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Originally Posted by Mt.FishNoob
20.- I wanted to castle queenside after moving bishop, It thought queenside castle was better so I could advance kingside pawns? I suppose I should have focused on advancing my passed pawns?
Castling queenside isn't terrible, it's just not the obvious plan in my mind.
When I look at the position before 20.Rf1, I see that white is up an exchange and 4 pawns, a couple of which are passed.
So, the number one thing as white is to avoid an accident, it's the only way to lose that postion. I don't want to have an accident on f2 and I don't want to allow a knight fork for example.
The knight could be dangerous if it finds a home on f4 and I'd prefer not to play the weakening move g3 so I want my dark squared bishop to keep an eye on that square. This suggests d3 followed by Bd2 and 0-0. Then my king is safe, my rooks are connected and my bishop supports the queenside advance and f4, ready to trade for the knight if it tries to go to f4.
Then, I push my queenside pawns and there is no way to lose.
The exact order of moves depends on what black does but those are the moves that are crying out (to me) to be played. There are no doubt other plans that would work too, since white has such an overwhelming position.
Last edited by Phaedrus; 09-26-2011 at 07:25 PM.