A long way to go

Today I played a game with bishops also removed (i.e. 'Handicap (iii)'), although this change had little direct impact because the bishops were traded off pretty quickly. I couldn't find a game with a >1500 opponent despite making various challenges so in the end I made a game with a 1433. See below (annotations included in game viewer).

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Analysing the game I was horrified at some of my moves. I definately have a very long way to go, even without it being full blindfold. See below for some of the crucial blunders. In a 'sighted' game I'm almost certain that I would not have made these particular errors.


The least important of the blunders, but Nxe3 should be an obvious move for black. Although it would open the f file for white, the strength of blacks uncontested dark square bishop would more than make up for it.


Here ...Nxb6 should be an almost automatic move. The c file and c4 square would become extremely weak for white.


With ...Ne6 black would almost dominate whites knight and have excellent play.


...Nxf5 would have required some calculation, but is definately winning for black (the game move was ...Nf3). I include it here because I don't recall seriously considering Nxf5 during the game, I think I just assumed it was bad. Time was somewhat shorter by this point, but perhaps I was simply lazy.