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During my hiatus I will be posting my very slow correspondence games in case any of you guys or gals would like to follow along and comment about the games (without giving hints as to what move I should play next). I currently have two games going: one as white and one as black. We have been going at a pace of about 1-2 moves per week. I will update the pictures and annotation as the games progress. Enjoy! :-)As White:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.d5 (I was also considering 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Nf3 but felt like it gave Black too much control in the center) 4...exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3As Black:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 (I was considering 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 but I would rather put the question to White's Bishop now instead of later.) 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 d6
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P.S. Where is TommyG's blog?
If I understand right you want us to comment on what happened but not on what will happen. If that's not right... read no further until your game is further along.
f=== In the first game ===
Why commit to 3.e3? I think it may have been better to develop a piece (3.Nc3 or 3.Nf3). For example, after 3.Nc3 you would be threatening an immediate 3.e4. And since your c-pawn has already moved 3.Nc3 it's very flexible.
Also, after 3...c5 I see no need to resolve the tension. I would again be looking at Nf3 or Nc3. You know, developing your pieces. :)
Hmmmm, I see your point. I've developed a habit of always playing e3 after c4 because I've played so many Queen's Gambit games where my e-pawn was still blocking my Bishop on f1 so that it couldn't retake c4 immediately and then Black starts defending his pawn on c4 with a tenacity that requires all of my attention and it always ends up being so hard to win that pawn back. Is this making any sense? It's late and I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm a little loopy right now. Sample game of what I'm talking about:
1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 dxc4
4.e4 b5 (and now it becomes an epic struggle to get that pawn back)
So a ton of games that start out similarly to that example have conditioned me to always push my e-pawn after my c-pawn.
Now looking at it I can see that pushing my e-pawn is un-necessary at this point unless Black plays d5.
In regard to what I am looking for in comments, what you said was perfect. The only thing I was worried about was getting into "Oh you should play x next" or "There's a mate-in-4, don't miss it!"
I just didn't think it would be fair to my opponent for me to get help from my fellow bloggers. But your comment was perfect. No worries.
This reply was so long that it could almost have been another post. And yet...I continue writing. It's weird, I just can't stop myself. I really need sleep.
Hi Chessfriend!
You have a nice chessblog here! Congratulations!
I offering you a link exchange - if you accepting it.
My chessblog:
Chessgambiter
http://www.chessgambiter.blogspot.com/
Welcome to visit!
Your site - Chessandstuff - already listed on my blog as:
Chess sites I read...
Keep on the good work and looking forward for the link exchange on your site as well - if possible.
Thanks and regards,
Chessgambiter
Mail: chessbumbus@gmail.com
hello, nice blog... i have added you on my blogroll, i hope you don't mind...
Hi Sandor, I'll be happy to link to your site! Thanks for stopping by, I look forward to graduating so I can get back to studying chess. :-)
Kalan, thanks for the add, I'll return the favor! :-)
I see you like to push pawns. Watch out with that since it are the only chess pieces you cant put back as other pieces (like for example Nf3-Ng5-Nf3).So make sure the pawn push is necessary.
chesstiger, you know it's funny...I was just thinking about that as I updated my games!
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