Shoot... maybe we should just play 1.g3, Benko's opening, and play our black repertoire with color's reversed!
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Either way I think we'll do fine.
Lol! that maybe the thing to do and have both sides similar just reversed so to speak. Another great analysis.
post-mortem analysis of this game: http://www.chess.com/votechess/game.html?id=15711
I'm starting the analysis on move on move 8 since the opening is pretty standard stuff.
8.b3. rybka likes my suggested Qd3, scoring +.36@15 (a score of .36 analyzed 15 moves deep). Our chosen b3 is slightly worse, scoring .24@14, but still good.
9.Bb2. best.
10.Qc2. just as good as rybka's Qd3.
11.e4. best. rybka also likes Rad1.
12.Nxe4. best.
13. Nxf6. best.
14. Ng5. best. +57@14
15. Bxb7. best.
16. Be4. hsbgowd liked Bg2, preferring to avoid allowing black to play f5. Rybka agreed scoring Bg2 +.5@16. Be4 scored .45@16 though, so very close. Since f5 is a very long-term weakness / strength, I'd say the jury is still out on this one.
17. Bxh7+. Surprisingly, Rybka rates Bxd4 as just as good. +.51@15
18. Bxd4. best.
19. Bb2. rybka likes Bc3 at a depth of 9 moves, then finds Bb2 to be best, then likes Be3 at a depth of 12 moves, and then goes back to Bb2 at a depth of 14 moves... it seems we can't go too wrong here. :)
20. Bxg6. best.
21. Qxg6. best. +.48@15
22. Qh5+. rybka likes our move to a depth of 13 moves, but ends up preferring Qe4 with a score of +.58. Qh5+ scores +.55@16 so it's very good as well.
23. Qe2. best. Qxh6 is also good.
24. Rad1. rybka likes f3 to stop e4, but Rad1 e4 Rd6 scores just as well. We are slowly increasing our advantage: +.61@15
25. f4. black's last move (Qh3) was a mistake, and we capitalized by finding the best move in f4. We are now close to winning +.92@15
26. Rxf4. black has blundered! They needed to play 25... e4 or 25...Bg7. Now Rxf4 is best and we are crushing it with a score of +4.97!
27. Rg4+! We thought a lot about the best plan here, and eventually found the best continuation. Rg4+ scores +7.53 at a depth of 15. In comparison, our other option was Qe7+, which, while still winning, scored a paltry +2.48. That's a difference of a whole rook!
28. Re1! best. The key move that makes 27.Rg4+ so strong.
29. Qe6#. best. :)
Wow! We played a nearly flawless game, and we basically all agreed on every move. Our choice of move was arguably best in 28 of 29 positions.
Unbelievably strong game. Great job team! We obviously like these positions with the king bishop fianchettoed. Changing our repertoire with white to target these positions seems like it might suit our team well.
Perhaps we should play d4 d5 g3?! with the general plan of developing our pieces exactly as we did in this game. Bg2 Nc3 O-O c4 b3 Bb2 etc. Thoughts?