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BoyHowdy - L25: B vs eltonjames [35:32]
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| Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:21 pm |
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Site Moderator   Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:48 pm Posts: 1516 Location: Germany Rating Class: Class B (1600-1800)
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Re: BoyHowdy - L25: B vs eltonjames [35:32] Funny how random a3 seems. But in the end he could've made sense of it with c3 instead of b3, which is a popular line in the Advance French. Chess is a strange game sometimes.
Your Nh4 trick was cool, a very good move. Instead of b5 you could've tried Re7, to guard all the pawns (Rg6+ kf7), or Rc7, threatening to push the pawn. He has to be careful, for example 1...Rc7 2.Rg6+ Kf7 3.Kxe5 c2 and you get a new Queen. I believe he has to go back with his rook after Kf7 and you can just repeat the position and put your king on f6 again. |
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| Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:29 am |
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Live Commentary Messiah
Joined: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:54 am Posts: 389 Location: Worcester, MA Rating Class: Class A (1800-2000)
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Re: BoyHowdy - L25: B vs eltonjames [35:32] BH,
I really liked the move 19..Rae8. Your central pawns were giving you loads of space at that point, and I think that white's only decent plan in that position was to somehow work towards turning your doubled d pawns into targets by isolating them with a capture on f5. As you said during the game, taking on f5 would have been tough because the d3 bishop is the only defender of c2 in that position, but I don't see a better idea for white. Your nineteenth move gave what was (up to that point) a nearly useless piece an important job, and it all but eliminated the little counterplay your opponent had. _________________ USCF: 1957 |
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| Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:33 am |
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Rook
Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:46 am Posts: 152 Location: Aurora, IL Rating Class: Class C (1400-1600)
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Re: BoyHowdy - L25: B vs eltonjames [35:32] Thanks for the comments, guys. Brett, I'm glad to hear that Rae8 was a good choice. I spent a lot of clock on that move thinking about the knight and ultimately moving the rook. Glad to know it resulted in a good decision. After spending that much time, I always feel like I should have found the "obvious" simple solution earlier. If I'm thinking about the center of the board, which I was, doesn't it just make automatic sense that I would want a rook there somewhere?
HH, I agree that getting the rook behind the c-pawn and pushing was my best chance to tie his rook down to defense. Thanks for the sample line you gave. Here's a pgn for anyone who wants it. Thanks for watching and commenting. Hidden Text Below - [Show it] - [Hide it Again] _________________ Visit my chessvideos.tv wiki page! http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/BoyHowdy%27s_Videos |
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