Earlier tonight, I continued my unorthodox streak by taking the strangeness even further with the Hammerschlag (1. f3) and it's black counterpart, the Barnes (1...f6), which is also known as the Fried Fox. I played two mini-matches with a couple of folks in live chess, winning both with +6/-2 in the first and +10/-5 in the second.
My first couple of games began with me trying to play the openings in the same style as the Hippo (my favorite of them all). The first one ended with a win for me through a lucky breakthrough at the end in a lost position, but the second one ended in total disaster for me when I not only willingly opened multiple roads to my king, but then didn't defend them properly. Thus, as shown below, I got wiped off of the board at the end.
If you saw my king march in the Grob game in my post a couple of days ago, then I think you'll be happy to see that His Highness came through again, helping to hold everything together after a very rocky start.
Trouble on the h file yet again here where I think I defended well enough until the end when I let that outside passed pawn advance a bit too far.
Last one. Near the end, I had a little hiccup due to my low time, but I managed to get it together in the end. The start of it featured an all-out assault by Black that I barely managed to fend off.
Earlier tonight, I continued my unorthodox streak by taking the strangeness even further with the Hammerschlag (1. f3) and it's black counterpart, the Barnes (1...f6), which is also known as the Fried Fox. I played two mini-matches with a couple of folks in live chess, winning both with +6/-2 in the first and +10/-5 in the second.
My first couple of games began with me trying to play the openings in the same style as the Hippo (my favorite of them all). The first one ended with a win for me through a lucky breakthrough at the end in a lost position, but the second one ended in total disaster for me when I not only willingly opened multiple roads to my king, but then didn't defend them properly. Thus, as shown below, I got wiped off of the board at the end.
If you saw my king march in the Grob game in my post a couple of days ago, then I think you'll be happy to see that His Highness came through again, helping to hold everything together after a very rocky start.
Trouble on the h file yet again here where I think I defended well enough until the end when I let that outside passed pawn advance a bit too far.
Last one. Near the end, I had a little hiccup due to my low time, but I managed to get it together in the end. The start of it featured an all-out assault by Black that I barely managed to fend off.