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Date: 12 Aug 2006 18:40:01
From: Dave (from the UK)
Subject: Comments to pass to inexperienced player.
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I played someone on ICC today who had a rating of 1400. After starting
the game it was clear he was not playing like a 1400 player. Close
inspection showed this was his first rated game.
To cut a long story short, I made a bit of a meal of beating him, but at
the end had 29 points more on the board than him. He had literally
blundered all his pieces away. I know I should have finished him off
sooner! I just could not be bothered to look for the moves, which was a
bit silly on my part really.
I thought I'd annotate the game, stick it on a web site and let him read
the comments. It might improve his play a bit. It can't make it any worst!!
But I'm not a strong player either. Would someone look over this and
pass comment.
Its a bit pointless looking at it too deeply, as clearly his
understanding of the game is poor. Hopefully though he might learn
something if he reads some comments.
[Event "ICC 10 12"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "g8wrb"]
[Black "ioanab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1254"]
[BlackElo "857"]
[ECO "C47"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[Opening "Four knights: Italian variation"]
[NIC "KP.06"]
[Time "10:00:05"]
[GameType "ICCStandard"]
[TimeControl "600+12"]
{New player - no established rating. }
1.e4 {New player - no established rating. Comments are added mainly for
his benefit. } 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 a6 5.O-O {So far things
look quite normal. } 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 b4 8.Na4 {Since the Knight is
attacked, it moved. But it moves to a place where it attacks the Black
Bishop. } 8...Na5?? {Black seems to have missed the fact his Bishop was
under attack. } 9.Nxc5 {Eat a Bishop. } 9...Qe7 {Queen attacks the
Knight. There are two options for White.
1) Move the Knight to a4.
2) Protect it by Bc3. } 10.Be3 {It makes more sense to protect it like
this, since:
1) The protection is achieved at the same time White develops a new
piece (his bishop)
2) Near the edge of the board in the a4 square. the Knight can reach 4
squares - b2, c3, c4 and b6. But where it is on the c5 square it can
reach 8 squares. Hence it is much more active here. } 10...d6 {White
attacks the Black Knight. } 11.Na4 {Knight now retreats. It is less
active than ideally it should be in this place, but there is little
option. } 11...Nh5 12.Qd2 {This acieves two things.
1) It develops the Queen,
2) It does so with "tempo" as it attacks Black's b4 pawn. } 12...Qf6??
{Black should have protected his pawn. } 13.Qxb4 {White eats a pawn. At
the same time he attacks the Black Knight. Black should make the Knight
safe, but completely igores the fact is it under attack.
At this point Black is 4 points down, which will usually be enough to
secure victory of two equally matched opponents.
} 13...Qg6 {A blunder, since the Black Knight on a5 is unprotected. }
14.Qxa5 {Eat a Knight. At the same time this attacks the c7 pawn. Black
should see this and take action.
At this point Black is 7 points down. But none of those 7 points were
gained from any clever tactics or combinations by White. They are all
the result of Black leaving pieces unprotected. } 14...Bh3 {The
intension of this is very obvious, but Black should see White has a
simple reply in the form of Ng5.
} 15.Ng5 {Removes the threat on the g2 square. } 15...Bd7?? {With
obvious pressure on f7, Black could have eliminated some of it by moving
the Bishop to e6 rather than d7. } 16.Qd5?? {This is a blunder by White.
A much more sensible move would have been take the f7 pawn with the
Bishop, creating a fork between the Queen and King.
} 16...f6?? {Another blunder. Had Black castled on the King side it
would have
1) Removed the threat on the a8 Rook, as that would be protect by a rook
on f8.
2) Added a 3rd defender to the f7 square. } 17.Qxa8+ {Eat rook.
Now there is a "skewer". The Queen attacks the King (the most valuable
piece on the board). Behind the King is a less valuable piece (Rook on
h8). Black should move the King to e7, whereupon White will take the
rook on h8.
That this point Black is 12 points down. There is no point continuing.
You might as well resign. You will not learn anything from having all
your pieces snapped up. } 17...Bc8?? {This is a totally pointless move.
All that happens is the Bishop will be taken, but the problem Black
faced in the earlier move is still there. } 18.Qxc8+ {Another piece
eaten. Black must move his King. The only legal move is e7.
