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tactical_abyss 19-Feb-13, 12:00 |
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tactical_abyss 19-Feb-13, 18:10 |
My sok game results are in....0-1 Here is the game:  game Keep in mind,I actually promote the Sokolsky as very playable for white as an irregular game,but I must admit,that "underneath"I would never suggest this be played as white(1.b4)on the senior master levels as grasul is close to 2400 in rating.It would have been much more wiser to play a Sok against someone rated,say,200 points below him,but not another senior master.This may sound like a cop-out or "pussin out",but if I were him,I would have actually cancelled the game against any senior master challengers(like me) and waited for another time to play the Sok,against someone in the much lesser rated arena.But,of course,thats me,not the next guy,and what do I know?Right?Hmmmmm.So,when I seen that he posted a Sok game,I scrambled to be his opponent.He gave me a good fight,but my Bishop pair was simply too much for him in the end.Again,its that old saying that a Bishop has more value most of the time in an open endgame and two white Bishops are even more deadly!The value of whites Bishops in that endgame by move #49,for example,along with an upcoming pawn win,then a double pawn advantage capture....probably would be approx a 3.2 as opposed to a 3 point value. I tend to judge games positionally and fairly accurately as to piece point value.Then accordingly will defend,attack,retreat or exchange that piece depending upon the critical value.In an open endgame for example,it may be better to retreat that Bishop even with loss of tempo and even being up one or two pawns if the value has a 3.2 or 3.3(theoretically)by position.If exchanged,I have seen my opponents actually able to draw a game 30 moves later,even if they were down a pawn or two.So its a long term positional strategy. So without going into all kinds of annotations(I am not big on annotating an entire game,never was)....I simply present this "dance of the black Bishops".An endgame lesson,for even my senior master opponents! I basically ran him "out"of moves as his King was forced into his h1 corner and his pawns had little offensive or defensive capability.So any future moves he made were only to deepen his demise.Also note by the end of the game where my King is.Its in the middle of the board but has only advantage,not disadvantage even with an occassional white Knight check.Whites Knight would eventually be forced to defend whats left of whites pawn structure as my Black King swings around the eastern side of whites pawn chain to eventually dissolve it. This exchange variation(from move #3 already) tend to,from my experience be advantageous for black if he does not exchange his Bishops.Why?The open endgame prevails much in this irregular opening,fairly quickly,so the initiative can come quickly for black.Also note that white did not castle till move #17.He should have castled much earlier,perhaps by move #10 or around that.Castling delay usually initiates a tiny spark of positional disadvantage that can haunt that white player throughout the rest of the game. Well,do not take this win for black as a reason to NOT open up with 1.b4! 1.b4 is still a very fine opening and I can quote you from various good book sources that places the Sok opening as the strongest,better,more prominent and least disadvantageous openings for white in the IRREGULAR list of openings.It is again a good weapon for players desiring to move out of book quickly and seeking tactics outside the norm. It still is a good learning tool for those "not yet"masters to test their ability away from all the long opening theory lines.And this goes for both sides! |
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