Ok Tyson,
Went through move by move along with your notes.
Man oh man, I didn’t deserve to win that game, but I sure should have.
If that dude is anywhere near a 1400, gives me hope for any upcoming tournament
play, though I suspect he was either distracted or smoking crayons.
Just bone headed plays nailed me to the wall.
One of my main short term gols right now is to stop making dumb mistakes
because I didn’t check my resulting position and potential attacks carefully
enough, and I blew it on this one big time.
I realize I don’t know squat about opening move theory, end game tactics and
all that, but one thing I can control completely is giving away a queen because
I didn’t check the lines properly.
Anyhow, spilled cow juice and all that.
Some excellent points in there that I took to heart.
I hadn’t thought about the fact that knights up against pawns on the outside
only have one way in and out, thus making them easy to repel, , thanks for that
one, will remember that the rest of my chess journey.
Also, leaving that knight stuck over on h8 so long was another mistake, but one
I hadn’t considered the ramifications of before you brought it up.
You are right about bringing that rook back to continue the pressure, as you
said, no need to counter move everything he does.
I think at times, I got too greedyor too excited, and other times nervous, and
ended up either moving too soon, or reacting to what black was doing, instead
of concentrating on my overarching offensive plan.
This guy was moving pretty fast in the first ¾’s of the game, and that was
throwing me as well, as I was trying to match pace, and most definitely should
have pondered longer, especially after I had a significant material advantage.
I am particularly cluless when it comes to the pawn battles in the center
squares, I never know when to sacrifice a piece or two to clear up lanes, or
whether to react to offensive movement.
yet another thing that will come with experience, study, focus, and repetition,
if I’m lucky.
At any rate, I could go on about what you’ve shown me with your notes, but
thanks again, I promise it was all absorbed and will be pondered further.
Last thing, I had emailed you back directly a few days ago, not sure if you got
that one, but just in case wanted to let you know.
Thanks again,
Che
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Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 5:10 PM
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: A novice game for analysis
Hello Che et al,
ECO is Encyclopedia of Ches Openings. D04 is a classification of an opening,
and in this case it's the Colle and engine recogises it because it says so on
the next line.
There are several blunders here, some of them mutual.
The first interesting point is the opening. After a classic start with both
d-Pawns established Black starts a Queenside advance before completing
development and castling. Ultimately this rebounds on him but it's a sort of
swings and roundabout thing. My advice is get the King castled first and only
then play on the other side of the board.
I'm not sure about 7...b4 because of the immediate 8 Qa4. I don't think much of
8 a3 but 7 a3 has the point of discouraging 7...b4. Later on in the game if
that Pawn wasn't on a3 White would have Ba3+, in some cases mate! The
consistent reply to 7 a3 is 7...a5 so that after a later ...b5-b4 White can
either play
1) a3xb4 a5xb4 when he has the open a-file for his Rook then follow with c3-c4
to keep the b-file closed, or;
2) c2xb4 a5xb4 then a3-a4 with an outside passed Pawn supported by a Rook.
In both these cases the b8 Rook remains passive. Note also that White gets
Pawns to either a4 or c4 without them being taken en passant. Unusual but
instructive.
The first blunder is 10...Nc6 which simply drops a whole piece to 11 Qxc6+ and
if 11...Bd7 12 Qa6. Black should have remained calm and played 10...c6 when the
Queen defends the Knight. 10...Nc6 is clearly a panic reaction probably played
in an instant. Panicking never does anyone any good.
The sequence of moves starting with 13 Rb1 features errors on both sides. The
first thing to say is never leave your Queen lined up to a discovered attack,
and the second is never leave your Queen en prise!
15...Qd7 is very careless. Black should simply play 15...Bd6 and get castled.
By allowing the back rank check he endangers his King and slows his Kingside
development. Deep Rybka's evaluation before 15...Qd7 is +2 for Black,
afterwards it's almost equal! White has a lot of compensation for his Queen
both materially and positionally. And it's worth repeating. If that Pawn wasn't
on a3 then Bc1-a3+ wins immediately.
