I did however find this loss very instructive! I miss some good defensive moves AND I really need to play ...Bb7 early if I am going to play the Queen's Indian! I also think some tactical aggressiveness caught up to me in this game.
I definitely need to sit and use my thought process and use tactics for positional aims. That has been the reason for my slight improvement lately!
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
Here is this week's game:
I think what happened in this game is that you got caught making pawn moves rather than harmonious piece-development.
ReplyDeleteInstead of ..Nh5, play ..Bb7. If White wants to play h3 to allow Bh2, then let him/her because that only makes ..g4 push stronger for Black.
11..f6 we can agree is a simple positional blunder, but 11..g4 would only be feeding chances for both sides. I prefer 11..Bb7. For example, if 11..g4, 12.Nh2 Bf6, 13.e5 dxe, 14.d5 (White has an attack), and if exd, 15.Nxd Bb7, 16.Nxg4, or if 15..h5, then White will play 0-0-0 and then f3 to threaten fxg and at the very least grab the f-file.
It's nice to see that you are thinking more aggressively, though. :-)
or 15.cxd in that line instead might be better for White.
ReplyDeleteIn the footnote to move 10.. where it ends with 12.Nb3 as being equal, I would say that that position is very close to being +/- for White because of the f4,e5 threat. That is a very comfortable and desireable position for White. To some extent Black is playing for tricks, practical chances, and perhaps this is always the case. Nevertheless I would love to have that solid, nice attacking position for White there with no nagging positional complications nor real attack for Black.
Hey LinuxGuy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments. Yeah I agree I was pushing pawns around instead of developing my pieces. And 11..f6 was silly on my part.
And I also agree that ...Bb7 is better than ...g4 but I still think ...g4 is better than ..f6 in that position. And REALLY, I should have played ...Bb7 a lot earlier anyway! :)