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Positional themes

OK, so I am ill 2 days now, bored out of my mind and can't do anything serious so I thought of starting this thread out of pure creativity created out of pure boredom
The idea: to post games which clearly illustrate a positional theme
first example: mobile centre-pawn majority
https://en.lichess.org/rfLo6euQN8rL
of course this is not a masterpiece( I win a pawn as black on move 2) but still the theme is quite clear
a)gaining space and tempo with the pawns
b) build up behind the advanced pawns
c) breakthrough

Now I am thinking that there will be no prequisites for anyone to post here their games but if things start to get really dubious maybe we can put some standards

And after 3 years when someone will want to study positional chess, they will say:"hey you can check this library on lichess ,they have a ton of examples to look at!)

Or more realistically, the thread will die in about 3 days. Well, c'est la vie.

OK, so I am ill 2 days now, bored out of my mind and can't do anything serious so I thought of starting this thread out of pure creativity created out of pure boredom The idea: to post games which clearly illustrate a positional theme first example: mobile centre-pawn majority https://en.lichess.org/rfLo6euQN8rL of course this is not a masterpiece( I win a pawn as black on move 2) but still the theme is quite clear a)gaining space and tempo with the pawns b) build up behind the advanced pawns c) breakthrough Now I am thinking that there will be no prequisites for anyone to post here their games but if things start to get really dubious maybe we can put some standards And after 3 years when someone will want to study positional chess, they will say:"hey you can check this library on lichess ,they have a ton of examples to look at!) Or more realistically, the thread will die in about 3 days. Well, c'est la vie.

@MorningCoffee #1
Why not do some endgame studies as well ? :)

http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/endgamestudies
http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/endgamestudies.htm
http://akobiachess.gol.ge/

Get better soon !
And consider cutting down with the black poison (coffee) :-)

@MorningCoffee #1 Why not do some endgame studies as well ? :) http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/endgamestudies http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/endgamestudies.htm http://akobiachess.gol.ge/ Get better soon ! And consider cutting down with the black poison (coffee) :-)

en.lichess.org/zhutSkxx
I was white and got my first ever win at rated 90+30 game in the strongest chess club in my area.
This game contains nice pawn breaks, backward pawns, refused sacrifices and a stylish checkmate with a bishop.
I hope you will enjoy it!

en.lichess.org/zhutSkxx I was white and got my first ever win at rated 90+30 game in the strongest chess club in my area. This game contains nice pawn breaks, backward pawns, refused sacrifices and a stylish checkmate with a bishop. I hope you will enjoy it!

@achja thank you for the wish and the present! (links for studies)
As for the coffee part as soon as i get well I am ordering this baby http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/eight-cup-classic-series-coffeemaker.html

@Tangelo777 you destroyed that poor fellow tangelo, so harsh... shame on you:)

One last thing because I can't seem to find it. How do I create a pgn file from a game played here so that I can annotate it

@achja thank you for the wish and the present! (links for studies) As for the coffee part as soon as i get well I am ordering this baby http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/eight-cup-classic-series-coffeemaker.html @Tangelo777 you destroyed that poor fellow tangelo, so harsh... shame on you:) One last thing because I can't seem to find it. How do I create a pgn file from a game played here so that I can annotate it

@Tangelo777 #3
Splendid performance. Congrats!

@Tangelo777 #3 Splendid performance. Congrats!

@MorningCoffee #4

That is one stylish coffeemaker!

If you want the pgn from Lichess, I think you still need to first download all of your games, by going to your profile page and click "export games" at the top right.
After you have all your games you could use a text editor to find your game, and then extract that pgn part.
For importing games I usually use Scid, export it to pgn from Scid, manually edit the headers in a text editor and then import it.
And besides that you could also use the Lichess study feature to annotate games if you want it to reside publicly or privately on Lichess.

HTH

@MorningCoffee #4 That is one stylish coffeemaker! If you want the pgn from Lichess, I think you still need to first download all of your games, by going to your profile page and click "export games" at the top right. After you have all your games you could use a text editor to find your game, and then extract that pgn part. For importing games I usually use Scid, export it to pgn from Scid, manually edit the headers in a text editor and then import it. And besides that you could also use the Lichess study feature to annotate games if you want it to reside publicly or privately on Lichess. HTH

@achja thanks again.
here is one game that doesn't need annotations till I figure the technical stuff out
theme: whole complex of weak squares (dark squares)
White effectively has an extra piece controlling dark squares since black has a lightsquare bishop
white's 24th move looks funny but protects g5,enables Nf4, and coordinates white's slow inflitration in a rather unique way
https://en.lichess.org/1y5xZ7zB/white#0

@achja thanks again. here is one game that doesn't need annotations till I figure the technical stuff out theme: whole complex of weak squares (dark squares) White effectively has an extra piece controlling dark squares since black has a lightsquare bishop white's 24th move looks funny but protects g5,enables Nf4, and coordinates white's slow inflitration in a rather unique way https://en.lichess.org/1y5xZ7zB/white#0

good knight vs bad bishop

Already after white's weak 8th move black was thinking of creating a knight vs lightsquare bishop scenario which white obviously helped with conceding the e5 after 17.f5
https://en.lichess.org/aSYwusNx6c9x

good knight vs bad bishop Already after white's weak 8th move black was thinking of creating a knight vs lightsquare bishop scenario which white obviously helped with conceding the e5 after 17.f5 https://en.lichess.org/aSYwusNx6c9x

https://en.lichess.org/9aOByMxR6L4A

space advantage-slow play-suppressing counter play
important moves
a3(keeping control of c5)
Bb5 (paralyzing blacks whole queenside)
Kh1+Rg1 hinting at g4 and demonstrating the space advantage

https://en.lichess.org/9aOByMxR6L4A space advantage-slow play-suppressing counter play important moves a3(keeping control of c5) Bb5 (paralyzing blacks whole queenside) Kh1+Rg1 hinting at g4 and demonstrating the space advantage

https://en.lichess.org/UiOCaIUoYjR9

Space advantage -->domination -->better minor piece ending

important moves
14.dxe5 (space adv=avoid trading of knights)
17.b5 dominating the d7 bishop
18 & 19 dominating darksquare bishop
26. Ba3 the only open darksquare diagonal in the board so the exchange of darksquare bishops is ensured in the long run.
36.b6 fixing another target (b7)+ black's king can never enter white's position
white can try whatever he wants and even if this ending is holdable by a miracle somehow, in reality almost noone holds them. Although to be fair white managed to lose in the end

https://en.lichess.org/UiOCaIUoYjR9 Space advantage -->domination -->better minor piece ending important moves 14.dxe5 (space adv=avoid trading of knights) 17.b5 dominating the d7 bishop 18 & 19 dominating darksquare bishop 26. Ba3 the only open darksquare diagonal in the board so the exchange of darksquare bishops is ensured in the long run. 36.b6 fixing another target (b7)+ black's king can never enter white's position white can try whatever he wants and even if this ending is holdable by a miracle somehow, in reality almost noone holds them. Although to be fair white managed to lose in the end

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