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Not finished - but it's 3q4/1pp1kpp1/r1nbbn2/3pp2p/8/PpPPPPrP/8/RNBQKBNR b - - 2 18

I'm black, and stalled. He hasn't made an aggressive move yet, but all his squares seem to be defended.

EDIT - He's point farming - wants a draw and only moves his rook back and forth.
 
That is one seriously weird position! :crazyeye:

Generally the way to crack that kind of passive defense is to patiently build up an imbalance at a point where the defenses can't be increased without breaking the pattern, then smash through. There should be plentiful pin, fork, and discovered attack options with all of white's pieces in a row like that.
 
As I said, he wanted a draw frm about the twentieth move, and only started playing when down to his king and a bishop and a knight - sucker; beat him in a full match in half an hour!
 
Finally looked at your analysis for the warrior game after 24. Qc6. I still did not see all that though I suspected certain lines might work & that I was just missing something.
 
Man, I can't believe I missed such an excellent attack! It's of some consolation that the chess.com analysis engine didn't see it either preferring Qd3 and this odd line : ( 24... Qd3 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qc2 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Rxd4 28. a4 Ke7 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 )
 
Here's that game you wanted me to share, Narz. I'm Black:
Where: Chess.com
Event: 1st Annual JP Chess Tourney Rd. 1
White: Labtec600
Black: WhiteEagle
Result: 1-0

1.Nf3 e6
2.e4 Bc5
3.d4 Bb4+
4.c3 Bd6
5.Bc4 Nf6
6.e5 Qe7
7.exd6 cxd6
I try and make the material even again here.

8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 h6
10.Bxf6 Qxf6
A good move I think.
11.Nbd2 Nc6
12.Ne4 d5
13.Nxf6+ gxf6
A good move that won a knight.
14.Bb5 a6
15.Bxc6 bxc6
Wins back the material.
16.b4 h5
17.Nh4 a5
18.Qxh5 Rb8
I clearly lost material here.
19.Qe5 fxe5
Nice move to eliminate the queen, but loses the piece next turn.
20.dxe5 a4
21.f4 Ba6
22.Rf3 a3
23.Raf1
He pointed out that this was a blunder, and I failed to take advantage of it.
23 ... Rb5
24.Rg3+ Kh8
Here's he's setting up checkmate already.
25.Rff3 Rbb8
26.Rh3 Be2
A clear blunder. I should have started moving my king to safety instead.

27.Nf5+ Kg8
28.Rfg3+ Bg4
Nothing else to prevent checkmate by here.
29.Rxg4# 1-0
 
Besides what I pointed out in my game, did I miss anything else that was important?
 
WhiteEagle, I hope you don't mind if I look over your game with Labtec.

1.Nf3 e6
2.e4 Bc5
3.d4 Bb4+
4.c3 Bd6


At this point, count how many pieces you have out, and how many pieces your opponent has out. Your opponent has a knight and three pawns nicely set up towards the middle of the board where as you have only a bishop and a pawn in position to do anything. The reason this happened was because you moved your bishop three times -- there's an opening principle "don't move any piece more than once in the opening unless you absolutely have to". In your case, you had to move the bishop out of danger, but that could have been prevented by checking to see if he can move his pieces and pawns out "with tempo" (that is, kill two birds with one stone and develop a piece while attacking yours, forcing you to move it again).

5.Bc4 Nf6

This is a mistake that loses a knight or bishop (3 points) for a pawn (1 point). This is a common pattern -- if you have a knight and bishop two squares away from each other like that, you have to be very careful, because they are just begging to be forked by a pawn like your opponent does next move.

6.e5 Qe7
7.exd6 cxd6


"I try and make the material even again here."

Note that you aren't actually making the material even because you lost a bishop, whereas he lost a pawn.

8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 h6


A good move, attacking the bishop pinning your knight to your queen.

10.Bxf6 Qxf6

"A good move I think."

