Stinging like a bee and dancing like a butterfly...

[Carolus Rex]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6

McCarolus

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6
Julius McZaida

[Carolus Rex]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

No more moves for me until Monday.

Have a good week-end, everybody!

Carolus

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5

[Julius Brenzaida]

Good week-end to you too, Carolus
I hope not playing chess is not meaning you got to work or something terrible like that

[Carolus Rex]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5 ... Qe7

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida
I hope not playing chess is not meaning you got to work or something terrible like that

Heh, heh, heh! No I didn't work.

Carolus

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5 ... Qe7
7 Qe2

[Carolus Rex]

1. e4 ... e5
2. Nf3 ... Nc6
3. d4 ... exd4
4. Nxd4 ... Nf6
5. Nxc6 ... bxc6
6. e5 ... Qe7
7. Qe2 ... Nd5

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

I have played the Scotch game quite often as white, but I always favoured:

5. Nc3 ... Bb4
6. Nxc6 ... bxc6
7. Bd3 ...

This gives black some seemingly aggressive counterplay (starting with the pin in the 5th move), but I never liked the route now chosen by Julius. Why? Because after 6. e5... White has moved the e-pawn twice (although with a threath the second time) and has no pieces developed, whereas Black has a knight out (and is a move down!).

That being said, 6. e5 ... certainly looks aggressive and I'm sure I'll be succumbing to a heavy attack in the next 5-10 moves...

Carolus

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5 ... Qe7
7 Qe2 ... Nd5
8 c4

[Julius Brenzaida]

Well, I’ve mostly played the 2 knights, the italian and the Evans in my “career”. But I wanted to try something else. The Scotch is very interesting. The 5Nc3 variation is less ambitious, in my opinion black has a much easier game and fears nothing if he remains cool in defence. His central pawns (d5/c6) should even guarantee him a small advantage. I recall a Lautier victory in this variation with a proper Na4 as white, but that’s all (I think) as far as top chess is concerned. We’re definitely not on the same level as the top GMs but I was more convinced by some Kasparov game in the Nxc6 variation. True enough that everything has a price and the spatial and central advantage of white comes not for free : he is behind in developpement. But I hope it is managable.

[Carolus Rex]

Against me, anything is managable.

In what move did Lautier play Na4?

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

How's this for an understatement?

Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida
We’re definitely not on the same level as the top GMs...

Are you sure?

I'm most definitely not at the same level as the top Apolytoner!

Carolus