Hey bedlam,
I was just going to post looking for a tutor to try to get me over 1900. I'm a very attacking player as well, so hopefully you'll be able to help. The games that I lose, tend to be ones where I have difficulty getting my attacking game going.
Game 1047257 18 Qd7 is an obvious blunder. I wanted to attack the a pawn more than it was defended, while missing the fact that this was already the case.
Game 1757071 I think I misplayed the Panov attack, but unsure where it all went wrong.
Game 1835337 I got into a poor position in this one, and ended up being tied in knots, trying to protect what I had.
Here are some games I annotated, which might give you an idea what I am thinking...
Thread 43813
Thread 42324
Thread 46858
Cheers,
D
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Sorry I havent done one for a few days, life going woohoo 😛
[Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.chessatwork.com"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris S"]
[Black "cadwah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. Qxd4 Nc6
4. Qe3 b6
5. Be2 Bb7
6. Bd2 Bc5
7. Qf4 Qf6
8.Nc3 Nge7
9. Nf3 Qxf4
10. Bxf4 O-O-O
11. O-O Ng6
12. Bd2 Nb4
13. Rfc1 Rhe8
14.Ng5 Rf8
After your last move I thought you were saying, ok take the pawn but if you do im going to go medieval on your **** with compensation. Rf8 just doesnt give you this ability.....Ne5 looks much better centralising the knight and protecting the f7 pawn which is a vast improvement over Rf8 protecting the same pawn.....If black then took on h7 you can play f6 and white has a fair few problems to solve. The knight is almost certainly toast, while its true white should the three pawns for the knight that would just give your rook lines in front of his king. I suspect after Ne5 the only white players who would take the pawn are the terminally stupid and those who dont like their rating points.
15. Nxh7 Rh8
16. Ng5 Rdf8
17. h3 f6
18. Nf3 Ne5
19. a3 Na6
Just looking at where the knight can move to from this square makes Nc6 a much more attactive prospect for me.
20. b4 Nxf3+
21. Bxf3 Bd4
22. Ra2 Bxc3
Argh! f5 was sooo much better. I dont see why you swap the bishop for the knight here.....you improve the placement of his bishop and take off your most centrally posted piece in the same move.
23. Bxc3 f5
24. Bxg7 Bxe4
fxe4... avoiding trades if you can.
25. Bxh8 Rxh8
26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. b5 Nc5
28. Rb2 d5
29. Rb4 Rd8
30. Rd4 Ne6
31. Rd2 Nc5
32. f4 d4
33. Rcd1 d3
34. cxd3 exd3
35. Kf2 Ne4+
36. Ke3 Nc3
37. Re1 Nxb5
38. Rxd3 Re8+
39. Kf2 Rf8
40. Kf3 Nd6
41. g4 Nc4
42. f5 b5
43. Kf4 Nb2
44. Rb3 Nc4
45. Rxb5 Nxa3
46. Ra5 Nc2
47. Rc1 Nd4
48. h4 Ne2+
Thank you very muchy 😛
49. Kf3 Nxc1
50. Kf4 Nd3+
51. Kg5 c5
52. f6 c4
53. Ra2 Kb7
54. Rc2 Ne5
55. h5 Rc8
56. Kf5 Nd7
57. f7 Nb6
58. g5 c3
White should really win here. 57.Rc5 was a must although its only good for a draw. Rc5+ Kg6 Ne5+ Kf6 Nxg4+ Ke7 Rc7+
59. g6 Nd5
60. Ke4 Nf6+
61. Kd3 Nxh5
62. Rf2 c2
63. Rxc2 Rf8
Nf4+ picks up another pawn here.
