hi

there is only one thing i noticed. yes u did opened up fast compared to ur opponent. but u also under estimated his h-pawn moving forward and making  a flank attack on ur king side that u happen to castle early in the game. ur opponent then thought that it would be his best choice to take the g pawn as his target. so if u r playing white i think u should also consider his plan same as u make ur own plan. i hope this message can help. good luck this is william from the philippines

 

No, i dont and didnt mind at all.. it was very helpful to get your opinion... I could have played that game a whole lot better than i did, and i should have too..

Im going to make this my eye-sore for now =)

But congrats to colin for the win and for exploiting my mistake. good on'ya =)

er leopold seems to be talking about colins game rather than equinoxx!

 from the start the bishop is pretty horrid on d3, blocks in the d pawn, where colins passive play at the start would have enabled a strong pawn centre with e4 and d4

 i also dont really like g3 because the pawn trade weakens the king position, particularly the light squares around the white king.  If the king pawn structure is going to be threatened by a pawn push, you rarely want to voluntarily move your pawns towards, givin them something to hang onto!

white also has a development advantage after the first few moves, and wants to play dynamically and actively to take advantage of this before it disappears, whereas for example   11.Be2 is rather passive.

several opportunities for d4 to be played, where white could have achieved nice centralisation with a rook on d1 for example - attack in the centre nearly always beats a flank attack! 

on move 28 queen takes queen would neutralise blacks threats and white could get a nice attack with maybe doubled rooks on the g file and a pawn push g4-g5 

finally 28.c4 opens up the queenside which was previously fairly closed and gives the opportunity for passed pawns for black and open lines for his rook potentially bringing another piece into the attack for black

 hope you dont mind the comments equinoxx and hope they give a different view on the game

all the best

Tristan 

Now guys, dont bicker about this... i just want to find the turningpoint.

Still haven't...

(spelling "bicker"?)

Move  5.0-0  is that not a castle.!!!! Am I missunderstanding what that move is? Please enlighten.. 

You didn't play for the center

You didn't castle your king

You didn't take the free piece when he attacked your queen

You gave him the exchange up and a pawn