Nova's Daily Game Analysis 24-12-2024

Hi!

It's been a long time since I did these. Sometimes life happens and you have to choose what you need to focus on.

Today was an Advance CK in which I got an easy development and a lot of pressure against my opponent's central pawn constellation early on. It resulted in a position with an extra pawn for black but an unequal battle of bishop vs knight. I had to play some accurate moves to deal with the threats, but I don't think that I was ever in danger.

My thoughts during the game:

Overall I felt that I play a nice game.

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What can I take away from this game:

1. I'm trying to come up with a good point as to when to take on d4 in this line. It deserves a closer look; for the lazy people among us it suffices to say that it has to be played on move 4, but not for me.

2. Calculate better. There was a way to win a second pawn after 10.Nd6+, there was a win for white after 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Rxg6+ Kf8.

3. Pay attention to the communication of your pieces. Castle in time, even if it may look scary at first. Neglecting this made the position deteriorate from a winning position into a worse one.