouisCreed wrote:
3.nc3 is bad from the start. You might try d4 instead.
3. Nxe4 is the standard move. It is also the most fun one
If black takes the knight, Qh5+ is somewhat deadly
The queen is locked, but white can easily solve this problem with something like d3 and Bg5.
Jan 3, 2015
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#11
black has compensation* No, Bc4 is the standard move it develops a piece, takes d5 square, and attacks a good diagonal for the light square. maybe even delay casting.
LouisCreed wrote:
LouisCreed wrote:
karelkamelensprong wrote:
LouisCreed wrote:
3.nc3 is bad from the start. You might try d4 instead.
3. Nxe4 is the standard move. It is also the most fun one
If black takes the knight, Qh5+ is somewhat deadly
black can defend.
after qxe5+ qe7 qxh8 nf6 the queen is locked and maybe has compensation
It looks somewhat trapped, but black cannot attack it.
White will quickly play Bg5 or Bh6, solving this.
terrible game, forget about positional play, study tactics!
Jan 3, 2015
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#14
csalami wrote:
maybe but after d3 d6 Bg5 Nbd7 holds and white can fingertip light square bishop castle Queenie and white is in trouble.
The queen is locked, but white can easily solve this problem with something like d3 and Bg5.
Jan 3, 2015
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#15
karelkamelensprong wrote:
good observation. d4 is not best but playable.
LouisCreed wrote:
LouisCreed wrote:
karelkamelensprong wrote:
LouisCreed wrote:
3.nc3 is bad from the start. You might try d4 instead.
3. Nxe4 is the standard move. It is also the most fun one
If black takes the knight, Qh5+ is somewhat deadly
black can defend.
after qxe5+ qe7 qxh8 nf6 the queen is locked and maybe has compensation
It looks somewhat trapped, but black cannot attack it.
White will quickly play Bg5 or Bh6, solving this.
It was a draw for sure, black could bring his knight to the outpost on f4 but no more progress could be made
you?
Jan 3, 2015
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#20
chessmicky wrote:
nxe5 is not a good move.
2...f6 is a terrible move: it weakens the two white diagonals leading to the king, and it deprives the Ng8 of its most effective square. What a stinker! It's true that 3.Nxe5 is a good move, but 3.Bc4, taking immediate advantage of the weakened diagonal and making castling very unlikely, is also very logical and good. Since there are at least 2 much better moves. 3.Nc3 is inferior.
And 4.a3 looks like a waste of time. What is Black threatening. 4,Bc4 is still a fine move. Why hide your bishop on d3, staring at its own pawn. 6.Bc4 was still much better. You are ignoring the most important feature of the position: the weakening of Black's kingside
Black's twin strategy of exchanging all his developed pieces and fatally weakening his kingside seems to be working very well for you. 10.Be3 is OK, but 10.h4, preparing to rip open the king side, would have given your bishop more scope. And exchanging queens when your opponent's king is wandering around an open board seems like an odd decision.