17 Ne5 first is a better move but maybe 17 e4 was played with the trap that
Black subsequently falls into in mind. Of course 18...Qxd4 is a gross blunder
and Black should be resigning after 19 Nc6+ but you gave him reason to play on.
First rule when winning: No unnecessary counterplay! Yes, this can be backdated
and applied to 15...Qd7.
21 Nxe4+ is okay but this gives Black cause for optimism. White has three
pieces en prise after 21...Ke5 where as simply retreating the b8 Rook or
playing 21 Ra8 leaves White a Rook and Knight up for nothing.
The right move at 22 is Rd8 counterattacking a pinned loose piece. As the Rook
is the most expensive piece, and the best placed of those that you have en
prise, priority should be given to saving it. The point is that after 22 Rd8
Kxd4 White doesn't play 23 Rxd7+ Kxe4 but plays 23 Ng5 first and the d7 Knight
can't be defended. In the game you end up swapping Rooks but you give up an
active piece for a passive one and you also lose time putting the Knight on h8
while Black activates his King. .
However, at move 25 White is still a Rook up and winning easily. At that point
the simplest move is 25 Rd1 threatening 26 Rd8 or 25 Re1 threatening 26 Rxe6.
Also good is 25 Nf7 getting the stray steed back into play. The key thing is to
form a plan. Note that if Black gets his King to b3 and then plays ...Bf8xa3
the sequence Bc1xa3 Kxa3, Ra1+ and Rxa7 is to White's benefit. So White can
delay bringing the Rook into play at move 25 and return the Knight instead.
Instead you gave away an important Pawn, a tempo by moving the Bishop to a
square where it could have gone to the move before, and then your Rook.
At move 28 White is struggling to draw despite having an extra piece because
said piece is on the worst square on the board.
30 Ne5 is fatal. Curiously the Black knight on b8 stops the White Knight
getting closer to the a-file. Knights are not good at stopping outside passed
Pawns because they can only come in from one side and not out the other. For
example White Knight on a1, Black Pawn on a2 and Black King on b2. White has no
space on the left of the Pawn for his Knight. The right move is 30 Ng5
counterattacking Pawns and leaving the Bishop to give itself up for the a-Pawn.
Note that Nxe6 forks two more pawns on c7 and g7 so material equality should be
assured.
After 30...a3 you should take on a3 and go into a Knight ending a Pawn down.
It's not great as the disparity in activity between the two Kings is huge but
at least it would be a test of Black's technique.
Several other things: This game is an adventure for both sides as the probable
result swings back and forth. Both sides get their pieces deep into the other
half of the board. The Black King in particular is a great piece! However,
there is an air of panic by both sides at certain points and some of these
moves definitely look rushed. Dare I say too much adrenaline? Was the time
limit a factor?
Hope this is helpful. Once again if this was a speed game then slow down and
play at a slower limit. This guy didn't play like a 1478 and he was there for
the taking with a bit of calm thinking.
Regards,
Tyson
On 13 March 2021 at 21:53 blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I played a live game a bit ago on liChess that I ended up resigning.
I am working on learning the basics of the colle system, so I played white and
started with that opening.
I am wondering if this would be a good game to step through and analyze myself
to see what I can learn from it.
However, there were some blunders, by both myself and the opponent, so maybe I
should wait until I have something where I don't drop the ball so hard on my
toes.
If anyone looks at this, I just couldn't figure out the best way to go on move
22, any thoughts there in particular appreciated.
I have pasted the game below, as well as attaching the raw pgn that liChess
generates, the only change is I broke the moves up one per line to make it
easier to read with screen readers.
If you export a raw file from liChess, this is what you get for those
interested.
I understand the header information in the file, except for the line:
[ECO "D04"]
What does that refer to?
