Hi guys!
Please take a look at this game:
Game 2402738
Although I won, thanks to Josh's tutorial about rook endgames in Chessmaster, I would like to know how to improve.
Any information would be useful, like where I went wrong, etc.
Thanks guys!
Originally posted by aommasterI stopped after looking at move 13.
Hi guys!
Please take a look at this game:
Game 2402738
Although I won, thanks to Josh's tutorial about rook endgames in Chessmaster, I would like to know how to improve.
Any information would be useful, like where I went wrong, etc.
Thanks guys!
Bd6 is a bad move. It block the development of your other bishop and restrict your d pawn from moving.
Then you blunder away your bishop on b7.
Read my need help getting to 1400 thread. It's under the chess forum. Read Page 2 of that half way down, follow that advice I give. After that you can read my need help getting to 1600 thread once you are done everything on the 1400 thread.
That should help you out a lot.
Rahim K
For right now you need to become more aware of simple threats and tactics. You should have seen that your knight could be attacked by the b pawn thus potentially exposing your unguarded bishop.
Become more aware of threats to your pieces and defense of your pieces--who is guarding what, et cetera. The same is true of threats to your opponent's pieces and try to recognize how to create such threats. Unfortunately this is most effectively realized by messing up alot.
The recomendation that you read a book on chess basics is a good one, but avoid opening books. Those are all about stratagy which is way over the head of a player at your level. You need basics and tactics. My favorite book when I was learning is called How Not to Play Chess which is very simply written yet very strong in chess ideas. Unfortunately I think the book is out of print, but there are many other good books that can help you out.
Originally posted by YUG0slavit's not really fair to judge Bd6 so harshly. In a regular openning Bd6 is a terrible move, but here the position justifies such a move. White has placed all his pawns on dark squares, in doing so he has perforce left black with a bad darksquared bishop. if Be7 this would force black to play d6/d5 sooner or later to get his Q/Rs into the game, which would close the position negating blacks superior development. Bd6 allows the d pawn to stay where it is while the light squared bishop develops to the long daigonal. (this is similar to the tarrasch QGD where after 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 blocking in the e pawn)
definitely agree with Bd6 being bad, blocking that pawn.
note that after 8.Ra2?? Nxb4!
9.Bxb7? Nxa2 10.Bxa8 Qxa8 11.Rh2 (Nf3 Nxc1 -+) Nxc1 12.Qxc1 Ng4! 13.Rh3 Qg2 -+
Or
9.axb4 Bxg2 10.Rh2 Bd5 11.Ra1 and black is up a pawn which is more than compensation for the imobile d pawn
after 8...a5!? 9.b5 Nb4 10.axb4 Bxg2 11.Rh2 Bd5 12.Rb2 axb4 13.cxb4 Qe7
16...h6?? while beginners are taught to open a window for their king this is usually a mistake if done too early (particularly in a closed position such as this) as it creates a weakness that can be attacked.This is a good example 17.g5! hxg5?? 18.hxg5!! and the knight must be sacrificed to stop the threat of Qh5-h8# (Nd7/h7 Qh5 f6 g6 +-)
25.h6? should be met with 25...g6!! now the pawn on h6 blocks his own pieces and thus protects the black king, this is a standard idea in the yugoslav attack (sicilian).
40.Nxd4? Rg1 -+
43...Rg4 -+
and i personally would've opted for 50...Rxd4
Originally posted by thesonofsaulI have heard that "how to beat your dad in chess" is an excellent learning book. I personally used "The USBORNE Guide to Playing Chess"
For right now you need to become more aware of simple threats and tactics. You should have seen that your knight could be attacked by the b pawn thus potentially exposing your unguarded bishop.
Become more aware of threats to your pieces and defense of your pieces--who is guarding what, et cetera. The same is true of threats to your opponent's pie ...[text shortened]... ly I think the book is out of print, but there are many other good books that can help you out.
It starts with how the pieces move and the basic rules (including castling and en passant) . Has basic puzzles a section called capturing tricks (covers forks, skewers etc.) some nice misc. info i.e. stuff about famous players, the chess machine by Kempelen, opening ideas (development and the first centralized pieces etc.) 2 sample games (1 example for learning and 1 Karpov vrs. Korchnoi) and puzzles intersperced through all section. It is quite comprehensive is in large print, has tons of diagrams and tops out at 62 pages.
Oh it also has a neat little table showing which combination of pieces can give mate to a lone king!