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jamesjudo

Should I have drawn this game?

I was up two pieces yet had less dev.(or not?)

and felt like a win would be very hard fought.What's you guy's opinion?

note:still feel like if very careful I could have won.

my_alter_ego

nice, but instead of a interesting game it should be AN interesting game.

peperoniebabie

Black is easily winning in this position, I don't see a good way for White to gain material back or even mount an attack with how few forces he'll have after 19...Bxa8. White's down two pieces for a pawn and the only possible compensation is that his king is better protected.

Short version: If Black carefully traded pieces down, the endgame would be easily won.

jamesjudo

so your basicly saying I was winning correct?

also should i do an annoation next time to more carefully reveal my thoughts?

jamesjudo

The game annotated ,again I should have done it the first time,sorry.

grolich

Well, after Qh4, you're more or less winning. In the final position, well, even if white had an attack (which he doesn't), unless it's a murderous attack, it doesn't really compensate for a whole piece. Not usually. In the given position, there's not even a trace of an attack, you should be winning easily.

 

As to the annotations:

2.f3 - not a defensive move at all, rather a mistake:) it actually makes white's king easier to attack by opening the dangerous short diagonal to the king early on while taking away the f3 square from which the knight can protect h4, should black try to exploit it.

 

4.Bb5+ personally I prefer 4...c6 as a reply for black, but I have to agree, seems like a useless move in either case, and 5.Bf1 was even stranger, although you already have a big edge,however he plays his bishop.

You don't really seem to care too much about material in your comments, and it is a very important aspect of the position. Nxe4 wins a pawn (and white can't really take it back in good terms with Qe2), and a central pawn to boot. I think these factors are even more important than a knight on the 5th. Winning a central pawn for nothing can be enough to win the game many times. Of course, the knight on the 5th does add some pressure too, if it can be backed up. lucky you, white helps you to turn a very good position into a winnig one:

7.Qf3? horrible, and to me, it seems strange you didn't comment this move. You reply correctly with the punishment 7...Bc6

 

I also believe that 10...Qxf3 should have made you work a bit for the win (although it should be easily winning) had white played correctly, and 10...Bxa3 reaches an endgame that is even easier, but a win is a win:)

 

The problem is that after 11...Nd6, white has 12.0-0, unpins and protects the knight at once. still VERY good position for black, but you could have taken this chance away from him too

 

and his reply: 12.Nxe5 is really ??:) game over

 

 

Well played

moopster

this is my annotated commentary

JG27Pyth

You should take "draw" out of your chess vocabulary for a while.  At the beginner level it's not uncommon for there to be wild swings in the lead, with first one then the other player with a "crushing" advantage.  You were hugely ahead. Doesn't mean all that much, you probably were going to win, but who knows you might have lost anyway by making big mistakes of your own. But you've got to try to win.

Don't take draws, don't resign against other beginners. Play the game out. You need to learn to finish -- you need to learn both how to play from a large advantage and from a large disadvantage. Doing this will grow you chess knowledge and your approach to the game will change.

chesscrazy018

Hey this is a very nice thread since i am a beginner and enjoying ths game !!Thnx

jamesjudo

thanks for all the feedback,and I now see many holes that weren't apparent in game,more playing,more ay,and more study is the best course in my mind.This is a game that I could of won,now next time I just have to try and win it,easier said then done of coarse.

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