tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post1690151699868413425..comments2024-01-29T13:41:11.764-05:00Comments on Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Inglorious Blunders ( at the Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial)BlunderPronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-5328975524404593162009-12-17T12:39:51.029-05:002009-12-17T12:39:51.029-05:00"13. ... Bd7 Did you look at 13. ... b6 follo..."13. ... Bd7 Did you look at 13. ... b6 followed by Bb7 and a timely f5 pawn push?"<br /><br />I like your thinking, Chesstiger! Control e4 with the Bb7 and break in the center.<br /><br />Actually, I like dxe! after White belatedly pushed e4. White's bishops are in the center and Black's weakness is right down the pipes. <br /><br />It was predictable that he would try to give you that bad dark-squared pawn chain, hem it in with some queenside moves, more for practical endgame (zugzwang) purposes than for middlegame purposes.<br /><br />He defended very nicely, have to give him credit. His last move was a bit suspect (this is G/60, of course). Nh3, controlling the dark-squares looks better than Ne2 - as it is you had threats of invading on the dark squares with your queen and going pawn gobbling (if you can get Qg5 in).<br /><br />Nh3 and if ..Kh8, Rg1! looks nice ..rook move, Ng5 looks interesting with the possibility of ..gxh, Ng5xf7 mate.<br /><br />But he didn't play that, so assuming you had some time, you could have played on a bit more. I feel that both of you played well during that forced sequence of play.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-18337953856542428452009-12-16T05:23:12.111-05:002009-12-16T05:23:12.111-05:00Game 1: I had played 5. ... e4 instead of d4 so th...Game 1: I had played 5. ... e4 instead of d4 so that his just developed knight has to move again and you gain tempo and a + in development.<br /><br />7. ...-Bb4+ ? 7. ...-Bd6 looks a tad better to me especially with a timely e4 push.<br /><br />10. ... Bd6 a move i suggested on move 7 :-) is here kinda a waste of time since the Bc8 is still hemmed in. So Nf8 looks indeed better here.<br /><br />11. h3 ? waste of time now the bishop isn't at b4 anymore.<br /><br />12. e3 is indeed better, eating at black's overwhelming centre. Now it also locks in the g2 bishop, its activity is narrowed immensly.<br /><br />12. ... Nf8 Did i just hear somebody yell "atlast" just now? :-)<br /><br />13. ... Bd7 Did you look at 13. ... b6 followed by Bb7 and a timely f5 pawn push?<br /><br />18. Kxg2 Dont agree fully with your assessment about the kingsafety since black also lost his white squared bishop which would be a good attacker here.<br /><br />Game 2: Well played although your opponent mismastered the opening. I guess his Slav setup needs a ... dxc4, Bxc4 b5, Bd3 Bb7, ... move order instead of his e5 pawn push.<br /><br />Game 3:5. ... e6, strange move order to come to a french opening setup. :-) Opponent started well but his level dropped once past the opening stages. I guess he's well booked but lacks the creativity and knowlegde to finish you off.<br /><br />Game 4: i guess your opponent was still to much busy with his previous game. Not A-class worthy his play.<br /><br />All by all a well played tournament.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-33668021310903564712009-12-13T22:39:49.657-05:002009-12-13T22:39:49.657-05:00Game 2, he blundered with 20..Qg4 of course. Perh...Game 2, he blundered with 20..Qg4 of course. Perhaps he was low on time and picked the wrong time to try and bail for a draw, but you kept up the positional pressure all the way up to that point. I kind of like 20...Qd7, then 21...Nc4, but I may have already tried to bail the move before with NxN.<br /><br />Game 3, you chose to transpose into the French Advanced a tempo down, ouch, I wouldn't advise that (at least ...Bf5 first gives Black something in return). After that, your opponent appeared to have found the attack button and pulled his finger off too late, instead of patiently developing. Nice counter for the win!<br /><br />Game 4, you deserve credit for beating him positionally, even though he did make a blunder which wasn't an obvious one. Pushing ...e5 probably wasn't exactly the best idea for Black, either.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-75788330011251117912009-12-07T18:35:51.978-05:002009-12-07T18:35:51.978-05:00In that game 1, I can think of a whole bunch of pl...In that game 1, I can think of a whole bunch of plans for Black there "after spending an unreasonable amount of time for G/60" looking at that position.<br /><br />Addressing the immediate need of that position, though, if you want to keep your bishop then ...a5! and if a3, then I like ...Bd6 (Bf8 also looks playable), but definitely not ..c5. Nc5 is the only piece for Black that could use that square in passing. <br /><br />In theory, I'd be more tempted to allow a c5 (which doesn't look all that doable to me, anyhow), and respond to it with ...Bc7.<br /><br />...Nf8 looks too passive. I'd rather play ...h6 as passive kingside moves go, in that position. It weakens the g6 square, but then again who exactly is kicking butt in this position? Probably Black!<br /><br />I briefly went over the other games a couple days ago, and they did look G/60ish, as far as your opponents not really finding all the resources.<br /><br />Nice wins!<br /><br />BTW, my position on playing the crazy/unprepared opening lines, and losing the game because the other guy was more familiar with it, falls on the side of "do it, try it!" You may lose, and yet become better prepared next time. <br /><br />Ratings tend even out over time, since most games I'm guessing will not fall into the category of experimental lines. If you are really playing for the BIG money, hehe, then yeah I guess play conservative. But even there, a draw is half a loss, so that can start to backfire as well.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-70530712953735621892009-12-07T13:25:41.726-05:002009-12-07T13:25:41.726-05:00Great Games! Glad to see that you did well and ear...Great Games! Glad to see that you did well and earned a little money to boot! That sounds like a really awesome tourney. I have to say im a bit jealous. Anyway it looks like the hard work is paying off for you so keep it up!Scheming Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613017618239800447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-70732431988642838822009-12-07T02:02:35.564-05:002009-12-07T02:02:35.564-05:00Congratulations on your success!
Somehow this &qu...Congratulations on your success!<br /><br />Somehow this "don't try anything new" struck me as dubious. You see, you sit at board and you pick certain vibes and energies from your opponent, from the board, from the surrounding, from yourself, and it is not intellectual but combination of instinct and thought. And then to take the game to some territory - I would dismiss strong intuitions. As I don't see intuition as something overnatural but an ability to compare patterns from your memory to what you see around even you wouldn't be able to name the patterns if somebody asked you.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042717033720504837noreply@blogger.com