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Dec 15, 2015
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#4
I really would enjoy some comments, criticism or critical analysis! I want to know where my mistakes were(No one can evaluate their own wins objectively', so I don't even try, I give them to others)
Dec 15, 2015
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#5
CensoredReality wrote:
Are you drunk?
Is there a reason you are asking this?
When I try to open the game on my phone it crashes and chess.com quits. I'll look at it on my computer the next time I crank it up.
Dec 15, 2015
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#7
MyFIDEis1579 wrote:
this game was horrendous, back to back mistakes from both sides
I'll take your word for it. I'd like to see some analysis though.
Dec 17, 2015
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#9
Ok so when did you triangulate? Because on move 49.. Kd5 you started to but on move 50... Ke4 you moved back which didn't do anything because he just moved back. You simply repeated that position.
Dec 17, 2015
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#10
I repeated the position but was then down a move. White had an extra full move after that.
Dec 17, 2015
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#11
It did nothing because white repeated you didn't triangulate look at the position before and after. They are the same.
Dec 17, 2015
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#12
chess_jawa wrote:
It did nothing because white repeated you didn't triangulate look at the position before and after. They are the same.
But it did so something. For if I had played Kd4, then my opponent would have easily created a barrier with king(shouldering away mine) and I might have been worse off. So in essence, it was a merely psychological trick. I thought I could get something early but I wanted to see if I could enter the queenside, which would have been stronger than playing f4.
I see you put a lot of effort in your annotation and it pains me to tell people sad things.
However, the move 9...Bxc3 does not deserve a !? labeling.
Sadly it is a ? mark move.
The only way I can show you why your move was a bad move is to show your game in frame's.
Basically look at the position in section's!
What do you see in the position?
If you want to pause your reading and look at the position to come up with who you think is better you can.
I will tell you what I see below:
In this position what I see is black has traded a C pawn for a D pawn.
The resulting position has black with 2 center pawns vs white will 1 center pawn.
I also see both sides have 1 piece developed.
Both sides are even with development!
The last thing I see is it is black to move and they can gain a tempo on the knight on d4.
For all of these reasons I believe black is better in this position.
Now if you believe black is better in this position than we both are on the same page!
Lets go to the next section of moves!
The below position is the next set of moves!
Who do you think is better in this position?
If you want to pause your reading and look at the position to come up with who you think is better you can.
I will tell you what I see below:
In the above position black has 2 center pawns 4 ranks high.
Black has a lot of center space.
Both black bishops have alot of scope simply because the black pawns are not blocking them.
Black's knight is on f6 one of the very best developed squares it can go to.
It influences the center.
It attacks the e4 square and d5 square.
Now look at the white position!
White has 1 center pawn on the 3rd rank.
One of the white bishops does not have scope because of the pawn blocking it.
White's knight is on b3 which is not the ideal square for the knight.
The knight would love to be on either f3 or c3 which is a better square since it influences the center.
Over All from the previous section to this section black has increased his advantage.
You can see he is slowly building his position!
Now look at the next frame!
The below position is the next set of moves!
Who do you think is better in this position?
If you want to pause your reading and look at the position to come up with who you think is better you can.
I will tell you what I see below:
What has changed?
Well white did a check and black blocked by developing his next knight to another ideal square!
Overall has there been a change?
Nope black is still better!
WHY?
The reason why is because black still has all his advantages he had previously both sides simply have developed in this situation.
The stats quo is the same. Black is still better!
Now look at the next frame!
The below position is the next set of moves!
Who do you think is better in this position?
Do you see any mistakes in this position?
If you want to pause your reading and look at the position to come up with the two answers I have gave above you can do so now!
I will tell you what I see below:
Now we still mistakes in the position.
Mistakes by who?
By both sides!!
Do you see why mistakes are happening here!
Lets talk about whites move's first.
6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Be2
White played his bishop to b5 than black played Nc6 than white played Be2 which means it is now black to move.
However, very important if white wanted his bishop on e2 the "whole time" why didn't get go there in the begin!
For example:
6.Be2 Nc6
You see white could of played his bishop to e2 first than black could of developed by going to c6 normally.
