good game

I think I came back in this game, where did I go wrong in the early stages, where did my opponet go wrong? Game 3852441

Originally posted by Dance Master MC
I think I came back in this game, where did I go wrong in the early stages, where did my opponet go wrong? Game 3852441

ehm.. move three?

Originally posted by sannevssr
ehm.. move three?

Reminds me of an old chess joke where a dying father told his son he had some important advice to give him, and his last words were: "NEVER move your king-bishop's pawn one space forward".

Originally posted by sannevssr
ehm.. move three?

whats the problem with the Ruy Lopez?

Originally posted by Dance Master MC
whats the problem with the Ruy Lopez?

doo00OOD. He was refering to black's move, pawn-f6. The question was where you OR YOUR OPPONENT may have gone wrong.

After 3....f6 Black seriously compromised his pawn structure. The a2-g8 diagonal is very weak for him and White should have kept his white-squared bishop on in order to exploit this weakness, maybe playing a3 and Bc4 (a3 creates a place on a2 for the bishop to hide in case it gets attacked).

8.Na4 was a bad misjudgment by White, the knight has nothing useful to do on the edge of the board, it would have been better redeployed via e2. White could then move the f3 knight and play f4 - with the b and f files opened up Black would have trouble finding a safe home for his king.

18....Bxc5?? was a common beginner's mistake - you always have to watch out for walking into a pin in situations like this. 18....Qxc5 would have been better.

20.e5? made things too complicated, White should have simply won a piece with Qxc5.

It is really hard to analyze these games where so much goes wrong, but what was wrong with these moves:

14...cxb4
20. Qxc5
22. Qxc5
23. Re1

f6 was not a strong move, but he could have made up for it by playing dxc6 instead of bxc6.

Originally posted by Fat Lady
After 3....f6 Black seriously compromised his pawn structure. The a2-g8 diagonal is very weak for him and White should have kept his white-squared bishop on in order to exploit this weakness, maybe playing a3 and Bc4 (a3 creates a place on a2 for the bishop to hide in case it gets attacked).

8.Na4 was a bad misjudgment by White, the knight has nothing us ...[text shortened]... his king.

20.e5? made things too complicated, White should have simply won a piece with Qxc5.

Excellent analysis, Fat Lady, exactly what I was gonna say. Exactly. grAt3 MinDz THimK alik3.