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http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=1515779


How could I have done better?


Edit: Also, how do I make a link to a game and/or show the board in the forums?

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Originally posted by Tetsujin
http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=1515779


How could I have done better?


Edit: Also, how do I make a link to a game and/or show the board in the forums?
By using "gid" tags, or clicking on "insert link to game".

Game 1515779

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Originally posted by Tetsujin
http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=1515779


How could I have done better?


Edit: Also, how do I make a link to a game and/or show the board in the forums?
My eyes hurt.

:'(

You should have captured his knight on move 4, and then again on move 6. I didn't really look that much further.

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Crikey, the knight on b1 likes a bit of the hokey cokey. To be truthful, 2. d3 doesn't give you an awful lot of space to work with.

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Really?

I figured that cramping white early would give me a bigger advantage than taking the knight.


I don't know, are doubled pawns worth having one of you own on the 5th rank?


Thanks for the tip. 🙂

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Edit: Awesome.

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Originally posted by Oddjob291
Crikey, the knight on b1 likes a bit of the hokey cokey. To be truthful, 2. d3 doesn't give you an awful lot of space to work with.
Wrong player.

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Originally posted by buffalobill
Wrong player.
errr... yeah guys... I was black.




Edit: I've been told to say guys/girls.



*smack* ow....

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Originally posted by Tetsujin
http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=1515779


How could I have done better?


Edit: Also, how do I make a link to a game and/or show the board in the forums?
Do yourself a favour and look at it yourself with a critical eye, perhaps with the board reversed. You passed up pieces and also gave them away. Stop those basic mistakes because it's impossible to see past these.

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Well that's really why I asked. How would you guys see it?


Are talking about me giving up a knight and bishop to advance a pawn, for mate?

Maybe the bishop was a bit early, but I wouldnt have any regrets about the knight.

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Originally posted by Tetsujin
errr... yeah guys... I was black.




Edit: I've been told to say guys/girls.



*smack* ow....
Oops 😀 ... just giving an impartial view for his opponent.

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Originally posted by Tetsujin
Really?

I figured that cramping white early would give me a bigger advantage than taking the knight.


I don't know, are doubled pawns worth having one of you own on the 5th rank?


Thanks for the tip. 🙂

Game 1515779


Edit: Awesome.
Don't over-value positional factors, sure sac a knight if you're way ahead in development and think you can exploit it, don't do it just so you can keep two pawns in the centre. You cramp a position in an attempt to win material or mate, if you're given it on a plate, take it.

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Dreadful play by both.....like something you'd expect to see from a small child

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Originally posted by Drumbo
Dreadful play by both.....like something you'd expect to see from a small child
I think that's harsh. It certainly looks like a beginners game, but aside from the obvious mistakes (not taking the N when you could right at the start), there seems to be some understanding of chess in general. I think you just need to start making sure you look at everything when you consider your move. Out of interest, did you not take the N at the start because you weren't looking for a capture, but looking for developing moves instead?

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Originally posted by Tetsujin
Well that's really why I asked. How would you guys see it?


Are talking about me giving up a knight and bishop to advance a pawn, for mate?

Maybe the bishop was a bit early, but I wouldnt have any regrets about the knight.
Bishop sac seems ok though b4 would have been a slightly better defence for him.
The Knight sac wasn't a real sac because when he took it you can force mate.

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Originally posted by welsharnie
I think that's harsh. It certainly looks like a beginners game, but aside from the obvious mistakes (not taking the N when you could right at the start), there seems to be some understanding of chess in general. I think you just need to start making sure you look at everything when you consider your move. Out of interest, did you not take the N at the start because you weren't looking for a capture, but looking for developing moves instead?
That's okay, I'm more or less a beginner.

So the general idea is that I should have taken the knight at first chance.



Yes, I pretty much thought I could handle the knight anywhere is goes. Maybe it was a bit cocky, he did pick up a pawn with it.


Edit:

How exactly do you classify an open game vs a closed game?

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