Manual de Chess King 2015 | Page 100

PART 1 • What you can expect to see after a game analysis Black blunders badly at move 20: After the move 20.Bxd5, White's Bishop is attacking Black's a8-Rook. But Black overlooks the attack and moves his other Rook instead. The evaluation goes from being about a pawn in Black's favor (-0.92) to being almost two full pawns for White (+1.95, because White wins the exchange of a minor piece for a Rook), a net swing of almost three pawns! But White blow it, fails to take the Rook, and Black escapes... What the analysis of this game says to me (and should say to both players if they were to have Houdini analyze it themselves) is that both players need to work on their tactical and visualization skills. Neither player is likely to see the exact position after 20.Bxd5 ever again in their respective chess careers, but they could both easily encounter a position very much like it. The ability to recognize similar patterns is an important chess skill which every player needs to develop; when a Bishop is suddenly centralized in their future games, both players should remember this game's analysis and think to check for any sudden attacks which that centralization move has created. Specific moves suggested by a chess engine in specific positions aren't as important as what the numbers and the general nature of the suggested move point out to us. 100 chessking.com