Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Chess Games - Positions I made mistakes

Game 1: Chess For Fun (CFF) practising K - ninja999 (1550) vs. 64Squares (1598)
started: 08-Apr-07, ended: 17-Apr-07

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 d6 9. h3 Qf6 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 c6 15. Bb3 b6 16. h4 Bb7 17. Rg1 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. e4 d4 20. O-O-O a5

The move 20. ... a5 was bad because b6 pawn is unguarded and vulnerable. I also missed the line 21. Rg6 and overlooked f7 pawn pin.




21. Rg6 a4

The move 21. ... a4 is a serious blunder. The continuation 21. ... Ra6 22. Bc4 b5 might save black position i guess.

22. Rxb6 axb3 23. Rxb7 bxc2 24. Kxc2 Ra-c8+



Now the a and b pawn can easily nail the coffin for black :(

25. Kb1 Rf-e8 26. Rg1 Re6 27. Rb5 g6 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. f4 Rc-e8 30. a4 Rf6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. exf5 h5 34. a5 Kf6 35. a6 Kxf5 36. a7 Ra8 37. Rb7 Ke6 38. b4 Kd6 39. b5 f5 40. b6 Kc6 41. Rb8 f4 42. Rxa8 Kxb6 43. Re8 Kxa7 44. Rxe5 f3 1-0

The King is out of play and Rook can grab the black pawns easily.

Note: These are my thoughts on the position during my play. Any comments and analysis are welcome.