64. Re2 Nf4+
65. Kd2 Nxg6
66. Rf2 Ne5
67. Ke3 Nxf7
68. Kd4 Kb6
69. Kd5 Rd8+
70. Kc4 Ne5+
71. Kb3 a5
72. Ra2 Rd4
73. Kc3 Nc6
74. Kb3 Kb5
75. Kc3 a4
76. Kb2 Rd2+
77. Kb1 Rxa2
78. Kxa2 Kb4
79. Kb2 a3+
80. Ka2 Na5
81. Kb1 Kb3
82. Ka1 Nc6
83. Kb1 Nd4
84. Ka1 Nc2+
85. Kb1
a2+ 0-1
Originally posted by BedlamThanks very much!🙂
Sorry I havent done one for a few days, life going woohoo 😛
[b][Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.chessatwork.com"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris S"]
[Black "cadwah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. Qxd4 Nc6
4. Qe3 b6
5. Be2 Bb7
6. Bd2 Bc5
7. Qf4 Qf6
8. ...[text shortened]... 81. Kb1 Kb3
82. Ka1 Nc6
83. Kb1 Nd4
84. Ka1 Nc2+
85. Kb1
a2+ 0-1 [/b]
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[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.chessatwork.com"]
[White "cadwah"]
[Black "luka b"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6
2. c4 c5
3. d5 exd5
4. cxd5 d6
5. e4 Qh4
6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Ng4
8. g3 Qf6
9. Nf3 Bd7
Instead of Nf3 here, Bb5 looks pretty good forcing black to moving the king, if he tries to block with Nd7 then Qxg4 is a free knight.
10. Bg5 Qg6
11. e5 Bf5
12. Bxf5 Qxf5
Here Qa5+ looks nasty as hell after Nd7 Nb5 Rc8 exd6 and the threat of Nc7+ is now just brown pants time for black. For example if black was suicidal and continued with Bxd3 then Nc7+ Rxc7 is the only move and white gets to queen. Yay 😛
13. O-O Nd7
14. exd6 Bxd6
Again Nb5 Rc8 exd6 ideas spring to mind.
15. Re1+ Be5
Ne4 is tricky here, the lack of squares for the black queen is fatal if the bishop moves say Bc7 then Nh4 picks up the queen after Qxe4 and Re1, squish!
16. Be3 O-O
I really dont understand Be3 giving him a chance to take the bishop should he wish, stopping your rook from pinning his bishop and just generally giving you a lot less options. Maybe Ne4 again or h3 Nf6 Nxe5 Nxe5 and then Bf4.
17. h3 Nxe3
18. Rxe3 Rae8
19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. Kg2 Rd8
21. f4 Nc4
Really not sure about f4, with the queen and knight close to your king it feels like you could be letting yourself in for quite a bit of potential trouble. I like the look of Qe2 forcing the knight to move and then Rd1 so you can get ready to push the pawn, at the very least you will get black tied down to the pawn and have more freedom/fun
22. Re1 Nxb2
Re2 kept the pawn covered, I hate pawns too, but sometimes they can be good 😛
23. Qb3 Nd3
24. Re5 Nxe5
Moment of madness? Almost any other rook move was better 🙂
25. fxe5 Qxe5
26. Rd1 b6
27. h4 f5
28. d6+ Kh8
29. Nb5 Qe2+
30. Kh3 Rfe8
31. d7 Re3
32. Nc3 Qf2
33. Ne4 fxe4
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Originally posted by RagnorakOk, got the first saved in my database, will have a look through it today and post. Sorry its taken so long to get here 🙂
Hey bedlam,
I was just going to post looking for a tutor to try to get me over 1900. I'm a very attacking player as well, so hopefully you'll be able to help. The games that I lose, tend to be ones where I have difficulty getting my attacking game going.
Game 1047257 18 Qd7 is an obvious blunder. I wanted to attack the a pawn more than it w ...[text shortened]... eadid]43813[/threadid]
Thread 42324
Thread 46858
Cheers,
D
Originally posted by BedlamThank you for your analysis Bedlam, it is most helpful to know the exact level that one sucks at😛
[b][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.chessatwork.com"]
[White "cadwah"]
[Black "luka b"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6
2. c4 c5
3. d5 exd5
4. cxd5 d6
5. e4 Qh4
6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Ng4
8. g3 Qf6
9. Nf3 Bd7
[i]Instead of Nf3 here, Bb5 looks pretty good forcing black to moving the king, if he tries to block with Nd7 then Qxg4 is a fr ...[text shortened]... + Kh8
29. Nb5 Qe2+
30. Kh3 Rfe8
31. d7 Re3
32. Nc3 Qf2
33. Ne4 fxe4
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Originally posted by RagnorakSorry in the middle of moving countries so kinda a bit busy 🙂
No panic, just a bump for your convenience.
