When the opponent only move pawns
Honestly I struggle when the opponent only move pawns. This time I managed to keep calm and while trying to capture the queen with a Kight sacrifice (which the opponent spotted) I found my self in a beautiful combo where all my pieces coordinate flawlessly to take all those pesky pawns.
I hope this is entertaining.
Help me understand positional analysis?
Here's my recent game that I think went well all the way through.
From this position here I expected to win a rook, but he blundered his queen and then resigned. I would have too.
But I'm confused about the resulting positional analysis. I think I am in a good position because of the following:
- he has castled queen side and I've amassed a good collection of pieces over there
- my king is safe off the back rank
- his light squared bishop is pretty much locked in
- his a pawn is very vulnerable
So given that I'm a queen up, (value 9 points?) - is the engine suggesting that blacks position is actually better?
Before him moving his rook I was +0.72, and after I was 7.72 suggesting that the gain of the queen was at some cost to my position, even though my plan to attack a7 is now even more advanced?