Hi, I'm wondering if anyone could possibly provide comments and criticism on a few games I played in a tournament recently.
The first game I played white: lichess.org/NtyxFyns/white/ It was a standard Slav Defense; I didn't feel like I had any disadvantage in the opening. However, after I played the seemingly-natural move 18. Rac1 and black played ...Nb6, I thought for a long time on this move and just couldn't find a comfortable plan. I ended up moving the rook back to b1 because I wanted to do a minority attack and couldn't get in a central break.
I played the move 21.b4-b5? rather quickly as it looked good at first glance, but the computer ridicules this move. After a few more moves, he got a passed pawn, I didn't like my position at all and ended up falling into the trap of completely reacting to my opponent's moves, being pushed onto the defensive and lost the game. My two main questions for this game are: 1. What kind of plan should white try to achieve in a quiet position like the one at move 17? 2. At move 27, is white forced on the defensive and completely lost, or does white have any offensive juice left?
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The other two games can be found Chapters 1 and 4 of this study:
They were both Caro Kann: Classical Variations. I have provided my thought process in the comments of the chapters. I felt pretty comfortable in those games, and I'm just curious as to if there are any different ideas I could have done.
Thanks and Happy Checkmating!
The first game I played white: lichess.org/NtyxFyns/white/ It was a standard Slav Defense; I didn't feel like I had any disadvantage in the opening. However, after I played the seemingly-natural move 18. Rac1 and black played ...Nb6, I thought for a long time on this move and just couldn't find a comfortable plan. I ended up moving the rook back to b1 because I wanted to do a minority attack and couldn't get in a central break.
I played the move 21.b4-b5? rather quickly as it looked good at first glance, but the computer ridicules this move. After a few more moves, he got a passed pawn, I didn't like my position at all and ended up falling into the trap of completely reacting to my opponent's moves, being pushed onto the defensive and lost the game. My two main questions for this game are: 1. What kind of plan should white try to achieve in a quiet position like the one at move 17? 2. At move 27, is white forced on the defensive and completely lost, or does white have any offensive juice left?
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The other two games can be found Chapters 1 and 4 of this study:
They were both Caro Kann: Classical Variations. I have provided my thought process in the comments of the chapters. I felt pretty comfortable in those games, and I'm just curious as to if there are any different ideas I could have done.
Thanks and Happy Checkmating!