tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post3060819335100690602..comments2024-01-29T14:44:29.902-05:00Comments on Castling Queen Side: Liberty Bell Open - Day 2: Round 5Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-76309236829202931542010-01-31T13:01:14.008-05:002010-01-31T13:01:14.008-05:00Anon: I go back to doctor tomorrow. Hopefully he&...Anon: I go back to doctor tomorrow. Hopefully he'll take it off then, but depends what the x-ray shows.<br /><br />Linux: This game was not a blitzing situation. We both had a lot of time coming into the end of the first time control. I don't see that I have anything more with 30...fxg. 31 hxg. He can still lock up the king side with 32. g5. It looks like the same position with one less pawn for each side.<br /><br />Looking at 31...h6 32. g5 hxg 33. fxg Nf5 34. Ng4 both knights have a few more squares, but don't look like they can cause much trouble.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-38395823740854673672010-01-30T09:08:09.777-05:002010-01-30T09:08:09.777-05:00Oh. I meant 30..fxg, BTW.
I understand about the ...Oh. I meant 30..fxg, BTW.<br /><br />I understand about the situation. I'm not as comfortable blitzing OTB as I am online either, but you are not in a bad situation to blitz out an ending. Your rating is near it's floor, and if you won it playing fast it would give you some confidence in your endgame ability (instead of locking up the pawn-chains, which favored his knights). It's a drawn position, though, sure.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-43605353164854492832010-01-30T07:28:04.994-05:002010-01-30T07:28:04.994-05:00When does the cast come off?When does the cast come off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-75438703221346424822010-01-29T23:22:09.560-05:002010-01-29T23:22:09.560-05:00I didn't have 39...fxg. The pawns were alread...I didn't have 39...fxg. The pawns were already locked up at that point. My best chance I think was 39...Kd5.<br /><br />Like the last round, I didn't have much fight left. It's hard to want to go into a long drawn out ending that may still be a draw when one is depending on assistance for bathroom runs or getting a snack. It was difficult getting the bathroom run timing down right. I found myself having to ask other people to take me out. Sometimes I'd be on move and staring at the board so hard that Donna wouldn't want to disturb me.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-87184299144150604892010-01-29T10:40:18.545-05:002010-01-29T10:40:18.545-05:00I would have gone for the endgame win. 39...fxg, ...I would have gone for the endgame win. 39...fxg, then trade a pair of knights and see what that bishop pair can do, keeping the pawn chains fluid and pushing the b-pawn or such.<br /><br />It's possible to outwork for a win there, especially as it is another grinding game where time, energy, and experience are usually determinative.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.com