even in '05 i would play the queen's opening. so begins our third game.
1... d5 2. Nb1c3
Chigorin Variation
2... c6
TRANSPOSITION QP. GAME (Chigorin Var.) to CARO-KANN DEFENCE White developed his queen's knight to threaten Black's QP and to support a planned 3.e4 Black pushes his Queen's Bishop's Pawn a square to support his QPawn rather than play the usual 2..Nf6 to deter 3.e4.
3. Ng1f3
out of chess-ops book, but the second most popular continuation in game explorer.
3... Qd8a5
pins with the queen
4. e4
? ignoring my pinned knight, i advance to a now-undefended square.
4... dxe4
capures my foolish pawn, and forces me to move my knight twice.
5. Nf3e5
Nd2 looks better now...was trying to play aggressively.
5... b5
takes away my Nc4 move.
6. Bc1d2
this move looks good at first...breaks the knight-pin and sets up a discovered queen attack, but i fail to notice that my Ne5 has only one safe square: g4
