Opening idea was not good and I got completely outplayed, middlegame was really chaotic for me, endgame was played on life support (increment) :D Please share your thoughts
Yeah in all these positions where you move your bishop out of the pawn chain (Bf4) and trade off your c-pawn, it's so easy to get taken advantage of with the weak squares on the queenside since your bishop isn't protecting that area anymore.
I'd really hesitate before playing Qb3 cause the doubled pawns make it even worse to handle that area because Bb4 Ne4 Nb4 Bc2 etc. will come soon.
When GM Sam Shankland got a position against the London where he had the doubled pawns, he kept the bishop inside the pawn chain "because getting it outside is too slow. it's a much higher priority to push the doubled pawns through quickly"
So I feel like the move order in these positions should be really researched by both sides because moves like h3 Rc1 (and ...a6) seem very provocative. The move order I like in the exchange slav is 4.Bf4, 5.Nc3, 6.e3. On move 6 black has a few options and you can see the theory in the master database.
For the record I think once you play Ne5, the Ne5-xc6 bxc6 pawn structure is good for white. In this case he was able to avoid that though.
I like how you played the rest of the game because you neutralized all of his pieces and threats. GG WP
I'd really hesitate before playing Qb3 cause the doubled pawns make it even worse to handle that area because Bb4 Ne4 Nb4 Bc2 etc. will come soon.
When GM Sam Shankland got a position against the London where he had the doubled pawns, he kept the bishop inside the pawn chain "because getting it outside is too slow. it's a much higher priority to push the doubled pawns through quickly"
So I feel like the move order in these positions should be really researched by both sides because moves like h3 Rc1 (and ...a6) seem very provocative. The move order I like in the exchange slav is 4.Bf4, 5.Nc3, 6.e3. On move 6 black has a few options and you can see the theory in the master database.
For the record I think once you play Ne5, the Ne5-xc6 bxc6 pawn structure is good for white. In this case he was able to avoid that though.
I like how you played the rest of the game because you neutralized all of his pieces and threats. GG WP
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV
Insightful feedback, thank you so much, I really underestimated Qb6, initially I though I go Qb3 we trade and this doubled pawns not really going to be an issue because my idea was to just push the weaknesses obviously, I completely overlooked Bb4 though, and when he played it I realized I was in trouble because he just had fixed my weakness so I had to get a little creative on the defensive resources, when he played 19..Nc1 I just couldn't believe there was nothing there for me, that knight was so close to get trapped but my dark-squared-bishop was too much of a liability.
Insightful feedback, thank you so much, I really underestimated Qb6, initially I though I go Qb3 we trade and this doubled pawns not really going to be an issue because my idea was to just push the weaknesses obviously, I completely overlooked Bb4 though, and when he played it I realized I was in trouble because he just had fixed my weakness so I had to get a little creative on the defensive resources, when he played 19..Nc1 I just couldn't believe there was nothing there for me, that knight was so close to get trapped but my dark-squared-bishop was too much of a liability.
Rc1 in the opening seems unnecessary when you can develop your light squared bishop first and castle. You should also consider going Nh4 to get rid of black's light squared bishop because it can be a little annoying. I thought Qb6 was a nice move by your opponent, as it kind of forced Qb3, leaving you with isolated doubled pawns. Notice how if your rook wasn't on c1, Qc1 was possible, and if black's light squared bishop was gone, Qc2 would be possible.
There were also some questionable trades, but I think it was good that you didn't give up and you fought your hardest. I find that very hard to do sometimes.
There were also some questionable trades, but I think it was good that you didn't give up and you fought your hardest. I find that very hard to do sometimes.
You're welcome - Yeah I know what you mean the positions where white plays b3-b4-b5 (black b6-b5-b4) are really good because you can use the pawns to destroy the enemy queenside. But in those cases you still have your c-pawn, either on c3 or c5, so it's easier to push the b-pawns, unlike here.
@AnUtterlyKarpov
Noted and noted, thank you, yes this game was though for me, while I was playing I was obviously frustrated for several reasons, bad idea that cost me a pawn, couldn't trap that damn knight :D and was getting really nervous because of low-time, I was happy with a draw for sure, I feel like had my opponent spent a little more time with his moves he would've capitalized on this game, it seemed to me he was pressing a little my clock situation and it got a little out of his hand.
Noted and noted, thank you, yes this game was though for me, while I was playing I was obviously frustrated for several reasons, bad idea that cost me a pawn, couldn't trap that damn knight :D and was getting really nervous because of low-time, I was happy with a draw for sure, I feel like had my opponent spent a little more time with his moves he would've capitalized on this game, it seemed to me he was pressing a little my clock situation and it got a little out of his hand.
Rc1 was definitely over-ambitious
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