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Narz
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Yeah, thanks guys, I didn't know you can play it against the caro-kahn though. I'm smitten with 2. Nc3 against the kahn for now. 
WhiteEagle22
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None of my games are looking good IMHO. I really should use the Tactics Trainer...
Mehmed100
Hunger is Distasteful
You should all learn to play the main lines of the Caro-Kann. Everything else is inferior. 
The King's Indian attack is good when black plays e6, playable but not as good if black doesn't play e6. This according to the author of the book I have on the opening. I have played it for a while and I'm not crazy about it. I usually don't lose but I usually don't win either. It's probably me but I can't seem to get anything going with this opening. It's mostly a struggle not to lose. Then again, my opposition is usually a couple of hundred points higher rated than I am, so who knows...
WhiteEagle22
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I'm looking for a few wins. I hate to see my rating be so low. 
I think this is the lowest my rating has gone yet! Azza or Peter, are one of you guys up for a rematch?
I think this is the lowest my rating has gone yet! Azza or Peter, are one of you guys up for a rematch?
azzaman333
meh
I'm always up for a match.
I usually win by a slow kings side build up then crunch. Black never seems to do much against me!
I think I've got him now! And he's now 2500+
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=13877567
If pawn takes, then RxR, KxR, Qh6 mates
He cant not take it.
So I think he has to play B takes, then e takes, Qd8, Rxf7+, RxF7, exf7.
I must be winning then .
I play the dragon a lot and he doesnt. Risky choice of opening when youre the higher graded player.
yup - followed my line above. I dont see what he can do now.
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=13877567
If pawn takes, then RxR, KxR, Qh6 mates
He cant not take it.
So I think he has to play B takes, then e takes, Qd8, Rxf7+, RxF7, exf7.
I must be winning then .
I play the dragon a lot and he doesnt. Risky choice of opening when youre the higher graded player.
yup - followed my line above. I dont see what he can do now.
Could it be because of your monsterously high rating (and ability that generate that rating)?
I usually win when my opponent makes a mistake. Sad as that is, looking at my games it is true. I almost never win when both players made no mistakes. I do have plenty of draws though, even with players rated much higher than me. But I seemingly cannot generate a mate on my own without a clear mistake from my opponent.
Narz
keeping it real
Nice work col. 
I see you joined the Sicilian tourney. I was considering it but I think 12 games is a good maximum cap for me (even though now I'm playing 13 I think
). I'm gonna save my strength for tournies I'm already in & our team matches so I do have any more disasters like my games vs. psyduck. 
(Animal Lovers matches)
I see you joined the Sicilian tourney. I was considering it but I think 12 games is a good maximum cap for me (even though now I'm playing 13 I think
). I'm gonna save my strength for tournies I'm already in & our team matches so I do have any more disasters like my games vs. psyduck. (Animal Lovers matches)
Well I play the sicilian a lot so it was a chance to try a few things. I'm not taking it too seriously.
As you know I have a lot of success with the dragon and with the Grand Prix Attack.
As you know I have a lot of success with the dragon and with the Grand Prix Attack.
Narz
keeping it real
Won my revenge match against Tenna. This game was kind of the opposite of last game in that Tenna got a (moderate) opening advantage but kind of fell apart in the endgame.
After white's move 16 I was feeling a bit hopeless & cramped but I was somewhat proud of myself for finding 16. ... Nb6 (instead of an extremely passive move like b6) which worked because after NxN check the king can just move (NxN and/or pxN are disastrous since Bxp opens a discovery on the queen) and I can trade queens & catch up on development.
I'm not sure how good (if at all
) 23. ... Be6 was. It allows white to exchange off a knight for bishop & doubles my pawns but white's knights were strong & it also gains some time after white's second knight must move due to the pawn threat.
I couldn't find a better move than that, everything else just seemed too passive. I'm curious as to what CFC's better players (and/or their chess engines) think.
From there Tenna just gave me a lot of opportunities to do damage & I obliged.
Any comments on the opening welcome also. Tenna played an anti-Noteboom system & I was out of the book pretty early on.
Edit : the analysis engine thinks my 16. ... Nb6 was an inaccuracy & I should have played NxN first & then swung the other knight to b6. Makes sense. It also pointed out I could have played 9. ... Nxp due to white's overloaded queen.
