Fellow chess traveller JAYNE, RYAN D (1697) will be heading out to the North American Open in Las Vegas. He will be one of the top seeds in the U1700 section and has a very good chance to finish on top, since I think that he is under rated by at least 150 points. This is the prize list for the U1700 section:
$10,000-5,000-3,000-2,000-1,000-800-700-600-500-400 (67% guaranteed)
May the four of them bring back lots of cash and rating points!
As part of Ryan's preparation for the NA Open, we played the following training game:
Me (1893) - Jayne,R (1679)
[E91]Training Game 60 (5 sec. increment),
19.12.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Na6 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 [ 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qc2; 8.Re1] 8...Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 [ 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qd2 ( 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 f6 13.Be3 Qf7) ] 10...h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.f3 [ 13.Re1 Nxe4 14.Bd3; 13.Qc2] 13...Nh5 14.Be3 Ng3 15.Re1 Nxe2+ 16.Rxe2 [ 16.Ndxe2] 16...Nc5 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.b4 [ 19.Nb5 c6] 19...Ne6 20.Rc1 [ 20.Rf1] 20...c6 21.Nc3 Qh4 22.Bf2 [ 22.f4 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Qxf4 25.Rf1 Qe5] 22...Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Nf4 24.Ree1 [ 24.Rf2 Bxh3 25.Be3 g5 26.gxh3 Nxh3+ 27.Kg2 Nxf2 28.Bxf2] 24...Qg3 [ 24...Bxh3-+ 25.gxh3 Qg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxf3+ 27.Kg1 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Nd3] 25.Kh1 [ 25.Be3 Nxh3+ 26.Kh1 Ng5 27.f4 Ne6 28.Ne2] 25...Bxh3 26.gxh3 Qxf3+ 27.Kg1 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 f5 [ 30...Nd3 31.Rcd1 Nxe1 32.Rxe1 f5 33.Rg1] 31.Rg1 [ 31.Re3 Qh4+ 32.Qh2 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Ne6] 31...Qh3+ 32.Qh2 Qf3+ 33.Rg2 Nxg2 34.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 f4 36.Kf3 g5 37.Rg1 Kg6 38.e5 dxe5 39.Bxe5 Rae8 40.Bd4 0-1
Some interesting moments:
Position after 15. Re1
Here Black played 16...Nxe2, I was happy to see this move as I think it is mistake to take my bad Bishop.Position after 23...Nf4
Here the only way for White to stay a slightly ahead is to play 24.Rf2, 24. Ree1 loses to Bxh3Position after 24...Qg3
Here I had to find the only move 25.Be3, but I played 25.Kh1 which loses to Bxh3 Position after 30.f5
I get one last chace to save the game with 31.Re3, but I play 31.Rg1 which loses. I was happy with my position after White's 21st move. I was getting behind on time and wanted to gain some time on the clock and quickly played 22.Bf2, which was my first mistake, later I had to find many only moves in time trouble and did not do so. Black didn't play the best moves either, and I still had a chace to come back with 31. Re3.
