Hi All,
I somehow managed to swindle this game, but my opponent thoroughly outplayed me for most of the game. Instead of playing my normal (and superficially obvious) 3. e3, I followed a database-driven recommendation and and suffered in purgatory for many moves until I was saved by the grace of Caissa. It certainly had nothing to do with justice! Props to my opponent in spite of the result.
I'm apparently too dumb to get the board right, so here is the header and moves:
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[EndDate "2009.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Leggett"]
[Black "Andrianos"]
[WhiteRating "1709"]
[BlackRating "1604"]
[WhiteELO "1709"]
[BlackELO "1604"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "6684102"]
1. f4 d5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. b3 Bc8g4 4. Bc1b2 Bg4xf3 5. exf3 a6 6. Bf1e2 e6
7. O-O Ng8f6 8. Nb1c3 Bf8c5 9. Kg1h1 Qd8d6 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Nc3a4 Bc5d4
12. c3 Bd4a7 13. d4 b5 14. Na4c5 Ba7xc5 15. dxc5 Qd6xc5 16. a4 d4
17. cxd4 Nc6xd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be2xb5 Nd4xb5 20. Ra1a8 Kc8b7 21. Ra8xd8 Rh8xd8
22. Qd1xd8 Nf6d5 23. Rf1a1 Qc5f2 24. Qd8a8 Kb7b6 25. Ra1a6 1-0
Paul Leggett
Originally posted by Paul LeggettI assume you had black and timed the guy out? Well done! 😕
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Hi All,
I somehow managed to swindle this game, but my opponent thoroughly outplayed me for most of the game. Instead of playing my normal (and superficially obvious) 3. e3, I followed a database-driven recommendation and and suffered in purgatory for many moves until I was saved by the grace of Caissa. It certain ...[text shortened]... had nothing to do with justice! Props to my opponent in spite of the result.
Paul Leggett
Originally posted by Paul Leggett
[pgn][Event "Open invite"][/pgn]
Hi All,
I somehow managed to swindle this game, but my opponent thoroughly outplayed me for most of the game. Instead of playing my normal (and superficially obvious) 3. e3, I followed a database-driven recommendation and and suffered in purgatory for many moves until I was saved by the grace of Caissa. It certain ...[text shortened]... 6d5 23. Rf1a1 Qc5f2 24. Qd8a8 Kb7b6 25. Ra1a6 1-0
Paul Leggett
I think e3 is the way to go. It prevents the doubled pawns. Follow that up with h3, black must take the knight, unless he wants to lose his bishop.
I used the idea in this game that just finished today:
I learned alot about this position by watching the polar bear videos on you tube.
I think black missed something by not playing 18.Nc2. It seems to me that he would have at least won the exchange.
I don't think e3 is so great. In move, Black as done thing while white was developping. and doubled pawn are no always weak.
Nc3 is a mistake, d4 was better.
Beautifull move... Bxb5, now that something very good.
Good move pal. white was better since that sacrifice
Many of us have games they should have lost.... but the opponent was not carefull. recently, I just tried to sac a pawn, when I was pawn behind to give myself an open line and end up with a exchange sacrifice. I should never won like that.
So what aobut this game. I've just finished.
At move latest move, I consider all move and decided to try some, I found a brilliant sacrifice. Rxf4.... with it... I think this game show the vulnerabily of the king. Black player all the game without his rook and his queen knight. he can't give me odds. I prolong it to the mate for show
I think you hit it right on the head- you played up a rook and knight on your opponent, because they never moved. To me, the White position was aesthetically pleasing as well, as the center really was where the action was, and the white pieces always had somewhere to go. I'm going to have to look at it further to fully appreciate it, because I can detect nuances without yet figuring them out.
Originally posted by AudreyxSophieNo, e3 is the correct move to play in that situation. The problem with those doubled pawns is that they tend to immobilize the king side pawn cluster, which matters a lot if black castles kingside as you want to be able to attack with them. With black castling queenmside it's nice to have the f3 square clear for the light squared bishop.
I don't think e3 is so great. In move, Black as done thing while white was developping. and doubled pawn are no always weak.
Nc3 is a mistake, d4 was better.
Beautifull move... Bxb5, now that something very good.
Good move pal. white was better since that sacrifice
I tend to agree about Nc3, but that knight's always a problem in Bird's opening with a queenside fianchetto.
A European Master Olga Sikorova (rated2250-2300 FIDE) played with the "exf3" method twice in my database, winning one and losing one. I was attracted to the idea because of a similar position in the King's Indian Attack (my bread and butter opening) where Karpov recommended recapturing with the e-pawn instead of the g2 bishop because the doubled pawns controlled valuable central squares, and because white would be able to eventually trade off the forward f-pawn for Black's e- or g- pawn.
I have always preferred playing e3 in Bird's in response to the "recipe" ...Bg4 because I value winning bishop for knight without having to make any positional concessions. I still prefer playing e3, but there are certainly good players who think otherwise.
Paul