Leaves
Please analyze. Thanks in advance.

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: frankiiuk
;Black: ahfooy
;Date: Thu Dec 11 14:59:36 GMT 2003

1. a2-a4 b8-c6
2. b1-c3 b7-b6
3. a1-a3 c8-b7
4. g2-g3 d7-d6
5. f1-h3 d8-d7
6. h3xd7+ e8xd7
7. c3-e4 a8-d8
8. a3-d3 d7-c8
9. e2-e3 e7-e6
10. d1-g4 c8-b8
11. g1-f3 f7-f5
12. g4-h4 f8-e7
13. f3-g5 h7-h6
14. h4-h5 f5xe4
15. d3-c3 g8-f6
16. h5-f7 d8-f8
17. f7xe7 c6xe7
18. g5xe6 e7-d5
19. c3xc7 d5xc7
20. e6xf8 h8xf8
21. d2-d4 d6-d5
22. c1-d2 c7-e6
23. d2-b4 f8-d8
24. h2-h4 d8-c8
25. c2-c3 b7-c6
26. o-o c6xa4
27. b4-d6+ b8-a8
28. f1-a1 b6-b5
29. f2-f4 f6-e8
30. f4-f5 e8xd6
31. f5xe6 c8-e8
32. a1-f1 e8xe6
33. f1-f8+ a8-b7
34. f8-g8 e6-f6
35. g8xg7+ d6-f7
36. g3-g4 f6-f3
37. g7-g6 f3xe3
38. g4-g5 e3-f3
39. g5xh6 e4-e3
40. h6-h7 e3-e2
41. h7-h8 f7xh8
42. g6-g7+ b7-a6
43. g7-e7 e2-e1+
44. e7xe1 f3-g3+
45. g1-f2 g3-g4
46. h4-h5 h8-f7
47. e1-e7 f7-g5
48. e7-e5 g5-e4+
49. f2-f3 a4-d1+
50. f3-e3 g4-g3+
51. e3-f4 g3-f3+
52. f4-g4 f3-f2+
53. g4-h4 a6-b6
54. e5xd5 b6-c6
55. d5-e5 f2-e2
56. e5-e6+ c6-d5
57. e6-e7 e2-h2++

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: frankiiuk
;Black: ahfooy
;Date: Thu Dec 11 14:59:36 GMT 2003

1. a2-a4 b8-c6
2. b1-c3 b7-b6
3. a1-a3 c8-b7

This isn't the first time i've seen this 1. a4 followed eventually by Ra3.
Where do beginners learn this from? It's crazy.

4. g2-g3 d7-d6
5. f1-h3 d8-d7
6. h3xd7+ e8xd7
7. c3-e4 a8-d8
8. a3-d3 d7-c8
9. e2-e3 e7-e6
10. d1-g4 c8-b8
11. g1-f3 f7-f5
12. g4-h4 f8-e7
13. f3-g5 h7-h6
14. h4-h5 f5xe4
15. d3-c3 g8-f6
16. h5-f7 d8-f8
17. f7xe7 c6xe7
18. g5xe6 e7-d5
19. c3xc7 d5xc7
20. e6xf8 h8xf8
21. d2-d4 d6-d5
22. c1-d2 c7-e6
23. d2-b4 f8-d8
24. h2-h4 d8-c8
25. c2-c3 b7-c6
26. o-o c6xa4
27. b4-d6+ b8-a8
28. f1-a1 b6-b5
29. f2-f4 f6-e8
30. f4-f5 e8xd6
31. f5xe6 c8-e8
32. a1-f1 e8xe6
33. f1-f8+ a8-b7
34. f8-g8 e6-f6
35. g8xg7+ d6-f7
36. g3-g4 f6-f3
37. g7-g6 f3xe3
38. g4-g5 e3-f3
39. g5xh6 e4-e3
40. h6-h7 e3-e2
41. h7-h8 f7xh8
42. g6-g7+ b7-a6
43. g7-e7 e2-e1+
44. e7xe1 f3-g3+
45. g1-f2 g3-g4
46. h4-h5 h8-f7
47. e1-e7 f7-g5
48. e7-e5 g5-e4+
49. f2-f3 a4-d1+
50. f3-e3 g4-g3+
51. e3-f4 g3-f3+
52. f4-g4 f3-f2+
53. g4-h4 a6-b6
54. e5xd5 b6-c6
55. d5-e5 f2-e2
56. e5-e6+ c6-d5
57. e6-e7 e2-h2++

Ah Fooy wrote:

Leaves
Please analyze. Thanks in advance.

