tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post6962078323377452096..comments2023-12-07T03:12:47.504-08:00Comments on Pawn to Rook 4: Games #25, #26, #27SilentKnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050951919945684210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-46892557016787050002014-07-19T15:09:02.918-07:002014-07-19T15:09:02.918-07:00The solution you posted for puzzle 2
in this post ...The solution you posted for puzzle 2<br />in this post is wrong, check again. My 8 year old chess player identified that mistake....I am referring to this post<br />http://p-r4.blogspot.com/2014/04/400-points-in-158-days.html#comment-formSVChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519988058952350513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-63116896887780675632014-07-19T12:08:21.003-07:002014-07-19T12:08:21.003-07:00Honestly, you're playing quite well. None of t...Honestly, you're playing quite well. None of these games were especially easy, and your opponents played pretty well for their rating too !<br /><br />I don't have the feeling you're lazy OTB (your blog certainly doesn't look like the blog of a lazy person !). There may be other explanations for your missing some ideas or some branches in your variations. <br /><br />Would you mind pointing to the games/positions where you feel you were lazy ? And do you mind if we go a bit further in the OTB group, because I feel like it would be interesting to compare your perceptions to those of the other members as well ?<br /><br />I was especially interested in the 3rd game, being a QGD exchange Carlsbad practicioner myself. I think you played this game pretty well, at least from an engine-1200 elo point of view ;-)<br /><br />You said 5.cxd5 may have been rushed a little. It's debatable, because after 5.Bg5, you give black the option to play the sharp 5...dxc4 which opens a whole can of worms (semi-slav Botvinnik, Moscow and Anti-Moscow...). It's true theory considers 5.cxd5 as toothless, but I can testify it's perfectly playable at least up to 2000 elo, and has the advantage of steering the game into your territory (very important in amateur OTB play).<br /><br />You also expressed doubts about 14.b4. I think it's perfectly fine (that's the plan, right ?). After 14...a5, you can discuss whether 15.a3 or 15.b5 is better. I think both are playable. The computer spitting an = eval. doesn't mean there isn't play left in the position. It's not drawish. See for example :<br /><br />http://fr.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/2944014/r1b1r1k1/1p2qpp1/5n1p/pPnp4/8/2NBPN2/P1Q2PPP/1RR3K1%20b%20-%20-%201%2017 (white is a GM)<br /><br />http://fr.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/2944014/r1b1r1k1/1p2qpp1/5n1p/pPnp4/8/2NBPN2/P1Q2PPP/1RR3K1%20b%20-%20-%201%2017Laurent Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371507031711622435noreply@blogger.com