Member Analysis with GM Jesse Kraai

POST YOUR GAME BELOW to have it analyzed by GM JESSE KRAAI on 
Wednesday July 29th on www.twitch.tv/chessdojolive

At 1:00 pm Pacific time! 

3 HOURS LONG! 

The goal of the show is to help you analyze your games - the true path to improve your chess. So write out as much of your thinking as you can in your annotations. Tell us where the game was played and the time control too. If you look up past threads you will find many fine examples of amateur players writing about their games.

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When I asserted that openings are important in my submission for the June analysis, I didn't mean to imply that the middlegame and endgame aren't important. I think I played the opening in accordance with GM Kraai's suggested plan against the French Defense in his YouTube video--he will correct me if I'm wrong--but I misplayed the middlegame and had no compensation for the pawn I was down. I failed to take advantage of my lead in development and my opponent's uncastled king. Then my opponent made a mistake and I was able to regain the pawn. I got into an endgame in which I should have gotten no worse than a draw, but I messed it up. (I wanted to use a stronger verb than "messed.") This was a Daily Chess game (3 days to make a move) that ended the day after GM Kraai's June game review. I haven't done the computer analysis, but I think I know my three big mistakes even without it. The lesson I learned from this game is that I should be willing to offer a draw, even if I think I am better, to ensure that I won't blow the endgame.

Here's some analysis of a 45+15 game I played this morning against a 2086 rating (national Club Championships, Intermediate section) - I knew just enough about the opening to avoid a complete disaster, and managed to steer my way through some complications to win. I'm not sure I calculated all that well - had a couple of very long thinks (10 minutes in a 45 minute game) where the first move was OK but my intended follow-up wasn't. I was pretty pleased with the way I kept things simple in time pressure towards the end though.

After having 5 pawns on both sides and two kings ,when king blocked your pawn you should have moved Kb5

Paul_in _ NJ 's game

I would like to know what did I do wrong on my middlegame or even endgame because eventhough i had a pawn advantage, I always felt like there is nothing i could do to win this game. Appreciate it.

Ayush

For context, it was 30min for both sides.

I want to play for money. if anyone is ready, write me a private message

Analysis of a 15+10 game on chess.com. I'm very eager to understand why my thinking on move 18 was wrong, as the resulting trade apparently throws away most of my advantage.

Hi Jesse, here is another game from the online ligue. The time control was 45+45. The game was characterized by an unusual opening (scholar's mate attempt), black's lead in developement, opening the position with d5 thurst and than sharp tactical middlegame which ended with checkmate. I hope you'll look into it. Thanks.

Why do people submit their wins? Isn't it more instructive to show a loss?

I submit the games I found challenging at some point. Once it was a draw, once it was a loss and now it's a win. Doesn't matter, you can always increase the understanding of your position and make better moves in critical situations.

I never submit a victory. Lately I have few to choose from anyway.

A very crazy game that ended with a pawn fork and knight forking queen and king. There was a spot however on move 5 when I blundered my center, so, please look into that and tell me what was better than 5. dxe6?

Dear Paul, 
A thousand times no! It's a safe assumption you want to improve, so the lesson is to get better at endings. Part of that is playing them, not ceasing hostilities. It certainly hurts to lose an ending, but to me it feels worse to gift a half-point in a position where we're winning. 
Keep the faith, play on. 

Hi Jesse. Here is a game I played on Lichess at 30+30 TC.  While I won the game I was very unsure about how to handle the position.  The center was all blocked up, and I played for pawn levers to open things up and get some space for my pieces.  It did not go as I had hoped and I'm wondering what advice you would offer.  I think I would play for ...f6 earlier since the White e5 pawn is supported by only 1 pawn.  Therefore when I exchange on e5, if she ever recaptures with the d4 pawn I get a passed pawn on d5.