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: frankiiuk
;Black: ahfooy
;Date: Thu Dec 11 14:59:36 GMT 2003

What this game highlights is piece safaty, or lack of.

1. a2-a4 b8-c6
2. b1-c3 b7-b6
3. a1-a3 c8-b7

The purpose of the opening is two develop the pieces and to get a
hold in the center. I think you would be better off if you don't do
those fancy fianchettos but move just the center pawns and bring your
pieces out.

4. g2-g3 d7-d6

Example he You already developed your queenside knight and bishop.
d6 won't do you any good developing your pieces as the only piece
that might profit from it is your white-squared bishop and that
bishop has already found a place. If you moved instead e7-e5, your
other bishop had got a diagonal where you could place him. As a bonus
here your bishop would also attack the white rook on a3. Rooks are
more worth than a bishop so White would be forced to to move the rook
back to a1 rendering his whole rook manouvre useless. If White
insisted
to move the rook to b3 you already win a rook for a knight or bishop:
4...e5 5. Rb3? Nd4 with a discovered double attack. Your knight
attacks the rook on b3, your bishop the rook on h1. White can save
only one rook.

5. f1-h3 d8-d7

Bad move, as the queen is worth more than a bishop. It's fair value is
actually two bishops and one knight! Anyway, a rule of thumb is that
queens have nothing to do out in the open in the opening and you can't
illustrate it better than here. If the queen is out she is prone to
attack as she is the most valuable piece after the king.

Another rule is don't move a piece on a square where it can be taken
if your piece is more valuable than the capturing piece. You did see
that the white bishop attacked d7, right?

White did return the favor later but you shouldn't bet on that.

6. h3xd7+ e8xd7
7. c3-e4 a8-d8
8. a3-d3 d7-c8
9. e2-e3 e7-e6
10. d1-g4 c8-b8

A quite tactical position has arisen after the white queen move.
There's a knight fork and a pin here. You could have played 10...Ne5
attacking both queen and rook with the knight. The white queen moves
away, for example to f4, where she protects the knight, which is
attacked by the bishop, 11. Qf4. (Simpler is 11. Qe2 when 11...Bxe4
12. f3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bb7 wins a rook for Black.) Black proceeds with
11...f5 attacking the knight. If 12. Ng5 Bxh1. If 12. f3 fxe4 13. fxe4
apparently saving the rook 13...Be7 threatening the to catch the queen
with Rf8. The queen moves away 14. Qf1 but 14...Bxe4 and again the
rooks are in trouble. Sounds complicated? It is, but the first move
was easy to see if you train basic tactical positions. I' give a link
later.

Also good was the pawn fork f5 which you did play in the next move.

11. g1-f3 f7-f5
12. g4-h4 f8-e7

Attacking the queen but gives White the opportunity to save the
knight.
12...fxe4 was much better. White's rook and knight are attacked so
White takes back 13. Qxe4 but after 13...Nce7 the bishop b7 attacks
the queen, the knight and the rook along the diagonal like the bishop
had a laser ray! The queen can protect the knight not for long, for
example 14. Qf4 Ng6 15. Qf7 Nh6 or 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qf4 Ng6 and the
queen has to let go of the knight. That would have been two pieces for
two pawns! (White can take e6 with the queen instead of futily
protecting the
knight.)

13. f3-g5

Better was Neg5 moving the attacked piece away.

13...h6

Note that your h-pawn is pinned by the queen. If planned to capture
hxg5 the queen would take the rook h8. Instead you could have taken
the knight e4: 13...fxe4 (attacks rook) 14. Ra3 (if 14. Qxe4 Ne5
attacks every white piece except the king!) 14...Ne5 (the threat is
15...Nf3+ attacking both king and queen, White can't take the knight
with his own because the white knight is pinned to the queen by the
black bishop!) 15. Qh5 (moves the queen away) 15...Bxg5! and the queen
can't take the bishop because 16. Qxg5?? Nf3+ again attacks both queen
and knight.

