Game 13, Indian Game, unusual lines, jnwood(1323) vs. sprcow(1418), Wednesday 1/23/2019
It's been a little while since I've had time to play a rapid game (well that's not true, I could have found time over the long weekend, but I only committed to playing after work, so I'm not counting saturday-monday as a REAL lapse.) Yesterday was super busy at work and I had rehearsal shortly after returning home, so I decided to not play in my stressed and fatigued state late in the evening.
So here we are! Trying to get back on the wagon. Had a nice quick victory against a line that was surprisingly similar to the last rapid game I played. Both players opened up with the almost identical d4, Bf4, Nc3, e3, h3 moves like it's some kind of system. In both cases, h3 seems like an obvious inaccuracy that throws away white's initiative and gives black time to develop pleasantly and castle before playing c5 to attack the center.
My opponent today also played a bizarre move, Be5, posting the dark square bishop on a very forward square supported by their center pawn, but this made it much more vulnerable. After a little maneuvering while they tried to attack c7, they blundered and gave up the defender of their bishop to attack my c5 pawn, allowing me to just capture the bishop with my knight.
I struggle to end games, so I tried to focus on trading material and playing quick, decent moves. I managed to keep bullying white's queen and then forking the queen and knight with my bishop, winning another piece and triggering resignation from my opponent. Thanks, Puzzle Rush!
So here we are! Trying to get back on the wagon. Had a nice quick victory against a line that was surprisingly similar to the last rapid game I played. Both players opened up with the almost identical d4, Bf4, Nc3, e3, h3 moves like it's some kind of system. In both cases, h3 seems like an obvious inaccuracy that throws away white's initiative and gives black time to develop pleasantly and castle before playing c5 to attack the center.
My opponent today also played a bizarre move, Be5, posting the dark square bishop on a very forward square supported by their center pawn, but this made it much more vulnerable. After a little maneuvering while they tried to attack c7, they blundered and gave up the defender of their bishop to attack my c5 pawn, allowing me to just capture the bishop with my knight.
I struggle to end games, so I tried to focus on trading material and playing quick, decent moves. I managed to keep bullying white's queen and then forking the queen and knight with my bishop, winning another piece and triggering resignation from my opponent. Thanks, Puzzle Rush!
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