After which it would than be whites move again now black moves!
Do you see how white has wasted a move?
It could of been his turn but now it is black's turn because he inserted a check which did nothing!!!
It helped black develop a piece!!
OHHHHH!!!!!!!
Black's advantage is increasing now!
White's position is in the danger zone!
Black's advantages have accumulated so much the white position may be theoritical lost with best play!
White is fighting for a draw in this position!
The white position is in danger.
What should black do in this position?
In this position black should play normal moves!
They should continue developing and get king safety!
The move 7...Be7 what a fine move that is!
It deserves a double exclamiation mark.
7...Be7!!
Fine little move in this position.
What does the move 7...Be7 say/do?
The move says I'm winning beotch! I'm fixing to castle. As soon as I finish my development. I am crushing you! I already have an advantage. I am winning here. I am going to show you what central pawn power is.
Deal with it! Loser!
What did black play?
7...a6
OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH The save!
The white position has been saved!
For a min there the white position was almost theoritical lost.
It is a good thing black played a dubious move to give white the chance to make a come back!
Good Job Team White!
How does the move 7...a6 help the black position?
The white light square bishop was on b5 than left!
Was black afraid white would move the bishop back?
Black should not be afraid of white moving the bishop again.
Let the white team move there bishop 100 times in the opening.
Black should encourage this behavior.
By playing the move 7...a6 it doesn't help black because if you look at the above position white's bishop has already left b5 and white does not have a knight on c3 that can even go to b5.
Thus, the move a6 is doing nothing but weakening squares and allowing white the chance to make a come back!
Now black is still winning here!
This mistake black made doesn't change the fact white has made mistakes!
Whites mistakes are worse than black's one mistake!
Which means black is still better here.
However, the move 7...a6 didn't increase the advantage.
You could say the move 7...a6 decreased the advantage a little bit!
Continuing from post number 16.
Now look at the next frame!
The below position is the next set of moves!
Now the above position is where black started to slip up!
The mistake which I said in post #16 happened at move 9 for black.
However, when you work backwards you can often time's find the idea of the mistake happening prior to the mistake!
For example:
I said the move 9...Bxc3 was a question mark move.
However, the bishop had to get to the b4 square in order for the mistake to happen!
When did the bishop go to b4?
Bishop went to the b4 square at move 8!
So the idea black had started at move 8 than he followed through with the idea at move 9 which resulted in the question mark move!
So now to fix the problem we have to fix his "thinking"
Why did black feel he needed to pin the knight?
Now the reason people tell other people to do annotations is so you can see what he was thinking when he made the move so other people can help fix the thinking.
So the answer to the above question was given in the annotations below:
Giving up the bishop seems extreme, but it is not quite dubious. For one thing, white's dynamic potential after this move is not at all bothersome. Meanwhile, the static problems created by this move helped me win the endgame. Even so, I was weary of this move, despite the fact that my intuition was all for it. Something inside me knew this was the right decision, no matter what anyone would think.
He gave up the bishop to have an endgame advantage!
Now this is the problem with his thinking.
Black already has an advantage in this position!
If everything stays the same black is winning in the opening, middle game, and endgame as of right now in this position!
By giving up the bishop for the knight black creates an imbalance in the position.
A imbalance which white desperately needs because he is losing in this position!
Black gave up the bishop pair for a knight to have a endgame advantage.
Think of it like this!
If you are winning why do you want anything to change?
If something changes than you will go from winning to drawing or even losing!
As black you do not want anything to change!
You want the position to stay exactly like it is!
White needs to change the position and the only way to change the position for white is to do a structure change.
Pawn structure change to be precise!
Now I looked at this position on an engine to see what it thought of the move 8...Be7.
It gave an evaluation of -/+ (-0.91)
Bascially black's position is reading as if he is a full pawn ahead because his position is so strong.
Even if you don't believe in engine evalutations look at the position with your eyes!
Black has everything in his favor!
Now the reason the move 8...Bb4 is not great is because black doesn't really want to give up his dark bishop.
It creates an imbalance in a position were he doesn't need one!
Now you might ask well what happens if black plays the bishop to b4 than retreats it???
Excellent question!
