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Dec 2020
12:55pm, 16 Dec 2020
26,489 posts
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Maclennane
So, rhb, was there anything I could have done to avoid this endgame? Feels like I threw the advantage away
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Dec 2020
1:57pm, 16 Dec 2020
1,535 posts
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rhb
Taking my Knight on move 32 was an error I was looking for from you when I moved to invite the take. If you'd pushed your Pawn forward past my Knight to f5 then it & the Queen were in a very strong position over my King plus they'd be tieing up my Knight in defence of g6.
Qg3-d5 looked a good pawn gain but created the opportunity to exchange pieces leading to the pin that forced the Queen swap. You'd have been better to keep your Queen in the game i think as it was proving a real menace.
Otherwise I was worried Rd1-d5 would have strengthened your attacking position, although the diagonal rooks did a very good job of preventing my Queen from any mischief...
Greater minds than mine will perhaps see more options that you had open to you, and possibly some for me too.
It's still an open ending with all 3 results possible, although draw perhaps looking more likely once more.
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Dec 2020
2:01pm, 16 Dec 2020
1,536 posts
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rhb
To be clear, by "Greater minds than mine" I'm not meaning to imply mine is great at all. I've played a lot over the years but never to any level that'd trouble most club players.
I'll stop digging now...
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Dec 2020
2:37pm, 16 Dec 2020
21,388 posts
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Meglet
Well played Max, thanks for the game. I need some strategies for moving beyond the opening, I often look at the board and have no idea what to do next. Having said that, the analysis didn’t throw up too many blunders.
I knew you were trying to get me to lose my Queen but I was resisting as that really would have been the end!
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Dec 2020
4:01pm, 16 Dec 2020
9,040 posts
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simbil
Late to the party but hoping to get a bit of chess in over xmas - simbil0 on chess.com
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Dec 2020
4:35pm, 16 Dec 2020
26,490 posts
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Maclennane
I don't know openings, and hope to blunder into a middle game when I can just judge it on its merits, before getting lost in an end game.
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Dec 2020
4:37pm, 16 Dec 2020
25,172 posts
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fetcheveryone
Welcome, simbil. Your chess.com ranking gets updated in our league table at 3am each day, so you should improve on the current 0 
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Dec 2020
4:41pm, 16 Dec 2020
9,041 posts
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simbil
Thanks Fetch, the only way is up
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Dec 2020
5:01pm, 16 Dec 2020
1,537 posts
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rhb
Maclennane - game is back in your favour with the extra pawn
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Dec 2020
5:12pm, 16 Dec 2020
1,538 posts
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rhb
Maclennane - sorry for any confusion there!
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