Analysis with a computer shows there is a forced mate in 8 moves. I did
rather hang out the victory. But it was so easy to pick pieces off that
I did not care too much to look deeply at the position. } 18...Ke7 {The
only legal move for Black. White can now take the Black Rook, but this
can be delayed, as taking the pawn on c7 will gain another pawn but
still allow White to capture the Rook on his next move. } 19.Qxc7+ {Take
another pawn. } 19...Kf8 20.Qxd6+ {White eats another pawn. Note taking
these pawns does not stop me taking the Rook next move. } 20...Ke8
21.Bf7+ {This is a "double attack" The Queen and King are both attacked
with the one piece. Black must either:
1) Capture the Bishop on f7, in which case the knight on g7 will take
the Queen. Or
2) Move his King, in which case the Bishop will take the Queen.
The move was not a very sensible one, as it somewhat lengthed the time
needed to get mate.
} 21...Qxf7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Qd7+? {Black's position is totally hopeless.
There really is no point continuing. Even if White blundered and lost
the Queen, it would still easily win. You will not learn anything from
being chased around a board loosing your pieces on virtually every move.
} 23...Kg6 24.Qg4+ Kf7 {The only legal move for Black.
Really, given Black has so few legal moves, White should have no doubt
pressed for a checkmate earlier. The game should have been finished a
lot quicker than it was. } 25.Qxh5+ {Another piece gone. } 25...g6
{Black finally manages to stop the endless series of Checks which have
resulted in countless pieces being removed. } 26.Qg4 f5 27.exf5 h5
28.Qxg6+ {Its just too easy now. Black has so little material he is
completely powerless to do anything. } 28...Ke7 29.Qg7+ {This is another
"double attack". The White Queen attacks two pieces at once. Black must
move the King, so the rook is eaten. } 29...Kd6 30.Qxh8 h4 {Any form of
counter attack by Black is now really impossible. } 31.Rfe1 a5 32.Bc5+
{This is a "discovered attack" on the e5 pawn. The Bishop moved out of
the way of the Rook, so the rook attacks the pawn. } 32...Kc6 33.Rxe5
Kb5 34.Ba7+ {I could easily move the Knight to safety, but there is no
point looking too deeply at the position. } 34...Kxa4 35.Qxh4# {The
final act. Black is Checkmated. It should have happend a lot earlier.
I hope some of these comments are helpful to you. } 1-0
--
Dave (from the UK)
Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form: [email protected]
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
http://witm.sourceforge.net/ (Web based Mathematica front end)
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 13:38:19
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Comments to pass to inexperienced player.
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Dave (from the UK) <[email protected] > wrote:
[1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 a6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 b4 8.Na4
Na5 9.Nxc5 Qe7 10.Be3 d6 11.Na4 Nh5 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.Qxb4 Qg6 14.Qxa5 Bh3
15.Ng5 Bd7 16.Qd5 f6 17.Qxa8+ Bc8 18.Qxc8+ Ke7 19.Qxc7+ Kf8 20.Qxd6+
Ke8 21.Bf7+ Qxf7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Qd7+ Kg6 24.Qg4+ Kf7 25.Qxh5+ g6
26.Qg4 f5 27.exf5 h5 28.Qxg6+ Ke7 29.Qg7+ Kd6 30.Qxh8 h4 31.Rfe1 a5
32.Bc5+ Kc6 33.Rxe5 Kb5 34.Ba7+ Kxa4 35.Qxh4# 1-0]
> To cut a long story short, I made a bit of a meal of beating him,
> but at the end had 29 points more on the board than him.
A couple of comments on your comments and play.
First and foremost, there are no `points' in chess. These values of
the pieces are just a rule of thumb on when a trade is a good idea.
Secondly, how to win a won position. From move 22, say, you have an
utterly overwhelming advantage. As you rek, you can blunder half
your pieces and still have an overwhelming advantage. The key thing
to note here is that a queen cannot win on her own. Rather than
wandering around taking all your opponent's pieces, it would be much
quicker to bring your knight and bishop into the game. It surely
can't take more than a few moves to checkmate.
But, as others have said, the main problem your opponent has is that
he hangs pieces. Until he stops doing that, he won't get anywhere.
Dave.
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David Richerby Cheese Widget (TM): it's like a thingy
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ that's made of cheese!
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Date: 12 Aug 2006 18:48:24
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: Comments to pass to inexperienced player.
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Try "you suck."
"Dave (from the UK)" <[email protected] >
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>I played someone on ICC today who had a rating of 1400. After starting the
>game it was clear he was not playing like a 1400 player. Close inspection
>showed this was his first rated game.
