PLAYING VIDIT GUJRATHI AGAIN***

So uhh... yeah, we got paired in the pool again (insert Ben Finegold waving his finger and saying "again!"). I was a lot more calm this time. Had to tell myself "you're a good player too, calm down, and just play." I actually had a great opening, up until Nc5?? After that, I think he just played like Vidit Gujrathi.

The line I gave was just me wondering why he couldn't take on f6 after castles, not like he would have taken the pawn on e6.

At this point, I think the chess.com pool is just messing with me

And hey, I lasted slightly longer this time

Double question mark to 11...Nc5 is certainly an exaggeration. After 14...Nd7 (instead of 14...b6? which is very slow) Black is alive and well (15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6! etc).

I gave it two question marks because it went from slightly better for black to almost +0.7 for white. I think it's more like one question mark, but chess.com gives ?? to that move for some reason. At a computer level or at the highest human level, Nc5 would be a big mistake.

Even after Nd7, I think black has wasted two tempi and white will get c4 in quickly. I think that is much better for white.

Welp, the engine likes the line you gave, but even then, my position seems uncomfortable

How it is "slightly better for Black" after 11...0-0 12.c4? (it looks more timely than castling).

It seems quite rich, and complex to me.

Yeah objectively it's equal, but I prefer black after Nf7, or at the very least, I'll know I won't be worse

I just said "slightly better" because that's what the engine said on a low depth (the point is that black isn't worse really after castles)