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I was well and truely beaten in this game but I am still unclear how I could have avoided defeat. Any suggestions?

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Originally posted by zanussi
I was well and truely beaten in this game but I am still unclear how I could have avoided defeat. Any suggestions?

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The Yugoslav attack variation of the sicilian defence is quite an interesting opening. But I am definately not an expert, I believe XanthosNZ knows some detail about it.

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Originally posted by zanussi
I was well and truely beaten in this game but I am still unclear how I could have avoided defeat. Any suggestions?

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I'd say you neglected the centre. An e5 pawn would have got rid of the pesky knight. A knight swap would have achieved the same thing. Also, I wouldn't have brought my Queen out where you did, but would rather have pushed Queenside pawns to open up the castled position. I didn't think much of your rook move either. Rooks work best on the flanks.

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The maneuvre 14. ... Ne5 and 15. .... Nc4 was too slow. Ne4 was definitley a mistake. With Bxh6 the game was still on, with the thematical Rxc3 as most likely next move.

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I would say your game was mainly sound. Only a few small mistakes, but as I have learned, in the Dragon, the smallest inaccuracies can lead to defeat.

12...Ng3 looks like a good move, trading off your knight for the light-square bishop.

13...Nxd4 seems a bit better to get rid of the well-placed White Knight.

again 14...Nxd4. 14...Ne5 does not have as much point as it does in some other lines of the Dragon because the White Bishop was never on c4.

15...Nc4 was your main mistake I think, as it allows White to win back his pawn. 15...Bxh6 is better, just a straight swap and Black is still winning.

Sorry, it's not much but I hope it helps.

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Originally posted by lukemcmullan
15...Bxh6 is better, just a straight swap and Black is still winning.
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I wouldn't go that far. 16.Rxh6 Rxc3 is still a sharp game.

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
I wouldn't go that far. 16.Rxh6 Rxc3 is still a sharp game.
Well, on material he is winning.

And it's still better than the text move.

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Just wondering whether you can play 9... Nxd4 followed by 10... Be6 with a better setup against it ?!

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Out of interest. I ran the game on Fritz. It reckons I should have moved 12 ...Nh5- g3 and swap off with the white squared bishop (I think the next aim is to swap a piece for g & f pawns). It also suggested Rf8-e8. Do you think these would have saved the game?

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Did fritz think those moves would have saved the game? If it did then I say yes. If not then I say no.

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