This game was a pretty good one, I think. Near the end, however, I got a bit sidetracked and lost. That's where you come in: please help me find out where my fatal error was and what I could have done to force checkmate before he got so powerful.
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Apr 19, 2009
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you were great till 28 when you tried to start evening up the points instead of following up on your attack. You gave him valuable breathing time. You should have done 28 Nc4 with check and if he moves to b5 take the pawn on b7 with your queen and mate; if he moved a6 out of check then move your queen a8 forcing him to b5 and then take the pawn with mate. When you are down material and attacking you should always look for forcing moves to stop your opponent from bring his numbers to bare. Hope this helped.
9. Bxa3. Here you trade a bishop for a pawn. A bishop is worth more than a pawn, this is a bad trade for you.
11. Ng5. Here you let your opponent take your knight and you get nothing in return. Losing your pieces is not good.
24. exf8=Q. Making a new queen is good, but if you do it without taking the bishop, your opponent will not be able to take your queen with the rook. So just play e8=Q and now you keep both your queens.
At move 31, you can play 31. Rxb7+ and then 32. Qa8 checkmate.
At move 33, you could play 33. Qc5+ Ka6 34. Ra7 checkmate.
At move 36, you could play 36. Ra7+ Kb5 37. Ra5 checkmate.
So, here are two pieces of advice.
1. Pay attention to what your opponent can capture. Don't let your opponent capture your valuable pieces without getting equal value in return.
2. Study basic checkmates. You can find collections of problems that are checkmate in 1 and checkmate in 2. Solve has many as you can get your hands on.
Loomis wrote:
9. Bxa3. Here you trade a bishop for a pawn. A bishop is worth more than a pawn, this is a bad trade for you.
11. Ng5. Here you let your opponent take your knight and you get nothing in return. Losing your pieces is not good.
24. exf8=Q. Making a new queen is good, but if you do it without taking the bishop, your opponent will not be able to take your queen with the rook. So just play e8=Q and now you keep both your queens.
At move 31, you can play 31. Rxb7+ and then 32. Qa8 checkmate.
At move 33, you could play 33. Qc5+ Ka6 34. Ra7 checkmate.
At move 36, you could play 36. Ra7+ Kb5 37. Ra5 checkmate.
So, here are two pieces of advice.
1. Pay attention to what your opponent can capture. Don't let your opponent capture your valuable pieces without getting equal value in return.
2. Study basic checkmates. You can find collections of problems that are checkmate in 1 and checkmate in 2. Solve has many as you can get your hands on.
Move 36 need not be so long 36.Qa4# checkmate
I think 24.Qxc8 wins after Kxc8 e8=Q with check is very powerful. Or even Qa5 with check was very powerful, the point is that in those types of situations you should not let your opponent out of check, don't give him time to defend. Demolish him without remorse and go for the win!