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tactical_abyss 05-Jul-13, 14:48	A bit of game analysis.... Just randomly picking a game from our newest member,rockgod1965(steward)I noticed steward had a quick mate loss in 7 moves as black.Hey,it happens!But his opponent managed the win even though his opponent was rated a few hundred points less. But why did this really occur?Simply because of blunderous moves on blacks part?Not exactly. My first thing I noticed is that black could have had an advantage already on move #4,since white had moved out of "book"with a weaker 4.c3 move.More correct would have been for white to play 3.Ne2.And 3.c3 is weak for several reasons.c3 is way to premature a decent move because it blocks the better/proper development of whites Knight on b1. I want to suggest that in this game stuart was not aware of theory regarding open/closed games and the value of exchange.Had black moved 4....Na5 instead of 4....Bc5 black would have had a positional edge with the threat of capturing whites Bishop on c4.Why?Because the game is relatively "open"yet and Bishops usually have a bit more value in open games.In addition,removing the threat of whites Bishop that bears down on the central d5 square and removing the threat of whites Bishop which is threatening blacks weakest square on the board(the f7 square) is critical. But lets back up a bit and go with the game... 4.c3,Bc5 5.g4? This is actually an added weak move by white which not only weakens whites King side,but whites castling position as well.At this juncture believe it or not black could have begun to win this game(stew)with the proper central dominant moves for control/exchange as follows: 5....d5! 6.exd5,e4 placing deep pressure on the central e4 square while defended by the f6 Knight 7.Qe2,Ne5(again placing pressure on whites Bishop which is additionally hemmed in by whites own d5 pawn and then threatening capture of whites d5 pawn...in addition to forking whites weak g4 pawn with a double black Knight fork attack)! 8.d4,Bxg4!(threatening whites Queen as a counterattack) and then capturing that mangy g4 pawn. 9.Then white has limited scope of movement with the onslaught of blacks Knight combo which is placing considerable pressure on the central squares.So a probable move would be: 9.Qf1,Nxc4 riding white of that Bishop while doubling with a finishing touch of creating whites central doubled pawns(d4,d5) which again by theory is very weak.Whites game is falling apart! 10.Qxc4,Bd6 11.h3,Bh5(and no g4 pawn to again counterattack blacks Bishop on h5. 12.Qa4+,Nd7 I will not go on at this stage of the game because it is easy to see the position of whites weak side.He has doubled pawns in the center,he has a "disconnected" f and h pawn(very weak) and whites castling on the King side is horribly weakened with that pawn configuration.For white to castle on the Queenside would be equally as weak with the pawn structure present,including the fact that he cannot castle on that side due to blacks strong Bishop position on h5 preventing it.Also by black continuing to keep pressure on the center with whites doubled pawns...whites center should and would eventually implode upon itself. In summary,the Bishops Opening,I would not recommend in the first place and both white and black in this game strayed from many of the better "book lines" starting from 4.c3.Try and stay within well established book openings for strongest play...atleast for the first 10-12 moves if possible.This game ventured away from that.Yet,black could have won this game,except for that early blunder! Yes,black blundered on move #6....Ng4.But if black would have simply moved: 6....d5 then 7.exd5,e4 8.Qg2,Nxd5 9.Qxe4+,Be6 10.Nf3,0-0. This would have equalized the game in my opinion with perhaps a slight edge to black with the presence of his stronger castling position for one thing.Yes,white has a 1 pawn advantage,but blacks position outweighs whites pawn advantage with many potential ongoing threats and in addition,whites Queen exposure in various ongoing positions on the board makes his position very weak....which can easily keep black with the initiative through continued threats.White should have delayed movement of his Queen until much later in the game. Diagram ending with 12.Qa4+,Nd7: Diagram ending with 10.Nf3,0-0 without the blunder early on:
tactical_abyss 05-Jul-13, 16:18	I forgot to transfer the actual GK game to the post above that i'm writing about,so here it is: game

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tactical_abyss
05-Jul-13, 14:48

A bit of game analysis....

