Your moves were not bad. But try to avoid that the opponent develop a diagonal. A possibility of counterattack is e5 (or, in the case of black, P4Q in the older nomenklature... I prefer that, not the new), because you can develop you own diagonal at the same time. If he uses "peon al paso," you should attack with your Queen.
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On your third move, 3...d6 is a suggestable alternative. If 4. exd6, then 4...Qxd6 and Black's development is easy and comfortable. If 4. Nf3, then 4...Bg4 when White will soon be obliged to acquiesce to exd6.
The thing is, moves like E5 do pose a great amount of risk on the player pushing the pawn. When you see a push like that, don't be afraid to attack the pawn (your second move ...NC6 did an excellent job at this) which would force your opponent to spend expend more forces defending it. Eventually weaknesses should begin to appear in the position and when they arise, you need to be alert and take advantage of them. (For example, on your eighth move you had a chance to win a pawn, but you missed the opportunity).
An alternate strategy that could also be rewarding, especially if you hate those advanced E Pawns, would be just to exchange it off the board. (For example, on your fifth move, you do have the possibility of ...D6, trading off the pawn. In the aftermath, your position remains solid, the black bishop can become incredibly powerful from a post at g7 and your opponent will still have to shore up the structural defects, and loss of time, that this advance represents.
Of course, this, in and of itself, would not give you a win but it would give you a good place to start.
Gambitknight wrote:
The thing is, moves like E5 do pose a great amount of risk on the player pushing the pawn. When you see a push like that, don't be afraid to attack the pawn (your second move ...NC6 did an excellent job at this) which would force your opponent to spend expend more forces defending it. Eventually weaknesses should begin to appear in the position and when they arise, you need to be alert and take advantage of them. (For example, on your eighth move you had a chance to win a pawn, but you missed the opportunity).
An alternate strategy that could also be rewarding, especially if you hate those advanced E Pawns, would be just to exchange it off the board. (For example, on your fifth move, you do have the possibility of ...D6, trading off the pawn. In the aftermath, your position remains solid, the black bishop can become incredibly powerful from a post at g7 and your opponent will still have to shore up the structural defects, and loss of time, that this advance represents.
Of course, this, in and of itself, would not give you a win but it would give you a good place to start.
If I took that pawn, then knight to a4 and i lose my knight. I saw that.
Mardelj: actually, thanks to a hidden tactical trick, you could have safely held the material. It's a bit difficult to see but the opportunity was there.
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I don't really like the e6 push in these positions(especially that early-not that it is necessarily bad-but more just that it is commital).
look at the weak points that your opponent creates and try to take advantage...
In this case the f5, d4 squares and maybe g4 squares are weak. So my first instinct was n-h6 instead of e6.
But, after thinking a little longer h-5 looks intersting (the idea is that I would like to play n-h6 and possibly n-f5. h5 would cement the knight at f5)
Another idea is simply to play d5 yourself. If they take you can play qxp with similar ideas later on with n-h6 and f5(the queen take strengthens your control of d4 and makes it harder for them to get that break in beneficially to them)
erikido23 wrote:
I don't really like the e6 push in these positions(especially that early-not that it is necessarily bad-but more just that it is commital).
look at the weak points that your opponent creates and try to take advantage...
In this case the f5, d4 squares and maybe g4 squares are weak. So my first instinct was n-h6 instead of e6.
But, after thinking a little longer h-5 looks intersting (the idea is that I would like to play n-h6 and possibly n-f5. h5 would cement the knight at f5)
Another idea is simply to play d5 yourself. If they take you can play qxp with similar ideas later on with n-h6 and f5(the queen take strengthens your control of d4 and makes it harder for them to get that break in beneficially to them)
Well, I think one of the biggest advantages of the pawn exchange in this position is the fact that, once the e pawn is off, that bishop on G7 is going to be an absolute monster. In addition, black will get nice easy development while white, who's opening play was built around establishing E5 will suddenly have a somewhat defective position. Of course, I agree, there were other ways to go; some of which were likely better, but if you're looking at it from the perspective of someone who does not like dealing with the E5 pawn, the exchange is a perfectly justified way to go.
I have the most difficult time playing my sicillian defense against the e5 pawn push. The opponent resigned..but I'm sure he had winning moves, what is the best way to play against the e5 pawn.