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I went and accepted another challenge from attila22. I must not have learned I can't beat him, because I have a record against him of 0-2. I will try for a win though. Would be nice to get a win, and make my record 1-2 against him.
 
Just got axed by Tenna (Tomoyo) here.

I had a totally dominating game until 21. Nxf8?? Qxf8 would have led to an easily winning endgame but I just had to go and try and get fancy and paid a heavy price. Tenna played well (though he could have finished me off even faster) and didn't fall for any traps. I managed to trade off queens but was totally dead in the water by that point and resigned a few moves later.

gg Tenna, nice comeback. :goodjob:

BTW Panzar, feel free to slice & dice the game if you get the time :). I feel like it was one of my sloppiest games in awhile (we played rather fast) & I got a bit demoralized after Nxf8 instead of Qxf8 even though I still probably had winning chances after that point. The whole feeling of the game changed & was emotionally kind of defeated already.
 
Qicky asked me to go over this game I played with him. Not sure if he's looking for more games but let him know if you'd be willing to match with him.

Anyway :

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6

so far so good. :)

3. Bc4 Bb4

not so good, the bishop doesn't attack anything here (besides pinning the d-pawn) and can be attacked later winning time for white (while black has to retreat the bishop)

4. O-O Nf6

Nf6 is a good developing move.

5. c3 Bc5
6. d4 Bd6

Blocks the d-pawn, hemming in the c8 bishp

7. dxe5

Here I figured if 7. ... Nxp then 8. NxN BxN 9. f4 and the bishop will be trapped and if 7. ... Bxp then 8. Ng5 followed by f4 is black castles.

7. ... Bc5

this loses a piece straight away though

8. exf6 gxf6

Probably better to take back with the queen, developing another piece, albeit one that could become vulnerable. That also protects against the coming sacrifice.

9. Bxf7+ Kxf7

In double-king-pawn games the sacrifice on f7 is a very common motif. One way to improve your chess drastically would be to go over many games involving sacrifices like this (and other tactics), you really will get a sense for tactical possibilities & start to notice patterns. Probably best to start with a basic tactics book & the move on from there. I know it sounds like a lot of work :D but IMO it's worth the satisfaction.

Anyway in this circumstance, the reason I sacrificed the bishop is to win you bishop + a pawn & open up your king.

10. Qd5+ Kg6
11. Qxc5 b6

Probably better is e6, opening your bishop for attack & defense to where the action is.

I won't comment on all your king moves towards the end because I'm notoriously bad at analyzing king hunts & mates in X (if X > 3).

Anway, I hope you can keep playing & the important thing to remember is that as long as you keep learning & improving in every game you should be happy with yourself. There are always going to be losses & blunders (see game in my post above this one :D) but losses are generally more instructive than wins (of course wins feel good & that's also important for morale :)).
 
Just got axed by Tenna (Tomoyo) here.

I had a totally dominating game until 21. Nxf8?? Qxf8 would have led to an easily winning endgame but I just had to go and try and get fancy and paid a heavy price. Tenna played well (though he could have finished me off even faster) and didn't fall for any traps. I managed to trade off queens but was totally dead in the water by that point and resigned a few moves later.

gg Tenna, nice comeback. :goodjob:

BTW Panzar, feel free to slice & dice the game if you get the time :). I feel like it was one of my sloppiest games in awhile (we played rather fast) & I got a bit demoralized after Nxf8 instead of Qxf8 even though I still probably had winning chances after that point. The whole feeling of the game changed & was emotionally kind of defeated already.
Strange, I thought the move that made the game's feeling change was 20. Nh2 instead of 20. fxe6, which would have totally killed any chance I had at counterplay (and it's not like I could save that rook you took). After 21. Qxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxf8 d3 23. Nh7 Be6 or something like that I still have some dangerous advanced pawns (though not as dangerous as if I had been able to advance the b-pawn) and my bishop somehow has a miraculous chance at becoming (gasp) active.

I didn't think I had the win though until 27. bxa1=Q. And a little disappointed that that five-queen position I analyzed didn't come up.
 
Strange, I thought the move that made the game's feeling change was 20. Nh2 instead of 20. fxe6, which would have totally killed any chance I had at counterplay (and it's not like I could save that rook you took). After 21. Qxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxf8 d3 23. Nh7 Be6 or something like that I still have some dangerous advanced pawns (though not as dangerous as if I had been able to advance the b-pawn) and my bishop somehow has a miraculous chance at becoming (gasp) active.
You mean d4? Still the d-pawn was nowhere near as dead as the b-pawn. Especially with queens off the board.

I didn't think I had the win though until 27. bxa1=Q. And a little disappointed that that five-queen position I analyzed didn't come up.
Maybe not but as soon as you played b4 I just went into shock & never recovered. :lol: :cry: What was the five queen line out of curiosity? :)
 
I'm thinking my first game with urithon with end with a draw. Better than a loss IMHO.
 
Seems most likely to be a draw but you've got all the chances. Unless he can somehow get his king more active on the kingside & force yours back. Dunno. I'd give it five more moves or so.
 
erik and I have been firing PMs back and forth for the last few days, but especially today. What started the whole thing was me PMing him to let him know about the Featured Link for Chess.com, and it simply went on from there. Might get another link from him (paid or free with reciprocal), but it's nice to discuss business via chess. :) So far, I've met 2 fellow businessmen via chess. I like it. :D
 
Yeah, Erik is very friendly. I've played three games with him (2-1 score :D) & messaged him a number of times back & forth (usually with questions).
 
Well, I'm officially refusing all challenges (both team-wise and personal) until further notice. After the games I am in are done, I will need to keep the room open for a tournament coming up in a little over a month.

I'm considering offering urithon a draw in this match. Comments and opinions welcome!
 
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