I feel like I was very clumsy in this endgame. I was determined to mate with my rook and king for a few moves but I gave up and went with queen. I wonder if, given the condition of his bishop, I could have executed this better.
With even slightly adequate defense, you can't deliver mate with a rook versus a bishop. There are some cases of zugzwang where the bishop is caught, but that requires an empty board, or at least no other pieces able to move. So use your pawns, which is what you did.
At move Bf6 you had mate in 3
You were a huge amount of material up. It hardly seems to matter that much.
@Chioborra said in #1:
> I feel like I was very clumsy in this endgame. I was determined to mate with my rook and king for a few moves but I gave up and went with queen. I wonder if, given the condition of his bishop, I could have executed this better.
endgame tips i have non, cause in endgame you had a clear won position, and you also made no mistakes in your endgame - your rook eats all pawns and white can move with his bishop or king and can watch you doing this... but an advise i have... dont play moves like 16... Bc5 in your games... check with computer how situation turns after this move, if opponent plays correctly... your bishop looks at first weaker than his knight, because his knight is more active, but important: near all squares are black, which are not protected with pawn... your bishop defend this squares because its a black squared bishop... also 15... Bh5 i dont like because g4 is in the air then, so pls put it back on e6 or somewhere, where this bishop isnt trapped... luckily after Bc5, your opponent had no knight left so he couldnt exploid these weak black squares and his black squared bishop was locked in by his own pawns... also he didnt played g4 to win your bishop... but be aware of these two moves- Bh5 and Bc5... keep it in mind pls :))
> I feel like I was very clumsy in this endgame. I was determined to mate with my rook and king for a few moves but I gave up and went with queen. I wonder if, given the condition of his bishop, I could have executed this better.
endgame tips i have non, cause in endgame you had a clear won position, and you also made no mistakes in your endgame - your rook eats all pawns and white can move with his bishop or king and can watch you doing this... but an advise i have... dont play moves like 16... Bc5 in your games... check with computer how situation turns after this move, if opponent plays correctly... your bishop looks at first weaker than his knight, because his knight is more active, but important: near all squares are black, which are not protected with pawn... your bishop defend this squares because its a black squared bishop... also 15... Bh5 i dont like because g4 is in the air then, so pls put it back on e6 or somewhere, where this bishop isnt trapped... luckily after Bc5, your opponent had no knight left so he couldnt exploid these weak black squares and his black squared bishop was locked in by his own pawns... also he didnt played g4 to win your bishop... but be aware of these two moves- Bh5 and Bc5... keep it in mind pls :))
@Happysanta said in #5:
> endgame tips i have non, cause in endgame you had a clear won position, and you also made no mistakes in your endgame - your rook eats all pawns and white can move with his bishop or king and can watch you doing this... but an advise i have... dont play moves like 16... Bc5 in your games... check with computer how situation turns after this move, if opponent plays correctly... your bishop looks at first weaker than his knight, because his knight is more active, but important: near all squares are black, which are not protected with pawn... your bishop defend this squares because its a black squared bishop... also 15... Bh5 i dont like because g4 is in the air then, so pls put it back on e6 or somewhere, where this bishop isnt trapped... luckily after Bc5, your opponent had no knight left so he couldnt exploid these weak black squares and his black squared bishop was locked in by his own pawns... also he didnt played g4 to win your bishop... but be aware of these two moves- Bh5 and Bc5... keep it in mind pls :))
I wasn't very sure about 16. Bxc5, but I figured since it was a weak bishop vs strong knight in a closed game, the trade was worthwhile. The only thing that seems to go wrong is g4, which should have happened anyway on move 16.
As far as weak black squares go, this idea really hasn't sunk in yet. I sort of understand it conceptually, but applying my understanding is a hurdle I've yet to overcome.
Bh5 I recognize as a blunder and I cannot for the life of me figure out what I was thinking. Maybe I had some really crappy plan involving sacrificing my knight or bishop to go for a cheap mate? I really don't know. This was a correspondence game that took a couple of weeks to get through. But in any case, it appears that I came to my senses and placed that bishop on f3 eventually.
Thank you for your analysis and feedback.
> endgame tips i have non, cause in endgame you had a clear won position, and you also made no mistakes in your endgame - your rook eats all pawns and white can move with his bishop or king and can watch you doing this... but an advise i have... dont play moves like 16... Bc5 in your games... check with computer how situation turns after this move, if opponent plays correctly... your bishop looks at first weaker than his knight, because his knight is more active, but important: near all squares are black, which are not protected with pawn... your bishop defend this squares because its a black squared bishop... also 15... Bh5 i dont like because g4 is in the air then, so pls put it back on e6 or somewhere, where this bishop isnt trapped... luckily after Bc5, your opponent had no knight left so he couldnt exploid these weak black squares and his black squared bishop was locked in by his own pawns... also he didnt played g4 to win your bishop... but be aware of these two moves- Bh5 and Bc5... keep it in mind pls :))
I wasn't very sure about 16. Bxc5, but I figured since it was a weak bishop vs strong knight in a closed game, the trade was worthwhile. The only thing that seems to go wrong is g4, which should have happened anyway on move 16.
As far as weak black squares go, this idea really hasn't sunk in yet. I sort of understand it conceptually, but applying my understanding is a hurdle I've yet to overcome.
Bh5 I recognize as a blunder and I cannot for the life of me figure out what I was thinking. Maybe I had some really crappy plan involving sacrificing my knight or bishop to go for a cheap mate? I really don't know. This was a correspondence game that took a couple of weeks to get through. But in any case, it appears that I came to my senses and placed that bishop on f3 eventually.
Thank you for your analysis and feedback.
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