| Dec-27-10 | | Brettwith2ts: <7) ♗e3!>; I like this move; I first saw it when I was new to chess and I was reading my first chess book (it was by Fred Reinfeld, I would recommend it if I could only remember the title!). If black declines the trade, he has wasted a move in developing his Bishop to an inferior square, and if he accepts, as in the game, then on 7)...♗xe3, 8) fxe3, white's open f-file and strong central hold promise a strong game. <25)...♕g3? > seems to me like he's throwing away a good chance to hold on to the game; after 25)...♖fb8, it looks to me like he has some good play left in his position, non? I guess the same thing happens to FMs that happens to us class players; we see a threat, we think we're finished, and we try to throw pieces at our opponent's face to frighten him! (at least, that's my impression) <29)...♕e5??> I cringed a little when I saw the knight fork coming; I don't think he saw it, either. The desperate sac that follows seems to me like a last-ditch effort he put together after realizing his mistake to scare his opponent into a mistake before resigning. But, if he had seen 29)...♕d6!, it seems to me that Black would have had a fighting chance, despite being a pawn down. If 30) ♕xd6, cxd6, black could maybe plant his rooks on the c- or e-file and his knight in the hole on e5, and try to get some play going against the backward white pawns on c4 and e4. If white pulls back by 31)♕a5, black can force the trade anyway with 31)...♕b6+, when that pesky hole on e5 should still give black a decent chance of holding on, and even of fighting back! |
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| Dec-27-10 | | Brettwith2ts: Correction; I still dislike 25) ...♕g3, but it's been pointed out to me that 25)...♖fb8? is in fact a bad move; after 26)Rxa5!, black cannot capture the queen, b/c Rxa8+ and cxb5 leaves white ahead. Thank you, Fritz, for correcting my evaluation of a game that I'm possibly the only cg.com member to ever look at! |
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