Monday, September 6, 2010
Pashu4u v Chris
This is a game Chris played on Chess.com. Notice the nice use of his pawn advantage on the king-side in the middle to end games. Also, on the bishop sac, this shows how a minor piece can definitely be worth trading for destruction of the kings blockade. This is a good example of trading off pieces when it is advantageous to you. Nice game Chris.
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I just realized...on move 40.Rf1, why didn't he take on g2? 40.Rgxg2,Rxg2 41.Rxg2,Nxe3 and the king and rook are forked, just to explain why 39...Rxg2 is a great move to even up material.
ReplyDeleteCorrection, I meant pawn advantage on the queen-side.
ReplyDeleteThere's actually a name for this opening.. Van't Kruij's Opening. Except white goes "off book" with 3g5 ... d5 was an excellent understated but very effective followup. Slow and steady wins the race.
ReplyDeleteThe g3 move creates the f3 hole.
By move 18 white's bishops are virtually impotent while black's bishop is important.
23. 0-0-0. Unusual that you have both sides castling queenside. Wouldn't white have been better off castling king side or castling by hand? Black's pieces are poised to launch themselves queen side (as they later do).
28...Bxa3 great move. I even liked 29...Bxb2+ better. If white wasn't going to take the bait black was going to force the issue.
Very nice game. Well done
I forgot to mention. After 4... Bg4, wouldn't white have been better off with Nf3? After Nec2 it seems white's pieces are all scrunched together.
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