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TalFan

 Can someone please help analyse my game , and tell me where I played well/poor and also what my opponent could have done better . I did my best to annotate the game w/out a chess engine

TheRealThreat
black miss on move 23...Qf7 better I think is 23...Bxh2+ which give black a winning end game. 23...Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Qxe4, if 25.Qxd7 Qe5+ 26. no matter how he block the check or move his king then black pick up the rook on a1.
Loomis

32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. Qc3 and you force the trade of all the pieces. With an extra pawn on both sides of the board white wins without having to worry about tricks. If that endgame doesn't look simple to win, I would suggest studying king and pawn endgames.
[32. Qc4+ Qf7? 33. Nh6+]

 I think you're right that 12. Nh2 is too passive. You have an undeveloped piece on c1. How about 12. Be3 or more aggressive. 12. Bg5. Then you can develop the queen, connect the rooks, etc. Note that 12. Bg5 Rxf3 should be met by 13. Bxe7 before Qxf3, otherwise 13. Qxf3? Bxg5 where black has 2 pieces for the rook.

At move 14 you're attacking with an undeveloped piece on c1 and a misplaced piece on h2. The number of white's attacking pieces simply doesn't outnumber black's defensive pieces.

At move 35, if you want to avoid overlooking your opponents threats as in the game, the idea would be to keep your queen on the diagonal leading to your king and push your queenside pawns. Since you have a majority on the queenside, this should be enough to win. 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. c4. Black won't be able to stop your pawn from marching and has no way to threaten the king.

I make plenty of mistakes too, so I hope this helps.


TalFan
Thanks a lot for your comments guys , they have been very helpful . :) I would not have bothered trying to checkmate the king in the endgame but I had almost no time left so itwas my only option .
TonightOnly

 Talfan,

 

A well played game, but a few mistakes. I'll make a few comments. Hope they help! 

 

    22. Nxe4?? is a blunder and gives up your knight for a pawn. If white recaptures, then black has 23...Bxh2+, picking up a rook.  Try to get used to looking for discovered attacks. Ever since 17...Bd6 when black brought his bishop to that diagonal, you should have been keeping an eye out for the possibility of Bxh2+.

 

    You called 12. Nh2? "a little passive," but I think it is worse than that. It accomplishes nothing and places the knight on a much worse square. You said you had no other move on move 12. How about Nd4 as your 12th move?! Black has no good move to save the e6 pawn. Also, black's position is very stifled and he has to make further weak moves to avoid the knight doing more damage. There was also c4 and Re1.

 

    You called 24. Ng4?? dubious, saying that you were sacrificing your rook for an attack. What attack? A knight on g4 poses very few threats to black. You simply blundered away your rook. Try to look at all the possible moves, and not just what you can do. There were plenty of ways for you to save the rook.

 

    You said that white was easily winning after 31. Qxc7, and you were! After that, things went downhill. You said the reason was time trouble, and I have to respect that because, Lord knows, I have been there before. So my advice...

Don't get into time trouble! Okay that's obvious, but how? Well, you will get better at this as time goes by. There are exercises you can do to calculate faster. Also, make sure you are not spending time thinking about an interesting idea that you know you won't play. Play a reasonable move, and get on with the game. It will also help to study endgame technique. However, the best way to avoid time trouble is to roughly plan out your clock usage over the course of the game, and try to stick to it as best as you can. You have to respect the endgame. You cannot memorize the endgame. The endgame takes deliberation over the board even after you have studied countless positions. Allow for this, and you should be a lot better at avoiding time trouble.


kamanyola

It seems like you was rushing the move. that was a simple win end game by white.

Just take your time next time. you arn't playing blitz, it was your game. Chess players believe that it is not ever until you checkmate  your opponent which is definitely true.


Thingimajig
Try to take control of the game from the very start; your opponent gave you the chance with an  Alkehines Defence (maybe try c4 if you aren't keen on d4). Failing that, don't attack unless you feel you are in the better position.
TalFan

> tonightonly7

Thanks for your comments . I have missed the discovered check totally , I have to be more careful about . Your comments are of great help, and I now realise that the rook sac is a bad blunder and without it I would have been ahead if not level . Also thanks to everyone else  for looking at my game . This site has some good chess players :)