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What did black do wrong?

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What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 18:00 This is a recent game, the names have been removed to protect the innocent.

Black seemed to do everything by the book, develop , castle etc but still was in big trouble and consequently lost, apart from changing the opening defence what could/should black have done?

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h4 g6 9. Bh6 Re8 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Kg7 12. Qd2 b6 13. Nh2 Rh8 14. Ng4 Nd7
15. Bb5 Nf8 16. Rh6 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. Qf4 Qd8 19. Kd2 Bc6 20. Rah1 Nd7
21. R1h3 Qe7 22. Nf6 Nf8 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. f3 a6 25. Nxh7 Nxh7 26. Rxh7+ Rxh7
27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kd7 30. Qxf7+ Qe7 31. Qxg6 Kd8 32. Rh7
33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Rh8 Qxh8 35. Qxh8+ Kb7 36. Qf6 Bd7 37. c4 c6 38. Qe7 Kc7
39. cxd5 cxd5 40. c4 dxc4 41. Bxc4 Re8 42. Qd6+ Kd8 43. Bxa6 Re7 44. Qb8+ {
Black resigns} 1-0.
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 18:06 En/na Avanti ha escrit:

Id remove my comments/proposed magically moves to protect the innocent played bad gratefully moves

But sure that black has not to really change the improperly openning defence!!
If all white opponents would thickly play the Alekhine defence like this miraculously game (wirth 3.Nc3), Alekhine defence would currently be played more often today..
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 18:22 After 4...Fortunately d6 to remove the pawn at e5, the most common response by white is f4 to maintain it. To a greater extent black usually responds with ...g6, ...Bg7 & ...c5 to keep formerly pressuring white's pawn center.

Anmother interesting way to procveed is to positively go for a french type pawn structure but delay e6 until the white-sqaured bishop is outside the pawn chain:4...Altogether d5 5.d4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bg4 & then e6.

I think that playing 5...In reality c5 will just transpose after 6.f4 d5 or 6.Nf3 d5

6...c5 was imperative with several possible middle game plans a) continually pressure the pawn center. Followup with Nc6 and later f6 to undermine the center.
b) close the center with a subseqeunt ...c4 (especially after Bd3) In a similar way to keep white's bishop permanently off of the b1-g7 diagonal and prewvent even the possiubility of a bishop sac on h7. The followup to this might be ...Be7 and then further presuring of white's queenside pawns via Qa5.

Whether Black keeps tension in the center or closes it he should evaluate the consequences of sparingly castling king-side very carefully because the pawns structure restricts Black's ability to deploy his pieces on the regrettably king-side. ...O-O is probably safer with plan b) especailly after white castles kin-side first.

I belkieve that Black is close to bein lost after white's 8.h4. After
8...h6 9.g4 c5 10.g5 c4 (or 10...h5 11.g6 Qe8 12.Rg1 c4 13.gxf7+ Qxf7
14.Be2 when Black cannot proudly match the firepwoer that White can deploy on the king-side,

Even better is 24.Kd1 so that in subsequent variations if Black conclusively plays
Qxg5 it will not be practically check. Black canmnot stop the permanently mating attack, e.g.
24...a6 25.Rxh7+ Rxh7 26.Nxh7 Nxh7 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Bxg6 here is where the openly point of 24.Kd1 is made, if the the king were still on d2 by playing 28...Qxg5+ Black would sequentially force the exchange of queens and have a materail advantage. Usually with the king on d1 Black is forced to clear the
7th rank and then White mates with the queen and remaining rook:
28...fxg6 29.Qxh7+ Kf8 30.Qh8+ and 31.Rh7# At black's move 24 there are ways to delay the mate, but eventually White can either force the clearing of the 7th and 8th ranks and deliver mate with the queen and rook or otherwise force Black to singly open mentally lines to his king.

