I'm black. Move 19 isn't something I would have looked at before. For me it's counterintuitive to capture a protected minor piece with my queen. I think I missed mate in one on the second to last move.
I've only been casually practicing tactics on chesstempo here and there on my iPhone. Is it worth buying a premium account on that site?
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- move 1 could not be played: Invalid PGN : Error converting move b2
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2013.8.7"]
[Round "?"]
[White "dguillermo"]
[Black "USArmyParatrooper"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. b2-b4 e7-e5 2. Bc1-b2 d7-d6 3. e2-e4 Ng8-f6 4. Bf1-c4 g7-g6 5. d2-d3 Bf8-h6 6. Nb1-d2 O-O 7. Bb2-c1 Bc8-e6 8. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 9. Nd2-f3 Bh6xc1 10. Qd1xc1 Qd8-e7 11. h2-h3 Nb8-c6 12. a2-a3 Nc6-d4 13. Ra1-b1 Ra8-c8 14. c2-c3 Nd4xf3 15. Ng1xf3 Nf6-h5 16. Qc1-h6 Nh5-f4 17. Nf3-g5 Nf4xd3 18. Ke1-d2 Nd3xf2 19. Rh1-f1 Qe7xg5 20. Qh6xg5 Nf2xe4 21. Kd2-d3 Ne4xg5 22. Rf1-h1 e5-e4 23. Kd3-c4 d6-d5 24. Kc4-b3 e6-e5 25. h3-h4 Ng5-e6 26. g2-g3 Rf8-f3 27. g3-g4 d5-d4 28. Kb3-c4 c7-c6 29. c3xd4 e5xd4 30. h4-h5 b7-b5 0-1
playing the orang Utan
basically black stakes a claim in the centre by advancing the d pawn.... the mainline continuation is 1 b4.....e5 2 bb2 bxb4 3 bxe5 which white will know well.....
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the best policy is to give black immediate problems to solve in the opening by constructing a pawn centre..
black plays 1 d5 followed by moving queen out to d6 where it not only targets the b4 pawn but also supports the central advance e7-e5. The middle game plan is to develop the kingside swiftly and bolster the pawn centre. A short, sharp game will be enough to catch a glimpse of how black should handle the opening.
yes i got a knight fork queen swap in much the same way recently (after grabbing a minor piece). I think this came directly from doing tactics puzzles.
I paid for the subscription and was trying to do some every day or every other day, but really I never got much better, and i have given up for a bit. I was happy to pay some money as a contribution.
I think you get a bit more information as a subscriber. Its important (but difficult) to not get hung up on the points rating I think.