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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2012 at 15:31
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

bump

Absolutely decimating some guy with a much higher rating than me right now.  Honestly I don't see how he got that, he's definitely worse than Alec, Rico, or Vomps

Could be mistaken but looks like mate in 2, turn 15 right now


You’re not mistaken. I don’t think alant will do any more moves. The only one he’s allowed to is Qh2, and after Qxf1 and Qg1 you will checkmate him with Qxg1. I’ve looked at some of his other games, and it seems he only wins when his opponent makes a blunder.


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Oh, VanVan and Negoba, in case you were wondering, I know you sent me new invites, but I've taken a break this period. 
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bump

Absolutely decimating some guy with a much higher rating than me right now.  Honestly I don't see how he got that, he's definitely worse than Alec, Rico, or Vomps

Could be mistaken but looks like mate in 2, turn 15 right now


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Indeed I do . Even draw is highly unlikely (and was about 20 moves ago too), the only trouble is that I'm not very good at mating (if you know what I mean). Wink
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I suppose you mean there’s no way you can lose.
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This is kind of annoying because there's way I can lose now but I don't know how to do this with as few moves as possible.
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Nah, it's just he didn't notice my bishop across the board before taking one of my pieces with his queen
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^ tip - write the move down first before playing itSmile
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It seems I continue to wantonly through pieces away... perhaps one of these days I'll learn to look at the board before I move. Head on wall

Good thing it's just a game, eh? LOL
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Originally posted by VanVanVan VanVanVan wrote:

Originally posted by dennismoore dennismoore wrote:

Originally posted by VanVanVan VanVanVan wrote:

Hey guys, just found this thread. I've been getting really into chess lately and I'd love to play with some PA folk. My handle on chess.com is VanVanVan99 if anyone's interested. Smile



I don't see you on chess.com   by the name   VanVanVan99 ?

Hm. Confused It looks like some people have been having trouble with the search function, and I'd guess that's the case since that's the correct spelling and whatnot. What's your handle? I can see if I can find you instead. 



My handle is     dennismoore
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I’ve been looking through your game, and it seems to me that 5. … d6 was a weak move, leading to Alec getting a doubled pawn.

http://www.101chesstips.com/doubled-pawns.jsp#

I think 5. … Qe7 looks better, but I’m not sure what would have happened later. The double pawn weakness was revealed when Colin played 15. Qxc5. Then 17. d5 was more or less decisive since Alec lost a knight.

It’s sooo much easier to see these things after the game is over, of course.
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A mate was pretty inevitable, but if you had killed my bishop you would have at least held it off for a while
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Ah, that was a really awful blunder Alec...

I'm afraid I'm still rusty enough that I make a lot of those Confused
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Aaron, I ran a chess.com analysis on our game.  According to their engine, the big game-changing moves were 27. ...Rb5?? and 33. ... Ka7??.  Beyond that it was mostly pretty solid play.

Says 4 inaccuracies for me, 2 blunders and a mistake for you.


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Ah, that was a really awful blunder Alec...
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Basically 90% of my opening moves focus on control of the center
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The more I've been looking at games between very good players the more I realize that the way I play my openings is pretty terrible. Cry

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I'm not into chess theory, because it does nothing but reveal two slight variables: when I suck and when I suck less.
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