In my last game, I accurately navigated a trap-laden opening to reach a comfortable middlegame with two knights and extra pawn against two bishops. (I very frequently find myself with knights against bishops for some reason!) With some precise moves I forced an exchange of knight for bishop. With a stable positional and material (1 pawn) advantage, I played aimlessly, without a plan, and my opponent swiftly mobilized his pawn majority on the wing, eventually leading to a roughly equal position since my queenside pawn majority was frozen in its tracks. In a position that was likely drawn with best play, my opponent blundered in time trouble. I feel that this game had instructive moments regarding piece activity in the endgame. My opponent played quite well-- except for his unfortunate last move.
After Thursday's game, I have 4.5 / 5 and am in sole 2nd behind an expert with a perfect score. Two rounds are remaining, so I control my own destiny as far as winning the tournament goes.
In my last game, I accurately navigated a trap-laden opening to reach a comfortable middlegame with two knights and extra pawn against two bishops. (I very frequently find myself with knights against bishops for some reason!) With some precise moves I forced an exchange of knight for bishop. With a stable positional and material (1 pawn) advantage, I played aimlessly, without a plan, and my opponent swiftly mobilized his pawn majority on the wing, eventually leading to a roughly equal position since my queenside pawn majority was frozen in its tracks. In a position that was likely drawn with best play, my opponent blundered in time trouble. I feel that this game had instructive moments regarding piece activity in the endgame. My opponent played quite well-- except for his unfortunate last move.
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Linuxguy
11/6/2010 01:33:43 pm
Let's see, Black appears to fall apart in the opening. Experts are generally not openings gurus, so you took advantage of that rather skillfully. I didn't like a6, simply ..Nc6 and if you end up pushing e6, he can probably play ..f6. I perceive it more as openings ignorance. ..Nb4, really? Did Black just become White?
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Aziridine
11/6/2010 04:24:58 pm
9...Nb4 was tricky but you did well to refute it over the board. I don't know anything about this line, but it looks like White probably went wrong earlier, because I rather like Black's queenside pressure in the endgame after 9...b4.
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katar
11/8/2010 06:32:58 am
Linux, it's not so simple as 5...a6 is considered Black's best move. Aziridine's suggestion of 9...b4 is also the recommendation of Dzindzi/Alburt/Perelshteyn in their popular book COBE. Indeed Black gets Benko-like pressure as it's hard for White to untangle the queenside.
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Aziridine
11/8/2010 01:47:49 pm
"After the game we are all so very wise." - Larsen
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