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[Narz]

Good luck Panz. I'm rooting for you. I'll be in Vegas this June (early June for me) in my first major tournament. Some of the guys from my club will be there too which'll be nice (playing in the U2000 section, I'll be in the U1600).

 

[Panzar75]

Here's a game I played today, where I actually managed to win against the Caro-Kann. It was a postponed game in my club championship where I'm now 6/6 before the last round. I am white obviously, playing a 1341 rated guy that often beats much higher rated players in the division play. He's seriously underrated. I'm 1627 at the moment, also probably somewhat underrated as I haven't reached my peak yet after starting on 1200 a few years back.

Spoiler :

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2
having tried everything else under the sun I have now decided to go with the King's Indian attack against the Caro-Kann as well as against the French defense
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5
Since my plan is to play g3 and Bg2 I don't particularely want to play Ng3 here
5. Be3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7
I was concerned here that if I play g3 he would take on e4 giving me a rather uncomfortable pawn structure on the Kingside. So I decided to give up my plans for Bg2
7. Ng3 Bg6
I was sure at the time the computer would frown on my next non-development move but it looked good to me so I played it anyway.
8. d4
The pawn seemed to me to gain some good space in the center and restrict his pawns a bit. Also my plan was now to vaccate the b1-h7 diagonal making his Bishop threaten thin air
Ngf6 9. Be2
As I said earlier, I thought his Bishop would be ineffective on the diagonal after a later c3 so I did not play Bd3 to trade it off
Bd6
Just a move later though I changed my mind as Qc7 in combination with Ng4 will be a bit unpleasant to meet. I decided castling looked dangerous here and h3 is out of the question because of the threats to g3.
10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6
A bad move it turns out. He wanted to restrain my Bishop in order to trade it off with his Knight
12. Nc4 Bxg3
I was worried about Be7 luckily he decided to trade so I didn't have to delve deeper into that line
13. fxg3
Normally I would capture towards the center but I judged this to be an exception. This way I get the f-file, possibly a safe King with a later h3 and Kh2 and less worrying about the h-pawn advancing rapidly
Nd5 14. Bd2
I thought keeping an eye on b4 was a good thing to do. I missed the strong c5 making it hard for me to castle. Better would have been Bf2 meeting Nb4 with Na3.
N7f6 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Be4 17. c3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Threatning Bxh7 now or later
Rad8 19. Rae1
Turns out Bxh6 worked immediately, I was not unhappy with a draw however because of the tournament situation so I took no undue risks, developing my last piece guarding my strong knight
c5
So things are moving now. He decided not to meet my threats with something like Nh7 or Ne8 and if I play mindlessly I could soon be worse. I had calculated it out to where I was 90% or so sure I would win.
20. c4 Ne7 21. Bxh6 Nf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. g4 Nxd4
I saw this position before making my 20th move and I was more worried about him moving or protecting the knight on f6 leting me capture on f5 but with the position on the board I saw there is nothing black can do anymore
24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Re3 Nc6 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Rh3# {White mates} 1-0

Uncommented for cut&paste

Spoiler :

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Be3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. d4 Ngf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Nc4 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Nd5 14. Bd2 N7f6 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Be4 17. c3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rad8 19. Rae1 c5 20. c4 Ne7 21. Bxh6 Nf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. g4 Nxd4 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Re3 Nc6 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Rh3# {White mates} 1-0

 

[Mehmed100]

I have decided to participate in the Swedish championship this summer. I will take a few days vacation and stay at a hotel for 7 nights. It's expensive but I decided I should get to play in "SM" at least one time in my life. I will participate in class III which is nothing to write home about but I will get to play 7 games with 2 time controls at 40 and 60 moves for a total of 3,5 hours per game and player. I expect to have Internet access down there and will share the games with you if possible.

There are a couple of players from my club participating and the highest rated one will play in "Mästere Elit" which is the group just under the top group with all GM's and such. (He has played in the highest group occasionally in previous years.)

The championship will start june 28 and continue through july 13 although I'm only playing the first week. I just ordered a laptop so I can analyze my games at the hotel room. Since I cannot restrain myself I thought $100 for a slightly better processor is certainly worth it" and "$200 for a battery twice as good seems like a good idea" and after adding a bit here and there I ended up with a laptop costing me $2500. It's actually way better than my stationary computer.

