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Not much to say about this game: you played sound chess while your opponent played horribly. To improve you should rather ask for advice about games you lost.
Only nitpick I have: Your d pawn is isolated (you have no c-pawn or e-pawn to support it) and as such it is a weakness. You should have pushed it to d5 instead of letting it sit on d6. Reasons:
-On d6 it cramps your position, on d5 much less.
-On d6 you give your opponent a superb outpost on the d5 square (is that the term in english?) where he can stick a piece which can influence the whole board and which will be very hard to force to move away.
-By having your pawn on d5 you create/strengthen outposts for yourself on squares c4 and e4.
Anyway it didn't matter at all given how this game played out. Just consider it for future games...
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im around 2200 on blitz on chess.com so me playing you might be instructional somehow but i think i would just win. That was a nice game. You actually got a better opening and easier to play position imo
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On March 06 2017 21:20 Askelad wrote:
Not much to say about this game: you played sound chess while your opponent played horribly. To improve you should rather ask for advice about games you lost.
Only nitpick I have: Your d pawn is isolated (you have no c-pawn or e-pawn to support it) and as such it is a weakness. You should have pushed it to d5 instead of letting it sit on d6. Reasons:
-On d6 it cramps your position, on d5 much less.
-On d6 you give your opponent a superb outpost on the d5 square (is that the term in english?) where he can stick a piece which can influence the whole board and which will be very hard to force to move away.
-By having your pawn on d5 you create/strengthen outposts for yourself on squares c4 and e4.
Anyway it didn't matter at all given how this game played out. Just consider it for future games...
Thanks. I didn't push it initially because it would've blocked my light square bishop and then later on, I wanted flexibility to move my bishop away although that seems like flawed reasoning now that I think about it. Bishop was super strong on that square so no need to move it.
I will play more slow games and report back here.
@Sertas: add me on chess.com if you're on there 
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Infinity you can add me on chess.com if you want. @Andydaff
I am about the same rating as you but I'm happy to play and then analyze games with you. That way hopefully we can both improve. I think analysis is key but its hard to analyze your own games without help (I try using a computer but I have no idea what it means when I do).
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On March 07 2017 03:55 infinity21 wrote:
Thanks. I didn't push it initially because it would've blocked my light square bishop and then later on, I wanted flexibility to move my bishop away although that seems like flawed reasoning now that I think about it. Bishop was super strong on that square so no need to move it.
This is a valid concern: you don't want to trap your light square bishop behind your own pawns. So yeah, while you bishop is sitting on b7 pushing your pawn to d5 is less desirable.
Now that you're aware of these details, you could anticipate the problem: Yes, while the b7 square and the big diagonal looked nice for your bishop, the fact that you really want your pawn on d5 means that this diagonal is maybe actually not the best one for your bishop!
These are small details, don't overthink it, you played well in this game, but understanding strengths and weaknesses (strong diagonal for your bishop, isolated pawn, outposts,...) is the first step to improvement!
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United Kingdom36161 Posts
On March 07 2017 17:31 Askelad wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2017 03:55 infinity21 wrote:
Thanks. I didn't push it initially because it would've blocked my light square bishop and then later on, I wanted flexibility to move my bishop away although that seems like flawed reasoning now that I think about it. Bishop was super strong on that square so no need to move it.
This is a valid concern: you don't want to trap your light square bishop behind your own pawns. So yeah, while you bishop is sitting on b7 pushing your pawn to d5 is less desirable. Now that you're aware of these details, you could anticipate the problem: Yes, while the b7 square and the big diagonal looked nice for your bishop, the fact that you really want your pawn on d5 means that this diagonal is maybe actually not the best one for your bishop! These are small details, don't overthink it, you played well in this game, but understanding strengths and weaknesses (strong diagonal for your bishop, isolated pawn, outposts,...) is the first step to improvement!
Solve all these problems with 4...Nc6
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Just came back from a local 4-round swiss tournament.
scored 3.5/4, but due to low ratings of my oppositions (800s, 800s, 1000s, 1600s), I gained a total of whopping 2 USCF ratings from this lol.
Against the 1600, I had an absolutely miserable position (+4.4 for him at the worst point according to engine), but somehow endured the onslaught for the draw.