After white's move 16 I was feeling a bit hopeless & cramped but I was somewhat proud of myself for finding 16. ... Nb6 (instead of an extremely passive move like b6) which worked because after NxN check the king can just move (NxN and/or pxN are disastrous since Bxp opens a discovery on the queen) and I can trade queens & catch up on development.
I'm not sure how good (if at all
) 23. ... Be6 was. It allows white to exchange off a knight for bishop & doubles my pawns but white's knights were strong & it also gains some time after white's second knight must move due to the pawn threat.I couldn't find a better move than that, everything else just seemed too passive. I'm curious as to what CFC's better players (and/or their chess engines) think.
From there Tenna just gave me a lot of opportunities to do damage & I obliged.
Any comments on the opening welcome also. Tenna played an anti-Noteboom system & I was out of the book pretty early on.
Edit : the analysis engine thinks my 16. ... Nb6 was an inaccuracy & I should have played NxN first & then swung the other knight to b6. Makes sense. It also pointed out I could have played 9. ... Nxp due to white's overloaded queen.
Some advice please:
I [erroneously?] joined this game... but I'm severely out of my element, such as it is. Any generalize advice would be very welcome. However, I'm not looking for hints or anything like that (no matter what the ethics are).
I would never have joined if I had known they had no one nearer my experience level
I [erroneously?] joined this game... but I'm severely out of my element, such as it is. Any generalize advice would be very welcome. However, I'm not looking for hints or anything like that (no matter what the ethics are).
I would never have joined if I had known they had no one nearer my experience level
Narz
keeping it real
So far so good.
All I can say is - develop your pieces, don't leave hanging pieces, watch out for pins, double attacks & other traps, get castled early, fight for space & um, try to engage the guy in conversation about something totally tangential to chess & hope he gets distracted.
We're rootin' for you.
Also, remember, as a premium member you have access to the Opening Explorer so you can explore games with similar openings to the one that unfolds in yours. Try to go over games where black wins & try to understand the moves (and tactics) that allowed him to gain the upper hand.
All I can say is - develop your pieces, don't leave hanging pieces, watch out for pins, double attacks & other traps, get castled early, fight for space & um, try to engage the guy in conversation about something totally tangential to chess & hope he gets distracted.
We're rootin' for you.
Also, remember, as a premium member you have access to the Opening Explorer so you can explore games with similar openings to the one that unfolds in yours. Try to go over games where black wins & try to understand the moves (and tactics) that allowed him to gain the upper hand.
I like to download my opponent's games and see what the opening tendencies are.
I'm not sure how good (if at all
I couldn't find a better move than that, everything else just seemed too passive. I'm curious as to what CFC's better players (and/or their chess engines) think.
There were a few moves that scored slightly better than 23...Be6 but it was definately playable.
My chess engine thinks you should have played 24...Nxe6 to avoid doubling the pawns. I'm assuming you wanted to prevent white from doubling rooks but my engine prefer Nxe6 by a very small margin over fxe6.
Narz
keeping it real
I dunno, it seems to me that once white doubled his rooks I'd be in a worse position the rest of the game (and with his knight strongly placed & basically unmovable unless I traded it off somehow). What is the line(s) it gives after 24...Nxe6? From a practical perspective it seems fxe6 is much better but I'm open to the silicon monster's opinion.
Computers arent very good at balancing dynamic chances against static weaknesses like doubled pawns.
Narz
keeping it real
I"m all about dynamic chances baby!
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=13654847 (at move 35 as I post this)
The comp would probably give me a question mark for 28. ... Nh3+ but Sorokin played Qxc6 vs. Kramnik and went on to lose. Objectively my move might be bad (though I don't think it's much worse than Qxc6 or I wouldn't have played it) but I'm skeptical of an >2000's ability to prove it.
Yeah, we really were following along main lines for over 20 moves finally splitting off into the territory of just one game. I really like the Noteboom, those a & b pawns can be killers.
We'll see how it plays out, so far it's one of my dynamically fun games in awhile!
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=13654847 (at move 35 as I post this)
The comp would probably give me a question mark for 28. ... Nh3+ but Sorokin played Qxc6 vs. Kramnik and went on to lose. Objectively my move might be bad (though I don't think it's much worse than Qxc6 or I wouldn't have played it) but I'm skeptical of an >2000's ability to prove it.
Yeah, we really were following along main lines for over 20 moves finally splitting off into the territory of just one game. I really like the Noteboom, those a & b pawns can be killers.
We'll see how it plays out, so far it's one of my dynamically fun games in awhile!
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