Well, black's play was very convincing I think. That is a really strong player. You can't blame anyone I think for lacking the technique to convert this endgame, it was very complicated. Good game, John!
Damn, can't believe he was playing so quickly and so well and then he over pressed and lost. I think he should have been more than happy with a draw against an IM.
+NonViolentSolutions Thanks, NonViolentSolutions! If 32.Rf6 Rxf6 33.gxf6 I believe my pawn will be quite weak. It can only be defended by move rook (Rb1-f1), but Black can attack it multiple ways, e.g. ...Ra8-f8, ...Ng5-h7, ...Nb6-d7, etc.
+John Bartholomew Ahh yes I see now. For some reason I thought one of the knights could defend, but they are both a long way from g4. It took me too long to find your channel. You are able to explain your thought process while playing very well, as far as I can tell, and it's very instructive for improving players like myself. Please keep it up :)
Hey John, I noticed a variation while watching that wouldve been better for black Im quite sure at 20:11 and wanted to know what you thought. By the way I didnt finish the entire video yet Im at about 27 minutes in but this was bugging me too much. Shouldnt black have played Nef4 then white Kf3, Nfe2, ke2, Nde5, which if white takes the hanging pawn, would lead to Rbb5, Neg4, potentionally, if not actually dropping white a pawn. Because if black waits a turn, defends his hanging pawn with the rook, the white gets his king to the pawn and black pulls back the knight isnt there the potential for black to also push his pawn on g6? or would it be worse for black after white moves his knight to attack the pawn forcing black to either lose a pawn or go after whites h2 pawn? Hopefully you can keep up with this mess of a comment
+TheAquaLemur okay after finishing the video now, I see that I was right while watching that black shouldve tried to force the knight exchange and that white shouldnt do it! Ha, intuition served me right, though I did follow it further into seeing whether he should persist with the exchange after white declines
Well, black's play was very convincing I think. That is a really strong player. You can't blame anyone I think for lacking the technique to convert this endgame, it was very complicated. Good game, John!
+フィッシャー00769 Thanks!
Damn, can't believe he was playing so quickly and so well and then he over pressed and lost. I think he should have been more than happy with a draw against an IM.
Hello John! Love your channel. On move 32 I was wondering about Rf6 rather than trading. If he takes is your passer any better on f6?
+NonViolentSolutions Thanks, NonViolentSolutions! If 32.Rf6 Rxf6 33.gxf6 I believe my pawn will be quite weak. It can only be defended by move rook (Rb1-f1), but Black can attack it multiple ways, e.g. ...Ra8-f8, ...Ng5-h7, ...Nb6-d7, etc.
+John Bartholomew Ahh yes I see now. For some reason I thought one of the knights could defend, but they are both a long way from g4.
It took me too long to find your channel. You are able to explain your thought process while playing very well, as far as I can tell, and it's very instructive for improving players like myself. Please keep it up :)
+NonViolentSolutions Awesome - I'm happy you found my channel. Thanks for watching! I'm glad my videos are helpful to you.
Kudos to your opponent for getting such a good position against a much higher-rated player, but I guess your endgame skills won out in the end!
Yes, my opponent played the opening and middlegame quite well. If he took more time in the R+2N vs. R+2N endgame I could have went down.
3:28 Why not take en passent?
Hey John, I noticed a variation while watching that wouldve been better for black Im quite sure at 20:11 and wanted to know what you thought. By the way I didnt finish the entire video yet Im at about 27 minutes in but this was bugging me too much. Shouldnt black have played Nef4 then white Kf3, Nfe2, ke2, Nde5, which if white takes the hanging pawn, would lead to Rbb5, Neg4, potentionally, if not actually dropping white a pawn. Because if black waits a turn, defends his hanging pawn with the rook, the white gets his king to the pawn and black pulls back the knight isnt there the potential for black to also push his pawn on g6? or would it be worse for black after white moves his knight to attack the pawn forcing black to either lose a pawn or go after whites h2 pawn? Hopefully you can keep up with this mess of a comment
+TheAquaLemur okay after finishing the video now, I see that I was right while watching that black shouldve tried to force the knight exchange and that white shouldnt do it! Ha, intuition served me right, though I did follow it further into seeing whether he should persist with the exchange after white declines
outstanding opposition dear john sir very hard to breakthrough i saw your pervious vidoes too the opponents are very tough .made very little mistakes.