Chess Match Thread

[MVP]

this is so borring. The only chess I like playing these days are 1-2 min blitz. Quick thinking and thrill of time running out is much more fun than sitting for hours thinking about next move.

 

[ema]

Nf6.

Ecta is probably in the wee hours of a normal night right now. . . . . sleeping like any sane man would do. . . .

I've got time to try to learn how to do those images of the game. . . .

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1. e4 d6
2. d4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3

Wow, Siro-Log game has developed already.

 

[Jonah]

this is so borring. The only chess I like playing these days are 1-2 min blitz. Quick thinking and thrill of time running out is much more fun than sitting for hours thinking about next move.

It is not boring. It's a good, well-played game full of possibilities. The point is not the speed you would prefer, you are not playing! Plus, you can pop in and out of the thread in seconds, then maybe it will be more your speed and not be so boring for you. For myself, I like to spend more time and think of what I would do if it were my turn to play.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Did anyone end up mating in this thread?

That would be something to check out, in sort of an ambulance, fire engine chasing kind of way.

 

[LogGrad98]

this is so borring. The only chess I like playing these days are 1-2 min blitz. Quick thinking and thrill of time running out is much more fun than sitting for hours thinking about next move.

It is not boring. It's a good, well-played game full of possibilities. The point is not the speed you would prefer, you are not playing! Plus, you can pop in and out of the thread in seconds, then maybe it will be more your speed and not be so boring for you. For myself, I like to spend more time and think of what I would do if it were my turn to play.

Fwiw I haven't spent much more than 5 minutes evaluating before making my move. Really the line siro and I have going is pretty well defined with fairly rote moves following the logic of development up to this point. I anticipate done deviations coming up but so far after about the 4th move it's been pretty much what I expected.

 

[Jonah]

Fwiw I haven't spent much more than 5 minutes evaluating before making my move. Really the line siro and I have going is pretty well defined with fairly rote moves following the logic of development up to this point. I anticipate done deviations coming up but so far after about the 4th move it's been pretty much what I expected.

I don't know the openings well at all so I'm not familiar with this line, but it's seems to me this is an important point in the game with several very different ways to play for black.

 

[Siro]

I already made my move, by the way. Just making sure it didn't go unnoticed.

 

[LogGrad98]

I don't know the openings well at all so I'm not familiar with this line, but it's seems to me this is an important point in the game with several very different ways to play for black.

The last move by siro was really the first point where the absolute best move by both sides wasn't kind of a given. He could have castled (more passive, but with development in mind) or made the knight move he did (a bit more aggressive, and the best move available, imo) or he could have developed his king bishop to bring more pressure to bear on my king side (much more aggressive, but it is much harder right now to know the best spot for that bishop). All in all the knight move was probably the best move, but this was really the first point where there were several viable moves with no clear "best move".

I already made my move, by the way. Just making sure it didn't go unnoticed.

It didn't. I am at work and don't have time to put the diagram together. If someone could update for us here is my move:

1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6[/QUOTE]

 

[Siro]

1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2

 

[LogGrad98]

1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6

 

[Siro]

1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0

 

[Siro]

The last move by siro was really the first point where the absolute best move by both sides wasn't kind of a given. He could have castled (more passive, but with development in mind) or made the knight move he did (a bit more aggressive, and the best move available, imo) or he could have developed his king bishop to bring more pressure to bear on my king side (much more aggressive, but it is much harder right now to know the best spot for that bishop). All in all the knight move was probably the best move, but this was really the first point where there were several viable moves with no clear "best move".

I don't think castling in that situation would have been prudent. If I were in your shoes, I would exchange bishop on b4 for Nc3 in response to 0-0-0. That would break up the pawn structure protecting the king, and force a double pawn on the c file. That is too high a price just to develop the rook 2 moves early.