Here's an example of exposing a kingside weakened slightly by pawn advances with first a bishop sac, then several forcing clearance moves:
Game 3448200
1.e4...e5
2.f4...d6
3.Nf3...Bg4
4.Bc4...Be7
5.Nc3...exf4
6.0-0...Nd7
7.d4...g5
Next comes the move
8.Bxf7+!
Originally posted by SquelchbelchLOL 3. ..Bg4?! 🙄
Here's an example of exposing a kingside weakened slightly by pawn advances with first a bishop sac, then several forcing clearance moves:
Game 3448200
1.e4...e5
2.f4...d6
3.Nf3...Bg4
4.Bc4...Be7
5.Nc3...exf4
6.0-0...Nd7
7.d4...g5
[fen]r2qk1nr/pppnbp1p/3p4/6p1/2BPPpb1/2N2N2/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq g6 0 8[/fen]
Next comes the move
8.Bxf7+!
sorry, I just always clutch my tummy laughing when I see an early Bg4 from black in the King's Gambit
Originally posted by YUG0slavYeah, the Bg4 knight pin was too early as my plan after the bishop sac was almost certainly going to involve a follow-up Ng5 check, but I hadn't shown my hand at that stage.
LOL 3. ..Bg4?! 🙄
sorry, I just always clutch my tummy laughing when I see an early Bg4 from black in the King's Gambit
Delayed acceptance of the f4 pawn in a King's Gambit game raises an eyebrow as well. It usually shows signs of mixed thinking. Better to accept straight away or decline & build up solidly. I always play the Falkbeer counter as black against KG.
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Originally posted by SquelchbelchIn regard to tactics, the recent book, Endgame Tactics, is an excellent book. Most people will think of the mate-in-two type tactic, but I've found the endgame tactics in this highly praised book to be refreshing and true to the concept of tactics.
All very general, but...
1)Study tactics
2)Use attacking/imbalancing openings
3)Pay attention to your pawn structure - don't cause long term problems by making advances you can't take back later. Don't needlessly add "ears" to your pawn structure with moves like a3/h3 or a6/h6 as it can be a time-waster & tempo/rapid development are key featur ...[text shortened]... es by forcing a king re-take
7)Try to dominate the center - either directly or from afar
Hi hammond!
I've jeust gone through a game of yours and im going to do some rough annotations...but instead of pointing out mistakes, I'm going to try and make my notes relevant to the theme of "agression"
Game 3437225
1.e4 Nf6
Okay, well this (i think) is the reti opening, which i belive is perfectly playable --- so why am I mentioning this?
well, I personally think that this type of opening (after e5) puts black on the defensive because he/she has to move the knight (giving away tempo)...
so if you wish to play aggressivly, I'd drop this opening (as black)
2. e5 Nf6e4 3. d3 Ne4c5 4. Bc1e3 Nc5e6
notice how all of white moves are developing and all you have done (so far) is move a single knight halfway round the board....
because white is better developed, black is going to be on the defensive..because a lead in development usually means your the one that gets to attack first.
also, a knight at e6 means you cant play e6 (which would give queen+bishop room to move)
5. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 6. d4 Nc6b4
Nb4 this move doesn't really help blacks position at all. (i think d5 was better)
why? because it doesn't achive anything, the knight serves no real useful pupose at b4
had white of been slightly more cunning and played c4 before a3 I think black would have been left in a very difficualt position.
7. a3 Nb4d5 8. Qd1d3 Ne6f4 9. Be3xf4 Nd5xf4 10. Qd3e4 Nf4e6 11. Bf1d3 g5
I think g5 was bad because it weakens the kingside had you played g6 with the idea of bg7 0-0 black may have just managed to survive by the skin of the teeth.
12. O-O Ne6f4
like move 6...Nb4 this move (nf4) doesn't really do anything useful.
if a move isn't useful, then playing it is a waste of time.
13. Nf3xg5 Rh8g8 14. Qe4xf4
white doesn't do anything crazy here....he just takes adavantage of your mistakes.
f6 15. exf6 h6
h6?? f7#
what can we learn?
well, in order to be an agressive player you have to take advantage of their mistakes, and develop nicely --- in this game white did both of those things well.
as for black, well, if you carry on playing like that (aimlessly move the knights around the board) you are going to be constantly on the defensive.
Originally posted by YUG0slavI've only ever played the white side of it, so i don't really know the theory of it -- i dont think i'd advise beginers to start out with it
It's Alekhine's Defense...though played completely wrong...
and to say that it isn't an aggressive opening would be unfair as it is a hypermodern one and is built around counterattacking a large white center