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As some of you may have noticed, I've played as White many times! Today I finally decided to play as black against Stockfish... I played in a way that was pretty aggressive, like me as White, and I played with a different 'style' - I was pretty aggressive, didn't think as much, since I thought I was pretty weak as black.
Turns out I was able to beat AI Level 1, which on purposely makes blunders once in a while and makes some not-too-good moves. On the queen-side I pushed pawns with the assistance of a rook (something I never tried before), and on the king-side I made an incredibly long pawn chain, and developed my knight on a square I had never developed it onto before.
Often times as white my pawn chains turn out to just be a problem for me. I think I'm better with open positions, where I can attack and play aggressively. But here as black, I thought my pawn chain was very helpful, though I do say that after the chain was turned into a center made of a handful of pawns, I did find it easier to attack on the king-side.
Originally all my pieces were in quite passive positions, though they were being developed. I had lots of pieces ready to attack on the queen-side - There wasn't much on the king-side because of the pawn chain, a line in the sand. That meant White's king was pretty safe. But after the small pawn storm, the position slowly opened up, I won a few exchanges, and I invited everyone to the party. Talk about a crazy mate! There were two mating moves.
I had a bunch of major pieces, which I think was helpful. All my minor pieces were traded off in the huge battle on the queen-side. My major pieces then slid over and... checkmate.
I really think I'm actually better as black than white, though I can't be sure. All I can say is, I feel much less confined to certain moves. After all, there are so many replies I have to 1. e4, even though I often go for 1. ... e5.
Next time I play black, I'll be sure to look for tactics and develop a plan with lots of strategy; I'll look at my opponent's plan and stop it if possible (I rarely do that as white, you'll see if you look at the games I have lost against AI Level 1).
Perhaps playing as black was helpful to me. I think I'll analyze this game, find out where I got the advantage that became checkmate - when White didn't recapture my queen?
Well, I hope you can give feedback and advice. I think I did much better here than in my other games, where I was white. I actually had a plan and strategy, and I think I had a better position than I had in many other games.
Who knows what will happen in my next match.
Any advice is welcome!
As some of you may have noticed, I've played as White many times! Today I finally decided to play as black against Stockfish... I played in a way that was pretty aggressive, like me as White, and I played with a different 'style' - I was pretty aggressive, didn't think as much, since I thought I was pretty weak as black.
Turns out I was able to beat AI Level 1, which on purposely makes blunders once in a while and makes some not-too-good moves. On the queen-side I pushed pawns with the assistance of a rook (something I never tried before), and on the king-side I made an incredibly long pawn chain, and developed my knight on a square I had never developed it onto before.
Often times as white my pawn chains turn out to just be a problem for me. I think I'm better with open positions, where I can attack and play aggressively. But here as black, I thought my pawn chain was very helpful, though I do say that after the chain was turned into a center made of a handful of pawns, I did find it easier to attack on the king-side.
Originally all my pieces were in quite passive positions, though they were being developed. I had lots of pieces ready to attack on the queen-side - There wasn't much on the king-side because of the pawn chain, a line in the sand. That meant White's king was pretty safe. But after the small pawn storm, the position slowly opened up, I won a few exchanges, and I invited everyone to the party. Talk about a crazy mate! There were two mating moves.
I had a bunch of major pieces, which I think was helpful. All my minor pieces were traded off in the huge battle on the queen-side. My major pieces then slid over and... checkmate.
I really think I'm actually better as black than white, though I can't be sure. All I can say is, I feel much less confined to certain moves. After all, there are so many replies I have to 1. e4, even though I often go for 1. ... e5.
Next time I play black, I'll be sure to look for tactics and develop a plan with lots of strategy; I'll look at my opponent's plan and stop it if possible (I rarely do that as white, you'll see if you look at the games I have lost against AI Level 1).
Perhaps playing as black was helpful to me. I think I'll analyze this game, find out where I got the advantage that became checkmate - when White didn't recapture my queen?
Well, I hope you can give feedback and advice. I think I did much better here than in my other games, where I was white. I actually had a plan and strategy, and I think I had a better position than I had in many other games.
Who knows what will happen in my next match.
Any advice is welcome!