Improve Your Chess: Imbalanced Game with Instructive Points

Improve Your Chess: Imbalanced Game with Instructive Points

Opening: C45: Scotch Game

Player(s):

Black plays the rare 4...Qe7 vs the Scotch and then blunders with 5...Qb4? but White misses an instructive winning idea. Later Black misses 14.Qxa7 but White plays passively and allows Black chances. White continues to miss not-so-obvious attacking ideas and the game remains double-edged. Finally Blacks erroneously sacrifices a pawn to open White's kingside, but White can capture with check, and from there the attack is strong and decisive.