After adding lost income, expenses and the laptop I calculated each one of the 7 games will cost me approximately $600. I had better not make any easy mistakes... for that prize I want 7 little masterpieces for sure!

Hopefully you will have a good time and play well. We will cheer you on.

 

[Narz]

Nice game!

I probably would've gone right in for the kill playing Bxh6 ASAP but you did well enough in waiting.

 

[Narz]

I'm overall pretty pleased with this game from last night.

Game with my commentary.

Spoiler :

[Event "VCCC Tourney'"]
[Site "Ventura, CA"]
[Date "2008.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narz"]
[Black "Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[Annotator ",Narz"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[TimeControl "6600"]

1. e4 d6 [I've been doing pretty well against the Pirc lately]
2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 [is this theory? I have no idea, I'm out of the book already ] e5
5. Nf3 [seemed more active than taking the pawn] exd4
6. Nxd4 Be7 [here I flirted with the idea of Nf5 but it seemed premature and inaccurate so I went along with normal development]
7. Bc4 c6 [don't know the theory as I said but this seems weak]
8. Be3 [the best square for my bishop? the best move at the time? not so sure. again flirted with the idea of Nf5 but again rejected it] O-O
9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bf8 [thought for a long time after this move, again Nf5 didn't seem good, I was a bit nervous at this point thinking I'd overestimated my advantage and now was probably slightly worse]
11. Bd3 [the best I could think of at the time] Nc5 [probably what I would have played in his shoes]
12. e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 g6 [this moved surprised me, I assumed he'd take both bishops for the knights leaving him with a near even (IMO) position with him having the two bishops and me have a space advantage, I think this overly defensive try was the beginning of the end for him]
14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Ne4 [considered h3 first but I deemed this stronger] Be6 [not good]
16. h3 [unless I majorly screw up, I thought to myself at this point, the game is mine] c4 [I had a feeling he'd do this but this was not the lesser of the evils]
17. hxg4 Bg7 [when I took the knight with h pawn I didn't realize quite how good it was, only after a minute or two did I see he couldn't even take the bishop as I was threatening mate & would win his queen, instead of winning the exchange I'd won a clean piece ]
18. Be2 [seemed prudent] Qb6
19. Nd6 [debated between this or Qc3 first] Red8 [was moving the other rook better? I suppose it doesn't matter too much]
20. Qc3 Qf2 [might as well go out fighting I suppose ]
21. Bxc4 Qxg2 22. Bxe6 fxe6
23. Rhg1 [a cautionary move, if I let his queen take my f & g pawns he might have some counterplay, also I eventually wanted to bring my knight to g4, but that turned out not to be necessary] Qf2
24. Qb3 Rxd6 [giving up more material but probably necessary, any king move would have been much worse]
25. Rxd6 Rf8 26. Rxe6 Kh8
27. Rd1 [thought for a long time on this, was there a faster win, I toyed with Rh1 but it didn't seem faster and gave my opponent chances to pester me] Rxf4
28. Re8+ Rf8 [Bf8 would've been much better, IMO, I can't see a quick win if he does that and I would've had to think for awhile longer, as is it's pretty easy for me]
29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qf7 Qe3+ 31. Kb1

[With mate looming and with 3 minutes of 110 left (I had around 55 still ) my opponent finally stopped the clock & shook my hand.]] 1-0

Just the PGN (game moves), no comments

Spoiler :

[Event "VCCC Tourney'"]
[Site "Ventura, CA"]
[Date "2008.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narz"]
[Black "Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[Annotator ",Narz"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[TimeControl "6600"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3
exd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Bc4 c6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bf8 11. Bd3 Nc5 12.
e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 g6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Ne4 Be6 16. h3 c4 17. hxg4 Bg7 18. Be2 Qb6
19. Nd6 Red8 20. Qc3 Qf2 21. Bxc4 Qxg2 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rhg1 Qf2 24. Qb3 Rxd6
25. Rxd6 Rf8 26. Rxe6 Kh8 27. Rd1 Rxf4 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qf7 Qe3+
31. Kb1 1-0

 

[col]

Black seems suicidal! 3 ... Nbd7.?? Much too passive.
I like the Pirc - but I have lost horribly with it at times. When it goes wrong, you get smashed. But i have won a lot of games too. Its strategically difficlut for both players - and black always runs the risk of getting smashed on the king side if careless.

