Since you guys seem to do so well, I was wondering if you guys could have a look at this game.. and tell me what could I have done to clinch it? I thought I was almost there to win a game against a much higher ranked., but.. Rosaline got the better again.. I thought I played well, until the end .. I just couldn't think what to do.
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Originally posted by MIODudeMy quick scan analysis says: "White's lost"
Since you guys seem to do so well, I was wondering if you guys could have a look at this game.. and tell me what could I have done to clinch it? I thought I was almost there to win a game against a much higher ranked., but.. Rosaline got the better again.. I thought I played well, until the end .. I just couldn't think what to do.
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I think one of the biggest mistakes was the premature e5. It makes no sense to me why you played it so early. In the first 10 or whatever moves your bishop went from e3 to d2 to f4, and then after f6 your center is gone. After that you just kinda lost the swing of the game and just kinda played moves, dropping some stuff, and then getting crushed!
well I'll give you a novice opinion: move 32w, I'd have gone be5, forcing the bishop swap. Getting your rook to d5 would have tied down both his knights giving you time to get the other rook active and well placed before attacking the king. So I'd say you went for the king a bit too soon. But the big boys will no doubt correct me: after all, folks of the calibre you were playing never struggle to brush my little plans away...
Originally posted by MIODude2. Nc3 is an unusual move, but not awful. Usually people play 2. c4. The opening principles White used are solid.
Since you guys seem to do so well, I was wondering if you guys could have a look at this game.. and tell me what could I have done to clinch it? I thought I was almost there to win a game against a much higher ranked., but.. Rosaline got the better again.. I thought I played well, until the end .. I just couldn't think what to do.
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I agree that 8. e5 wasn't a great idea. White should have finished developing. 9. dxe5 offered the Queen exchange. There's nothing necessarily wrong with this though.
I don't like Black's 12th move. Now he's got an isolated eP on an open file and I don't see any reason why.
13. Bh6 may not have been a great idea. White needs to finish developing, and Black might not have a problem advancing his Rook to f7. It's an open file and this helps him double his Rooks on the file.
16. Ng5 was tactically short sighted, obviously. 16. Bd2 might have been better.
18. h4 wasn't good. White should have castled. 19. h5 also seems like a poor idea. Mating attacks aren't going to work. White's not developed and the Queens are off the board.
This game is too long...I don't want to finish this analysis. Feh.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungBlack's ..f6 was strong. By principles having an isolated pawn on an open file is of course, but here it's fine. White is nowhere near ready to attack it and black quickly uses his open f-file and plays e5 - e4, which gives him a great position. His isolated pawn was great here, and this opened up his bishop along that diagonal, making it the strongest piece on the board. White hasn't castled yet either. exf6 would be a terrible move in this position. I think the Bxf6 is a very common move in those Pirc positions.
[b]2. Nc3 is an unusual move, but not awful. Usually people play 2. c4. The opening principles White used are solid.
I agree that 8. e5 wasn't a great idea. White should have finished developing. 9. dxe5 offered the Queen exchange. There's nothing necessarily wrong with this though.
I don't like Black's 12th move ...[text shortened]... ueens are off the board.
This game is too long...I don't want to finish this analysis. Feh.[/b]
Originally posted by MIODudeOkay, since this is what I do (analyzing games for publication), I'll give you a full blown analysis of the game. It will take me a day or so cause good analysis takes time.
Since you guys seem to do so well, I was wondering if you guys could have a look at this game.. and tell me what could I have done to clinch it? I thought I was almost there to win a game against a much higher ranked., but.. Rosaline got the better again.. I thought I played well, until the end .. I just couldn't think what to do.
Game 874023
arrakis
Event "2005 championship"
Round "1"
Game 874023
White "MIODude"
Black "rosaline"
Result "0-1"
Annotator: Arrakis
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. e5?!
{Not the book move. Fritz agrees with 8.e5, but I think White has better moves. The book variation gives: 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bh6 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 a5 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng3 with a slight advantage for White.}
8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Nfd7
{and now we see the problem that White created for himself by playing the overly ambitious move 8.e5. White has to defend his intruder.}
11. Bf4 f6?!
{Black has the initiative and White is defending. It's a mistake to relieve White of this burden. Better was 11... b4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Ned2 e6!? After which Black will continue his development and maintain pressure onthe e5 pawn. Eventually Black will also pawn storm the White king's position while White has no play.}
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Rf7?!
{ I really don't like this square for the rook. The piece looks vunerable on this square, the back rank could become a serious threat and the rooks cannot be connected.}
14. Be2?!
{While it's understandable that White would want to 1) develop a piece and 2) prepare for castling k-side and 3) not want to castle Q-side because Black can take on c3, this is in fact White's best line of play. Why? Because the White bishop might want to go to d3 instead of e2, and because Black is weak on his back rank as well as underdeveloped. Hence there are inherit tactical threats on the back rank. After 14. O-O-O!? Bxc3 15. bxc3 Black has a difficult position.}
14... Na6 15. a3 Nac5 16. Ng5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rf4 18. h4?!
{There is nothing in this move. Better is 18.Nf3.}
18... e5 19. h5
{Opening up your opponent's king is always good when... 1) the Queens are still on the board 2) you have a substantial force of pieces ready to attack 3) it creates weaknesses in the enemy's camp. While this line will create an isolated pawn, it's questionable that White will be able to take advantage of this. However, in defense of White's play, Fritz played both moves, 18.h4 and 19.h5}
19... gxh5!
{ I must admit when I first saw this move I thought it was bad... it certainly looked bad. But as you analyze the position you realize that it's actually a very good move. So good in fact, that when I put
this position into Fritz and Fritz played 18.h4 & 19.h5, even Fritz suddenly realized that the whole line was not what it seemed to be and would not recapture the pawn.}
20. Nf3
{After 20. Rxh5 Nf6 21. Rh1 Ra4 Black is actually slightly better!}
20... Rf5 21. c4 a6 22. O-O-O?!
{White maintains a +1.06 advantage after 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Be4 Bb7 25. O-O-O}
22... e4 23. Nd4 Rxf2 24. Bxh5 Kh8
{Much stronger for Black is 24... Ne5}
25. Nxc6?
{White should challenge the f-file with one of the rooks.}
25... Rf6 26. Ne5?!
{Looks like a good defense, but it's not. Better was this astonishing line. 26. Be3 Rxc6 27. Bd4+ Nf6 28. Bf7 Bg4 29. Bd5 Rac8 30. Rh6 Kg7 31. Rdh1 Bf5 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Rf1 Ne6 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. g4 Nd4 37. c5 Ne2+ 38. Kd2 Ng3 39. Rg1 Bxg4 40. Rxg3 where White still has winning chances.}
26... Rxh6 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxh6 Kxh6 29. Rd6+ Kg7 30. Be2 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bb7 32. Rh5 e3 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rh6?!
{Better for White is 34. Kd1 Ne4 35. Rxd7 Bc6 36. Rc7 Nxg5 37. Rxc6}
34... Rc8!
{and now it doesn't matter what White plays, he is lost.}
35. Rgh5 Be4 36. Kd1 Kg7 37. Rh2 Ne5 38. Be2 Rd8+ 39. Kc1 Rd2 40. Bd1 Ncd3+ 41. cxd3 Nxd3+ 42. Kb1 Rxd1+ 43. Kc2 e2 44. Rh1 Nf2+ 0-1