14. h4-h5

Protecting the knight with f4 was a bit better.

14...f5xe4
15. d3-c3 g8-f6

Again, you should have taken the piece, Bxg5.

16. h5-f7 d8-f8

16...Rde8 was more safe. White now (after Rdf8) could have won two
pieces for a rook with 16. Qxe6 fxg5 17. Rxc6 (hacking away the only
protection of the bishop) 17...Bxc6 18. Qxe7.

17. f7xe7

Grave mistake, after Qxe6 the queen was safe (see above).

c6xe7
18. g5xe6 e7-d5

Well, c7 was attacked but the rook too! When defending against several
threats adress the strongest first. 18. Rc8 would have defended both.

19. c3xc7

Throwing more material away.

d5xc7
20. e6xf8 h8xf8
21. d2-d4 d6-d5

Do you know the en passant rule? You could have taken this pawn,
21...exd3 attacking both the rook with the bishop and the pawn c2 with
the pawn, winning two pawns in effect.

22. c1-d2 c7-e6
23. d2-b4 f8-d8
24. h2-h4 d8-c8
25. c2-c3 b7-c6
26. o-o c6xa4
27. b4-d6+ b8-a8
28. f1-a1 b6-b5
29. f2-f4 f6-e8
30. f4-f5 e8xd6
31. f5xe6 c8-e8
32. a1-f1 e8xe6
33. f1-f8+ a8-b7
34. f8-g8 e6-f6

You are ahead big time but still should have defended the pawn with
Re7 or Rg6. Why throw away material when not necessary?

35. g8xg7+ d6-f7
36. g3-g4 f6-f3
37. g7-g6 f3xe3
38. g4-g5 e3-f3
39. g5xh6 e4-e3
40. h6-h7 e3-e2
41. h7-h8 f7xh8
42. g6-g7+ b7-a6

Better 42...Nf7 and White can't prevent you from queening.

You can find about the "en passant" rule he
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html or more specifically
he http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/basics7.html
You may find the other material there also useful.

Have also a look at the coaching pages of the Exeter Chess Club,
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/programme.html#here
you will find a lot useful things there. Start with Class D courses.

Claus-Juergen

Thank you for the links. I'm learning...
"Claus-Jürgen Heigl" wrote in message
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Ah Fooy wrote:

Leaves
Please analyze. Thanks in advance.

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: frankiiuk
;Black: ahfooy
;Date: Thu Dec 11 14:59:36 GMT 2003

What this game highlights is piece safaty, or lack of.

1. a2-a4 b8-c6
2. b1-c3 b7-b6
3. a1-a3 c8-b7

The purpose of the opening is two develop the pieces and to get a
hold in the center. I think you would be better off if you don't do
those fancy fianchettos but move just the center pawns and bring your
pieces out.

4. g2-g3 d7-d6

Example he You already developed your queenside knight and bishop.
d6 won't do you any good developing your pieces as the only piece
that might profit from it is your white-squared bishop and that
bishop has already found a place. If you moved instead e7-e5, your
other bishop had got a diagonal where you could place him. As a bonus
here your bishop would also attack the white rook on a3. Rooks are
more worth than a bishop so White would be forced to to move the rook
back to a1 rendering his whole rook manouvre useless. If White
insisted
to move the rook to b3 you already win a rook for a knight or bishop:
4...e5 5. Rb3? Nd4 with a discovered double attack. Your knight
attacks the rook on b3, your bishop the rook on h1. White can save
only one rook.

5. f1-h3 d8-d7

Bad move, as the queen is worth more than a bishop. It's fair value is
actually two bishops and one knight! Anyway, a rule of thumb is that
queens have nothing to do out in the open in the opening and you can't
illustrate it better than here. If the queen is out she is prone to
attack as she is the most valuable piece after the king.

Another rule is don't move a piece on a square where it can be taken
if your piece is more valuable than the capturing piece. You did see
that the white bishop attacked d7, right?

White did return the favor later but you shouldn't bet on that.

