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Topic: Looking for an opportunity to evaluate my game.
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Your Reti transposed into a symmetrical English, I have only dabbled with it a little, so my opening comments may be well off the mark.
7Bg5 - Blacks dark square bishop would be unnopposed on the long diagonal, so is there really a threat on the knight here?
9Qd2 - threatens Bh6 trading off blacks fianchettoed bishop weakening the dark squares around his king
10Rfe1 - trading off blacks bishop as above probably better, whites KR may have been better on f file after a bishop trade. Alternatively Rab1 gets the rook off the long diagonal and prepares b-file opposition which you can open faster than black due to your knight placement (b5 control c.f. blacks weaker b4 control)
10 ..b6 I expected a6,b5 break here
11 e4? Making holes on d4,f3 and leaving a potentially weak pawn on d3 (potentially allows the fianchettoed light bishop to be blocked in, but only if black blocks in his own dark squared one.)
12 Re2 too early to double rooks? the pawn structure does not allow them mobility, and black can lock up the centre if neccessary with e5 or possibly Ne5
12..a6 Black is gaining the queenside uncontested
13..e5 The centre is now locked up, f-file and b-file pawn breaks should dominate the game, black is better positioned for this (b-file)
14 Nd5? Outposting pieces looks nice in theory but this one is contested. black can lop off the knight and double whites pawns in the process if he chooses. Perhaps a4 trying to maintain control of b5 instead? Or repositioning the knight for an f4 break (but how?)
15 exd5 the right recapture, if only in theory, since the rooks are now on a semiopen file. The problem here however is that you have no control of d4 so you need the f4 break to get the e-file open.
Hope this helps.
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After checking with a computer...
- Nb5 was a strong resource available from move 10 to 12 attacking the two weak pawns
- The computer also seems to think your position was better until the blunder of the rook, although I get the feeling it isn't seeing the queenside issues. It disagrees with my comments for moves 13,14, & 15.
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Why Bish, thanks so much for you comments. I will look them over this weekend. For now I just want to say thanks for taking the time to help me out.
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Why Bish, your questions--7Bg5 - Blacks dark square bishop would be unnopposed on the long diagonal, so is there really a threat on the knight here?
This is an interesting question, it would seem there is no threat, as I would not take. Nice that you pointed out this subtly. Thanks So then if its not a threat, where would you recommend the placement of the Bishop on this move? I kind of like b3, then B b2. This would be consistent with my plan to attack the center--not occupying it. Comments? I do see that the queen side is where I should be working putting my attention as the king side is well protected by black--right?
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Why Bish--your statement, 10 ..b6 I expected a6,b5 break here. Can you please explain what you mean?
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