26 Jul 05
Congrats - it is a nice game. The pawn storm worked, although I'm quite curious as to why black choose to castle in move 16 - seems to me that was just asking for it.
You also did a nice job of going for the mate, instead of just gaining a quality (move 21). One question though: When did you see the mate?
/Mads
26 Jul 05
Originally posted by svinBlack wasted two moves by swinging his knight about when he should have been castling. After the knight was exchanged i got two free moves to open a file on the king side.
Congrats - it is a nice game. The pawn storm worked, although I'm quite curious as to why black choose to castle in move 16 - seems to me that was just asking for it.
You also did a nice job of going for the mate, instead of just gaining a quality (move 21). One question though: When did you see the mate?
/Mads
When did i see mate? Not sure really. I wanted to open up the d-file to allow Rd8 at some point. As it happened, in doing this i realized that most of blacks pieces are either pinned in some way (through defending specific squares or covering more important pieces) and saw Nf6 check. I'm really chuffed cos each move seems to increase my advantage a little all the way through, i rarely achieve this.
27 Jul 05
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Originally posted by marinakatombYou're right that blacks move 10 & 12 seems to be a bit waste of time, when he could have developed his other pieces instead. But move 16, IMHO, is just asking for it: Why on earth does he castle kingside, instead of taking the chance with his king in the open?
Black wasted two moves by swinging his knight about when he should have been castling. After the knight was exchanged i got two free moves to open a file on the king side.
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/Mads