Chess on Code Review

moving the queen was the only way to get it safe again, but the queen's a really bad defender so I was kinda hoping I wouldn't have to deal with anything heavier

Bernard Meurer

I really don't know how to defend against a queen

just notice, everytime you forward your queen the game ends in a couple of turns

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that's because I don't move it until I have to

it gets taken too easily at the start of the game

when the queen DOES enter the board, however,

I just put 9 points into play.

so yes, it's like a steamroller.

then you traded off pieces with 11. ... Bxc3+

which was nice, for me

I really didn't have any other pieces to use, was kinda getting stuck

12. ... a6 was my first advantage that I could see

I could get a free pawn

via 13. Bxc6+ bxc6

14. Qxc6+

= 1 pawn + 1 knight of yours for 1 bishop on my side.

Bernard Meurer

I really didn't know about that bishop sacrifice

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it was a trade

you handled that fork poorly,

I think moving the bishop should have been the first play

it would have been followed by Qxd5, yes

but then that's that

no more oomph left after that

but it went wrong instead

I almost thought I had won right there

because king has to move, so I get the 2nd rook as well

but yeah you can stick the queen in between there

I would have gone for Qc8, though

I think that would have been better because then all your pieces are covered again

instead, with Qd8, your bishop is once again unprotected, so I can move it back and try to provoke it again

this time, I get to take that pawn

I play 18. Qe4+ because hey, it's a Knight + king fork

but yeahhhh that knight is protected so that's useless

then 18. ... Qe7 rolls about

I was forced there, yes

Alternative route was Bd6, but is countered by Qe6, and then I HAVE to make the swap

afterwards, 20. Nh4 to fork king + rook with next move

you could have seen that had you gone through the effort of mentally going through all possible double moves with the knight

Bernard Meurer

I got pissed off when you took that rook

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9:45 PM

well to be fair the game was really over by that point

the knight at G4 remains hung for the rest of the game, so it would likely have been picked off in the future as well

Bernard Meurer

Dang it I started this one so well

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leaving you with the one bishop

what went wrong is f6 lost you a knight

it might have been on the board, but it was dead weight

then two mistakes knocked out your rooks

after the queen trade, you ran out of heavy material and lost.

Bernard Meurer

And even so all I could do was force a queen trade

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well, OTOH, both my rooks were idle the whole time

you might have been rooks down,

but my rooks weren't doing anything.

Bernard Meurer

But you had them just in case still

it's firepower

I should have castled earlier on

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9:49 PM

the real damage was loss of pawns with the rest of the pieces traded off

uhh lemme see...

I think instead of 12. ... a6, king side castle would have done well

but it would still lead to that rook being pinned due to the poor pawn structure

the pawn structure queens side was still okay, but you couldn't move your queen out of there before it got shanked

Bernard Meurer

Well I'm very happy with my start on this one, just need to learn how to handle that queen attack better and not panic

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I wish I could set up a position and play from there

we haven't even gotten to a fair endgame yet =/

Bernard Meurer

It'll take a while :p

Specially because you're the only person that wants to play with me :D

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even with just that you manage to fight back a lot better after each game

Bernard Meurer

10:06 PM

I feel like I can see ahead better

Bernard Meurer

11:15 PM

Holy shit

What a game

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I can't do this again, it's bad for my blood pressure

Bernard Meurer

Hahahaha

Brilliant ending tho :)

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I think a lot of times "welp you screwed up"

and then it's like haaaaang on

pfff

Bernard Meurer

Getting sneaky eh?

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lets's look it through

chess.com/echess/analysis?id=132050320

so, your opening was weeeeeeeird

but that's cool

I suck at openings anyway, I don't study them or anything

2. a3 in particular

looks reaaaaally silly, but I get it

2. ... Bc5, 3. b4

and then what

Bernard Meurer

11:19 PM

I wanted to prepare my left side for some mid-game stuff with my rook

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all I would end up doing by moving the bishop out there is giving you lots of pawn moves

boxing me in

not good

so I went horseys instead

then you were like "screw it I'll just copy him"

Bernard Meurer

We got our 4 horses in game soon that was fun

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ofc I expected 5. Bb5 as soon as I had made 4. ... d6

Bernard Meurer

Not gonna let you go genghis khan my ass :p

and a6 was a clear response as well

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yes, trade happens after that

my first mistake was 7. ... d5

8. Nxe5 and fuck, pawn down

but you didn't see it? or something

so that was nice

Bernard Meurer

11:24 PM

I wanted the knight to cover my bishop that was ahead

but taking your pawn would have been smarted now that I think of it

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so he puts the bishop forward, pinning the knight

I go ahead with pawn exchange

and because the queen was being pinned anyway, well, I decided to trade it off

plus, you'd either have to give up castling

or move the knight a bit out of play again

meaning Nxe4

Bernard Meurer

That queen exchange was nice for me

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really?

