I find I like providing commentary on OPGs (Other People’s Games) because I can try to come across like some kind of big-shot expert on chess, when in fact I am a mere novice at the game, who doesn't know his pawn from a hole in the ground. So pardon me blathering on about this game or that, if you don't mind…
In Game 533532 white’s knight is attacked by a pawn on move 25, and white responds by moving it forward deep into black territory, where the knight can’t get support from any of white’s other pieces or pawns. White could have played 29 Nd+ followed by 30 Nxc6, and he would have gained a pawn with his knight foray, without losing the knight. But he did not do so, and black realized that his king could attack the knight, which is doomed after 29... Ke7. Right after black made this king move, I’ll bet white realized that his knight had been in a dangerous situation and that there was no longer any way to save it. The loss of the knight seems to have been critical in the endgame, and white resigns after 60 moves.
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In recently-completed Game 589556 on move 29 white makes a very plausible-looking advance of the QNP, probably looking toward promoting the pawn soon. I might easily have done the same thing, had I been playing. Black immediately realized that the move trapped white’s rook at b7. Black attacked the rook with his king. Of the ten squares that white’s rook could move to (one being a pawn capture), all of them, amazingly enough given how little material is still left on the board at this stage of the game, are under attack by black. White resigned.
Originally posted by Paul DiracYou are right about that..26.Na6 or 26.Nb3 were better moves. However black failed to punish immediately with 26. ... Ke7.
I find I like providing commentary on OPGs (Other People’s Games) because I can try to come across like some kind of big-shot expert on chess, when in fact I am a mere novice at the game, who doesn't know his pawn from a hole in the ground. So pardon me blathering on about this game or that, if you don't mind…
In Game 533532 white’s knight is a ...[text shortened]... loss of the knight seems to have been critical in the endgame, and white resigns after 60 moves.
Originally posted by Paul Diracright again. 29.Rc1 could have prevented that. But he was losing already. His position was lost when he gave up the bishop in move 13.Bf7+. Almost any other move with that bishop would have been better.
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In recently-completed Game 589556 on move 29 white makes a very plausible-looking advance of the QNP, probably looking toward promoting the pawn soon. I might easily have done the same thing, had I been playing. Black immediately realized that the move trapped white’s rook at b7. Black attacked the rook with his king. Of the ...[text shortened]... still left on the board at this stage of the game, are under attack by black. White resigned.
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With move 7.Nxe5 (instead of Nxg5) white could have had a winning game early in the game, for instance: Nxe5 Rg8 Qxh7 Nxe5 Qxg8 cxd5 Qxd5 giving him a rook, 3 pawns and the initiative for 2 minor pieces.
Around move 30, white's position in Game 605042 reminds me of a turtle with its head and legs tucked inside the shell. The defensive posture was not enough to save the game, as black had an e pawn with an E ticket to the final rank.
Originally posted by Paul DiracWhite appears to have been in full retreat from the center pawns from move 15 onward, for no good reason, since at least one could just have been knocked out...
Around move 30, white's position in Game 605042 reminds me of a turtle with its head and legs tucked inside the shell. The defensive posture was not enough to save the game, as black had an e pawn with an E ticket to the final rank.
Y'all are welcome to rip all my games apart- bear in mind I played some of them with no analysis at all- just looked and clicked- some of them I did think about though... you can probly figure out whih is which. I would appreciate analysis of the mediocre ones more than the bad ones- I know the bad ones were bad, still wondering about the others.
Originally posted by mitiegeSince I am commenting on public games that have been comleted I have the advantage of 20/20 hindsight: I know who won the game, so it is just a matter of seeking out the move(s) that caused things to go sour for the player who lost. Had I been in the losing player's shoes while the game was still in progress, I might well have made the same bad move, or perhaps an even worse one.
Y'all are welcome to rip all my games apart...
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Originally posted by Paul DiracHey, thats me!!!!!!!!
I find I like providing commentary on OPGs (Other People’s Games) because I can try to come across like some kind of big-shot expert on chess, when in fact I am a mere novice at the game, who doesn't know his pawn from a hole in the ground. So pardon me blathering on about this game or that, if you don't mind…
In Game 533532 white’s knight is a ...[text shortened]... loss of the knight seems to have been critical in the endgame, and white resigns after 60 moves.
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Originally posted by Paul DiracA lot of games blur together, but I do in particular remeber that one, which was played with my good friend Elton
Belated congratulations on the win of the enemy knight and the ensuing win of the game, Bob. 🙂
After playing so many games here, do you even have any direct recollection of that game, or do they tend to blur together?
At move 40 in Game 588771 White is comfortably ahead by a rook. With moves 45-47, Black maneuvers to get more heat on the f7 square, using checks as a tactic, and on move 48 Black uses his rook to capture the White rook at f7. Now, with the loss of a rook, material is even. At this point, the continuation could have been 49 Rxf7, Qxf7; 50 Qxf7, Kxf7; 51 Kf4, Kf6, and it is a draw because the White king can’t get to the Promised Land at the g5 square.
But instead White went for a checking move at 49, and Black seemed to try for a draw by three-move repetition. White loses another rook with moves 55 and 56, and so is now down a full rook, when earlier in the game he had been up a rook. White resigns after 65, in the face of Black’s inevitable promotion at g1.
Originally posted by Paul DiracWhite had the draw by perpetual check... shame.... he went for win. You get punished when you push like that
At move 40 in Game 588771 White is comfortably ahead by a rook. With moves 45-47, Black maneuvers to get more heat on the f7 square, using checks as a tactic, and on move 48 Black uses his rook to capture the White rook at f7. Now, with the loss of a rook, material is even. At this point, the continuation could have been 49 Rxf7, Qxf7; 50 Qxf7, Kxf7 ...[text shortened]... n up a rook. White resigns after 65, in the face of Black’s inevitable promotion at g1.