I have a new game to post which I'm very proud of.  A few mistakes were made, but I was able to exploit my advantage in development into a decisive victory.  I've now won 4 in a row since beginning this blog (although have yet to attract a stronger opponent from a rating perspective).




I apologize for this, but when trying to enter some variations the computer found, I screwed up and am no longer able to edit the annotations in the game.  Here are some other important items the computer found:

Instead of 6) Bc4??
6)Nd5 Qd8 7)dxc5 dxc5 8) Bf4 and now there is nothing Black can do about the knight fork on c7 (or he loses the knight to Bxb8).

15) Is bad for both sides because my proposed exchange is bad.  He is better off exchanging, and so gets ?? from the computer for not doing so.  From his perspective, after 15) Bg5?? Bxg5 16) Nxg5 Ne7 and now he wins a pawn on the next move.

Other keys are that there were much faster ways for me to win the game.  23) Ne6 wins the queen, since 24) Qd4 flushes the king into the open, leading to a quick mate.   At any rate, I'm glad I was able to turn my advantage in development into a win, even with the loss of my rook.

On my way to Rams vs. Chiefs preseason game.  Looking for a much better showing this week.  Arsenal, however, did NOT show well.  Might by pretty hinky for a while before they can get some new transfers in.