The big lesson for me from this game was my failure to actively falsify my opponents' moves. This was obvious on both my 11th and 24th moves, as I failed to see or consider the strong knight moves my opponent had at his disposal. (The first oversight was much simpler and therefore less excusable; I simply got lucky because my opponent also overlooked the opportunity). Since by this point I had put together my simplified thought process, this game was just an example of my lack of energy or laziness in not following what I should have learned by now. Remember: thou shalt always falsify thy moves.
21 September 2014
Annotated Game #133: What have I learned?
Following the rather blah and weak second-round draw in this tournament, we come to an even poorer loss. As Black, I face my own favorite White opening, which is not easy to cope with psychologically. As early as move 5, I start losing the thread of the game, although it was really 7...Qc8 that put me in a bit of a positional hole. White misses a couple of chances to make his advantage concrete, including 12. Ne5, which would have given him a winning game. Despite this, I manage to equalize and even have a shot at an advantage myself, after bringing my queen knight back into the game authoritatively. The turning point and a swift tactical blow by White come following a big error on my 24th move that effectively puts me away. My opponent deserves full credit for correctly spotting and calculating the sequence, which includes a neat deflection tactic on h6 and f6.
The big lesson for me from this game was my failure to actively falsify my opponents' moves. This was obvious on both my 11th and 24th moves, as I failed to see or consider the strong knight moves my opponent had at his disposal. (The first oversight was much simpler and therefore less excusable; I simply got lucky because my opponent also overlooked the opportunity). Since by this point I had put together my simplified thought process, this game was just an example of my lack of energy or laziness in not following what I should have learned by now. Remember: thou shalt always falsify thy moves.
The big lesson for me from this game was my failure to actively falsify my opponents' moves. This was obvious on both my 11th and 24th moves, as I failed to see or consider the strong knight moves my opponent had at his disposal. (The first oversight was much simpler and therefore less excusable; I simply got lucky because my opponent also overlooked the opportunity). Since by this point I had put together my simplified thought process, this game was just an example of my lack of energy or laziness in not following what I should have learned by now. Remember: thou shalt always falsify thy moves.
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