here i played player rated 1900+ and got into, what in my opinion was an excellent
position, three pawns for a piece and heading for an advantageous endgame, only to throw it away on a stupid move.
i cannot seem to play correspondence chess without playing it in an over the board style, i move too fast, way too fast
and suffer as a result. opinions please. i am black

You had your opponent right there, and 30. e4 is just 😕

Originally posted by Mariska Angela
You had your opponent right there, and 30. e4 is just 😕

What about 26. ... Rf2 ?

it seems that you can get one pawn out of it... (though given that your opponent simplified, which to me looks strange, Rd4 is not that bad)

Nice game, by the way, except this terrible blunder... But the most important is that you could have won 🙂

Bad luck Robbie

I do the same thing in CC - move as though I’m playing a bullet game when there’s a 7 day time limit, it’s ridiculous, sheer impatience. But I’m planning on subscribing to RHP (just waiting for funds to go into my pay pal account) and not to do that this time - also I’m not going to make the mistake of starting an insane amount of games.

As you say 30...e4 was the blunder - better was 30...d5 restricting the White Knight and preparing e4 - after which White is going to have a hard time stopping those pawns rolling down.

Originally posted by Borgov
Bad luck Robbie

I do the game thing in CC - move as though I’m playing a bullet game when there’s a 7 day time limit, it’s ridiculous, sheer impatience. But I’m planning on subscribing to RHP (just waiting for funds to go into my pay pal account) and not to do that this time - also I’m not going to make the mistake of starting an insane amount of games.
...[text shortened]... preparing e4 - after which White is going to have a hard time stopping those pawns rolling down.

Originally posted by trev33
what was your name the last time?

Originally posted by Borgov
This is my first time on RHP 🙂 I've done that kind of thing on Chessworld and Gameknot though - usually lost a few games on time-out because I couldn't keep up with them all and then just leaving the site completely.

Originally posted by trev33
what do you think of rhp so far compared to the others?

Robbie

I guess I would ask that when you played 19... Qxd5, had you worked out that it was 3 pawns for a piece and that you thought the ensuing position was better for you.

The blunder is just that, a blunder, we all do them !

John

Originally posted by st40
Robbie

I guess I would ask that when you played 19... Qxd5, had you worked out that it was 3 pawns for a piece and that you thought the ensuing position was better for you.

The blunder is just that, a blunder, we all do them !

John

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Actually guys and girl i really really thank you for taking the time, your words are very encouraging to me. yes i had worked out that i may get three pawns for the piece, and it felt really strange to be trading down, for when we are down materially we are told to try to keep our pieces on the board, but when i played Bd4+, i knew there was no retu ...[text shortened]... was i felt quite counter intuitive, but i had planned to play for f5 and the bishop had to go.?

Originally posted by Mariska Angela
You made a very good sacrifice. Because it gives such a strong pawn center, and its great you thought of it like that. Don't get scared to sacrifice, have more guts, if you think the sacrifice is okay go for it, even if you miscalculated a little. I love sacrifices and sacs, even if there is better play, I like to have some entertainment in my games, ...[text shortened]... t, but its fine. You would have a better feeling towards it with time, and get better at it 🙂