 

[Narz]

I've lost pretty badly to it also (to you a couple times I think ), especially when blacks plays c5 at some point. It's an interesting system, one of these day I should bone up on the theory.

 

[Panzar75]

Long post, so I spoiler tagged the first part which is a response to Narz's game.

Spoiler :

4. f4 is this theory?

According to chessgames.com it's the 2nd most played move (well) behind Nf3.

6. Nxd4 Be7 [here I flirted with the idea of Nf5 but it seemed premature and inaccurate so I went along with normal development]

Good sense. The general rule is Don't move the same piece twice in the opening before developing your other pieces unless there's a tactic. Here it's even a very bad move. If black just castles now what? Hopefully you're not going to trade your Knight that you just moved three times to get to a good outpost for his Bishop he spent one move getting to the rather passive looking e7 square. But then what to do about black playing Nc5 threatning Nxe4 and then Bxf5? Turns out you will probably have to retreat the Knight from f5 spending even more time not developing your other pieces.

7. Bc4 c6 [don't know the theory as I said but this seems weak]

I'd say you're out of theory since quite a while back. My computer rank c6 as the 4th best move at (+0.13) compared to the top choice Nb6 (-0.02), this at the depth of 3/12.

8. Be3 [the best square for my bishop? the best move at the time? not so sure. again flirted with the idea of Nf5 but again rejected it]

I was unsure so I had to let the computer take a look again. It likes 0-0 and Be2 but Nf5 is also a decent move. It did not like Be3 at all after black's reply Nc5.

10. O-O-O Bf8 [thought for a long time after this move, again Nf5 didn't seem good, I was a bit nervous at this point thinking I'd overestimated my advantage and now was probably slightly worse]

Black had the chance to play Nc5 for several moves which would be much better for him. After Bf8 you are still quite a bit worse. At no point in the game so far did you, according to the computer, have an advantage.

11. Bd3 [the best I could think of at the time] Nc5 [probably what I would have played in his shoes]

Now things are looking grim. He finally played the move the computer has been screaming about since move 6.

12. e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 g6 [this moved surprised me, I assumed he'd take both bishops for the knights leaving him with a near even (IMO) position with him having the two bishops and me have a space advantage, I think this overly defensive try was the beginning of the end for him]

So far as I can see black could just take the pawn on e5 on move 12 and be a pawn up. Perhaps throw in Nxd3+.

The move g6 is a horrible move going from much better for black to almost winning for white. Taking both Bishops is indeed the idea throwing in Bc5 for good measure between Nxd3+ and Nxe3. After this black is still much better.

16. h3 [unless I majorly screw up, I thought to myself at this point, the game is mine]

You were quite right.

19... Red8 [was moving the other rook better? I suppose it doesn't matter too much]

+ 4.98 or +5.03, does it matter which is which?

27. Rd1 [thought for a long time on this, was there a faster win, I toyed with Rh1 but it didn't seem faster and gave my opponent chances to pester me]

26. Rd2 seems to have been the best way to go. The computer gives Qxg1+ at almost +15.00 to be black's best reply.

27. Rd1 is fine although the computer likes f5 slightly more.

28. Re8+ Rf8 [Bf8 would've been much better, IMO, I can't see a quick win if he does that and I would've had to think for awhile longer, as is it's pretty easy for me]

Yes, 28... Bf8 is slightly better at +17 but with almost two Queens up in the evaluation I'm sure you would have thought of something.

The computer line is 29. Ng5 Qh2 30. Ne6 Rf7 and now it's mate in 11 with either Qe3 or Qxb7 but this post is already long enough without extensive computer lines.

And I throw in this minature from an earlier round in my club's championship which I won for the second year in a row with 7/7. (although the competition was somewhat sad since the highest rated players did not play for different reasons.)

