Annotated chess game: Think Before Doing

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ANNOTATED GAME

Think Before Doing
walter1978 (1195) vs. jamie79 (935)
Annotated by: jamie79 (1200)
Chess opening: Bishop's opening (C24), Berlin defence

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1. e4	This was a blitz game that I played on Gameknot. It's short, but it has a good lesson inside it.



1... e5 2. Bc4	Trying the Scholar's mate (4 move checkmate)
	2 comments small_potato (1857) on 03-Feb-13: Bit premature to say thats what your opponent was trying for, up to now this is a fairly standard opening. porcho (1200) on 02-Apr-13: No, it can be called either. And he is not necessarily trying to get it


2... Nf6	I thought of this little defense 3 years ago (2010). Prevents the Queen from going to h5, and if the Queen goes to f3, she isn't threatening anything.
	2 comments l-d-j (1747) on 04-Feb-13: This is the best move in this position. blake78613 (1200) on 04-Feb-13: There is of course nothing wrong with 2...Nf6, but I prefer 2...Nc6. After 2....Nf6 White could force me into variations of the Vienna, or two Knights defense that I normally don't play.


3. Qf3	??? Maybe he missed the significance of my last move?
	3 comments haile1996 (2273) on 03-Feb-13: I think you may have written your opponent's rating incorrectly. It seems to be 1195, not 1995. jamie79 (1200) on 03-Feb-13: Your right. Thank you. blitzkov (1200) on 03-Feb-13: Well, now "High-Rated" players can do this: check superman123


3... Bc5 4. d3	Preparing to develop his bishop, protects the pawn and bishop. Pretty good move.



4... O-O	The reason I lose a lot of my games is because I don't castle. Always castle early in the game.
	2 comments haile1996 (2273) on 03-Feb-13: Castling can be delayed here because the center is locked. I prefer ...d6 or ...Nc6. cdeburca (1840) on 04-Feb-13: I don't think you can castle often! The most anyone has managed to castle in a game is twice... timkr.home.xs4all.nl


5. Bg5	2 attackers, 2 defenders. I'm OK on f6.



5... d6	I am thinking about Bg4. Would that have been good?
	1 comment small_potato (1857) on 03-Feb-13: I'm not so sure it would have been your best option, you'd force his queen to move which would lose him time, but his queen is actually blocking his g1 knight from going to it's best square so it may suit him to move it anyway. But it certainly wouldn't have been a bad move on your part.


6. Bxf6 gxf6	Here I begin to worry. Qg3+, and my king is not very safe.
	3 comments small_potato (1857) on 03-Feb-13: If you were worried you could have retaken with your queen, then if Qxf6 you reply gxf6, and you're in the same position except without the queens on the board, so there's no immediate threat to your king. blitzkov (1200) on 03-Feb-13: Agreed. l-d-j (1747) on 04-Feb-13: 7.Qg3+ would actually force your king to go where he wants to go anyway: h8. Afterwards you can put your f-rook on g8 where it will control an open file and attack the queen. So in my view Qg3+ os nothing to worry about.


7. Qxf6	Lucky me, I guess. He resigned at this point. Here's my big message, THINK BEFORE DOING! Don't just blindly make a move based on 2 seconds of thinking. Sianarah, everyone.
	5 comments pdfiadp (1200) on 03-Feb-13: There was no point in posting a game as short as this one. Seeing someone blunder away a queen is not very exciting. small_potato (1857) on 03-Feb-13: Yes although ironically one of my recent losses was due to confusing myself by overthinking, having ruled out a move early on I went round the houses on what other moves would have been good, only to get stuck and end up doing the first move I came up with, which gave the queen away for free. D'oh. Maybe a more accurate message is double check for obvious blunders before moving the piece you've decided to move. jamie79 (1200) on 03-Feb-13: I mostly just posted this to show my friends it could be done. blitzkov (1200) on 03-Feb-13: I enjoyed this game! POST more l-d-j (1747) on 04-Feb-13: I try to always check if I don't make an obvious blunder before making the move. Of course I sometimes forget this, and I also gave away a queen for free after some 8 minutes of thinking in an over-the-board game. Ouch! But I think this is a good lesson for many beginner (and even some advanced) chess players. And in my view it's no problem to post a short game.