London System with Black playing 3. Ba3?

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AskYani

HHey guys, This is the first time I have ever posted in something like this. I am jsut learning chess and have recently downloaded an engine but i dont always understand why it suggests what it does.
I know posting games you win isnt the best but i didnt playwell and only won as aresult of a two blunders. There was a lot of indecision and im not sure what is best in many of the situations. Any feedback on any of the points in the position is great, or even on the way i have annotated the game etc. like i said, i have never done this before and want to get the most out of this forum. thanks for taking a look =) 

baruchyadid

Are you sure you posted correctly?

I don't see a game - there is only an image.

AskYani

im not at all sure that i did it correctly. i just cut and pasted the pgn thing and then went thru the game commenting after each move. is this not right?

-CombatWombat-

Nah it didn't work for me. try again

LoveYouSoMuch

no, something went wrong badly.

that said, from the thread title, i looked through your games archive and it seems that this is the game you meant - http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=580435014. too bad your original comments are probably lost forever.

GreenCastleBlock

Interesting.  I probably would have played 4.Nbd2 in order to support c4.  b2-b3 is anti-positional when the QB has already been developed.  Weakens your dark squares too much.  Also the Nd2 can recapture f1, so you can play e4, if Black allows, without loss of O-O privileges.  Another way to sidestep this sort of pin is g3+Bg2, but since you have committed your QB to f4, the bishop would be unhappy that its retreat square disappeared.  Overall I would say Black's defense is reasonable and I would not expect to achieve too much of an edge.

GreenCastleBlock

Having said that I wonder if White can call Black's bluff and simply play 4.e4 Bxf1 5.Kxf1 with the idea of playing Qd3 to replace the missing bishop.