>
> To cut a long story short, I made a bit of a meal of beating him, but at
> the end had 29 points more on the board than him. He had literally
> blundered all his pieces away. I know I should have finished him off
> sooner! I just could not be bothered to look for the moves, which was a
> bit silly on my part really.
>
> I thought I'd annotate the game, stick it on a web site and let him read
> the comments. It might improve his play a bit. It can't make it any
> worst!!
>
> But I'm not a strong player either. Would someone look over this and pass
> comment.
>
> Its a bit pointless looking at it too deeply, as clearly his understanding
> of the game is poor. Hopefully though he might learn something if he reads
> some comments.
>
> [Event "ICC 10 12"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2006.08.12"]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "g8wrb"]
> [Black "ioanab"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [WhiteElo "1254"]
> [BlackElo "857"]
> [ECO "C47"]
> [ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
> [Opening "Four knights: Italian variation"]
> [NIC "KP.06"]
> [Time "10:00:05"]
> [GameType "ICCStandard"]
> [TimeControl "600+12"]
>
> {New player - no established rating. }
> 1.e4 {New player - no established rating. Comments are added mainly for
> his benefit. } 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 a6 5.O-O {So far things
> look quite normal. } 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 b4 8.Na4 {Since the Knight is
> attacked, it moved. But it moves to a place where it attacks the Black
> Bishop. } 8...Na5?? {Black seems to have missed the fact his Bishop was
> under attack. } 9.Nxc5 {Eat a Bishop. } 9...Qe7 {Queen attacks the Knight.
> There are two options for White.
>
> 1) Move the Knight to a4.
> 2) Protect it by Bc3. } 10.Be3 {It makes more sense to protect it like
> this, since:
>
> 1) The protection is achieved at the same time White develops a new piece
> (his bishop)
>
> 2) Near the edge of the board in the a4 square. the Knight can reach 4
> squares - b2, c3, c4 and b6. But where it is on the c5 square it can reach
> 8 squares. Hence it is much more active here. } 10...d6 {White attacks
> the Black Knight. } 11.Na4 {Knight now retreats. It is less active than
> ideally it should be in this place, but there is little option. } 11...Nh5
> 12.Qd2 {This acieves two things.
>
> 1) It develops the Queen,
> 2) It does so with "tempo" as it attacks Black's b4 pawn. } 12...Qf6??
> {Black should have protected his pawn. } 13.Qxb4 {White eats a pawn. At
> the same time he attacks the Black Knight. Black should make the Knight
> safe, but completely igores the fact is it under attack.
>
> At this point Black is 4 points down, which will usually be enough to
> secure victory of two equally matched opponents.
>
> } 13...Qg6 {A blunder, since the Black Knight on a5 is unprotected. }
> 14.Qxa5 {Eat a Knight. At the same time this attacks the c7 pawn. Black
> should see this and take action.
>
> At this point Black is 7 points down. But none of those 7 points were
> gained from any clever tactics or combinations by White. They are all the
> result of Black leaving pieces unprotected. } 14...Bh3 {The intension of
> this is very obvious, but Black should see White has a simple reply in the
> form of Ng5.
>
> } 15.Ng5 {Removes the threat on the g2 square. } 15...Bd7?? {With obvious
> pressure on f7, Black could have eliminated some of it by moving the
> Bishop to e6 rather than d7. } 16.Qd5?? {This is a blunder by White. A
> much more sensible move would have been take the f7 pawn with the Bishop,
> creating a fork between the Queen and King.
>
> } 16...f6?? {Another blunder. Had Black castled on the King side it would
> have
>
> 1) Removed the threat on the a8 Rook, as that would be protect by a rook
> on f8.
> 2) Added a 3rd defender to the f7 square. } 17.Qxa8+ {Eat rook.
>
> Now there is a "skewer". The Queen attacks the King (the most valuable
> piece on the board). Behind the King is a less valuable piece (Rook on
> h8). Black should move the King to e7, whereupon White will take the rook
> on h8.
>
>
> That this point Black is 12 points down. There is no point continuing. You
> might as well resign. You will not learn anything from having all your
> pieces snapped up. } 17...Bc8?? {This is a totally pointless move. All
> that happens is the Bishop will be taken, but the problem Black faced in
> the earlier move is still there. } 18.Qxc8+ {Another piece eaten. Black
> must move his King. The only legal move is e7.