Cheers,
D
[Event "Siege"]
[Site "http://www.chessatwork.com"]
[White "flexmore"]
[Black "Ragnorak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6
2. Bf4 g6
3. e3 Bg7
4. Bd3 d6
5. Ne2 Nbd7
6. Nd2 c5
7. c3 a6
8. dxc5 Nxc5
9. Bc2 e5
e5 strikes me a as a bit odd (in fact I hate it), I dont play openings where the finachettoed bishop gets stuck behing a pawn on the e4/e5 squares but I know they exist...sort of coiled spring action build up behind the pawns then break and spank ahoy..at least thats the plan. Here e5 wouldnt even come into my list of candidate moves, for me your opening setup is deigned for queenside play, the pawn chain points that way and your g7 bishop is just fantastic for it, semi open c file etc. Id be thinking about a minortiy attack on the queenside, moves like 0-0, Be6, Qc7 Rfb(c)8 are things that spring to mind then b5 a5 etc see if you can provoke a weakness. With e5 here I think you just make his bishop better and yours worse...after he plays Bg5 it is semi annoying for you. I dont see your long term plan here either, as Iv said I dont play coiled spring openings so maybe im bias to e5....but the queenside play plan looks much better than trying to arange a d5 break for me.
10. Bg5 Bd7
11. O-O O-O
12. Ng3 Bc6
13. e4 h6
Instead of h6 I just like Qc7, I still think you should be playing on the queenside well after a d5 advance. If you want the g7 bishop back in the game in any meaningful way I think you will have to play d5....
14. Bxf6 Qxf6
I prefer Bf6......I dont think much of the queen on f6..it doesnt really seem to do anything. Again d5 as quickly as poss
15.Re1 Rad8
Much prefer Rfd8 in light of I believe that the a rook has much better prospects on a-b-c files than the f rook has on f an e....again with the queenside play. If you just look at the position and ask yourself which lines you will probably most need a rook on in the future e-f or a-b-c I think you will tend to agree that the latter seems to offer more prospect for future play.
16. a4 d5
17. Qe2 Qe6
Id be on d4 here like a shot, It just feels right. cxd4 exd4 e5 Qf4 looks great for black. Maybe 18 Qc4 is better for white hmm 18..Ne6 19.Rad1 heres why id like to move the f rook to d8 eariler rather than the a rook since id really really want to play Rac8 here and keep the pawn covered by a rook too...although lacking that Nf4 looks pretty intresting.
18. Rad1 Qd7
Again d4, I dont get why you played Qxf6 to then shuffle the queen back?
19. b3 d4
wooohoooo 🙂
20. cxd4 exd4
21. Bd3 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Bxa4
I think this might have more sucess OTB than in correspondence chess, nothing in your position really pointed towards sacrifice. Again with the Rfd8 rather than Rad8 thing...I think this would be slightly better although probably not enough. Im just looking at the position....ok you have three passed pawns but one of those is totally blocked by a queen, knight and rook no less. Your bishop on Bg7 cant really aid the a+b pawn run and the rooks arent really in position for the pawns to start off at once.
From here I think you did as well as you could,very lucky to get the draw though.
23. bxa4 Qxa4
24. Rb1 Qd7
25. Rb6 Ra8
26. Reb1 Rfb8
27. Ne2 Bf8
28. Nf3 Bc5
29. R6b3 b5
30. Nexd4 Bxd4
31. Qxd4 Qxd4
32. Nxd4 Rb6
33. g3 Rab8
34. f4 b4
35. Ra1 Rd8
36. Nc2 Rd2
37. Nxb4 Rd4
38. Rab1 Rxe4
39. Nd5 Rd6
40. Nc3 Re3
41. Na4 Re2
42. R3b2 Re4
43. Rb6 Rd2
44. Nc5 1/2-1/2
I dont think your game plan matched your opening requirements.....do you often find yourself getting into slightly worse positions without knowing just why? All the indications of the opening suggested queenside play, probably minority attack thats certainly how I would have played it....the e5 move *shudders* really sends that dream and at least what it think were the positional requirments (I could well be wrong 🙂 ) to hell.
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Originally posted by Dragon FireYour analysis is fab, a real inspiration to the chess forum. With out you none of this would have ever of happened, a pat on the back to that man 🙂
You are doing really well here. I am impressed!
First subscriber rated under 1400 to PM me gets my next tutorial.
Hopefully I can improve on my last and do the next as efficiently as Bedlam.
Originally posted by vipiuGame 2447926
Hi,
Can you please take a look over:
http://www.chessatwork.com/core/playchess.php?nonag=true&gameid=2447926
and
http://www.chessatwork.com/core/playchess.php?nonag=true&gameid=2492004
and
http://www.chessatwork.com/core/playchess.php?nonag=true&gameid=2406443
Game 2406443
Game 2492004