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who can help me like the endgame?

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Originally posted by Ohforf
Perhaps you should team up with someone who's good at openings, and someone who's good at endgames, and play as a trio, taking over from one another as needed.
is that a kilt your are wearing my lad, I hope like all true Scotsmen you wear the proper under garments, scratch and sniff boxer shorts!

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Hi Yash.

I saw it but after Qg6 Black is wriggling.


Better to have that f8 Rook (the one in play ) than chase the a8 Rook.

As the game spun out Nxc6 was totally risk free still holding a plus.
If unsure and given the choice then that is good players way.

Black dropped pawns all over the place trying to get his act together
and at no time was White under threat.

But when clear tactcial present themselves, you have to switch hats.

You can imagine the arguments if there was joint analysis.
I'd be all for chucking bits chasing rainbows,
Yash would chase material,
V would play for the ending keeping the pawns intact.
SG would be looking for a problem like finish
Paul Leg would be trying to get a Bishop on g2
And Trev would keeping butting in with suggestions from his cat.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
And Trev would keeping butting in with suggestions from his cat.
Isn't that cheating? A cat sure is a third party!

OT: I can see that you'd rather take the f8 rook. It's probably better to keep black from activating his pieces than taking the extra pawn.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Hi Yash.

I saw it but after Qg6 Black is wriggling.

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Better to have that f8 Rook (the one in play ) than chase the a8 Rook.

As the game spun out Nxc6 was totally risk free still holding a plus.
If unsure and given the choice then that is good players way.

Black dropped ...[text shortened]... trying to get a Bishop on g2
And Trev would keeping butting in with suggestions from his cat.
Paul Leg would be trying to get a Bishop on g2 , Lol, and i would be wondering why doesn't this game simply win itself!

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
soo many games i lose! two pawns up from the middle game and i end up losing?
How the heck? this happens to me often.
Get king into play ASAP.

At move 32, it did look really good for you with the two extra pawns and the bishop pair. And I, like you, would retain the bishop pair if possible and if it made sense. Though, if I did trade a bishop for his knight, I would make sure to retain the same color (as his) to reduce the chance of a drawish position.

I see your point about worrying about his king getting to your queenside pawns, but I still think I would have focused on getting my king into play, such as with 33.Kf8, and used my bishops as necessary (e.g., Bc3 or Bb4 or etc.) to restrain his king and gain a tempo to get an advantage in king position.

And keep bishops back with scope if possible, but also willing to trade my light bishop for his knight if needed to establish a better position for my king.

I like Varenka's post above.

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Originally posted by moon1969
Get king into play ASAP.

At move 32, it did look really good for you with the two extra pawns and the bishop pair. And I, like you, would retain the bishop pair if possible and if it made sense. Though, if I did trade a bishop for his knight, I would make sure to retain the same color (as his) to reduce the chance of a drawish position.

I see your ...[text shortened]... s knight if needed to establish a better position for my king.

I like Varenka's post above.
thanks, yeah the quality of the replies was immense, all were in fact very helpful, in some way or other.

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Originally posted by moon1969
That's harsh
i know, maybe he's a 1300 rating on a good day.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
You can imagine the arguments if there was joint analysis.
I'd be all for chucking bits chasing rainbows,
Yash would chase material,
V would play for the ending keeping the pawns intact.
SG would be looking for a problem like finish
Paul Leg would be trying to get a Bishop on g2
And Trev would keeping butting in with suggestions from his cat.[/b]
I think you just wrote an algorythm for a new chess engine! I guess we'll have to call it RHP 1.0.

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Call it Trev's Cat (Meow 1)

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Originally posted by trev33
i know, maybe he's a 1300 rating on a good day.
I think I could take the cat 2 out of 3. Our ratings are about the same, but the old "ball of yarn" distraction trick is amazingly effective!