Chess: Live Blitz game 3

[Royalemperorblue]

Is it really alright to take on move three like that? To try and get to the noteboom I've always waited for move four.

[GreenCastleBlock]

@Royalemperorblue It is inferior to capture on move 3 because White is not committed to developing his N to c3.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb4 8.Bd2! (White can't achieve this exchange of bishops in the mainline Noteboom) Bxd2 9.Nbxd2 a5 10.bxc4 b4 11.c5 with the idea Nd2-c4 is thought to favor White, but it's not unplayable for Black. My opponent in this game was ignorant of this finesse.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 is quite legit though, because of 4.a4?! e5!

[shinyninetales999]

at 4:29 f6 could probaly break his pawn on e5

[GreenCastleBlock]

@shinyninetales999 that looks very dangerous for Black! Qg6+ followed by Rxa5

[naker115]

that check on d8 would be really bad foryou wouldnt it

[GreenCastleBlock]

@naker115 Take twice on d8 then play ..Be4.... leaves me with a R, N, and two pawns for the Queen. Might have been ok.

[ichigo2008bleach]

how come when you move your pieces, i dont see your mouse? How do you move pieces without moving your mouse?

[GreenCastleBlock]

@ichigo2008bleach CamStudio, the program I record with, has an option not to show it.

[becausimcoollikethat]

hahhaa at that conversation

shortest phone call ever

[grimstad9]

you could have just castled when u traded down white square bishopes

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

at 5:31 knight to b3, wins a the rook for a knight, or am I missing something?

[GreenCastleBlock]

It does not, the rook has e2. Then he's covering the e5 pawn. The b3 square is less effective for the N than the c5 square was.

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

XD yeah i somehow failed to notice that.... But then you could take his boshop and force him to double pawns.

[EricSmyth14]

mooooooooooooore

[o0paradigm0o]

that knight could have come to d3 one move earlier and you were golden.

[The70656]

Could you please tell me your username on fics?

[Miiw007]

Could U tell me the name of the background song? :D

[Gabebro1]

it sounds like the theme song to Gladiator

[dl1997830]

Yea,wonder why your opponent resigned

[calvinhobbesliker2]

Down 2 pawns and bad position?

[Dessan01]

played even lol

[Dessan01]

I've just plated against Spetri on FICS, won with the black pieces using the Czech defence, so I'm pretty happy now lol

[taipan342]

awsome video...welldone!

[hailzooter]

Hi...nice video....but i notice that from about minute 5, white's pawn on e5 is there for the taking...why did you not capture it?

[GreenCastleBlock]

At 5:00 it wasn't hanging because White had threats on the d file. Later on I could have taken it, but instead I used its presence to limit the bishop on g3. When you have a better position it's not necessary to grab every free pawn that appears.

[gologram]

you are good at this game.

As to me,i preffer fastner play,say 2 minute time control.I might give preference to put Queenn's bishop back to d5 after the Rook came to d6 so i would block the Rook and try to exploit e5 vulnerability to gain some advantage.

[GreenCastleBlock]

I don't think I could play a 2 0 and talk at the same time.

[k17dudeP]

doing that leaves the pawn on a6 hanging so the rook is not blocked

[MediumKuriboh]

sorry but talking material, 22 Bxf3 lead to lost of exchange, Q and R for 2 rooks, you only have your pawns on the Q side to rely, and finding a way to win with them will be a hard task. i setup the position with Chessmaster 10th edition, until now it is 22 moves and nothing seen, it looks more like a draw to me by perpetual check?!

[abkiller]

22. Bxf3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. Kxd8

so he would get 2 rooks plus a bishop for Q + R, which is about even.

[ArnDuthchas]

lol nice game i love your tone as you speak

"OHHh he resign - that was unexpected"

[sullaofroma]

I dare you to hold on to the c pawn against my queens gambit LOL

[GreenCastleBlock]

I think you're confusing this with the QGA. See Brock-Pullin (watch?v=OczeaKRWy3o) for an explanation of this opening.

[gologram]

you miscalculated with those two Rooks pointing at you d8 square.If White had proceeded with that plan,you would have been probably crushed-you would have given Queen and Rook for White's 2 Rooks and Bishop.That would mean a tough defense for you.

[GreenCastleBlock]

Bxf3 Rd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Bxd8 Bd5 gives Black a Rook, Knight, and two pawns for White's Queen. On the 'beginner scale' Black is actually a pawn ahead! When you add Black's king security and threat of the queenside pawns I'd say I would have had quite a playable game.

[lenks0]

I was impressed how quickly you decided Bxf3 was ok, nice game.

[Jacob32905]

Nice game. I was a wondering why you chose 14. h6?

[GreenCastleBlock]

14...h6 makes his bishop move at a time when it is convenient for me to recapture at e7 with a knight. It also prevents Ng5 so there are no ideas for White to play Bxe7 followed by Ng5 attacking h7 (should I castle short).

It is true that ...h6 weakens g6 but I think it is worth it here because his light squared bishop is on a bad diagonal - it will take him 6 moves to organize the queen-bishop battery (Re1,Qc1,Bd1-c2-b1,Qc2).

[andsanp]

i'm a little confused. i thought the rule of thumb for a queens gambit was that black should not try to keep the C pawn. but you were successful.

[GreenCastleBlock]

That is true, after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 is it impossible to hold onto the c4 pawn. That would be the Queens Gambit Accepted.

However in the Slav, where Black takes on c4 later and follows up with ...b5, it is possible to hold the pawn a little longer. In the main lines of the Noteboom Black can hold the pawn till about move 10 and then gives it back to obtain two connected passed pawns on the queenside. However this guy did not play the mainline, so I was able to hold the pawn comfortably.

[andsanp]

i watched this for a second time, because i like your style

[Thatwasnotme]

What's that music? It created a nice epic feeling to the game :).

[andsanp]

good job!

[ekingh]

nice, keep chalking up W's

i love the commentary during the blitz game, very insightfull