Certainly better than the alternative recapture, gxf6, which would have opened up your king's protection and given you doubled pawns!

11.Nbd2 Nc6
12.Ne4 d5


Here we see that knight-bishop pawn fork pattern again on the other side. Good job recognizing it and advancing your pawn, but unfortunately you overlooked a simpler threat from him. Always check to see what your opponent's last move threatens -- in this case, it's your queen!

13.Nxf6+ gxf6

"A good move that won a knight."

Nothing personal, but I wouldn't exactly call this a good move. Sure, it's the best move, but you only had two legal moves, one of which was pretty awkward (Kh8). :p

14.Bb5 a6
15.Bxc6 bxc6


"Wins back the material."

16.b4 h5

This is actually a mistake. Always be careful about moving the pawns in front of your king. In this case you're moving it to a square that the white queen indirectly attacks, and once that pawn is gone, your king is toast.

17.Nh4 a5
18.Qxh5 Rb8


"I clearly lost material here."

It's important to realize where you made the mistake to lose the material -- at this point there was nothing you could do. The mistake was made two moves ago on move 16.

19.Qe5

... really, Labtec?

19. ... fxe5

"Nice move to eliminate the queen, but loses the piece next turn."

That's not the way you should be thinking. Think of the series of moves (in this case fxe5 and dxe5) as an entire exchange. You win a queen for a pawn, so instead of "I take his queen, but he takes my pawn" which places a negative on losing the pawn, think "I win a queen for a pawn."

20.dxe5 a4
21.f4 Ba6
22.Rf3 a3
23.Raf1


"He pointed out that this was a blunder, and I failed to take advantage of it."

Do you see how you can take advantage of it, though?

Spoiler :
Bxf1 gives you a winning position.


23 ... Rb5
24.Rg3+ Kh8


"Here's he's setting up checkmate already."

Indeed he is.

25.Rff3 Rbb8
26.Rh3 Be2


"A clear blunder. I should have started moving my king to safety instead."

Not so much a blunder as "not the best resistance" as he has a forced mate in 4.

The slowest mate would have been
Spoiler :
26. ... f6
27. Nf5+ Kg8
28. Nh6+ Kh8
29. Rg3

and Nf7# is unpreventable.


27.Nf5+ Kg8
28.Rfg3+ Bg4


"Nothing else to prevent checkmate by here."

29.Rxg4# 1-0
 
Well, such an epic fail begs to be shared...
The Gods truly curse with blindness those they want to punish...

I was playing as black, under 20 min time condition.

1. Nf3 c5
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Nc6
4. e4 Nf6
5. d3 d5 I was kind of at loss here and ran out of ideas how else to proceed. Still it seems my opponent blunders a bit.
6. g3? dxc4
7. Be3 cxd3
8. Bxd3 Ng4 pawn ahead and applying some pressure
9. Bc1 Nce5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5
11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Bc3 a6
13. Bxd7+ Qxd2
14. Na4? Nd3+! no castling for you!
15. Ke2 Rd8
16. Nb6? Qb5! at this point, I am fairly certain I've won a queen
17. Qa4!! Nxb2+?
18. Qxb5+ which possibility I completely overlooked before! Even worse, I did not realize that would've merely been a trade and I could've retaken the queen!so... Ke7?????? :suicide:
19. Bxc5 - black resigns
No, I was sober, no, I do not remember being distracted. :wallbash:
 
Yeah, it happens to the best of us, especially under fast time controls (20 min per game is still fast in my book even though I often play faster). I'm sure I could dig up a dozen or so similar gems. :blush:
 
I still had over 12 minutes on my clock when the game ended while my opponent had 9... :blush:
 
Hmmmm. Well I guess it won't be very long until the game is over.

He should have resigned a long time ago.
Oops, I posted that before looking at the position carefully, and I missed
Spoiler :
36. ... Qb1+ 37. Bd1! and thought you were about to be checkmated.
 
