Game Review explanations

I am not a chess coach but I am pretty sure that the reason why Na6 is best here is not because it develops a piece. It's to do with combinations and material.

The Na6 Principal Variation is 14.Rxc7 Bxc7 15.Qc3 O-O 16.Nxc7 Nxc7 17.Qxc7 Nxd5

The idea is to put the knight on the only square where it can recapture after the Queen and Bishop have captured on the c7 square.

How could this be worded better?

It’s because Na6 adds another defender to c7 as well as defending a piece. Black is in very very serious trouble….

Developing. Not defending. 

Yeah I was in very serious trouble at that point. Almost a miracle that I won that game.

Anyway the reason for the post is to ask if there is any way that the short description could be improved. It is not a regular opening piece development situation.

Did you really? I’ll check it out. That’s an impressive comeback. Honestly that’s almost a resign position. Good stuff

Yeah, it's a silly situation. 13...Qd7 is +16 and 13...Na6 is +10

So black is lost either way. There's not a big difference. The best fix would be to have it not say anything for that move.

But if it had to say something, what it says actually isn't so bad. I might change it to say "black is down the equivelant of a queen anyway, so might as well develop a piece instead of wasting a tempo trying to save the queen."

You seem to be coming along fast. If I’m not mistaken when we played it was when you just opened your account. 

We played a couple of daily games in July in the Fast Evans Gambit Practice Tournament. You beat me both times.

Of course, what you did (try to save the queen) was a better practical choice.

This isn't a position worth worrying about.

I did but since you post a lot your one of the people whose games I’ve followed pretty regularly.  If you just started playing a year ago your progress is tremendous. I coach with central New York chess school. It’s force of habit to pay attention to progress