I was white rated 1629 (but will go up as usual this new rating period) against a 1439 rated player.

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxg5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qxg5 f6 15. Qg3 fxe5 16. Qxe5 Ke7 17. Qg7+ {black resigns} 1-0

Not much to say really, black played a few inaccurate moves and I missed an immediate win at move 15.

 

[Narz]

Thanks as always for your analysis Panz!

What was the move that would have won faster in your game? Qh6?

 

[Panzar75]

What was the move that would have won faster in your game? Qh6?

Yes, perhaps it wasn't obvious. After 15. Qh6 fxe5 (or he's a piece down) 16. Qg7 and there you go, a fork of his Rook and Bishop. I miss these kinds of tactical wins all the time even if I very rarely miss the same tactical motifs in defense.

 

[Narz]

New tourney game! As always comments welcome and appreciated.

Spoiler With Commentary :

[Event "VCCC Tourney"]
[Site "Toshiba"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narz"]
[Black "Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator ",Narz"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[TimeControl "6600"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 d6

{the first "moment of truth", I decide to forgo pawn structure for the sake of a development/space advantage}

11. Qc2 dxe5 12. dxe5 b6

{an unexpected move but not something I see as exploitable}

13. Rd1 Bb7 14. O-O h6 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Bf4 O-O

{for some reason I didn't expect him to castle here but it seems reasonable I suppose}

17. Nd4

{if he takes he heals my pawn structure, I was hoping he would but he didn't}

a6 18. Rfe1 Rac8

{now he threatens to win the knight outright due to the pin on my pawn so I decide to relieve the pressure}

19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Re3

{I also considered Rd3}

Rc7

{R(f)c8 would have been better IMO}

22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Rh3

{at this point I couldn't see super deeply into the position, at first I thought I could get a draw from back & forthing from g3 to h3 then it seemed I had a win by sacrificing my bishop at h6, or simply taking if he pushed g6, I'm still not sure though, regardless my opponent seemed alarmed at my possibilities and played a move which sacrificed the exchange}

f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Rhd3 Rf8 27. Rd7 Qc5 28. Qd2 Bf6 29. Qc2

{I felt I kind of misplayed these last few moves, I have been known to get nervous in these types of situations and sometimes have trouble further breaking things down for a win, I wasn't worried about losing the pawn though and would have happily invited an exchange of queens}

Qxc3

{"Cool!", I though }

30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. R7d6 e5 32. Rxb6 Bd4

{didn't see this move, I was playing a little too fast, nothing too deadly though}

33. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 e4 35. Re6 Ra8

{opting to give up the e-pawn, I was somewhat relieved}

36. Rxe4 Rxa2 37. Rf1 Kh7 38. Rf4 Be3 39. R4f3 Bg5 40. g3

{with the idea of moving the king over and then either trading rooks or driving the rook away}

Bf6

{surprising. I debated whether to take for about five minutes and then did it. It seemed drawish either way but I figured with an extra pawn I had more winning chances}

41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Rxf6 Kg7 43. Rf4 Kg6 44. Kg1 Kg5 45. h4+ Kg6 46. Rf2

{in retrospect seems like a bad move probably forcing a draw with perfect play by black but I didn't know what else to do here. Perhaps trading the rook for bishop & pawn sealed my fate already}

Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Kf5

{I could see the position was a draw so I tried to give my opponent opportunity to go astray}

48. Kf1 Kg4 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Kf3 Kg6??

{loses. Ke5 and it's a draw, at best I can trade pawns and push the h runner but the king can get in front in time}

52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Ke5

{no matter what black does now I will win the h pawn and the game, Black Resigns}

1-0

Not grandmaster chess by any means. Full of inaccuracies on both sides but fun and full of excitement as chess should be.

