Your opponent's opening (e4 d6) is called the Pirc (I may be wrong), but after Nd7 I had no idea what they were doing. f4 may have been a bit too ambitious, like you said... I think c4 would have been better as it accomplishes a similar grasp on the center without exposing your king.
redblack_redemption wrote:Your opponent's opening (e4 d6) is called the Pirc (I may be wrong), but after Nd7 I had no idea what they were doing. f4 may have been a bit too ambitious, like you said... I think c4 would have been better as it accomplishes a similar grasp on the center without exposing your king.
redblack_redemption wrote:Your opponent's opening (e4 d6) is called the Pirc (I may be wrong), but after Nd7 I had no idea what they were doing. f4 may have been a bit too ambitious, like you said... I think c4 would have been better as it accomplishes a similar grasp on the center without exposing your king.but he went 1.d6 2.Nc7
It looks like a failed attempt at the hippopotamus defense (as strange as it sounds, it exists), but as tonydal already said, he never fianchettoed his bishops. I guess he changed his mind on move 4, opting instead to challenge your strong central pawns.