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skinny121
Bur_Oak
Gets the castling done quick.
Weakens the pawns in front of the castled king and gives up one of the defenders, ignores development and does nothing to fight for control of the center.
cyarstl-mteh
black needs to keep the dark bishop to protect the king after castling
In the final position after black castles white simply plays h4! intending h5 with queenside castling and an open h file trust me white is doing well here
OMGdidIrealyjustsact
Bh6?? is an entirely and inexcusably wasteful move. Misplaces Knight, weakens King, loses control of long diagonal.
CarlMI
And why would White give Black a pass by playing 4. e3 ...?
Nytik
As pointed out, there are several flaws with this idea, but I think the important thing is that players try to come up with ideas on their own (rather than memorising an opening manual) and so I commend your efforts.
I finally beat my dad at chess!
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by Dejan1708 a few minutes ago
Colle or London?
by MuscleRook 3 minutes ago
Wht Bobby Fischer would have beaten Kasparov.
by nameno1had 5 minutes ago
We need more amateurs to post their annotated games.
by learnateverygame 8 minutes ago
an endgame study
by mateologist 11 minutes ago
Is OTB easier than online?
by bobbyDK 13 minutes ago
Observer/Kibicer
by milossisko 14 minutes ago
rybka
by Jose_Rodriguez 15 minutes ago
Aggressive Response to 4...Nf6 in the Scotch
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