Oops, I posted that before looking at the position carefully, and I missed
Spoiler :
36. ... Qb1+ 37. Bd1! and thought you were about to be checkmated.

Spoiler :
I also missed that at first. I often overlooking defensive saves like that when I'm the one with the "irrefutable threat" :blush:
 
WhiteEagle, I hope you don't mind if I look over your game with Labtec.

1.Nf3 e6
2.e4 Bc5
3.d4 Bb4+
4.c3 Bd6


At this point, count how many pieces you have out, and how many pieces your opponent has out. Your opponent has a knight and three pawns nicely set up towards the middle of the board where as you have only a bishop and a pawn in position to do anything. The reason this happened was because you moved your bishop three times -- there's an opening principle "don't move any piece more than once in the opening unless you absolutely have to". In your case, you had to move the bishop out of danger, but that could have been prevented by checking to see if he can move his pieces and pawns out "with tempo" (that is, kill two birds with one stone and develop a piece while attacking yours, forcing you to move it again).

5.Bc4 Nf6

This is a mistake that loses a knight or bishop (3 points) for a pawn (1 point). This is a common pattern -- if you have a knight and bishop two squares away from each other like that, you have to be very careful, because they are just begging to be forked by a pawn like your opponent does next move.

6.e5 Qe7
7.exd6 cxd6


"I try and make the material even again here."

Note that you aren't actually making the material even because you lost a bishop, whereas he lost a pawn.

8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 h6


A good move, attacking the bishop pinning your knight to your queen.

10.Bxf6 Qxf6

"A good move I think."

Certainly better than the alternative recapture, gxf6, which would have opened up your king's protection and given you doubled pawns!

11.Nbd2 Nc6
12.Ne4 d5


Here we see that knight-bishop pawn fork pattern again on the other side. Good job recognizing it and advancing your pawn, but unfortunately you overlooked a simpler threat from him. Always check to see what your opponent's last move threatens -- in this case, it's your queen!

13.Nxf6+ gxf6

"A good move that won a knight."

Nothing personal, but I wouldn't exactly call this a good move. Sure, it's the best move, but you only had two legal moves, one of which was pretty awkward (Kh8). :p

14.Bb5 a6
15.Bxc6 bxc6


"Wins back the material."

16.b4 h5

This is actually a mistake. Always be careful about moving the pawns in front of your king. In this case you're moving it to a square that the white queen indirectly attacks, and once that pawn is gone, your king is toast.

17.Nh4 a5
18.Qxh5 Rb8


"I clearly lost material here."

It's important to realize where you made the mistake to lose the material -- at this point there was nothing you could do. The mistake was made two moves ago on move 16.

19.Qe5

... really, Labtec?

19. ... fxe5

"Nice move to eliminate the queen, but loses the piece next turn."

That's not the way you should be thinking. Think of the series of moves (in this case fxe5 and dxe5) as an entire exchange. You win a queen for a pawn, so instead of "I take his queen, but he takes my pawn" which places a negative on losing the pawn, think "I win a queen for a pawn."

20.dxe5 a4
21.f4 Ba6
22.Rf3 a3
23.Raf1


"He pointed out that this was a blunder, and I failed to take advantage of it."

Do you see how you can take advantage of it, though?

Spoiler :
Bxf1 gives you a winning position.


23 ... Rb5
24.Rg3+ Kh8


"Here's he's setting up checkmate already."

Indeed he is.

25.Rff3 Rbb8
26.Rh3 Be2


"A clear blunder. I should have started moving my king to safety instead."

Not so much a blunder as "not the best resistance" as he has a forced mate in 4.

The slowest mate would have been
Spoiler :
26. ... f6
27. Nf5+ Kg8
28. Nh6+ Kh8
29. Rg3

and Nf7# is unpreventable.


27.Nf5+ Kg8
28.Rfg3+ Bg4


"Nothing else to prevent checkmate by here."

29.Rxg4# 1-0
Thanks for the review. I clearly need to rethink my strategy more.
 
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