Need help to "study" my game

They say you should always try to learn from your game and try to improve. well i really dont know what to learn. im a noob.

So please be brutal.

tell me what i did wrong. and what i can learn and improve especially from this game.

i dont want to play my next game till i learn every lesson there is to learn from this one.

ive looked at my own game and analysed it a little. ofcourse i see my stupid blunder at the end. i noticed it right after playing it.

but other than that , please help me in terms of making plans and what not,

thank you so much!.

en.lichess.org/JMZ8WSQN/white (game with computer analysis)

en.lichess.org/study/WJTidlEX (the study which i havent filled with anything because i dont really get it)

I am a noob as well, but you should definitely trade your queen for their two rooks. So much easier to play.

Hello! I think not much to analyze here, because you dominated your opponent from start to finish. Generally the games where you lost against a stronger players is more revealing than an easy win. So play at least few more games preferably against players above your level...

Imo you played a good game. But I have to agree with the computer 18.f4 followed by Rf1 and f5 looks super dangerous.

18.b4 closes the position and allows an outpost on c4. At the same time you allow black to break with a5 and create a weakness on either a3 or b4. You also lose the option to play b3, taking away the c4 outpost and preparing the a4 break.

A rule of thumb is that knights love closed positions. So when you have a bishop you might want to open up.

If your pawn were on e3, your plan with a3-b4 and b5 (minority attack) makes a a lot of sense in order to weaken your opponent's structure. But with strong pawn chain looking at kingside namely d4-e5 you should play on the kingside with f4-f5 which is the easiest pawn lever possible.

As Philidor put it out pawns are the soul of chess.

Speaking of the structure arising after b4. I would highly recommend checking out common plans in the "Karlsbad structure" (d4 d5 c4 e6 nc3 nf6 cxd5) where the same structure often appears.

Yes lovlas, this explains my point :)

@seriouschesstraining #1 I had a look at the game and thought it was very interesting (at least up to the point when Black blundered a piece).

I think a couple of the key points have been covered by previous comments but I've put together a little study covering my thoughts - hope you find it helpful.

"Mirages"
en.lichess.org/study/R7DrlXGZ

Wow, Im absolutely overwhelmed by the response. i want to thank you guys so much! especially Fletchmk64.

i feel honored that such high rated players would even look at my game.

you guys went above and beyond to help me out ! honestly looking at the study had me thinking about things i hadnt considered at all!
The way you explained the Qh3 manuever was perfect and concise
f4 was something i was scared to play.

i hope i can work on some of mistakes and play with less fear/paranoia.

i wish there was a way i could repay you guys back. for now i really need to delve into this study. and play out what moves worked, what didnt, for what reason, and look at all the mistakes.
etc.

@Seriouschesstraining No trouble - I enjoy putting together studies - the site makes it really easy!

On fear (in chess) in general, a little bit isn't such a bad thing. Being worried about your opponent's plan helps you come up with better plans yourself - prophylaxis!

On f4 specifically - in general it is a slightly scary move to make as it weakens your King's position, so you're quite right to be nervous about moving it. But the way to think is maybe:

- I want to play f4 to help attack my opponent's King.
- But I'm worried I'll be weakening my own King.
- How can my opponent take advantage of me playing f4?

This third question is key - and in this position (move 14) you'd probably say that
- there's no dark-squared Bishop to fire along the a7-g1 diagonal.
- the Queen is also quite a long way from the diagonal, which is in any case currently blocked by the d4-pawn.
- there's a Knight on e4 hitting the f2 square, which might be awkward if the diagonal opens - but you can probably take that with the Bishop at some point if you really need to.
- the other black Knight and the two Rooks aren't anywhere near attacking at the moment.
- if necessary you can side-step to h1 with the King

All of which means that in the short to medium-term there's nothing much to worry about - whereas f4 is immediately starting to threaten violence to the Black King.