Ended up winning. But, I probably shouldn't have after the ridiculous move 35.b-c6?? giving up the one advantage (which I was planning on winning with-the queenside majority along with knight versus bishop)
[pgn/]1.e4c52.c3d53.exd5Qxd54.d4Nf65.Nf3Bg46.Be2e67.h3Bh58.g4Bg69.c4Qd810.Nc3cxd411.Nxd4Bc512.Qa4+Nbd713.Be3O-O14.h4Nb615.Qd1Bb416.h5Be417.f3e518.Nf5Bxf519.gxf5Qc820.Qb3Bxc3+21.bxc3Qxf522.O-O OQe623.c5Qxb324.axb3Nbd525.Bd2a526.Kc2Rfc827.h6Rxc528.hxg7b529.Kb2Nf430.Be3Rd531.Bxf4exf432.Rxd5Nxd533.Bxb5Rb834.Ba4Kxg735.Bc6Nxc336.Rh5Rc837.Bd7Rc738.Bf5h639.Bc2Ne240.Rxa5Nd441.Bd1Ne642.Rd5Rc543.Rxc5Nxc544.b4Nd745.Kc3h546.Be2Ne547.Kd4f648.Ke4h449.Kxf4Kf750.Ke3Ke651.f4Ng652.f5+Kxf553.Bd3+Kg554.Bxg6Kxg655.b5h3[/pgn]
What do you think the best way to proceed at move 35 is?
Originally posted by PhlabibitWow, that is weird. I just copy and pasted the pgn from the link. Oh well, thanks for posting that though. Any thoughts on the game? Mistakes other than the obvious one where I lose a pawn or where he allows me to go into the king and pawn endgame?
I've got no clue where you got your PGN text, it makes no sense. Part of your failure was also the [ /pgn ] to start the pgn. Where are all the spaces required to separate the moves? Hit reply and quote to see how it's pasted properly. Have fun.
[pgn][Event "Annotation Station: Ladder Round 2"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[White "erikid ...[text shortened]... Ke6
51.f4 Ng6 52.f5+ Kxf5 53.Bd3+ Kg5 54.Bxg6 Kxg6 55.b5 h3 56.Kf3 *[/pgn]
Originally posted by tomtom232after 15. q-d1 the knight has left the kingside. Is 2 knight moves to a bad square really a gain of tempo?
The first thing that I see is 12.Qa4+... pretty much a useless move that loses, count em, two tempi. One for moving the queen to a4 and one for moving it back to d1.