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Here is another game that is characteristic of my first weeks back into chess. It begins as another run through what I suppose is the Giuoco Piano. In this game, we will also see the beauty of the chess engine in drawing out numerous variation, which is something I have only just gotten into, and doing so in a big way - I must always have a computer and a chess program now!
I am white (at least in terms of the chess pieces), and in this run of the Giuoco Piano, Black does not bring his Bishop all the way out.
1. e4,d4; 2. Nf3, Nc6; 3.Bc4, Bc7
4. d3, Nf6; 5. Be3, o-o; 6. Nbd2, d6
7. o-o, Bg4; 8. Qe1, d5; 9. exd5, Nb4
One can see that I have become more wary about being pinned on my big pieces. I don't want to have to keep my Knight frozen in place.
10. Qc1, Nfxd5; 11. Bg5, BxB 12. NxB, QxN
I am pretty sure I was thinking that I had lost my Bishop, and that I would rather trade it in for one of Black's Bishops rather than a Knight, but, uh, I might have misfigured the additional loss of a Knight in the bargain. I also might have been concerned about breaking up my castle-structure, but, in hindsight, I am thinking that I should have just taken the Knight for my Bishop rather than losing both my Bishop and a Knight in exchange for only one Black Bishop. The castle-structure does not even-up the bad trade.
13. Ne4, Qg6; 14. Qg5, Be2 15. Rfc1, h6
It looks like I was willing, though perhaps not too eager, to trade Queens, even though I appreciate by now that it is not a great idea to trade big pieces when you are already down in material.
16. Qd2, Bg4; 17. g3, Rad8; 18. c3, Nc6
19. Nc5, b6; 20. Nb3, Nf4
My castle is being hit hard, is surrounded, which is all the more depressing since I cannot even approach Black's castle. I know what it is like to be checkmated in my castle, and so I am a little desperate to disperse some of the attacking forces, but I am just not seeing things through to their logical conclusion.
21. gxNf4, Be2; 22. Kh1, Bf3 checkmate.
I no longer feel up to copying down the moves for the variations that the chess engine has fired off.
I am white (at least in terms of the chess pieces), and in this run of the Giuoco Piano, Black does not bring his Bishop all the way out.
1. e4,d4; 2. Nf3, Nc6; 3.Bc4, Bc7
4. d3, Nf6; 5. Be3, o-o; 6. Nbd2, d6
7. o-o, Bg4; 8. Qe1, d5; 9. exd5, Nb4
One can see that I have become more wary about being pinned on my big pieces. I don't want to have to keep my Knight frozen in place.
10. Qc1, Nfxd5; 11. Bg5, BxB 12. NxB, QxN
I am pretty sure I was thinking that I had lost my Bishop, and that I would rather trade it in for one of Black's Bishops rather than a Knight, but, uh, I might have misfigured the additional loss of a Knight in the bargain. I also might have been concerned about breaking up my castle-structure, but, in hindsight, I am thinking that I should have just taken the Knight for my Bishop rather than losing both my Bishop and a Knight in exchange for only one Black Bishop. The castle-structure does not even-up the bad trade.
13. Ne4, Qg6; 14. Qg5, Be2 15. Rfc1, h6
It looks like I was willing, though perhaps not too eager, to trade Queens, even though I appreciate by now that it is not a great idea to trade big pieces when you are already down in material.
16. Qd2, Bg4; 17. g3, Rad8; 18. c3, Nc6
19. Nc5, b6; 20. Nb3, Nf4
My castle is being hit hard, is surrounded, which is all the more depressing since I cannot even approach Black's castle. I know what it is like to be checkmated in my castle, and so I am a little desperate to disperse some of the attacking forces, but I am just not seeing things through to their logical conclusion.
21. gxNf4, Be2; 22. Kh1, Bf3 checkmate.
I no longer feel up to copying down the moves for the variations that the chess engine has fired off.