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On March 19 2017 08:45 don_kyuhote wrote:
Just came back from a local 4-round swiss tournament.
scored 3.5/4, but due to low ratings of my oppositions (800s, 800s, 1000s, 1600s), I gained a total of whopping 2 USCF ratings from this lol.
Against the 1600, I had an absolutely miserable position (+4.4 for him at the worst point according to engine), but somehow endured the onslaught for the draw. I had a bad weekend but only lost 11 points so not as bad as I thought. I accidentally made the wrong move on move 2 for the first time ever which wasn't fun. I managed to survive though.
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On March 20 2017 12:47 calgar wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2017 08:45 don_kyuhote wrote:
Just came back from a local 4-round swiss tournament.
scored 3.5/4, but due to low ratings of my oppositions (800s, 800s, 1000s, 1600s), I gained a total of whopping 2 USCF ratings from this lol.
Against the 1600, I had an absolutely miserable position (+4.4 for him at the worst point according to engine), but somehow endured the onslaught for the draw. I had a bad weekend but only lost 11 points so not as bad as I thought. I accidentally made the wrong move on move 2 for the first time ever which wasn't fun. I managed to survive though.
What did you play? I can't think of too many positions where one can make a "wrong move" on move 2.
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On March 21 2017 13:46 don_kyuhote wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2017 12:47 calgar wrote:On March 19 2017 08:45 don_kyuhote wrote:
Just came back from a local 4-round swiss tournament.
scored 3.5/4, but due to low ratings of my oppositions (800s, 800s, 1000s, 1600s), I gained a total of whopping 2 USCF ratings from this lol.
Against the 1600, I had an absolutely miserable position (+4.4 for him at the worst point according to engine), but somehow endured the onslaught for the draw. I had a bad weekend but only lost 11 points so not as bad as I thought. I accidentally made the wrong move on move 2 for the first time ever which wasn't fun. I managed to survive though. What did you play? I can't think of too many positions where one can make a "wrong move" on move 2. I played d4 against the French, which I know no theory for, instead of d3, which I've played for years and know well.
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On March 21 2017 21:18 calgar wrote:Show nested quote +On March 21 2017 13:46 don_kyuhote wrote:On March 20 2017 12:47 calgar wrote:On March 19 2017 08:45 don_kyuhote wrote:
Just came back from a local 4-round swiss tournament.
scored 3.5/4, but due to low ratings of my oppositions (800s, 800s, 1000s, 1600s), I gained a total of whopping 2 USCF ratings from this lol.
Against the 1600, I had an absolutely miserable position (+4.4 for him at the worst point according to engine), but somehow endured the onslaught for the draw. I had a bad weekend but only lost 11 points so not as bad as I thought. I accidentally made the wrong move on move 2 for the first time ever which wasn't fun. I managed to survive though. What did you play? I can't think of too many positions where one can make a "wrong move" on move 2. I played d4 against the French, which I know no theory for, instead of d3, which I've played for years and know well.
ah, the King's Indian Attack... Incidentally, the 1600 that I drew against played the King's Indian Attack against me.
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Just came back from a local tournament.
Slayed a Dragon in my 2nd round game, lost a game thanks to a knight fork in the 3rd game, won a game thanks to a knight fork in the 4th round.
All in all, good enough for a 9 uscf points.
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I've lost all my motivation to play recently  I'm going to try and look through Gashimov's games for inspiration.
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He performed well in that exhibition. I think he will take training seriously so it will be interesting to see what he can do. Hope he wins
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Yeah I don't think there's any way Kasparov agrees to play in St. Louis without planning to put in some preparation. And from what we saw last year, he can still hang with these guys.
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How is kasparov's skill level nowadays?
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On July 06 2017 23:04 Keyboard Warrior wrote:
How is kasparov's skill level nowadays?
I think Kasparov still has deeper and greater knowledge of the game than some of the top players of today, especially when it comes to the dynamic aspects of the game.
And since the time control is Rapid and Blitz, I don't think age and fatigue will be that big of a factor.
It will be interesting for sure.
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Has anybody tried the Elometer test? http://www.elometer.net/
Are the results massively inflated? Because I got ~1800 and I am really a trash ~1000 blitz player.
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well i blitzed through it and i got 2150 which is fairly accurate since im 2200 elo
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