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Cos the possie was getting a bit sharp. I thought Be3 was your best move then - keep the pressure on with the pin. So, Bf5 This is a very sharp position AC. Do your analysis thoroughly. Regards

exd4 Regards

d4 Regards

Nc6 Regards

e5 Regards

cxd4 Regards

And now a very characteristic move for these defences .... c5 (aiming at your centre) Regards

O-O Regards

d5 Regards

Is not legal. Bd2 or Qc2, which? Regards

On the reasonable assumption that that is Nc3, I will play Bb4 and go into the NID, my very favourite. Regards

e6 Regards

1.....Nf6 Regards

I'm happy to play. Look, you gotta board there. You're allowed to play the move first in corro chess and see how it looks. This might sound trite, but the way to make good moves is not to make bad ones. They don't always have to be the best moves, but if you don't make dumb blunders, you're bound to keep up at least (see game 1 for example). So, focus on not playing blunders and at least your moves will be reasonable to good. And don't try to be too cute. The Q move was just cute. Instead of accepting your fate with the N (and of course the B after d6), you tried a cutesy move - this usually doesnt work with good players who know their defences and keep their options open. So, there's lesson 1 - don't play bad moves. Sounds stupid doesn't it? But more games are lost thru blunders than are won thru brilliancies. Regards

Well, that was fun. Bd2 and wins. Regards

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B X P Regards

Gives away a centre pawn. NxN (which is what you shoulda played). Regards

In your humble opinion. Or have you taken a statistically significant sample of ImgBurn users and determined this to be true within the parameters of the Normal Distribution? If so, please publish your results. If not, please refrain from making categorical statements based on a statistically insignificant sample (this is generally referred to "blowing it out of your arse"). One thing I would however like to see in the Help menu is a link to the Guides section of this forum. This might just eliminate some of the inane questions we get from people too lazy to search the guides (some of which might very well be included in your links). Regards

on solving the problem. Regards

Bd3. Bet it was a success though - I know my kid wants to see it. Regards

Very bad strategy LOCO. e5 Regards

Or Windows Defender, or other utilities such as defrag/diskeeper etc. But 45 seconds sounds waaaaaaayyyyyy too long. Regards

e4 Who controls the centre? Who has more space? More importantly, why? Fight for the centre - you have equal rights to be there. Regards