Oh please, if I may: the move I decide to do, has nothing to do with the strenght of my opponent. I just try the best move I can find.
There is the most logical move, the most difficult move and the best move. I always prefer the best move. Some people go for the difficult move, underestemating their opponent. This only is an option when the position is lost.
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I don´t like that endgame after g4. We have weak pawns and his king will soon be in the center. Not saying it´s lost, just think keeping the queen is safer.
29.Rc1 essentially ended our attack and we are now headed for an endgame. Our winning chances are over but I think we have excellent chances to draw even after losing a pawn. Here is the best I can see for both sides. Most of the moves below look forced to me. After we play Qg6 our threat of Re8 followed by Re2 is pretty serious. I cannot find any good options for our opponent besides 31.Rc6.
30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6
Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.
30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6
Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.
I think we have better chances by keeping the queens on and therefore 31..Rc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8.
Draw with the black pieces is never bad against strong opposition anyway.
Your 31..Rc8 idea is indeed another clever option taking advantage of the same back rank threats at 31..Re8.
Since 31..Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 would also win a pawn for white I feel like we might be better off trading queens but maybe things are not so clear. I feel like our king is more vulnerable than his since we have a pawn on g5 with the queen on the board. I should look at the position with the queens on the board more carefully. It sounds like we agree on our current move. If White plays 31.Rc6 as we suspect we can discuss this again.
30. ... - Re8 seems to be ok, do I miss something? I look at it during daytime. Bg2+ has some funny effects, but won't work out.
29.Rc1 essentially ended our attack and we are now headed for an endgame. Our winning chances are over but I think we have excellent chances to draw even after losing a pawn. Here is the best I can see for both sides. Most of the moves below look forced to me. After we play Qg6 our threat of Re8 followed by Re2 is pretty serious. I cannot find any good options for our opponent besides 31.Rc6.
30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6
Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.
30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6
Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.
I think we have better chances by keeping the queens on and therefore 31..Rc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8.
Draw with the black pieces is never bad against strong opposition anyway.
29.Rc1 essentially ended our attack and we are now headed for an endgame. Our winning chances are over but I think we have excellent chances to draw even after losing a pawn. Here is the best I can see for both sides. Most of the moves below look forced to me. After we play Qg6 our threat of Re8 followed by Re2 is pretty serious. I cannot find any good options for our opponent besides 31.Rc6.
30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6
Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.
30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6
Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.
Qg6: 2 votes (ING Bank, galdur)
Qg6: 3 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto)
If we play Nd7 or Ne8 instead then Qe7 looks really bad for us. Since we can't move our knight we must defend it.
Qg6: 4 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto, languagehasmeaning)
Qg6: 2 votes (ING Bank, galdur)
Qg6: 3 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto)
If we play Nd7 or Ne8 instead then Qe7 looks really bad for us. Since we can't move our knight we must defend it.
Qg6: 2 votes (ING Bank, galdur)
Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces
The current position is updated below
Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5
The current position is updated below
Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5
Bxe5: 4 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus, galdur, ING Bank)
Bxe5: 5 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus, galdur, ING Bank, Rolf Uhlhorn)
Bxe5: 6 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus, galdur, ING Bank, Rolf Uhlhorn, boolberry)
Bxe5: 4 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus, galdur, ING Bank)
Bxe5: 5 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus, galdur, ING Bank, Rolf Uhlhorn)
I m a loser in this game
Bxe5: 3 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus, galdur)
Bxe5: 2 votes (XMRpromotions, hermesesus)
I was expecting white to play Re3 or Re7. I guess Rc1 should not surprise us after 25.c5 but for some reason I felt like that move was more about freeing the bishop on the diagonal than the rook on the c file.
Bxe5, 1 vote (XMRpromotions)
Bxe5, 1 vote (XMRpromotions)
Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces
The current position is updated below
Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1
The current position is updated below
Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1
Bg4 won't work, i guess. Also after Ne4 in stead of Re8 in former variation, nothing works I think. But I hope you all look at it.
Here we go: 28. ... - Bd4! 29. Re7 - Bxb2 30. Bxf7+ - Qxf7 30. Rxf7 - Kxf7 (not Bxa1). I wished I had a chessboard to start thinking over from this situation.
31. Rb1 (Rd1 no good I think)
Here we go: 28. ... - Bd4! 29. Re7 - Bxb2 30. Bxf7+ - Qxf7 30. Rxf7 - Kxf7 (not Bxa1). I wished I had a chessboard to start thinking over from this situation.
31. Rb1 (Rd1 no good I think)
That is a very interesting idea but I think white can defend with 31.Rd1 and retain a winning material advantage.
31.Rd1 Bc3 32.Qe3 followed by 33.Ne4 should be winning for white
Yeah, it´s an interesting idea but black ends up with two bishops and a pawn vs queen and not enough position against this opponent IMHO.
Bd6: 4 votes (XMRpromotions, galdur, ING Bank, languagehasmeaning)
Bd4: 1 vote (Rolf Uhlhorn)
Bd4: 1 vote (Rolf Uhlhorn)
Bd6: 5 votes (XMRpromotions, galdur, ING Bank, languagehasmeaning, boolberry)
Bd4: 1 vote (Rolf Uhlhorn)
Bg4 won't work, i guess. Also after Ne4 in stead of Re8 in former variation, nothing works I think. But I hope you all look at it.
Here we go: 28. ... - Bd4! 29. Re7 - Bxb2 30. Bxf7+ - Qxf7 30. Rxf7 - Kxf7 (not Bxa1). I wished I had a chessboard to start thinking over from this situation.
31. Rb1 (Rd1 no good I think)
Here we go: 28. ... - Bd4! 29. Re7 - Bxb2 30. Bxf7+ - Qxf7 30. Rxf7 - Kxf7 (not Bxa1). I wished I had a chessboard to start thinking over from this situation.
31. Rb1 (Rd1 no good I think)
That is a very interesting idea but I think white can defend with 31.Rd1 and retain a winning material advantage.
31.Rd1 Bc3 32.Qe3 followed by 33.Ne4 should be winning for white
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