Just randomly picking a game from our newest member,rockgod1965(steward)I noticed steward had a quick mate loss in 7 moves as black.Hey,it happens!But his opponent managed the win even though his opponent was rated a few hundred points less.

But why did this really occur?Simply because of blunderous moves on blacks part?Not exactly.

My first thing I noticed is that black could have had an advantage already on move #4,since white had moved out of "book"with a weaker 4.c3 move.More correct would have been for white to play 3.Ne2.And 3.c3 is weak for several reasons.c3 is way to premature a decent move because it blocks the better/proper development of whites Knight on b1.

I want to suggest that in this game stuart was not aware of theory regarding open/closed games and the value of exchange.Had black moved 4....Na5 instead of 4....Bc5 black would have had a positional edge with the threat of capturing whites Bishop on c4.Why?Because the game is relatively "open"yet and Bishops usually have a bit more value in open games.In addition,removing the threat of whites Bishop that bears down on the central d5 square and removing the threat of whites Bishop which is threatening blacks weakest square on the board(the f7 square) is critical.

But lets back up a bit and go with the game...

4.c3,Bc5 5.g4?

This is actually an added weak move by white which not only weakens whites King side,but whites castling position as well.At this juncture believe it or not black could have begun to win this game(stew)with the proper central dominant moves for control/exchange as follows:

5....d5! 6.exd5,e4 placing deep pressure on the central e4 square while defended by the f6 Knight
7.Qe2,Ne5(again placing pressure on whites Bishop which is additionally hemmed in by whites own d5 pawn and then threatening capture of whites d5 pawn...in addition to forking whites weak g4 pawn with a double black Knight fork attack)!

8.d4,Bxg4!(threatening whites Queen as a counterattack) and then capturing that mangy g4 pawn.

9.Then white has limited scope of movement with the onslaught of blacks Knight combo which is placing considerable pressure on the central squares.So a probable move would be:

9.Qf1,Nxc4 riding white of that Bishop while doubling with a finishing touch of creating whites central doubled pawns(d4,d5) which again by theory is very weak.Whites game is falling apart!

10.Qxc4,Bd6 11.h3,Bh5(and no g4 pawn to again counterattack blacks Bishop on h5.
12.Qa4+,Nd7

I will not go on at this stage of the game because it is easy to see the position of whites weak side.He has doubled pawns in the center,he has a "disconnected" f and h pawn(very weak) and whites castling on the King side is horribly weakened with that pawn configuration.For white to castle on the Queenside would be equally as weak with the pawn structure present,including the fact that he cannot castle on that side due to blacks strong Bishop position on h5 preventing it.Also by black continuing to keep pressure on the center with whites doubled pawns...whites center should and would eventually implode upon itself.

In summary,the Bishops Opening,I would not recommend in the first place and both white and black in this game strayed from many of the better "book lines" starting from 4.c3.Try and stay within well established book openings for strongest play...atleast for the first 10-12 moves if possible.This game ventured away from that.Yet,black could have won this game,except for that early blunder!

Yes,black blundered on move #6....Ng4.But if black would have simply moved:
6....d5 then 7.exd5,e4 8.Qg2,Nxd5 9.Qxe4+,Be6 10.Nf3,0-0. This would have equalized the game in my opinion with perhaps a slight edge to black with the presence of his stronger castling position for one thing.Yes,white has a 1 pawn advantage,but blacks position outweighs whites pawn advantage with many potential ongoing threats and in addition,whites Queen exposure in various ongoing positions on the board makes his position very weak....which can easily keep black with the initiative through continued threats.White should have delayed movement of his Queen until much later in the game.

Diagram ending with 12.Qa4+,Nd7:

Diagram ending with 10.Nf3,0-0 without the blunder early on:

tactical_abyss
05-Jul-13, 16:18

I forgot to transfer the actual GK game to the post above that i'm writing about,so here it is:

game

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