Originally posted by jumpawnitWell, I'm just a patzer with an engine. I was holding off on commenting in hopes that some high rated player would jump in with some good advice. But nobody's posted yet, and I don't want you to feel that you're being ignored by the RHP community.
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BLACK TO MOVE
This is a good OTB game I played a few weeks ago. My opponent resigned at this point. I don't know why either but what is the best move for black? I've been pondering this since the game ended. I was black by the way,
My engine likes 1...e5-e4, with an evaluation of about -1.3 pawns (advantage to Black of 1.3 pawns). And a few other moves with evaluations in the neighborhood of -0.5 to -0.8 pawns. But to tell you the truth, the lines that it's spitting out are much deeper than my limited ability to see, so I really have no idea how Black is supposed to get that advantage.
If you're a master, you might have a big enough of an edge to do further squeezing and maybe get a win (pure speculation on my part, though). However, if you two are novices like me, I have my doubts that White could see enough to decide to resign based on the position. Who knows, maybe he had a doctor's appointment. 🙂
Black is certainly much better here, but I don't think that in itself would be cause for resignation. To be honest, I think that chances are some external factor was influencing the resignation (e.g. tired opponent, something else to do, etc.).
Although it is always possible that your opponent saw some kind of pawn march or something, and thought that they didn't have enough play left to warrant continuing.
Originally posted by jumpawnitI don't know what move to recommend, but that hole on g3 and the strong black center seems so terrible for white.
[fen]r1bq1rk1/pp2n1b1/5npp/3ppp2/5P2/2NP3P/PPPBB1PN/R1Q2RK1[/fen]
BLACK TO MOVE
This is a good OTB game I played a few weeks ago. My opponent resigned at this point. I don't know why either but what is the best move for black? I've been pondering this since the game ended. I was black by the way,