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thegoodbishop 17-Jan-10, 11:53	The house of Strategy I have made this thread as a place where all players can improve upon their strategic game. Here you can post annotation, openings, tactics used to implement strategy and anything else relevant.
thegoodbishop 17-Jan-10, 11:56	My game The first game I want to show and discuss is gameknot.com My reason for posting this game is to showcase the power of a strong outpost.
thegoodbishop 17-Jan-10, 12:02	Another point Another reason for creating this post is that personally, since I have found that I like to play a slow strong strategic game I have found my play much better and more importantly more fun! I would encourage any beginner intermediate player like myself to figure out what sort of game suits their personality. This makes it very easy to find good moves! I would be VERY interested in giving (to anyone trying to break 1300) and receiving coach towards strategic learning.
sonata296 17-Jan-10, 12:06	this is a good idea, we'll see what will become of this thread about the game : first, I don't understand why kippenvel played 8....h6 instead of taking your bishop with his bishop and after that winning a pawn. 21. Kd2 Wow, didn't expect that, that is quite a doubtful move. your king is exposed in the centre, but on the other hand, black cannot really attack your king, but I also didn't see the purpose of Kd2. I also have to say that I am impressed by how you completely dominated the game since you won the bishop on a6. you completely penetrated your opponent's position. traded queens and a rook and outplayed him totally. Well done!
thegoodbishop 17-Jan-10, 12:14	21. Kd2 The purpose of Kd2 was to open the back file for my rooks, I had to break through somewhere. Undermost circumstances I would agree that this is a very dangerous and foolish move, exposing my king. However, there is no room for mechanical thinking in chess, and since I could see no possible way for black to effectively threaten my king I decided to move him.
thegoodbishop 17-Jan-10, 12:52	Deleted by thegoodbishop on 17-Jan-10, 12:52.
thegoodbishop 17-Jan-10, 12:58	Another This game, while not nearly as poignant as the first, illustrates how good positional play forces opponents into tight, unmanageable situations which result in blunders and ultimately defeat. gameknot.com
ionadowman 17-Jan-10, 13:51	21.Kd2 See my comment in the annotated game. The move is sound enough, in that Black can't gain from the King's emergence into the open. I presume White had already decided to seek the breakthrough on the Q-side. Nothing wrong with that. As I remark there, I would probably have inserted the undeveloped knight somewhere deep in Black's position, centralised the rooks, and then looked for the breakthrough plan. I was envisaging a breakthrough - probably a sacrificial one - in the centre, but haven't really explored the practicalities of such a method. The plan actually chosen proved irresistible - slow, but with the absolute certainty of death and taxes.
sonata296 20-Jan-10, 07:22	My game This is one of my games which I annotated, I'd appreciate if you looked at it and leave comments! gameknot.com
dungeonking 20-Jan-10, 09:52	Good game Sonata You were very thorough in going over your kingside weaknesses
thegoodbishop 21-Jan-10, 11:13	Sonata Good game, I liked your nice clean opening and s clear, simple annotation
ionadowman 21-Jan-10, 12:19	thegoodbishop ...somehow your links aren't working (I can access the game of sonata296 from this thread easily enough). Would you like to check your notation? I accessed your first annotated game though your profile... Cheers, Ion
thegoodbishop 21-Jan-10, 12:41	Sorry Sorrya about that, this should work. gameknot.com
thegoodbishop 21-Jan-10, 12:42	Deleted by thegoodbishop on 21-Jan-10, 13:47.
ionadowman 21-Jan-10, 14:35	Thegoodbishop... Solid! Cheers, Ion

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