Failing to Realize an Opening Advantage

You can do a few things on this forum:

• Post games where you lost opening advantages
• Post replies to games that others posted
• Argue, but no fighting. 
• En Passant discussion is not allowed.

When Posting a Game:

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• Use NEO pieces
• Use GREEN board
• Annotate, if possible.
• Don't spam Engine annotations! It populates the moves with too much information. (i.e. INACCURACY: 25.Nf3 Nc6 26.a3 b6 27. Qh4 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 +1)
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i can't tell if this is a troll or not

"en passant discussion not allowed"

ok

This was played in a daily Ruy Lopez Thematic Tournament against someone with 2200 blitz.

The game can be found here:

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/268373208

@checkmateohwait please do not post that kind of stuff here, this is a serious thread and I would like it to stay that way from the beginning. Thanks.

@mynameadot like what I said to @checkmateohwait , I do not want troll posts on this forum, i would like for it to be serious. Thanks you, and do not do it again.

If you don't want trolls, don't make the first post about the Bongcloud. They look at the first game and assume its a troll thread.

Alright, @chessieSystem101 .

Pro tip:

Don't give a s___ about opening advantages give a s___ about understanding the opening/liking the positions that arise from the opening.

I play a sideline against the slav that let's black equalize, but leads to positions I am good at and like. Here is the sideline:

I play that opening against the Slav when they bring their bishop out to f5. I like the quick grab of the center alongside the ability to lure the opposing queen to b6 where (hopefully) black initiates a queen exchange while I develop my knights 

i hate that sideline LOL