Move 4: Not this silliness again...
Move 7: I'll fix that later on.
Move 10: If he takes my bishop, then my pawn structure will be fixed.
Move 14: Giving that square to my b6 knight to become a better and more active piece. I'm going to fix the pawn situation shortly.
Move 21: The pawn structure is now fixed for the endgame.
Move 23: I knew I can take en passant, but the structure I felt at the time favoured me better.
Move 26: I should have played rook c1 instead.
Move 42: He did not see the danger he was going to face.
Move 7: I'll fix that later on.
Move 10: If he takes my bishop, then my pawn structure will be fixed.
Move 14: Giving that square to my b6 knight to become a better and more active piece. I'm going to fix the pawn situation shortly.
Move 21: The pawn structure is now fixed for the endgame.
Move 23: I knew I can take en passant, but the structure I felt at the time favoured me better.
Move 26: I should have played rook c1 instead.
Move 42: He did not see the danger he was going to face.
What do you guys think of my thoughts on this game? Any feedback both positive AND negative is welcomed.
@checker99 1. Study Opening , I recommend The French for you , 2.try to develop as much as possible in every move 3. try to pose a threat every move 4.Exchange your bad pieces with opponent active pieces 5. to take is a mistake
@Husain_MKS I am currently studying the Ruy Lopez, and the Pirc right now
How do you study chess? The way I study is I look at computer analysis of my games and find the first wrong move and try to understand why it is bad and suggested move is good. @checker99 played 4.... e5
Does he understand why 4... Na6 is a better move? It doesn't blunder a pawn for free, it defends the weakness on c6 and it gets the knight out. In addition the knight on b5 prevents the bishop on f1 from attacking the knight on c6 after opponent moves the e2 pawn.
Does he understand why 4... Na6 is a better move? It doesn't blunder a pawn for free, it defends the weakness on c6 and it gets the knight out. In addition the knight on b5 prevents the bishop on f1 from attacking the knight on c6 after opponent moves the e2 pawn.
You'll really want to learn to shut down that bishop-knight attack; it's an extremely common attack, and losing a pawn and doubling another is a very bad outcome. c6 or a6 on move 3 could have stopped it; I like c6 for also defending the d pawn. Na6 on 4 also stops it but makes for a bad knight.
I like move 10, but move 10 followed by move 11 is just losing a turn. That bishop could have parked there on e4 until it was attacked by something besides the other bishop. And if the knight jumps between the bishop and queen, you can capture and double their pawns too.
Your move on move 14 is probably your best choice; you're guaranteed to lose a pawn after a5 (which your opponent missed), and losing the b pawn strengthens your rooks while losing the d pawn gives White's queen tremendous scope. So moving the queen to guard the d pawn works well.
White made a big mistake on move 21 by capturing and allowing the undoubling. I'm not sure what they should have done instead, but maybe should have started pushing pawns on queenside, where your doubled pawns are locking out your major pieces.
I'm inclined to capture en passant at move 23, but that opens attacking lines for everybody and is pretty dangerous. Might just be preference whether you want an open position or a closed one.
Assume you mean c8 on move 26, which I agree would be better; double your rooks, make White spend the move capturing. Not very much difference either way though.
Absolutely should have captured the b pawn on move 30; the king has an escape square, is too slow to defend anything, and capturing also defends your b pawn, which would become your strongest pawn now.
I like move 10, but move 10 followed by move 11 is just losing a turn. That bishop could have parked there on e4 until it was attacked by something besides the other bishop. And if the knight jumps between the bishop and queen, you can capture and double their pawns too.
Your move on move 14 is probably your best choice; you're guaranteed to lose a pawn after a5 (which your opponent missed), and losing the b pawn strengthens your rooks while losing the d pawn gives White's queen tremendous scope. So moving the queen to guard the d pawn works well.
White made a big mistake on move 21 by capturing and allowing the undoubling. I'm not sure what they should have done instead, but maybe should have started pushing pawns on queenside, where your doubled pawns are locking out your major pieces.
I'm inclined to capture en passant at move 23, but that opens attacking lines for everybody and is pretty dangerous. Might just be preference whether you want an open position or a closed one.
Assume you mean c8 on move 26, which I agree would be better; double your rooks, make White spend the move capturing. Not very much difference either way though.
Absolutely should have captured the b pawn on move 30; the king has an escape square, is too slow to defend anything, and capturing also defends your b pawn, which would become your strongest pawn now.
@CanaryMelon I study chess by learning, tactics, endgame, middle game patterns, and theory on Ruy Lopez, and the Pirc Defense.
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