tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post3692812012205597158..comments2024-02-24T12:16:34.475-05:00Comments on Path to Chess Mastery: Annotated Game #46: Maneuvers and Missed OpportunitiesChessAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-17759679456572435412012-05-21T20:06:01.578-04:002012-05-21T20:06:01.578-04:00Thanks for the comments. I don't think 12. b4 ...Thanks for the comments. I don't think 12. b4 was a bad move necessarily, but it didn't really do much for White and was symptomatic of a rather weak analysis of the position and resulting planning during the game (i.e. "I'll play b4 because that's what I always play in the English.")<br /><br />18...Qb8 definitely put Black in a weaker position. I particularly like the analysis variation for White on move 21 (Nd2).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-38920348909200311512012-05-21T05:23:25.928-04:002012-05-21T05:23:25.928-04:00A very interesting game.
I thought you were prett...A very interesting game.<br /><br />I thought you were pretty much better at 18...Qb8 so maybe b4 was OK.<br /><br />It doesn't look like Black has a whole lot and there are some good targets like the hanging R on e7, possible pin of Nd7, and the pin on f7 which weakens g6.<br /><br />Also d6 looks good for a N and if exchanging the B on b7 then c8 looks like trouble for Black.<br /><br />I'm not sure what my plan would be but I'm thinking there might be time to reposition something like Nbd2, Qb3 and then Nc4 might offer some good opportunities.ChessClueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576060289496456129noreply@blogger.com