I wish you luck on your journey friend! I have been spending most of my time doing puzzles and studying and the rest playing out theory on the board. Also remember to take some time to let your brain rest from chess it will help alot!!
There were a few mistakes before move 8, but I don't want to dwell on them since you did manage to win the pawn, and the alternatives were quite complex for an 800 Elo player. So, I think what you did was fine. However, move 8 is where your first blunder occurred. White played Bf5, attacking your rook, and you had a great defensive option-you could have castled out of the attack. It’s important to recognize that you weren’t in immediate danger of being checkmated because you could push the d6 pawn to kick White’s bishop away before the queen could deliver any threats. Instead, you played f5. Why is this a mistake? By playing f5, you actually improved the positioning of White’s queen. If White had played Qg3, there would be two attackers targeting c7, plus an x-ray on your knight at b8 while you rook is hanging. With no way to defend both, you’d have been forced to move the rook. Another downside of f5 is that, at this point, it’s safer to keep your king in the center if white finds Qg3 than to castle, as the kingside is vulnerable. Fortunately for you, White missed this and you could have castled. However, you retreated your knight to attack the queen, underestimating White’s attack-or perhaps you were nervous about castling. Either way, after White’s Qh6, your kingside was completely overrun, leaving you unable to castle there. Move 10 brings another positional blunder. Your rook was hanging, White’s queen and bishop were controlling your kingside, and yet you played Kf7, walking right into the attack. Black captured your rook, and suddenly, material was equal. You were lucky not to get checkmated there. Fast forward to move 19, you attacked a rook but left your knight hanging. This would have led to an unfavourable trade of two minor pieces for a rook, which benefits White. However, White missed this and played Re1, and now you’re winning. White’s fatal mistake came on move 31 when they gave up a rook for a pawn. From this point until move 42, you played well, but you moved your rook to a passive square instead of threatening a back-rank attack if White’s rook recaptured while also attempting to trap whites knight on behind your pieces. You could have played Ra8 c8=Q Nxc8 Nxc8 because if rook takes he gets back ranked then Ra6 removing the escape squares from the knight. This game got wild! Many of these issues could have been avoided if you had castled instead of getting creative with your knight. The way I would have suggested spotting that move is by recognizing you had two problems: your rook was hanging, and your king needed safety. Castling would have solved both, but perhaps you were too hesitant to castle.
At 18:00 incorrect calculating - you'd lose material if the opponent wouldn't have move the rook but took your knight. Losing a knight and a bishop (3+3 points) is worse than winning a rook (5 points). Also, earlier in the game those pawns were free only in that sense that you don't trade material but however you _lose time_. I have been following your games and not appreciating early development is one major deficiency in your games which can become a problem when you climb up in rating. Try to find opening moves that do two or three things at the same time, for example developing a piece, protecting and making a thread with one move is very good and can happen easily if your opponent does premature queen attacks. More about those "free" pawns: Check out the Danish gambit where white is willing to sacrifice pawns but will gain much better early development than black.
On move 10, that king move was a crime :)) Fortunatelly, your opponent didnt know how to punish you. He only took a rook for a bishop.
keep going!!
I wish you luck on your journey friend! I have been spending most of my time doing puzzles and studying and the rest playing out theory on the board. Also remember to take some time to let your brain rest from chess it will help alot!!
At 8minutes you can block with the knight, also your opponent missed queen g7
This
I'm also noticing how vulnerable the opponent's king looks
@@rageTG dang you’re right.
There were a few mistakes before move 8, but I don't want to dwell on them since you did manage to win the pawn, and the alternatives were quite complex for an 800 Elo player. So, I think what you did was fine. However, move 8 is where your first blunder occurred. White played Bf5, attacking your rook, and you had a great defensive option-you could have castled out of the attack. It’s important to recognize that you weren’t in immediate danger of being checkmated because you could push the d6 pawn to kick White’s bishop away before the queen could deliver any threats.
Instead, you played f5. Why is this a mistake? By playing f5, you actually improved the positioning of White’s queen. If White had played Qg3, there would be two attackers targeting c7, plus an x-ray on your knight at b8 while you rook is hanging. With no way to defend both, you’d have been forced to move the rook. Another downside of f5 is that, at this point, it’s safer to keep your king in the center if white finds Qg3 than to castle, as the kingside is vulnerable. Fortunately for you, White missed this and you could have castled. However, you retreated your knight to attack the queen, underestimating White’s attack-or perhaps you were nervous about castling. Either way, after White’s Qh6, your kingside was completely overrun, leaving you unable to castle there.
Move 10 brings another positional blunder. Your rook was hanging, White’s queen and bishop were controlling your kingside, and yet you played Kf7, walking right into the attack. Black captured your rook, and suddenly, material was equal. You were lucky not to get checkmated there.
Fast forward to move 19, you attacked a rook but left your knight hanging. This would have led to an unfavourable trade of two minor pieces for a rook, which benefits White. However, White missed this and played Re1, and now you’re winning. White’s fatal mistake came on move 31 when they gave up a rook for a pawn. From this point until move 42, you played well, but you moved your rook to a passive square instead of threatening a back-rank attack if White’s rook recaptured while also attempting to trap whites knight on behind your pieces. You could have played Ra8 c8=Q Nxc8 Nxc8 because if rook takes he gets back ranked then Ra6 removing the escape squares from the knight.
This game got wild! Many of these issues could have been avoided if you had castled instead of getting creative with your knight. The way I would have suggested spotting that move is by recognizing you had two problems: your rook was hanging, and your king needed safety. Castling would have solved both, but perhaps you were too hesitant to castle.
Man … you and your opponent had so many chances to win this game …
It do be like that sometimes
16:02 e2 looks like it gets you the bishop and pawn for a knight (assuming they take the knight). Seems like a good trade to me
31:24 aaah, block his rook with yoru knight!
He also took the newly promoted Queen with his rook … despite his knight being right there able to take it …
29:51 Er, one way to fix it is to just take the knight...
At 18:00 incorrect calculating - you'd lose material if the opponent wouldn't have move the rook but took your knight. Losing a knight and a bishop (3+3 points) is worse than winning a rook (5 points). Also, earlier in the game those pawns were free only in that sense that you don't trade material but however you _lose time_. I have been following your games and not appreciating early development is one major deficiency in your games which can become a problem when you climb up in rating. Try to find opening moves that do two or three things at the same time, for example developing a piece, protecting and making a thread with one move is very good and can happen easily if your opponent does premature queen attacks.
More about those "free" pawns: Check out the Danish gambit where white is willing to sacrifice pawns but will gain much better early development than black.