actually through a d4 push it does.

i agree with chessmaster jet should have played d4 a long time ago, he has been playing too calmly. But considering that its blindfolded, that is ok

9. Re1 interferes with the d4 plan, because you're pinning the c3-pawn. Seriously though, d4 should have been played on move 6 already.

yeah, I felt castling to unpin the pawn was more serious.

i used to think that, but black can't after d4 exd4 0-0 dxc3 black is in dire need of development, white has a good advantage here. thats why d4 right away is so sharp, buth accepting the second pawn isn;t so good.

its your turn jet, last move before checkpoint

as per my plan.

10. d4

I will not post a diagram simply because I need to practice calculation skills.

I'm working on visualization skills but the entire game is not needed for that. I'm posting a diagram, you don't have to llook at it

10...exd4

HOW WOULD I KNOW IF YOU ARE BLINDFOLDED========IF YOU ARE FAR AWAY

we dont know Plavin79, but we trust each other. what would the fun be in started blindfold games if you dont follow the rules? The goal isn't to win, it's to expand our visualization skills. So if we broke the rules, we aren't helping ourselves

why I didn't see this before lol

11. Ng5

I feel like a crazy man after missing that for what  two moves

well certainly and interesting move. considering that you are not using the checkpoint, I have a few strong moves. let me look this over a bit

yeah and plus it would have been funny if CS007 didn't post it and I missed the tactic more, I looked at it kind of because I wanted to see your move. and kind of because I needed to see the true proximity of my pieces.

11...d5

ok well now after the game I can't say you were handicapped lol

12.Bb3 apears to be the strongest move here, mainly because I don't loose material in doing so.

lol jet

12...h6

13. Nf3

simple move, seems to relieve some of the preasure I have over my center.

I am loving my position now. So many good moves to choose from. I play 13.Rxe4

14. Qc2

14...dxc3