Welcome to another mega exciting 5-minute auto-pairing. so (GM) YARDBIRD - a pretty
strong opponent to start the morning off .. the morning session off - yeah very dangerous
opponent okay - reverse French defense - I'd rather not take that pawn
I'm wondering how comfortable he is with this sort of position ... so he's really gone for reverse
Okay I got him thinking anyway ...
try and stop this b5 of course maybe I'm a bit concerned about my plan here
actually like - what is the plan here ?! is it sort of
to reshuffle the knights to try an exchange off the bishop there - what is the actual
plan here ?! I guess I could still seal b6 - that's the inverse I think sealing b6
is sometimes good - as long as I can stabilise the kingside - if the King side is stable then
a5-Na4-Nb6 might be good - Nd2-b1 Bd2
okay he's going for it over there - trying to discourage f4 this move also Na3
Bd2 and can Castle queenside (0-0-0)
and then I can challenge that (threat of Nb4) with Nc2 maybe
okay he can try and break open that side I guess - how dangerous is that?! isn't
a piece hanging ?! - that was a bit abrupt! I beat Yardbird with the reverse French - okay I'm pioneering this
system - I know it's amazing - oh wow he said 'thank you' - ah well
sometimes being different in blitz even against apparently a 2439 GM that
usually spanks you nine out of ten - 99 out of 100 times is ... okay.. delayed iron fists (Mikhail Botvinnik reference)
... it's a technicality - I got him on a
technicality I got him on a technicality but I'm
trying to think in Reverse - it's a good - I don't know if it's like a mental
exercise to try and think in Reverse but I was hoping that in reverse a4 is
actually given - the reason is really I was thinking if he took and then b5 he
could play something like Bishop e6 later so that might not be about c5 -
c5 might be wrong - I was just thinking about marking the (b6 square) because sometimes in the
French that - it's just closed on the Queenside - f3 is asking for
trouble
of course this forcing moves on here but it seems totally pointless here
but you know I do actually have that that pin oh - well not much to say about
this game - a bit short isn't it?! comments questions likes, shares appreciated thanks
very much