Spoiler Without Commentary :

[Event "VCCC Tourney"]
[Site "Toshiba"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narz"]
[Black "Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator ",Narz"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[TimeControl "6600"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6
6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qc2 dxe5 12. dxe5
b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. O-O h6 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Nd4 a6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19.
Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Re3 Rc7 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Rh3 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25.
Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Rhd3 Rf8 27. Rd7 Qc5 28. Qd2 Bf6 29. Qc2 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31.
R7d6 e5 32. Rxb6 Bd4 33. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 e4 35. Re6 Ra8 36. Rxe4 Rxa2 37.
Rf1 Kh7 38. Rf4 Be3 39. R4f3 Bg5 40. g3 Bf6 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Rxf6 Kg7 43. Rf4
Kg6 44. Kg1 Kg5 45. h4+ Kg6 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Kf5 48. Kf1 Kg4 49. Kf2 h5
50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Ke5 1-0

 

[Panzar75]

This is fast becomming Panzar reviews Narz's games. Nevertheless I made a few comments.

Spoiler :

The opening seems to be theory for a bit although I have never played or faced the c3-sicilian in a rated game. It seems like black should play d6 sooner than he did.

10... d6 {the first "moment of truth", I decide to forgo pawn structure for the sake of a development/space advantage}

Compare the game position after your 12:th move to 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. 0-0 for example. Have you really lost that much development or space? After this sequence white is clearly better.

Black's pieces have very little activity at the moment; the knight has very little to do, the white squared bishop will take lots of work to get into the game and only the black squared bishop is moderately useful eying the h2 square, not a big deal compared to your pieces that are all well geared to take part in a kingside attack.

You have two natural open files for your Rooks. The b-file makes it pretty much impossible for him to castle queenside and the e-file makes it suicidal to stay in the center. That makes your pieces aimed at the kingside that much better.

His only pawnbreaks e5 and b4 are both well covered by your pieces. You do have a space advantage and better development. And you still have the move Qc2 available if desired. Oh, and you have no pawn weaknesses. What more do you want from a position?

In the game continuation black should play 12... Qa5 attacking your e5 pawn and you are already on negative evaluation numbers from the computer.

16. Bf4

Did you realize there was strictly no need to protect e5 at this point as black cannot take the pawn on e5? If not, would you still play Bf4 (not that it's a bad move)?

17. Nd4

{if he takes he heals my pawn structure, I was hoping he would but he didn't}

Be careful what you wish for. It turns out Nxd4 is black's strongest move giving him a small advantage. After 17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Rac8 black is certainly not worse and his queenside majority might give him an outside passed pawn eventually.

20. Nxc6

I'm sure you considered Bxh6 on every move. Here it is playable but admittedly very hard to calculate. 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Nxe6 and if fxe6 white is suddenly better, perhaps winning but black can play Ba4 with plenty of complications.

21. Re3

{I also considered Rd3}

Rd3 is much better according to the computer. I suspect it is because after Rfd8 Rg3 you still have a rook guarding the back rank as compared to Re3 Rfd8 Rxd8 Rxd8 Rg3 you do not.

Rc7

{R(f)c8 would have been better IMO}

I presume you mean Rfd8 and that's true. Rc7 is a horrible move.

23. Rh3

{at this point I couldn't see super deeply into the position, at first I thought I could get a draw from back & forthing from g3 to h3 then it seemed I had a win by sacrificing my bishop at h6, or simply taking if he pushed g6, I'm still not sure though, regardless my opponent seemed alarmed at my possibilities and played a move which sacrificed the exchange}

f5 is simply losing in one move. Kg8 was required. You could then take the draw you describe or try something like Qc1 instead of Rh3. There seems to be nothing decisive in the position for white but it's easier to make a mistake with black than with white so I might play on.

{I felt I kind of misplayed these last few moves, I have been known to get nervous in these types of situations and sometimes have trouble further breaking things down for a win, I wasn't worried about losing the pawn though and would have happily invited an exchange of queens}

You could have forced the queens off with 29. Qd6

30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. R7d6 e5 32. Rxb6 Bd4

{didn't see this move, I was playing a little too fast, nothing too deadly though}

You really should have played 31. Rd8 with a winning rook vs. bishop endgame.

35. Re6 Ra8

{opting to give up the e-pawn, I was somewhat relieved}

There is nothing to fear from 35.. e3. Your Rook guards e2 so you can just start pushing your a-pawn. With some technique easily won for white.