The reason I love that question is because this game is a perfect example to show what happens when a bishop pinns than retreats!
Remember what white did at move 6!!
White did the same pin on b5 than retreated to e2 and it lost him time!
Which means if black plays to b4 and retreats to e7 it will lose him time!
Now black position would still be strong! However, it would lose him time!
So when you do a bishop pin on a knight you have to prepare yourself for the idea that you might have to give up your bishop.
Before you do such an idea you have to ask yourself is it benefiting you to do it.
Are you winning already?
You see I am picking at move 8 because it has an idea of giving up the dark bishop.
Black should of never had that idea in his mind.
The dark bishop should of gone to e7 from the begin!
It is a good square.
It is active square if the knight on f6 ever moves the dark bishop can go to the king side etc.
Now look at the next frame!
The below position is the next set of moves!
Black's advantage he use to have is completely gone now.
The position is equal according to a computer!
However, I think this is a sort of position were white can try and turn the equal position into an advantage.
A lot of activity was given to white after the exchange on c3.
White now has 2 Semi-open files for the rooks.
White has a dark bishop which is unopposed.
The sad part is black has alot of dark square weakness in his position!
White can now begin to unload his double C pawn with center pawn breaks as you can see from the above picture in green highlight.
The highlights in red are holes in the black position!
The d6 and b6 squares are holes in the black position.
The move a6 move made a hole on the b6 square.
It wasn't a huge problem for black back than when the move a6 was played because black had a dark bishop back than.
Now black doesn't have a dark bishop and the hole is on a dark square!
The Unopposed Bishop!
The X Factor!
The Master of all!
The Dark Bishop King will slice the board in half on a3!
Targetting the holes in the black position with the help of the Semi-Open B file and D file from the rooks.
The black position's positional advantages are gone!
This has turned into a new game and white is pressing!
The c5 square which is highlighed in yellow is not a hole yet.
However, It is a very tender square.
Black doesn't want to play a move like b6 in this sort of position when the pawn can come under heavy fire from the B file!
The tender c5 square will fall victim to a knight jump! The knight which lands on c5 will be protected by the bishop on a3!
The knight on c5 can target the backward B pawn combined with the rook on the B file.
MWWWWAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHH!
Ok maybe I am joking!
White will not play the move 15.Qd6.
I did it for effect!
HA HA did it scare you?
Seeing a bishop on d6! You should be scared!
Yeah white is with a slight advantage in this position here.
However, playing the move 15.Qd6 gives black hope!
The reason is because black can play the move 15...Ne4 hitting the white queen.
Thus, in this position white will not play 15.Qd6 instead they will play something like 15.Qc2 or 15.Nc5 jumping into the tender square hitting the undefended B pawn.
Well any way you get the point taking the knight on c3 in this position gives white counter play.
I do not know how this is a positional win. This is a tactical win. A positional win would take advantage of white's lack of center space, in which, yes, that was exploited in the opening, but what was yoru follow up? You had a clear win way earlier because your opponent did almost nothing (aside for f4) to break down your center.
46... f5 Nothing critical here, black has a winning position. But if you do want to know...f5 should have been played. "Push the unopposed pawn"
Dec 18, 2015
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#17
Since your skill level far exceeds mine, I won't comment on the chess. But I will say I did enjoy your annotations. 
Diakonia wrote:
46... f5 Nothing critical here, black has a winning position. But if you do want to know...f5 should have been played. "Push the unopposed pawn"
HA HA I caught that reference!
I am unable to open your game. My Chess.com just crashes when I do so.
I don't often play slow positional chess, but I love it when I do. It takes me out of my comfort zone and allows me to play masterpieces of a different type. This person Slowmil deserves to be higher than 1400 because of his insane stamina and if his opening stage were better he would be unbeatable. Nonetheless, I specialize in two types of positions. Unclear tactical brawls with complete equality and balanced endgames with a slight advantage. Both these types of positions require careful focus and attention to the body and the Self, my main weakness in chess. If you're wondering, my main strength is openings. And here, black gets equality right away. I consider this one of my best because I converted one of my specialty positions to another. But don't take my word for it, watch and see!