6. h3xd7+ e8xd7
7. c3-e4 a8-d8
8. a3-d3 d7-c8
9. e2-e3 e7-e6
10. d1-g4 c8-b8

A quite tactical position has arisen after the white queen move.
There's a knight fork and a pin here. You could have played 10...Ne5
attacking both queen and rook with the knight. The white queen moves
away, for example to f4, where she protects the knight, which is
attacked by the bishop, 11. Qf4. (Simpler is 11. Qe2 when 11...Bxe4
12. f3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bb7 wins a rook for Black.) Black proceeds with
11...f5 attacking the knight. If 12. Ng5 Bxh1. If 12. f3 fxe4 13. fxe4
apparently saving the rook 13...Be7 threatening the to catch the queen
with Rf8. The queen moves away 14. Qf1 but 14...Bxe4 and again the
rooks are in trouble. Sounds complicated? It is, but the first move
was easy to see if you train basic tactical positions. I' give a link
later.

Also good was the pawn fork f5 which you did play in the next move.

11. g1-f3 f7-f5
12. g4-h4 f8-e7

Attacking the queen but gives White the opportunity to save the
knight.
12...fxe4 was much better. White's rook and knight are attacked so
White takes back 13. Qxe4 but after 13...Nce7 the bishop b7 attacks
the queen, the knight and the rook along the diagonal like the bishop
had a laser ray! The queen can protect the knight not for long, for
example 14. Qf4 Ng6 15. Qf7 Nh6 or 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qf4 Ng6 and the
queen has to let go of the knight. That would have been two pieces for
two pawns! (White can take e6 with the queen instead of futily
protecting the
knight.)

13. f3-g5

Better was Neg5 moving the attacked piece away.

13...h6

Note that your h-pawn is pinned by the queen. If planned to capture
hxg5 the queen would take the rook h8. Instead you could have taken
the knight e4: 13...fxe4 (attacks rook) 14. Ra3 (if 14. Qxe4 Ne5
attacks every white piece except the king!) 14...Ne5 (the threat is
15...Nf3+ attacking both king and queen, White can't take the knight
with his own because the white knight is pinned to the queen by the
black bishop!) 15. Qh5 (moves the queen away) 15...Bxg5! and the queen
can't take the bishop because 16. Qxg5?? Nf3+ again attacks both queen
and knight.

14. h4-h5

Protecting the knight with f4 was a bit better.

14...f5xe4
15. d3-c3 g8-f6

Again, you should have taken the piece, Bxg5.

16. h5-f7 d8-f8

16...Rde8 was more safe. White now (after Rdf8) could have won two
pieces for a rook with 16. Qxe6 fxg5 17. Rxc6 (hacking away the only
protection of the bishop) 17...Bxc6 18. Qxe7.

17. f7xe7

Grave mistake, after Qxe6 the queen was safe (see above).

c6xe7
18. g5xe6 e7-d5

Well, c7 was attacked but the rook too! When defending against several
threats adress the strongest first. 18. Rc8 would have defended both.

19. c3xc7

Throwing more material away.

d5xc7
20. e6xf8 h8xf8
21. d2-d4 d6-d5

Do you know the en passant rule? You could have taken this pawn,
21...exd3 attacking both the rook with the bishop and the pawn c2 with
the pawn, winning two pawns in effect.

22. c1-d2 c7-e6
23. d2-b4 f8-d8
24. h2-h4 d8-c8
25. c2-c3 b7-c6
26. o-o c6xa4
27. b4-d6+ b8-a8
28. f1-a1 b6-b5
29. f2-f4 f6-e8
30. f4-f5 e8xd6
31. f5xe6 c8-e8
32. a1-f1 e8xe6
33. f1-f8+ a8-b7
34. f8-g8 e6-f6

You are ahead big time but still should have defended the pawn with
Re7 or Rg6. Why throw away material when not necessary?

35. g8xg7+ d6-f7
36. g3-g4 f6-f3
37. g7-g6 f3xe3
38. g4-g5 e3-f3
39. g5xh6 e4-e3
40. h6-h7 e3-e2
41. h7-h8 f7xh8
42. g6-g7+ b7-a6

Better 42...Nf7 and White can't prevent you from queening.

You can find about the "en passant" rule he
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html or more specifically
he http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/basics7.html
You may find the other material there also useful.

Have also a look at the coaching pages of the Exeter Chess Club,
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/programme.html#here
you will find a lot useful things there. Start with Class D courses.

Claus-Juergen