>
> Analysis with a computer shows there is a forced mate in 8 moves. I did
> rather hang out the victory. But it was so easy to pick pieces off that I
> did not care too much to look deeply at the position. } 18...Ke7 {The only
> legal move for Black. White can now take the Black Rook, but this can be
> delayed, as taking the pawn on c7 will gain another pawn but still allow
> White to capture the Rook on his next move. } 19.Qxc7+ {Take another
> pawn. } 19...Kf8 20.Qxd6+ {White eats another pawn. Note taking these
> pawns does not stop me taking the Rook next move. } 20...Ke8 21.Bf7+ {This
> is a "double attack" The Queen and King are both attacked with the one
> piece. Black must either:
>
> 1) Capture the Bishop on f7, in which case the knight on g7 will take the
> Queen. Or
>
> 2) Move his King, in which case the Bishop will take the Queen.
>
>
> The move was not a very sensible one, as it somewhat lengthed the time
> needed to get mate.
>
>
>
>
>
> } 21...Qxf7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Qd7+? {Black's position is totally hopeless.
> There really is no point continuing. Even if White blundered and lost the
> Queen, it would still easily win. You will not learn anything from being
> chased around a board loosing your pieces on virtually every move. }
> 23...Kg6 24.Qg4+ Kf7 {The only legal move for Black.
>
> Really, given Black has so few legal moves, White should have no doubt
> pressed for a checkmate earlier. The game should have been finished a lot
> quicker than it was. } 25.Qxh5+ {Another piece gone. } 25...g6 {Black
> finally manages to stop the endless series of Checks which have resulted
> in countless pieces being removed. } 26.Qg4 f5 27.exf5 h5 28.Qxg6+ {Its
> just too easy now. Black has so little material he is completely powerless
> to do anything. } 28...Ke7 29.Qg7+ {This is another "double attack". The
> White Queen attacks two pieces at once. Black must move the King, so the
> rook is eaten. } 29...Kd6 30.Qxh8 h4 {Any form of counter attack by Black
> is now really impossible. } 31.Rfe1 a5 32.Bc5+ {This is a "discovered
> attack" on the e5 pawn. The Bishop moved out of the way of the Rook, so
> the rook attacks the pawn. } 32...Kc6 33.Rxe5 Kb5 34.Ba7+ {I could easily
> move the Knight to safety, but there is no point looking too deeply at the
> position. } 34...Kxa4 35.Qxh4# {The final act. Black is Checkmated. It
> should have happend a lot earlier.
>
> I hope some of these comments are helpful to you. } 1-0
>
>
> --
> Dave (from the UK)
>
> Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
> It is always of the form: [email protected]
> Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
>
> http://witm.sourceforge.net/ (Web based Mathematica front end)
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Date: 12 Aug 2006 12:29:26
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Comments to pass to inexperienced player.
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> 8...Na5?? {Black seems to have missed the fact his Bishop was
> under attack. } 9.Nxc5 {Eat a Bishop. }
> 13.Qxb4...Qg6 {A blunder, since the Black Knight on a5 is unprotected. }
> 14.Qxa5 {Eat a Knight. At the same time this attacks the c7 pawn. Black
> should see this and take action.
At 10+12 time controls, I think hanging several pieces per game occurs
around 850 USCF. That's not an unusual rating for a beginner.
People are more likely to accept, and therefore benefit, from criticism
if you focus on only one or two things they could do better. In this
case his opening was fine, and in a losing position he came up a
counterattack. He simply needs to stop hanging pieces. A good way to do
that is to remember to do a quick 5-second check before each move, "Am
I about to lose the game by hanging a piece?".
Pins, forks, and skewers come later. Simply not hanging pieces will
raise his rating 200 points. I wish that were so easy at 1600.
> 16. Qd5 $4
> {This is a blunder by White. A much more sensible move would have been
> take the f7 > pawn with the Bishop, creating a fork between the Queen and King.}
Yes, Bxf7 was vastly superior, winning a queen for a bishop and knight.
> That this point Black is 12 points down. There is no point continuing.
> You might as well resign. You will not learn anything from having all
> your pieces snapped up. }
Sure he will. He needs to learn how to win a won a position.
> Analysis with a computer shows there is a forced mate in 8 moves.
You also need to learn to efficiently win a won position. 21. Qe6+ Kf8
22. Bc5#. You missed a mate-in-two, not a mate-in-eight.
> Its just too easy now. Black has so little material he is
When it gets too easy, that's a good time to stop annotating for him.
You spotted some, but not all, two-move tactics. Once you can spot 90%
of them, your rating will leap.
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