WhiteEagle22
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Darn, Lone Wolf knew the name of my new opening.
/me needs to work on his gameplay.
/me needs to work on his gameplay.
3rd Annual CFC Chess Tourney!!
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I won again against Xyan... however I blundered terribly (and luckily for me, got away with it).
Just goes to show, just because a combination looks good, don't assume it is & not look deeper (whether it's you or your opponent making it). Seems so obvious now but I just had my blinders on.
after white's move 11, what's the best move for black?
Just goes to show, just because a combination looks good, don't assume it is & not look deeper (whether it's you or your opponent making it). Seems so obvious now but I just had my blinders on.
after white's move 11, what's the best move for black?
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Tactics are my #1 to study after I install Tournament Chess later today or tomorrow. Thankfully, I have tomorrow off, so I know I can work on my chess game and other important stuff.
Narz
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I am hoping to pull of an upset in one of my games.
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My games are least 25 moves long. No one's beating me easy.
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I've just finished moving a piece into place in a trap for an enemy's queen. I can't wait to see the result!
Hey, you guys think we should use this thread to talk about our (completed) tourney games or the regular Share Your Games thread?
Anyway, while I'm here, some comments on my first game with Xyan..
Xyan gave me a pawn early on but looks like 8. ... Bd6 give it back after Bxp, pxB and d4 and white is better, if black doesn't take the bishop the game is about equal. Seems very clear to me now but I didn't see it at all during the game (fortunately neither did Xyan). I was lulled into complacency & completely missed it. Instead of 8. ... Bd6 the comp recommends Nd3 (though it really thinks I should have just traded N for B right away to begin with).
Instead of 11 ... Nf6 the chess.com post-mortem analysis engine recommends Qh4 (to avoid the pin that Xyan saw that made me lose time).
For some reason the computer really didn't like 18. ... Rac8 prefered Rfc8.
It liked 19. Nf5 instead of Nh5 for Xyan.
on move 21 the comp recommended Rc1 for me which I totally didn't see. I really like that move.
on move 23 the comp thinks I should have taken on f2.
and I made a bunch of other inaccuracies towards the end but held on. I have a tendency to try to force things at the end & overlook basic captures & whatnot. Anyway, was an instructive game for myself & hopefully for Xyan.
It was certainly instructive. On hindsight, I realised I missed out a lot. The last time I played international chess was more than a decade ago. My eyes just ain't trained to spot the pins and forks anymore.
Thanks for introducting Chess.com. I am slowing getting my memory refreshed on all the openings and such I learned and forgotten all those years ago.
Over in my country, the Chiness Chess variant is more popular and I play that more in real life.
I should have moved my bishop to a5. Saw that after I clicked submit.
It happens. I was already out of the competition and wasn't too focused.
It happens. I was already out of the competition and wasn't too focused.
I think I noticed that in our game
You definately missed a mate in the midgame and after crushing me with your king in the endgame where I was 3 pawns up I think you let me off easy with a draw.
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I'm taken a few days off from thinking about chess (except for the vote games). Sorry for the delay.
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Hey lovett: How do you like our game so far?
