Best Game I've played

Your enemies first mistake was 6... e5. He should have played e6, for sure, where he settles for a small pawn center but with ideas of giving his queen a centralized spot, develop his dark square bishop to e7, play his other knight to d7, play b5 and play Bb7 with strong attacks and such. A move like e5 has nothing to do with centralizing his queen to c7, putting his other knight to e7 and eventually recapture on f6, support a queenside attack or any other ideas. In fact, castling onto the queenside was terrible for him, and so would castling on the kingside where an attack is brewing. In the Najdorf black doesn't need to castle and shouldn't. In fact, Be6 is merely developing  but doesn't help his position although it does one good thing; keep your bishop off that diagonal. Nd5 wasn't too horrible and trading those pieces were pretty good, which gives your white bishop chances to control the white squares. Queen takes after wasn't too bad either because it centralizes the queen and cannot be attacked. 15. f3 wasn't nescessary because it weakens your dark squares. After that though, black has the losing game still.

very nice game mottsauce

thanks

chessowns are you crazy black doesnt need to castle in the najdorf? i would like to see you do that with me. i agree castling queenside bad idea but how is black suppose to develop his kings rook h5 and another thing e5 is not bad its backs the knight off yes e6 is more patient and might be more beneficial later on down the road but the only thing bad i see about e5 is the weakening of the d6 pawn which will happen if you play e6 anyways. your wrong. give the man some credit he played very well

thanks for that :)

well its the truth outstanding job

im sorry it just gets under my skin when someone tries to shoot holes at somebody elses play, especially when theyre wrong. if he had some valid points it probably wouldnt get to me as bad even though i doubt it. i mean what was the point in  that was he trying to say he was a better player

and another thing f3 is good it protects the pawn while you use you peices for better things besides protecting a pawn how about i shoot holes at his ridiculous analysis

6...e6 is definitely considered to be the main (and almost only) serious play against the 6.Bg5 line (as opposed to against the 6.Be3 line, where black has many options, 6...e5 being one of them).

The 6...e5 mistake needs some technique to be exploited. It's not a horrible "oh my god I'm gonna resign" kind of mistake. Not even close. A subtle one. Leaves more weaknesses in a position where it'll be more difficult than usual to create counterplay.

I like 7.Nf5 for white. If black takes 7...Bxf5, then 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd5 followed by 10.exf5, and white's knight is very hard to dislodge from d5, meaning black's d file weaknesses (d5 square and d6 pawn) will remain for a while.

But I wouldn't think too much of it. not that serious a mistake (DEFINITELY not until a very high level), and white won because of better play afterwards

You're over criticizing yourself for the 9.Nd5 move.

It seems to me as one of the best moves in the position (maybe the best... That I can't tell).

General principles such as the one you mention (don't move a piece twice in the opening), only apply - when there's nothing special going on. For example, normally you'd move it twice to win a piece wouldn't you?:) In this position, you get a centralized queen, get rid of his good bishop (and leave him with a bad one), and keep attacking option on the d6 pawn, keeping the d5 square weak. These are more important than your remark on the b7 pawn, which can be defended easily while developing.

9.Nd5 could have been my choice - nice move. (actually, had I been your opponent I would hae shown this move due respect and retreated my queen instead of exchanging immediately, I can do that later).

Nice play.

11.0-0-0 - interesting. You can probably get a very nice position by positional means: play 11.c3 to take away any potential activity from his c6 knight, prepare to castle short and bring your a rook to the same d file. seems like white has all the pluses in the position.

Your 11.0-0-0 move isn't bad. Just wanted to say it's extremely double edged and less clear, since you're castling in front of a half open c file on the queenside, where black wants to play in the sicilian anyway. Game becomes interesting:)

11... 0-0-0 ? Yeah, you nailed it. he made a mistake and you caught right on it. Again nice job:)

Black should just play 11...Rc8 and it's a...well,I'd say an almsot equal position now.

You play very well from that point on, not giving him a chance. It's over:)

Oh and one other thing: nice job with the 25.Ra6+ move:)

thanks a lot: i've improved greatly since this game, and i appreciate everyone's comments: especially positive ones from 2000+ rated.

i.e, i should have played 18. Kb1, since there's no way for black to protect that pawn anyway.  It's the little things i need work on.  I sometimes get impatient, and while i've (mercifully) gotten away from just giving up material, i still give myself a less-than-ideal position by being too hasty.

I need to take Lasker to heart: "when you see a good move, stop! look for a better one."

I DO have a question about my 20th move.  Should i have played Bc4 instead of Bd3?

Well, both keep the same winning position. I see no real difference.

Bd3 may be seen as bad in the fact it blocks your rook. well, in that sense, sure, other moves (not necessarily Bc4, but that's only one move out of many) maybe better, but, in the sense that it maintains the same winning position, with the same ideas as the other moves, it's not a mistake.

I'd have played 20.Qa8 making sure black can't move anything while vacating a2, now I can also inckue my rook:) but Bc4 and your Bd3 win too. True, Bd3 looks a bit less logical... but it's ok.