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No I am aware he can just play without a Rook which is fine, all I am saying is if you take it every time and lose. See what happens if you don't take the trade instantly. Don't let the fact that a Rook is worth 5 and a bishop is worth 3 fool you. He wants you to take the Rook and you know it. Just go ahead and move a pawn forward to mess up the move he does. I need to look at this on a chess board to see what it would look like, just move to be ahead of his moves. That's what makes a chess player a good chess player.
Originally Posted by SmallBowl View Post
Oh nice, yeah he does trade it for a bishop

The sequence is

1. E4 , H5 2. Nc3 , RH6 3. Bh6 , Nh6

Your notation seems a little off, do you mean:

1. E4 A5 2. Nc3 Ra6 3. Bxa6 Nxa6

If it's the case, I'll fathom a guess and say he plays hypermodern, so he wants you to occupy the center of the board and then undermine your defenses. If I were in your boat, I'd respond with Nge2 to open up the king side castle while reinforcing your center. Follow it up with D3 or B3, D3 to reinforce the center and open the bishop up, B3 to fianchetto your remaining bishop. Castle when necessary. He's going to try to put pressure on your white squares due to the bishop advantage, so knights on black limits his options to undermine your defense with his advantage.

I'd also guess that if you open up with D4 instead of E4 he'd respond with H5, if he's adamant in offering the rook for bishop trade. If he does do so, it might be better overall to start with Queen's pawn instead of King's pawn since the trade deprives him of the easier castle and forces him to develop his queen somewhat to castle. It also makes your castle delayed, but you're technically more developed than he is due to the opening, so it might be worth while. It does mean he gets black advantage instead of white advantage with the trade, so a castle is riskier anyways if it's a Queen's pawn opening into rook trade.

I can't say anymore beyond that, since it'd be hard to dissect his midgame without seeing multiple matches.
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notation was off, but its the kingside rook


I blunder in the games but actually I can try and get them
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here is one

[Event "Rated game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/ID3vX769"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "JesusdiedNRoseagain"]
[Black "GTay98"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+8"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Ware Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. a4 { A00 Ware Opening } e5 2. Ra3 Bxa3 3. Nxa3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. Nf3 d5 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 Na6 12. O-O Bf5 13. e3 Nb4 14. Nd4 Be4 15. f3 Bh7 16. c3 Na6 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Kf2 Bd3 19. Re1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc5 21. a5 Nd3+ 22. Kg1 Re5 23. Bf1 Rfe8 24. Nc2 Nxb2 25. Ne1 Rxe3 26. Rxb2 Rxe1 27. Rxb7 a6 28. Kf2 Rc1 29. Bxa6 Rxc3 30. Bf1 Ra3 31. a6 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 Ra8 33. Rb6 Ra3 34. Rxc6 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Rb6 d4 37. Rb7 Rd5 38. Bc4 Rd6 39. Bxf7+ Kf8 40. a7 Ra6 41. Rb8+ Rxb8 42. axb8=Q+ Kxf7 43. Qb7+ Kg6 44. Qxa6 { Black resigns. } 1-0
Last edited by SmallBowl; May 25, 2017 at 08:55 PM. Reason: <24 hour edit/bump
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Yup, he's performing a gambit. What you need to work on is how you respond to opening plays. Your choice to develop king side knight (3. Nxa3 Nf6) was probably not the best decision, as rushing for the early castle doesn't accomplish much for you, and it doesn't make it much harder for him to attack you one way or another. Furthermore, that knight doesn't reinforce your defense, nor does it convey any sort of offense. It leaves your king's pawn unprotected, and only attacks an obviously terrible move from white to respond with king's pawn, which even a remotely competent novice wouldn't do in response. It lets him take the initiative again when he offers up his queen's pawn, since it removes your development of the center if you take it, and lets him develop in response regardless if you do take it with either his bishop starting a pin, or just taking your pawn for the trade with his queen. Either way, it gives up your defense of the center. Nf6 was his foothold back into control.
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I see - sharing another game I played. This one was quite clean in comparison, although i won I was on the defensive pretty much the whole game. Not surprising given I was black and it ended up being quite even but I cant see (m)any opportunities for me to take the offensive:


[Event "Hourly Classical Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/mL4HiHph"]
[Date "2017.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ramel_12years_old"]
[Black "GTay98"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Open #3"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 { B32 Sicilian Defense: Open #3 } Nxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. f4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ba6 17. a4 d5 18. Rfd1 d4 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Nxa6 Rxa6 21. Rf1 Rb8 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 g6 24. Rd5 Ra7 25. b3 h6 26. e5 Kg7 27. Re1 Re8 28. Rd6 Rae7 29. Rxb6 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Kf1 Re3 32. a5 Rxd3 33. a6 Rd2 34. a7 Ra2 35. Rb7 Kf6 36. Rc7 Ke6 37. Rxc5 Rxa7 38. Rb5 h5 39. g3 f5 40. Ke2 Rd7 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Rxg6 Rb7 44. Kc2 Ke4 45. Re6+ Kf3 46. Re5 Kxg3 47. Rxf5 Rc7+ 48. Kb2 Kh4 49. Rf4+ Kxh3 50. Rxd4 Kg3 51. Rd3+ Kg4 52. b4 h4 53. Rd8 h3 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. Rh8 Kg2 56. Ka3 h2 57. b5 Rc3+ 58. Kb4 Rh3 59. Rg8+ Rg3 60. Rh8 Rh3 61. Rg8+ Kf2 62. Rf8+ Ke2 63. Re8+ Kd2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. Rd8+ Rd3 66. Rb8 Qb1+ 67. Ka5 Ra3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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