This was one of those games where I dearly wished I could look my opponent in the eye and ask them why they were still playing.
Magorian Aximand said:This was one of those games where I dearly wished I could look my opponent in the eye and ask them why they were still playing.
Indeed. I thought for a moment that trading a queen for two rooks was a good move.Vieira said:Magorian Aximand said:This was one of those games where I dearly wished I could look my opponent in the eye and ask them why they were still playing.
That was a mess.
Well you played pretty good in the second game. You gave your opponent a few good chances in the third game but fortunately for you he missed them. For example: after 6. f3 he could have taken that undefended Bishop on e3 but luckily he missed it. Also, after he played Bxc3+ and your Bd2 you left him undefended queen which he luckily missed and decided to take rook on a1. You took his rook giving him another chance to take your queen but he played Kf8, giving you a chance to finally get your queen out of the mess.Ronan said:Played my first games against a live opponent today:
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=456693768
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=456700446
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=456709161
Yeah, the quality of the games is questionable.
Well it was a good move, IIRC the best way to penetrate opponent's defense with a bishop in front of the castled king is by pushing the pawns forward, but in that case it would be wise to castle queenside or not to castle at all.Magorian Aximand said:I'd use this game as an example of the danger of pushing the pawns in front of your castled king, if I hadn't done exactly that too.
Leifr Eiríksson said:I must admit to not knowing how to play Chess.
Magorian; are you able to recommend anything to rectify this?
Workaholic said:Well it was a good move, IIRC the best way to penetrate opponent's defense with a bishop in front of the castled king is by pushing the pawns forward, but in that case it would be wise to castle queenside or not to castle at all.Magorian Aximand said:I'd use this game as an example of the danger of pushing the pawns in front of your castled king, if I hadn't done exactly that too.