Originally posted by huckleberryhound19.c6?? trapping your bishop.
Game 2473187
I'm no chess brain, so someone help me out please. . .where did i screw up ?
Besides blundering the two pieces, which basically is whole thing with this game, your opening play leaves something to be desired also. ..Nc6, blocking your c-pawn, doesn't seem like a good idea, and ..Bb4, which should have been immediately met by c3, just gives White c3 for free. Also, playing f5, leaving the e6 pawn backward on an open file, is a problem, especially after you play ..b6 and ..b7, removing the only defender of that bad pawn. But obviously moving your knight to an unprotected square and trapping your bishop are the two major problems with this game.
Originally posted by JusuhNo, I think it was a real game.
maybe 18...Nf4??
after closer look I am sure that game was a joke.
I agree with everything that people have said. Nc6 was weak. Hanging pieces all over the place.
What really struck me is that we arrive at move 30, after a series of dropped pieces and bad sacrifices with, amazingly, material equality.
At that point you played Qxb2 losing the game. Either Rd8 or,even better Rh8, left you with a lead in the game.
Originally posted by tomtom232Yes, it's bad, but it's not where he lost the game - even there you're only looking at a point difference, and the imbalance plus the possibilities of that f-file don't write off Black's chances entirely.
but instead of taking the bishop his opponent could have played Rf2.
20 Rf2 Bxf3
21 Rxf3 Qxd4+
22 Qf2
Originally posted by Amauroteno 20...Bxf3 21.Rf2
Yes, it's bad, but it's not where he lost the game - even there you're only looking at a point difference, and the imbalance plus the possibilities of that f-file don't write off Black's chances entirely.
20 Rf2 Bxf3
21 Rxf3 Qxd4+
22 Qf2