02-04-2012, 10:42 PM
[pgn]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nb6 12. Nc3 c5 13. a3 c4 14. Ba2 Bf6 15. Re1 *[/pgn]
Spoiler------> This has gone AWFULLY. I could swear I was a pawn up for nothing 2/3 moves ago? Maybe I'm just rubbish. Nah, I'll blame this on 1.e4 (actually probably is Nc3's fault. I'm going to lose to Jonny online. This is awful, he's never going to shut up about it.
Ok, let's actually talk about the game. I'm a pawn up. But that's the only thing I've got going here. He'll play Bb7 Qg5/h4 and mate me. Thought he was going Bd6 as well but that's also really well placed on f6. One thing I've got to watch for is a well timed Bxc3 when my light bishop can't develop ever. I probably need to play b3 to try get it back so I should think about Re1 to defend my queen so it doesn't hang after Bxc3 dxc3. This is going to be a tough one to save but luckily he's not very good.
Sigh. With a heavy heart Re1. <-------Spoiler
Spoiler------> This has gone AWFULLY. I could swear I was a pawn up for nothing 2/3 moves ago? Maybe I'm just rubbish. Nah, I'll blame this on 1.e4 (actually probably is Nc3's fault. I'm going to lose to Jonny online. This is awful, he's never going to shut up about it.
Ok, let's actually talk about the game. I'm a pawn up. But that's the only thing I've got going here. He'll play Bb7 Qg5/h4 and mate me. Thought he was going Bd6 as well but that's also really well placed on f6. One thing I've got to watch for is a well timed Bxc3 when my light bishop can't develop ever. I probably need to play b3 to try get it back so I should think about Re1 to defend my queen so it doesn't hang after Bxc3 dxc3. This is going to be a tough one to save but luckily he's not very good.
Sigh. With a heavy heart Re1. <-------Spoiler