blutach

Ness, you shouldn't hijack someone else's thread (not that we don't do it to almost every thread anyway ) From the wiondows desktop, press F1 and type in Convert to NTFS. Follow the directions. Remember, it only works for hard drives (not optical ones, doh!) and those on FAT. Regards

I'd like ImgBurn to serve me brekky in bed too, but unfortunately that ain't gunna happen either. Regards

Yes, but you must play very carefully here. I can see a win if you are sloppy. And the right move is not obvious. Take your time, play your moves on the board and see what I can conjure up. QXN Regards

Ng4! Regards

LOL - I thought you wanted a new game so I played e4. Did not see your edit in time. OK, in answer to Rf-e8, I play Ra-b1. Regards

If you like.... e4 Regards

So, now assume I am white and have moved Nf4 (which I wouldn't have done). Over to you. Regards

It's a bit hard to analyse move by move. I thought where you lost it was Qh4. The idea was fine but very transparent and weakened your defence of the centre. Nf4 was also a bit wasted. Kh1 was showed to be needed later on, and should have been played earlier. You move your f pawn, beware of checks on the a7-g1 diag. Find time to move Kh1! Instead of Qh4, Rb1 being active might have been the go or even Qf3, getting outa the pin but still defending the N. My Nf6 was forced due to the potential of B check on h7 (after f6) followed by losing my Q (if you were on the 3rd rank). So Qf3 was best there. Rb4 (moving into a little pocket while ceding me the 1st rank) was very bad. No way out after that. Otherwise, you played pretty well. gg Regards

We can go back to move whatever before NxB and I'll play white, OK? You did play a lot better that game though. Some good ideas. Regards

Bc3 and wins. Rb4 was ?? But you still had a chance if you played Rf3 Regards

Re1 Regards

a4 Regards

Ra-e8 Regards

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b5. I don't think NXB was particularly good for reasons explained earlier. I'll go back and analyse it later. We can swap and see if I can win from white before NXB Regards

c3, Qxc3, PxB , QXB BxQ Regards

I like the idea of c3 actually and then swapping Bs. QXP Regards

Loses immediately to Qxd4+, QxQ, BxQ, BXR Try again Regards

Totally gutless! f6 was extremely interesting. Dropped the p but for very active play (I had a counter: QxP+, Kh1, Qe5 threatening mate, Qh3) So .... Be5 Regards

LOL, you are hoping I am blind and will play g6 Instead, Qb4 This is now getting quite sharp. Regards

NxN Regards

Nf6 Regards

I left the B dangling for a purpose. You're pinned again. Plus, it didn't seem real good moving it back. N x N Regards