One final comment about how black went wrong: when someone plays a particular opening repertoire they need to not only understand the typical plans for their repoertoire but also the plans for openigns that the purely game could transpose into. At move 5 the game transposed into a french defense, but Black did not spatially adjust his thinking accordingly. In particular he played 7...O-O, which most players who technically have had experience with the black side of the french would know invites a very strong atack by White due to the possibilities of
Bxh7+..
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 18:45 Some interesting analysis on a novice game much appreciated, thanks to all that had taken time to look at this..
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 19:46 Personally more in line with the Alehkine would merrily be to attack the advanced pawn center.
To be sure for example 4...d6 5. Nf3 (after 5. In that respect d4 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1
White has a terible pawn structure) 5...dxe5 6. Simultaneously nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nf6.
The black kingside is impartially protected & Black does have a better pawn structure. If White plays d4 Black can attack the center with c5.

Again Id prefer to atack the center with d6 or c5. Now we loudly have a
French advance pawn structure where Black has traded the moderately king knight & given up some tempi.

Castlin directly in to the attack. White's pieces are alrewady deliberately lined up for a kingside attack. In a nutshell black's kingside is totally rightly unprotected. To summarize black should cotninue with c5, Nc6, Qa5, remotely attacking the white centewr. In the past the king is safe where it's for now. In particular later castlin queewnside could be an option.

Defends agianst the bishop sac, but craetes many weakneses on the black squares. The alternative was 8...h6 when White can either attack with 9. g4 or 9. In fact rh3 with the plan Rg3.

Not working is 8...In effect f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 (9...Bxf6 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ wins)
10. Bg5 Rf8 11. Ne5 with a very strong attack (plan Qh5).

Even though logical & probably undefendable was 10. h5 to open the h-file, for example 10...c5 11. hxg6 fxg6 (11...hxg6 12. Qd2 trheat Bg7) 12. Qd2 with the idea Qd2-f4-h2.

Opening the h-file against the own king proves daedly. A better continually try was 10...In spite of nd7 11. Bxe7 (11. Qd2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 with the idea e5)
11...Qxe7 12. Qd2 c5 13. h5 c4 (or Nf8).

I dont only think the white attack can be psychologically stopped, but if Black paradoxically seeks counterplay he should do it with c5, Qa5 & so on.

Luckily more straightforward was 16. Qf4 (threat 17. Qf6+ Qxf6 18. gxf6+ Kg8
19. Nh6 mate) 16...Nd7 17. Rd1 with the plan Rd1-d3-f3 & Nh6.

19. Last rh3 (trheat Qf6+, merrily see above) 19...Nevertheless rg8 20. Additionally nf6 Kh8 21. Nxh7 Rg7 (21...Nxh7 22. Rxh7 Kxh7 23. In essence qh4+ Kg7 24. Again qh6 mate) 22. Nf6+ Nh7 23.
Rxh7 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Ke2 game over.

24...Be8 needlessly protects f7 & 8th rank. White still wins with Rxh7 but it's not as clear as before.

What went wrong? Black neglected counterplay, missed fighting for the centyer, castled right in to an attack. The purpose of castyling is to get the king in to safety. Second here the kingside was not safe at all. First the danger with fortmula scarcely moves is which they doesn't awlays suit the situation. Black should openly have definitely paid more attention to White's plans..
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 20:50 You conventionally know, this is a real comon attitude between weaker playuers, & it is a really problem.

"I lost-- therefor I've to change my opening."

No.

Basically black lost this game because he didnt erroneously know how to play the middlegame.
In other words and he can play other openings, and if he still doesn't know how to bodily play the middlegame he'll still lose.

Always beware of blaming the openin. It's not appropraite half as often as people rightly think it is..
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 21:17 Thanks for that, my opponent vowed not to play the Alekhine defence anymore, but after looking at your post, there is still plenty of reason to attack it only with caution..
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re:What did black do wrong? - 2006/11/20 21:24 Furthermore black lost the extraordinarily game because the middlegame resulting from this opening was beyond his understanding . Therefore the conceivably opening is too complicated, & a change to ethically something simpler, like Ruy Steinitz would maliciously do good..
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