Hi, Che.
On a positive note, I like your pawn structure. You also do a good job
of getting much of your opening in place. Unfortunately, the virtual
opponent (the computer program) didn't give much resistance in the
opening or middlegame. In your working with the London system so far,
have you encountered lines from black involving an early c5 closely
followed by QB6 and/or Nc6? Especially at the club level where many of
us mortals are, those moves put a lot of pressure on d4 as they do in
the French or Caro-Kann.
Moves like an early c6 from black tend to offer a passive response to
the London system which often puts favorable odds in white's court.
OK, I know from experience. Two years ago, when I played a lot more of
a Caro-Slav pawn structure than I do presently, an opponent schooled
me for playing too passive against the London system.
A better line from black involving the London system goes something
like 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5. Or even if he's played 2...e6, c5
will soon follow so that his structure may resemble that of a French
as I alluded to earlier with pressure applied to white's d4.
Keep playing and get into some live competition on Lichess against
live opponents. Keep up with the great start.
All the best in chess,
David
On 3/15/21, blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx <blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So based on recommendations from Tyson and others , I’m checking out the
London system.
I’ve been playing a few games against liChess, just to get a feel for the
first 15 moves or so, then starting over.
I decided this morning to set a game clock for myself at 1:45 and play a
full game. Time got a little tight at the end, but not too bad. I was
blowing too much time during the middle game on each move I think.
It went better than expected, with fewer awful mistakes than I tend to
make.
I was dangerously close to turning a win into a stalemate at the end,
something I hadn’t properly considered until it was almost too late.
The game is below if anyone wants to check it out. I exported an annotated
version from liChess, but from what I can tell, it didn’t add anything to
the usual raw pgn.
Also, I can attach the pgn if anyone wants it.
I like bringing the files that folks post here and elsewhere into winboard
myself, so I can step through each move easily and mirror the game on my
physical board. I’ve done that with several games, and it is an awesome way
to analyze games, whether you are blind or not.
Anyhow, here is the game, thanks for any advice.
Che
White: che
Black: stockfish level 3
1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 h6 5. h3 b5 6. c3
Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 Nb6 9. Ne5 Nc4 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Ndf3 Qb7
13. O-O a5 14. Rb1 Ne4 15. Bc2 g5 16. Bh2 a4 17. Bxe4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 dxe4 19.
Nd2 b4 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Ra5 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rf2 bxc3 24. Rxc3 a3 25.
Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rc7 Rb5 27. Qa4 Ke8 28. bxa3 Be7 29. Qa8+ Bd8 30. Ra7 Rh7 31.
Bc7 Bc8 32. Qxc8 Rd7 33. Ra8 Rf5 34. Nxe4 g4 35. hxg4 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 e5 37.
Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nxd7 Bxc7 39. Qxc7 Kf7 40. Qxe5 Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Nf6 h5 43.
g5 h4 44. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Nene (Redacted sender "este05" for DMARC)
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 5:20 AM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: lichess clock query
Hello Tyson, thank you very much to your analysis of my game, it's very
informative, I like it, I learned my mistakes!
I think, the reason why my engine produced weak moves, because it's in low
level, which is ideal for my practice.
After this, I am going to increase the strength level, and I'll see how it
goes.
Regarding the move 18, yes, I admit that I missed to examine my position.
Regards,
Nene
