Where did I go wrong?

Technical questions regarding Openings, Middlegames, Endings etc.
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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:06 pm

Since you won in 26 moves, not in much that really mattered? ;)
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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:39 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:06 pm
Since you won in 26 moves, not in much that really mattered? ;)
It all looks quite crushing. Perhaps there's a quicker win somewhere.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:09 am

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:06 pm
Since you won in 26 moves, not in much that really mattered? ;)
They say after 11.Nd7, he'd be better.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:15 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:09 am
Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:06 pm
Since you won in 26 moves, not in much that really mattered? ;)
They say after 11.Nd7, he'd be better.
Maybe. It's a perfectly playable position, though, and one where black has to play more accurately than white.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:02 pm

Up a pawn, I drew with White in:

I exchanged rooks and transformed the position thus:
8/1b3p2/4kp2/p1p4p/P1P1PPpP/3K2P1/1P2B3/8 w - - 0 1
Where did I go wrong?
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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:04 pm

You appear not to have posted any moves for that game, so it would be difficult to tell you where you went wrong.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:14 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:02 pm
Where did I go wrong?
After an exchange of rooks, the winning attempt would be to create a passed pawn on the queen side. The doubled pawns on the king side should also slightly improve White's chances. If you don't win these positions it can be because too many pawns are exchanged giving Black the chance to sacrifice to eliminate your pawns. In that context White doesn't want to be left with just an h pawn.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:49 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:02 pm
Up a pawn, I drew with White in:

I exchanged rooks and transformed the position thus:


You played a4 which denies you a pawn break on the queen side. The pawn should be on a3 and the King on c3 to support playing b4. The Bishop perhaps on d3 to defend the e4 pawn, but you didn't need to move the king side pawns.

Another thought on this, assuming the pawn is on a3 is that if you distract the Black King from staying on e6 because of the threat of a passed c pawn, that the cheapo threat of Bxg4, followed by h5-h6-h7-h8Q might work.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:13 pm

Was 20..d6 a good move in


?

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Mar 25, 2018 3:34 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:13 pm
Was 20..d6 a good move in
As a superficial assessment the d5 pawn is going anyway, so you might as well try to get something for it, such as making the Bishop on a2 a useful attacker of f7.

Also if .. Bxd6, White could take it and gain the Bishop pair, while if cxd6, Black is saddled with an isolated pawn. None of it decisive, but enough perhaps to support a "white is better" assessment.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:19 am

He played cxd6 an I pinned and won the b6-Knight

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:42 am

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:19 am
He played cxd6 an I pinned and won the b6-Knight
By Ba5 presumably.

Should Black play 20. d6 Nxe4 ? Then if 21. dxe7 Nxd2. Perhaps that Knight is now trapped so White wins the exchange. White has to know that 20. .. Nxe4 doesn't work, otherwise 20. d6 is a gamble.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:03 am

Why gamble? I didn't see 20...Nxe4 at first, but Hadi Ghorbani, the brother of IM Ghorbani, said it loses too, as I was anxious

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:46 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:03 am
Why gamble?
If you play a move that looks right without in depth calculation when your opponent has the option of a sequence of captures in response, you are gambling that your positional feel and assessment will ensure that something refutes it. It's something you may need to be able to do in blitz and when short of time.

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Re: Where did I go wrong?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:51 pm

can this position be won by White if he is to move?