My comments on your training game Ivan you must improve these things if you are to become an expert
ReplyDelete1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Na6 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 (Bad Move encourages Ng4 should play h3) [ 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qc2; 8.Re1] 8...Ng4 9.Bg5 (why not play Bc1 now then h3 and Be3) Qe8 10.h3 [ 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qd2 ( 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 f6 13.Be3 Qf7) ] 10...h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.f3 [ 13.Re1 Nxe4 14.Bd3; 13.Qc2] 13...Nh5 14.Be3 Ng3 (Now you have big holes on black squares was a bad idea to play f3 after having played h3) 15.Re1 Nxe2+ 16.Rxe2 (bad move) [ 16.Ndxe2] 16...Nc5 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.b4 (bad move leave the Knight on C5) [ 19.Nb5 c6] 19...Ne6 20.Rc1 [ 20.Rf1] 20...c6 21.Nc3 Qh4 22.Bf2 [ 22.f4 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Qxf4 25.Rf1 Qe5] 22...Bxd4 23.Bxd4 (This plan is faulty you played Bf2 to attack the Black Queen and now you move it again to take the Bishop on D4 loss of tempo) Nf4 24.Ree1 (This explains why RxE2 earlier was no good) [ 24.Rf2 Bxh3 25.Be3 g5 26.gxh3 Nxh3+ 27.Kg2 Nxf2 28.Bxf2] 24...Qg3 [ 24...Bxh3-+ 25.gxh3 Qg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxf3+ 27.Kg1 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Nd3] 25.Kh1 [ 25.Be3 Nxh3+ 26.Kh1 Ng5 27.f4 Ne6 28.Ne2] 25...Bxh3 26.gxh3 Qxf3+ 27.Kg1 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 f5 [ 30...Nd3 31.Rcd1 Nxe1 32.Rxe1 f5 33.Rg1] 31.Rg1 [ 31.Re3 Qh4+ 32.Qh2 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Ne6] 31...Qh3+ 32.Qh2 Qf3+ 33.Rg2 Nxg2 34.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 f4 36.Kf3 g5 37.Rg1 Kg6 38.e5 dxe5 39.Bxe5 Rae8 40.Bd4 0-1
Overall good game by Black bad game by White. White moved some pieces many times as well as having no concrete plan. White also created lots of holes for the enemy to put pieces on and also put his pieces on the wrong squares like RxE2. However White lost tempo in many moves of the game.
Jon Burgess
Hi Jon,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments.
The best way to protect the e-pawn was to play 13.Bf3 instead of 13.f3, 13.Re1 would lose a pawn for no compensation.
My plan as in most KID games was to expand on the q-side with b4 and Rc1. I didn't like the position after 19.Nb5 c6.
I was talking to an expert friend of mine, and he liked the idea of Rf1 with the plan of pushing the f-pawn instead of the Rc1.
It was interesting how Black's worst place piece, the Knight on a6 eventually won the game for him.
It was my fault for not managing my time properly and making several inaccurate moves towards the end.
I am still upset at myself for missing 31.Re3
Ivan your still missing the big picture
ReplyDeleteJon
It takes lots of study and experience to even get close to understanding the "big picture"
ReplyDeleteTo get to the expert level all I really need is tactics.
This game proves it.
In the next few months I am taking steps to increase my tactical abilities:
1) Knights Errant: Basically you select around 1000 tactical problems rated by difficulty and go over them 7 times. Taking less time for each iteration.
Details at: The Knights Errant
2) Chess Tactics Server : Avarage 50 problems a day.
Knights Errant is nothing new Ivan, I am not sure anyone had a name for it. I have studied tactics the same way since around 2000. You do not have to join a club to to this, people have used this method for more than 20 years. While this is a great training method, John is sort of right when he talks about this "big picture". Although I am not 100% sure of what he is talking about, because I have trouble seeing the big picture sometimes and I am over 2000 :) This big picture is made up of smaller things, like simple one move defense, or porr positional choice, missed tactical oppertunity(for you or your opponent), selecting wrong plan in middlegame structure, etc. What you can do is create your own binder of positions in which you missed the best move, just print them out in chessbase. Then solve them 2-3 times a month. It will not replace tactics, but when you print out 5 games out of say 50 where you missed a simple fork it shows you which theme you need to use your "Knights Errant" on. At first it will take weeks or months to go back and look at your old games only breifly to spot these mistakes, but it is well worth the time. From today you should start adding positions from your game with Ryan, like opponents repsonse, which you missed. Hopefully, this will let you see patterns in your games, and what your missing. Your training seems to lack structure. It is almost like you have a needle and your trying to poke a water ballon on a football field with a blindfold on. Your hoping one of these stabs into the field you cannot see, will burst the ballon and make you an expert. Miracle or special training techniques will not make you an expert. You need someone like Alex to help you with this stuff. Good Luck at the NAO!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays
Ashish Vaja
Ashish,
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing your thoughts. This was a trainig game for both Ryan and me, but he is the one who is going to the NAO.
My next big tournament is the Chicago Open.
I think all 3 of you will do well in DC.