Just wondering
oh cripes....is there a way we can just set the game to be played instead of posting every single move?
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Not that I know of, but
I really don't see this lasting much longer, I accepted your condictional move.
"out of book"?...what does that mean?
sorry, it takes me a while to understand the notations ...
I have to always look at the boards to see where the letters and numbers are.
ROFL...
You showed me!
ok. thanks. I think I will be studying this closely ...despite whites 2 bishops and queens and 3 pawns covering all those squares, white might as well have an umbrella made of paper...
okay. The biggest lesson learned here is - without white's Nf3, white's umbrella of defense might as well be made of paper. None of the attacks made by black would have been possible otherwise.
Also, without black's knight leveraging the attack, none of the attacks made by black would have been possible.
Conclusion - knight on King side is crucial - for both attack and offense.
Good one!
I already mention this, but the pawn structure is fairly common.
The slight vulnerability of the kingside is only one factor, at least when White does not fall behind in development, seizing the weak queenside dark squares with Na4 and some form of b4 and Be3 should give White a better late middlegame endgame.
Looking back on the moves in my other games - ones I made yesterday (weak or blundered), reveals it was fuzzy brain day for me...
I might have made different moves as white on a clearer day,
and responded differently to d5.
I highly doubt this particular situation would present itself to me in future because I never play those openings.
In any case, the lesson you provided was a valuable one - the value of the knight - in leveraging early attack on king side ( as well as defense, even behind in tempo) as this can be applied in any scenario.
SO THANKS!!!! for obliging my request to play on and for your analysis.
Ooooooh Qh4 looks nasty!
Cripes! Black was fast!