tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post445136954509961446..comments2024-01-29T13:41:11.764-05:00Comments on Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Perils of straying away from opening principlesBlunderPronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-6418809155786807772008-01-22T08:22:00.000-05:002008-01-22T08:22:00.000-05:00BP, Something like 2...c5 or 3...c5 might have mad...BP, Something like 2...c5 or 3...c5 might have made your opening less tenable from the beginning. Black's idea would be to take advantage of your missing queen's bishop, and harrass your b2 pawn. Playing Bf4 early in a Queen's Pawn game doesn't lose immediately, but you have to watch out for this idea. ...just my quick thoughts on the game.<BR/><BR/>Howard GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-27989148120853301182008-01-17T19:40:00.000-05:002008-01-17T19:40:00.000-05:00Frantic call from home during a game really suck, ...Frantic call from home during a game really suck, even when ahead in material!Robert Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357942424904415208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-14508890864032045792008-01-17T16:02:00.000-05:002008-01-17T16:02:00.000-05:00I totally new it was a lost end game. I was just b...I totally new it was a lost end game. I was just being my usual tenacious self and fighting on to hte bitter end. Part of the problem was I got a frantic call from home ( with my phone on vibrate) and I needed to check out as quick as possible. By then I had already lost the 2 pawns but I wasn't thinking clearly either.BlunderPronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-56604984792580607642008-01-17T15:54:00.000-05:002008-01-17T15:54:00.000-05:00That ending looked very lost, but I do agree with ...That ending looked very lost, but I do agree with LEP that trying to keep the rooks on the board might have made Black's job a little harder.<BR/><BR/>It was not only being down two pawns, but you had those ugly kingside pawns. Even without the extra pawn on the queenside I think 3 on 2 on the kingside is hard to defend.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-62368113755408863882008-01-17T13:46:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:46:00.000-05:00Reading Silman's endgame book myself, one "rule" I...Reading Silman's endgame book myself, one "rule" I haven't see in there is "All Rook endgames are drawn." (He mentions this as a pseudo-rule in a couple other books.) <BR/><BR/>That endgame was hopeless, but perhaps keeping Rooks on would have kept things spicy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-26818832580785312612008-01-17T10:34:00.000-05:002008-01-17T10:34:00.000-05:00Chess is a amazing thing...The 10th move can chang...Chess is a amazing thing...<BR/>The 10th move can change the whole destiny of the game... That's quite interesting, only one early move and it's all lost!<BR/><BR/>At least you've learned something with that game :)damouraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509254840338518432noreply@blogger.com