Bernard Meurer

I liked it at least, I hate queens :p

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so next is 10. ... Ng4

with obvious fork

and the block was unexpected but okay

I expected the king to move back

next, I really wanted that bishop gone

like, go awaaay

then I have a brainfart

Bernard Meurer

11:29 PM

And that's when you started pushing it backwards and I freaked out

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and forget to move the last pawn

like wtf pim

then again, if I had moved it, knight would be stuck

so ... yeah...?

maybe 12. ... g5 was wrong

but I somehow hung my own knight

had I done that.

instead, 13. ... Be6 to...

allow for O-O-O+

should I need a rook.

Bernard Meurer

The fucks that?

O-O-O+

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Queen's side castling, check

(Ke8-c8Ra8-d8)+

Because maybe I could use it somehow?

maybe jiggle your king about, get a better fork spot

then 14. h3

Bernard Meurer

Oh, I see

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well fuck, my horse is stuck

hmmmmmm

Bernard Meurer

11:33 PM

Yeah I forced your horse back there

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oh fuck, e5 pawn is unprotected if I move the horse

hmmm

but he'll take it with that trapped bishop so I guess it's okay, I'll just O-O-O+ to save c7 and then use the tempo (bonus move via forcing your opponent to "waste" a move) to save the rook

14. ... Nf6,

15. Nxe5

Oi, that's a horse!

the fuck is that doing there

it's uh... hmmmmmmmmmmm

well, threatening the c6 pawn

I'm already 1 point down, don't want to lose one more

Bernard Meurer

Yeah that pawn move fucked me right

I was betting on you not noticing it

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so I move c6-c5

because it's main function was keeping the Knight at C3 off D5 and B5

keep it out of the attack

but that's a handled job

so I guess he can move

16. h4

I have no idea what its for

Bernard Meurer

Just trading pieces and getting a safe way forward for my bishop

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well okay, trade you can get

then my knight is under attack

no idea why it can't move

I guess I'm scared at this point and just wanna build a pointy blob that you can't touch

18. b4 - another pawn trade?

Bernard Meurer

11:41 PM

Yep

I was one point ahead so I thought I'd just trade

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19. axb4 - heeey, I can take that one with my bishop - oh wait, no, I can't.

I could, if I didn't have to protect my knight, though.

h5 - useless

g4, e4, d5, murdered

g8, h7, wtf are you doing

e8 is blocked, so d7 it is, I guess

so this whole clever double-attack is just accidental

it made you think really long though

I don't think you liked that one

Bernard Meurer

I hated that move

and I don't even remember why now

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it made everything complicated

Bernard Meurer

Yep

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so he makes a pretty good move, 20. Bg3

I think it was good, anyway

I guess you could have traded the pieces

Bernard Meurer

11:46 PM

I thought about trading but I was hoping you'd make a goof and I could profit with them later perhaps

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maybe would have been better?

I don't make many goofs, you play so hopefully

Bernard Meurer

Really?

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but 20. Bg3 seems okay

maybe later we find out it is not okay

so, I think, "well, I'll trade for him, Nxe5"

but it leads to the bishop striking back and then I'd have to move my rook and you'd take c7,

and I can't use O-O-O+ because there's a knight in the-

wow, circular logic there

I guess I could have, derp

Bernard Meurer

recursive chess :p

Then you got that pawn that made the score even

and I got real scared

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but this pawn taking was better

I liked it

it maintained the double attack

so you flee with the horse and I'm wondering "can I leave that there"

well, yeah, I think I can

okay, what's next? well, the left rook isn't doing anything, maybe I can use it

22. c3 seemed good

forces me to move the bishop again

I guess I ought to go nail that knight

23. Rg1

Why?

Bernard Meurer

11:53 PM

Well: scenario

your rook takes my bishop

no wait

that wasn't it

Oh

I trade horses

we trade bishops

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and then the pawn needs to be defended?

Bernard Meurer

that rook protects the pawn

yep, so you dont come close to my king

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what about Ra5?

not sure that it's a good move, just wondering

Bernard Meurer

Thought about it

ended up forgetting to make that move

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then again, it isn't that helpful against f6

Bernard Meurer

11:58 PM

no, but it could be something in the eventual center kill party

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kill party =D

but Rg1, knight trade, bishop trade instead

then 26. Nd4

Bernard Meurer

and it would've been stellar against that naughty pawn of yours that began it's descent towards my doom

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I don't know what it's for, other than bringing the knight into play

but I didn't get it

Bernard Meurer

Yeah I wasn't aiming anything with that

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Chess on Code Review