Nice game, but was 12 Bxb5+ speculative?
12.Bxb5 intuitive
@theturki20 Amazing game!
I don't understand why your opponent doesn't trade off the rook at move 15 since he is up material, but nice game.
@maxdribble endgame if Qxd6 endgame is clearly better for white because his pieces not cordinated I played Qxd6 because I think he don' want give his Queen back (Nxd6 samething)
Well, I understand why you play the way you do when he is so passive and won't trade pieces. Against such a defensive opponent aggression is how to win. If he takes the rook-trade though, he also destroys your piece-coordination by making you move your rook, and after he saves his knight to b2 he is just up an exchange with pawn for bishop and he should have plently of time to coordinate his pieces to take advantage of it, and he should take every single trade he can from then on. If he gets to an end-game with a centralized king and a bishop he surely should win. I'd even say that his piece-coordination would be better i he does the rook-trade, while your will suffer. He gets rid of the "no good do nothing rook", opens up his bishop by moving his knight, and he just needs to develop his b-knight to have a decent enough position. But as I said, well played. It's not like he would have a huge advantage with a bishop extra but 2 pawns down. It's pretty close to even.
Instead he decided to make 2 of his pieces be dependent on staying on the brim to not lose a piece, and you only have to not move your rook to bind both his knight and his rook. In my mind that move is a very bad move, but whatever.
Instead he decided to make 2 of his pieces be dependent on staying on the brim to not lose a piece, and you only have to not move your rook to bind both his knight and his rook. In my mind that move is a very bad move, but whatever.
@maxdribble but I have two passed pawns after Bxb5
@theturki20 yeh, but don't you think there is a reasonable possibility of them being chipped away at, or not being able to promote? after all black has a rook looking straight down at the a-pawn and with a coordinated king and bishop-play into the end-game it's pretty much possible to draw a line in the sand and say "you can go to here, but no further". But, as I said, I think you played it well. I just don't like blacks move when he refused the rook-trade.
computer analysis disagree's with me, but I think it's practically easier to play for black if he takes the rook-trade. When he doesn't take it so much of the board gets "locked".
computer analysis disagree's with me, but I think it's practically easier to play for black if he takes the rook-trade. When he doesn't take it so much of the board gets "locked".
Nice game i didn't see the sac coming , a quick look i was wondering if move 20 bishop a3 would of been better than bishop b4 as it stops counter play on the a file
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