Bf6

{surprising. I debated whether to take for about five minutes and then did it. It seemed drawish either way but I figured with an extra pawn I had more winning chances}

As we know all rook endgames are drawn. I'm not sure if there was anything you could do instead though. The computer likes white at +2 but doesn't seem to get anywhere in it's lines.

Kg6??

{loses. Ke5 and it's a draw, at best I can trade pawns and push the h runner but the king can get in front in time}

True, easy draw thrown away. I wish my opponents would play like that every now and then.

 

[Narz]

This is fast becomming Panzar reviews Narz's games.

Don't think I don't appreciate it! If you ever visit New York (I'm moving back from California) I'll take you out to dinner. Certainly don't feel obligated to analyze them all.

Nevertheless I made a few comments.

Thanks man! I'll go over your analyze later tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Panzar75]

Don't get me wrong, I like going over the games and analyzing them too. I'm just starting to expect "get a room" comments due to lack of input from other people in this thread...

I have never been to the US and would like to go some day. A trip to New York might not be impossible but it's unlikely to happen any time soon. It's mostly a monetary issue as I haven't had a steady job for a while. (My current employment ends in september as I'm filling in for someone on maternity leave.)

 

[Narz]

Don't get me wrong, I like going over the games and analyzing them too. I'm just starting to expect "get a room" comments due to lack of input from other people in this thread...

Cool. Well I'm glad it's as good for you as it is for me. I certainly would welcome others joining in but you're pretty good on your own too. (just going with the theme here )

I have never been to the US and would like to go some day. A trip to New York might not be impossible but it's unlikely to happen any time soon. It's mostly a monetary issue as I haven't had a steady job for a while. (My current employment ends in september as I'm filling in for someone on maternity leave.)

Try to convince her to have another?

 

[Mehmed100]

My analysis will be complete soon so Panzar won't feel so alone .

 

[Narz]

My analysis will be complete soon so Panzar won't feel so alone .

I've always wanted some two on one action.

I bought a cheap computer microphone awhile ago and I think I'll actually make a YouTube of this game (and both of your analysis) and give you guys both props. Probably I'll make some vids for a few other games as well, it seems pretty easy to do.

 

[Mehmed100]

Spoiler :

I'm sorry if my analysis is unclear. I haven't double checked it.

10. Bd3 d6

I think you should have taken the pawn here. It doesn't give you any weaknesses and seems not to lessen your space advantage. And as Panzar said, it gives you some nice spots for your rooks.

In the game continuation black should play 12... Qa5 attacking your e5 pawn and you are already on negative evaluation numbers from the computer.

My chess program disagrees however it does seem to nullify any advantage Narz would have.

16. Bf4

I think you should have played Rfe1 or something similar as if he captures on e5 with his knight it is bye bye piece. I thought this was a bit pointless but not that bad.

20. Nxc6

Panzar is indeed correct. That Bxh6 is playable here but my chess program thinks that it is extremely playable for black.

21.Re3

The computer doesn't like this move and thinks that black may have a slight advantage had your opponent played Rfd8 instead of the game continuation.

Rc7 ?

What was he thinking? It looks like an error to me.

22. Rg3 Kh8

The computer thinks Bh4 could have been an improvement for him.


23. Rh3 f5 ??

What was that for? He's just begging to lose.


29. Qc2 ?

The computer thinks that this gives away your advantage had your opponent played Be7 instead of the game continuation. Qe3 would have been better.


41. Rxf6

My computer says the same as Panzar's. And it also seems to get nowhere with its lines. However I must agree with it in this case.

51. Kf3 Kg6

He just turned a draw to a loss.

52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Ke5 1-0

 

[Narz]

Question guys :

If 23. ... Kg8 couldn't I sack the bishop & go for a mating attack?

 

[Panzar75]

I used to do some video/audio for Unreal Tournament (FPS Game) when I was playing that. I don't think I'll be doing a chess version though. Unless I get a voice stand-in. It's hard to get everything right in one take.

Sacking the bishop looks possible but it turns out it doesn't work at all, at least against the computer. If black makes a mistake or two it certainly is dangerous. An example line.

23... Kg8 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Rxh6 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rd3 Bg7 28. Rg3 Rf4 29. Qg6 Kf8 30. Rh7 Qe4