Quote from: languagehasmeaning on March 03, 2016, 03:57:53 PM

Quote from: boolberry on March 03, 2016, 08:25:32 AM

Nxd6: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry)
Rd1: 1 vote (Morecoin)

30.Nxd6 Rad8 31.Nxb7 Rd5 32.Rd1 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Kxh5 will lead to a very difficult endgame for us. Black is threatening Kg4 and Kxf5

We can play 31.Ne4 instead but our rooks look very misplaced on g1 and h1

Nxd6: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry)
Rd1: 2 votes (Morecoin, languagehasmeaning)

Guys, why do you think on exchanging when you have a better positional move?

In that line of game, after 31.Nxb7 Rd5 (Rxd5), 32.Rd1 is a bad move precisely because it weakens our position and strengthen blacks, so why would we even considered it? Instead, we could play 32.Rc1 to control that open column and give our Knight the chance to go to c5 and then to e6. If you check the position after 32.Rc1, we are 1 pawn up, and our Rooks have more range of maneuvering.

Same thing happened with the Queens exchange, which was another unnecessary exchange that weakened our position very bad.

Like I said, we better start analyzing our position with better moves for us, not just better moves for black Wink