I'm really upset at the blunder that cost me the game. A Big lesson learned from this game: even when I think I have calculated a series of moves correctly, I need to stop after every move just to make sure that everything is still like I though it was. Of course I still made moves that weren't "best moves" but that doesn't worry me as much as out right blunders.
Here is a key position from the game (with White to move):
white to move (hint: and keep a small edge)
I saw the continuation that Fritz recommends but didn't think it was good and ended up playing a really bad move.
Anyway, chess is an amazing game, the more I play longer games the more I realize that tactics play, by far, the largest role in any of my games. "Chess is 99% tactics" is an understatement, in my opinion, and I need to stop playing chess like a scared little girl (or boy).
Chess for Zebras is in the mail and I look forward to that.
Statistics from my games at teamchess:
U1800, at 4th board for 4 games, average opp. strength: 1651
U1600, at 1st board for 4 games, average opp. strength: 1727.5
Crazy isn't it?
5 comments:
I like bXf7 kxf7, Q-h5+ king moves
then queen takes bishop. Prevents black from castling and gain a pawn
Tak,
King moves to f6 to protect bishop so after Qh5+ Kf6 then what?
(hint #2: _deleted_)
Don't worry. I blundered away one of my games, too. I was finishing off an 1830 rated opp when my queen stepped on a landmine. Poisoned square - end of game.
Hey man, I am actually thinking of getting back into chess. I had a six month hiatus where I really didn't play at all (which you can see from my USCF rating not moving), but I want to start playing again. I will actually start updating my blog as soon as I get back into the swing.
Anyways that position... white to move and keep a small edge is just any move it seems like to me... white is up in development. But lets look at some forcing moves.
Qf3 forces castling... which helps black... no dice.
Nd5 jumped out at me, because it is such a classic motif in sicilians like this. So Nd5, exd5, Qxd5! and white is just hitting too much stuff. So exd is obviously no good. But after something like Qd6! instead of exd5, it seems like your knight just has to flee.
So that leaves Bxf7 which jumped out at me first, so after Kxf7 Qh5+ Kf6 white has some options. Re3 jumped out at me initially, and then it gets really murky. It looks like black will get mated if he gets greedy and tries to hold the bishop, but I couldn't find any forcing lines. And black always has the option to bail with Bxh7+.
Soooooo in conclusion I don't see anything forcing, so I'd probably just try to play the plan of Qe2, Rd1, Kh1, f4, e5, Nd4 - thus taking advantage of his massive dark squared holes...
But then again, I am really rusty, so there could very well be something forcing =P
Kyle,
Good to hear you coming back, always liked your game analysis.
As for that position, Fritz likes, after Bxf7, Kxf7, Qh5+, Kf6, Nd5+ and give up the knight to win the Bishop and white is down two pawns but Fritz likes it... odd I think.. I like your idea of slow development but was worried about BxN and screwed up pawns...
hmm,
anyway, drop me a line when you start bloging!
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