Thanks for any advice,
Che
[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/mcU4Zq7T";]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[White "blindAdrenaline"]
[Black "MohammedEl-Gamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2021.03.13"]
[UTCTime "20:40:27"]
[WhiteElo "1087"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-18"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+2"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System"]
[Termination "Normal"]
1. d4 d5
2. e3 Nf6
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. Bd3 e6
5. c3 Rb8
6. O-O b5
7. Nbd2 b4
8. a3 bxc3
9. bxc3 Na5
10. Qa4+ Nc6
11. Bb5 Rxb5
12. Qxb5 Bd7
13. Rb1 Nxd4
14. cxd4 Bxb5
15. Rxb5 Qd7
16. Rb8+ Ke7
17. e4 dxe4
18. Ne5 Qxd4
19. Nc6+ Kd6
20. Nxd4 Nd7
21. Nxe4+ Ke5
22. Ng5 Nxb8
23. Nxf7+ Kxd4
24. Nxh8 Kc4
25. Bd2 Bxa3
26. Be3 a5
27. Rc1+ Bxc1
28. Bxc1 a4
29. Nf7 Kb3
30. Ne5 a3
31. Nd3 a2
32. Bb2 Kc2
33. Ne1+ Kxb2 0-1
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<mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of JT
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 12:01 PM
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Tips for shredder and liChess
Hi Che et al,
I'm guessing, here, but maybe you're using a remote keyboard? Using Shredder on
IPhone, IPad, without using a remote keyboard, the Evaluation item is just
below the board layout, just to the right of the Captured Pieces item, I'd say
just below the c-file if the board orientation is from white's perspective, or
just below the f-file, if the board orientation is from black's perspective.
HTH,
Jim T
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Tips for shredder and liChess
I think it just means without the stockfish analysis included, but not positive
about that.
Btw, I only did the b,c,d, and e files with the pronunciation thing on my
iPhone, the rest I can make out.
Now if I could just find a quick way to get down to that evaluation button and
back, that would be sweet.
Having a blue tooth keyboard helps, but still not a quick thing.
Later taters
Che
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Sent: Friday, March 12, 2021 6:27 PM
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Tips for shredder and liChess
Hi Che:
Thanks for this.
What’s the “raw format” you mention in terms of Lichess?
On Mar 12, 2021, at 3:04 PM, <blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx> > <blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Ok, I should have done this early on but wasn't sure if I was gonna stick with
shredder long term.
, anyhow figured out how to change the pronunciation so that shredder announces
NATO, takes a bit of time, but well worth it.
Go to settings>voiceover>speech>pronunciation
Then simply add what you want changed, then what you want it changed
to So for example put e4 in the first field and echo 4 in the second, and bang,
bob's your uncle. Just rinse and repeat for each one you want changed.
This makes it much easier to accurately hear where shredder moved.
As for exporting from liChess, after a game finishes, turn off blind mode, then
you should have export options.
I export mine in raw format, but you can include the computer analysis as well
if you want.
My layout may be a bit different, as I have exported games before, not
positive, but you may need to click on fin and pgn first to get the export
options up, but it can definitely be done.
For those of you that haven't checked out liChess, it is well worth the limited
amount of time it takes to learn how to use it.
Hope that helps some,
Che
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Another Game for analysis
Hi Tyson:
Sorry I should’ve specified this game was a practice game on Shredder with no
time controls.
I think you can do time controls on there but I haven’t figured out how.
Yeah I think the king was part of something, it was really weird.
I offered it a draw and it told me it wanted to play a little bit longer so
yeah.
Jorge
On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:58 AM, mordue andrew (Redacted sender "tyson.mordue" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
wrote:
Jorge et al,
Two early errors to highlight. Why not 7 Nxh3 developing a piece and preserving
your Pawn structure? Why doesn't the engine play 11...Kxf7?
My other observations are that
1) at the rate the engine was going then if you'd carried on you would have got
a draw under the 50-move rule. The Black King must be used to help create a
mating net.
2) some engines do recognise a five-time repetition.
3) If you've played a 109 move game since I last posted then you're still
playing too quickly! I've only had a handful of games over 100 moves in my
entire OTB career.
Tyson
On 12 March 2021 at 15:49 Jorge Paez wrote:
This one’s from my morning practice, I ended up resigning because in the real
world this game would’ve ended a while back but the computer didn’t recognize
the three moves draw rule.
Jorge
Sent from my iPhone
