Poly Chess Championship Game 4: Sir Ralph - MtG

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2

Thanks for the hint. I had forgotten about WinBoard, somehow the diagrams looked familiar though. I downloaded it now. The board size is an option, btw, you don't even have to scale it down.

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6

Thanks for the hint. I had forgotten about WinBoard, somehow the diagrams looked familiar though. I downloaded it now. The board size is an option, btw, you don't even have to scale it down.

Thanks, lol, I never even checked. I love the size descriptions, though.

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7

Sorry, I thought this had posted earlier - I posted right when poly went down, and didn't notice 'til now my post hadn't made it.

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2 Be8

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2 Be8
23 Rfb1

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2 Be8
23 Rfb1 Nca8

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2 Be8
23 Rfb1 Nca8
24 Ng3

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2 Be8
23 Rfb1 Nca8
24 Ng3 Qd7

Despite your huge advantage in space (obvious why 7 ... e5 isn't in the books, lol), it's starting to look fairly drawish to me. I just can't see a way for you to break in without a lot of risk, and I certainly can't see a way for me to break out without a lot of risk and maybe some slack play on your part, which isn't likely.

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8
18 Ne2 Ra6
19 f4 f6
20 f5 Bd7
21 Nbc3 Nc7
22 Rb2 Be8
23 Rfb1 Nca8
24 Ng3 Qd7
25 Be2

We'll see.