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babe said:
The Chessmatch thread has pretty much gone under the intitial wave. Some of the players have found a more convenient internet option for playing their matches. . .
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While it's true I play blitz chess on another site, I still enjoy following the games here and the running commentary you and One Brow give to your moves. In blitz, moves are made in a second or two by instinct or pattern recognition and the game is over in minutes, disappearing into the ether with no chance for reflection or evaluation. Players move on without a word to another soon to be forgotten game. So there's a definite place for the games played here and I've appreciated the opportunity to play a few.
 
babe said:
Well, just a bit of braggadocio here. . .

In the Chess game with One Brow, I made the brag about 4 moves ago that the move was a "game-maker". At that point, his King was squarely in the center of the board, and I put it in check, and he moved towards the side where he has a passed pawn, a pawn that does not face an opposing pawn in its forward progress, often a future Queen. I had just surprised him in turning my King to the other direction. My scheme in doing so was unspeakably irregular in Chess logic.

However far-fetched my idea was, I thought I saw a way to win the game outright, and indeed the subsequent moves have brought that possibility up to reality.

The moves necessary to advance that passed pawn to Queen are equal to the number of moves I need to achieve a Queen on the other side of the board. My Rook and Bishop are more mobile, and project more power across the board giving me a slight advantage.

Whichever way OB moves in the present situation, the advantage I have will be realized.
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We each seem to have a lot of confidence in our positions. One of us is in for a rude awakening, possibly both of us.
 
Jonah said:
While it's true I play blitz chess on another site, I still enjoy following the games here and the running commentary you and One Brow give to your moves. In blitz, moves are made in a second or two by instinct or pattern recognition and the game is over in minutes, disappearing into the ether with no chance for reflection or evaluation. Players move on without a word to another soon to be forgotten game. So there's a definite place for the games played here and I've appreciated the opportunity to play a few.
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Let me know if you want to start another.
 
One Brow said:
We each seem to have a lot of confidence in our positions. One of us is in for a rude awakening, possibly both of us.
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I've looked at almost all of the possible "games" from this point. Of course you can still win, and in some cases we could still draw stalemate. If I thought I needed to, I might be able to force that conclusion. It's still "the game" to Queen your pawn. In some likely end game scenarios, you do Queen it, and still lose. . . . My chances of winning come down to one move advantage, and in fact that "edge" came from forcing your King away from the opposing pairs of pawns. . . .

When I was facing your two pawns with my King a number of moves ago, I thought my situation would not be this "hopeful".

The closest thing you've done to an actual "mistake" in this game comes down to having a readable game philosophy. . . . .and you still have an actual manpower advantage. . . . .
 
babe said:
Well, just a bit of braggadocio here. . .

In the Chess game with One Brow, I made the brag about 4 moves ago that the move was a "game-maker". At that point, his King was squarely in the center of the board, and I put it in check, and he moved towards the side where he has a passed pawn, a pawn that does not face an opposing pawn in its forward progress, often a future Queen. I had just surprised him in turning my King to the other direction. My scheme in doing so was unspeakably irregular in Chess logic.

However far-fetched my idea was, I thought I saw a way to win the game outright, and indeed the subsequent moves have brought that possibility up to reality.

The moves necessary to advance that passed pawn to Queen are equal to the number of moves I need to achieve a Queen on the other side of the board. My Rook and Bishop are more mobile, and project more power across the board giving me a slight advantage.

Whichever way OB moves in the present situation, the advantage I have will be realized.
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Well,OB pretty well has this game.

Mt "Braggadocio" was based upon an expectation that OB would try to escort his pawn in with his King.

It was a one move decision that made the difference.

I made five mistakes all together.
 
Five Mistakes

So I am going to go back over the OB game, and analyze it the way I do everything in life.

I don't want to clutter up the game thread with stuff not relevant to current games.
 
babe said:
So I am going to go back over the OB game, and analyze it the way I do everything in life.

I don't want to clutter up the game thread with stuff not relevant to current games.
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Babe, I've really enjoyed following your game with OB. Interesting throughout. OB built pressure on your backward c pawn and, if I remember right, eventually won the d pawn because the c was pinned. I think OB does a nice job of seeing weakness in a position and relentlessly building the pressure. He did something similar in a game with Siro.

One suggestion I have is that it may have been a mistake to castle. Check it out and see what you think. I was hoping you would play Ke7 instead of O-O. Ke7 connects the rooks and keeps the king centralized where it can lend support to your bishop and c pawn.
 
Jonah said:
Babe, I've really enjoyed following your game with OB. Interesting throughout. OB built pressure on your backward c pawn and, if I remember right, eventually won the d pawn because the c was pinned. I think OB does a nice job of seeing weakness in a position and relentlessly building the pressure. He did something similar in a game with Siro.

One suggestion I have is that it may have been a mistake to castle. Check it out and see what you think. I was hoping you would play Ke7 instead of O-O. Ke7 connects the rooks and keeps the king centralized where it can lend support to your bishop and c pawn.
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Thanks for this comment. It wasn't one of the five i had recognized. When I get my computer back I'm going to retrace the whole game and will look closely at that, plus any other comments anyone offers.
 
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