As an ongoing thing, I am tracking when in my otb games we leave anything resembling "theory" so far in 30 games we left book on average move 8....
last night's position.
I played an old 1930's move Qb3 played by Reshevsky, Fine and later Geller. My guess is they didn't have any theory they just played on the principle of putting pressure on the d pawn and disrupting the development of the Light Square Bishop. Anyway clearly my opponent (rated 1943) was disturbed by the move (playing the classical grunfeld plus a non mainline is good enough to ruin any chance that he had "Seen" this before.) and immediately blundered playing Nbd7 and I slowly ground him down up a pawn into a winning endgame.
He's done it again!
He showed us a position and then....nothing.
Nimzo my dear friend every spare moment since the February 1st I have
been looking at games on RHP where one lad wins a safe pawn and totally screws
up the grinding down into a win part.
Actually grinding down is the wrong word.
That makes it sound like a hard slog when infact it can be very easy.
The RHP game usually and needlessly turns into a tactical melee with pieces
and pawns and Kings and Queens left hanging.
Great fun for me and I am enjoying every minute of it.
But it would be good to see a clean, no nonsense win every now and then.
It's been a while since I saw a good simplification combo.
That is a sac combo that does nothing more than to win back the material
invested to chop wood and break any counter play before it even starts.
The standard cop out is now is for someone to post a Capablanca game to show
us how it's done.
The trouble being Capablanca cannot answer questions and Capa was a genius.
If one of our own kind has an OTB example of how to win with a safe pawn up
then perhaps some on here might just realise that such games (the bread butter
of the good players) are not just the preserve of the GM's.
Bascially what I am saying is show us the game!!!
Please use the PGN thingy and not fen snap shots.
And don't groan - it's your thread. 🙂
Originally posted by greenpawn34but why discourage players from posting chess in the chess forum?
Hi watchyourbackrank
🙂
I know what I am like. I'm never shy in coming forward.
Just roll your eyes, shake your head and say 'he's at it again'.
Moaning and Trolling.
But if you don't ask, you don't get.
I don't get it.
Originally posted by greenpawn34GP, you know darn well that as soon as someone posts a game like this, you'll complain about endings being boring, and that the game needed an opening trap somewhere! 😉
He's done it again!
He showed us a position and then....nothing.
Nimzo my dear friend every spare moment since the February 1st I have
been looking at games on RHP where one lad wins a safe pawn and totally screws
up the grinding down into a win part.
Actually grinding down is the wrong word.
That makes it sound like a hard slog when infact ...[text shortened]... lease use the PGN thingy and not fen snap shots.
And don't groan - it's your thread. 🙂
I remember one time I showed a King's Gambit game I played here, where I systematically traded down to a won ending (my most successful KG strategy, at least in CC), and you dogged me and (in jest) dubbed me "He who trades queens in the King's Gambit".
It was all fun, but I remember thinking that forum publishing is like chess magazine publishing- readers want tactical games that end in 30 moves or less, and people leave for the doors as soon as the queens leave the board.
I agree with your post, but I have a hard time accepting that you were the one who wrote it! Of course, it is entirely possible that there was some "word processor engine" assistance in your post- I'm still batch analyzing your noun and verb matchup rates...
"......you'll complain about endings being boring,"
It was expected of me, someone had to do it. 🙂
"but I remember thinking that forum publishing is like chess magazine publishing..."
Correct. I did run my own chess magazine for 3-4 years 'Capatal (sic) Chess.'
OK it was more Tal than Capa but I know what sells.
Hi Nimzo.
It's up to you mate, do what you want.
I'm joining the faceless thumbs up/down crowd.
The last few moves might be off, as my scoresheet got a touch illegible but the idea is roughly right. Anyway, I didn't bother posting the full game score originally as the discussion wasn't about the middle game but that at 1900 studying openings doesn't mean a whole lot when you drop a pawn the moment you are out of your comfort zone.
Originally posted by greenpawn34please don't, I would rather have you ding me verbally for being "lazy" than to just zap my post with a quiet thumbs down.
"......you'll complain about endings being boring,"
It was expected of me, someone had to do it. 🙂
"but I remember thinking that forum publishing is like chess magazine publishing..."
Correct. I did run my own chess magazine for 3-4 years 'Capatal (sic) Chess.'
OK it was more Tal than Capa but I know what sells.
Hi Nimzo.
It's up to you mate, do what you want.
I'm joining the faceless thumbs up/down crowd.
haha.
Hi Nimzo.
Good. It can be hard to note up a game where nothing appears to happen but
at that level these games are more frequent that a chance to get in the bang
bang sac mate attack. Getting them off to pat and making it look wasy is in
itself an art form.
Now please don't take this as harsh criticism and please don't let it you
stop from posting in the future. But may I add that in the final part of the
game there is one note missing. Somewhere in the there you could have added:
"My only concern in wrapping up this game was not to trade too many pawns
and allow Black the opportunity to give up his Knights for the remaining pawns
leaving me with two Knights and no way of mating the Black King."
If I was Black it is what I would have been angling to do.
chessH - jansax RHP 2010 Game 6779346
Black was forced to adopt this plan.
White played 49.c8=Q too soon. 49.Nf5 just wins.
Black had to play 49...Nxc8. Then all the he need do was
to give up his Knight for the last pawn and force White to take his pawns.
It ended:
Black played 56...Nxe3 and the game was drawn after White tried
for more than 20 moves to mate with two Knights against a bare King.
If my post has upset anyone then I'm sorry.
Russ will soon be hosting a new forum called Nanny Counselling
were people like nasty me and the Marauding No1 are not allowed.
You can go there and to get a cuddle, a blanket and hear some nice words.
Originally posted by greenpawn34This is very true and certainly was on my mind during the game. Once I picked off the second pawn my first thought was to try and get a pair of knights off the board so he could only sac his knight for 1 pawn. 🙂
Hi Nimzo.
"My only concern in wrapping up this game was not to trade too many pawns
and allow Black the opportunity to give up his Knights for the remaining pawns
leaving me with two Knights and no way of mating the Black King."
Other thoughts that cross one's mind is mating with 2 knights vs King and pawn Troitzky style.. a pattern I have never bothered to study. 🙁