In light of some of my recently completed and shared games here where I play the bishops opening,
it came to me that it could be available to have one's name attached to it, like other openings do e.g. Philidor's defense, Benko's opening etc
Thus due to my recent success with it, I am declaring it in my own head as Pain's opening 😀
It has its strengths and flaws, as do all openings, but purely as it has brought me more success than any other opening as white,
I feel obliged to cement my dictum by providing you fine people with another recently completed game of mine
Behold
[Event "Clan challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2013.01.12"] [EndDate "2013.02.16"] [Round "?"] [White "64squaresofpain"] [Black "The Sponge"] [WhiteRating "1502"] [BlackRating "1457"] [WhiteElo "1502"] [BlackElo "1457"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "9776434"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bf1c4 {It's that old chessnut again... if this keeps up, I should claim this as pain's opening!} c6 3. Ng1f3 b5 {Rather than d5, where as seen before loses a center pawn for white, perhaps a flaw in pain's opening} 4. Bc4b3 a5 5. Nf3xe5 d5 {Aggressive queenside spacial gains from black, reluctant to involve any pieces yet} 6. exd5 a4 {hmph, so I'm losing that bishop, ok let's boogie} 7. Ne5xf7 {If KxN, dxc6 discovered check} Qd8e7 {Black delivers a check of his own} 8. Qd1e2 Qe7xe2 9. Ke1xe2 axb3 10. Nf7xh8 {Might as well, only my knight has now been imprisoned} bxc2 {My other knight is also under fire!} 11. Nb1a3 Bf8xa3 12. bxa3 cxd5 {Such a delightful mess} 13. Bc1b2 Ke8f8 14. Ra1c1 Bc8g4 15. f3 Bg4f5 16. g4 Bf5e6 17. Rc1xc2 {ok that's that dealt with, now to free my knight from prison} Ng8e7 18. Ke2f2 Kf8g8 19. Rh1e1 Ra8a6 20. Rc2c7 Nb8d7 21. Re1xe6 {I liked this quite a bit} Ra6xe6 22. Rc7xd7 h6 {I had thought KxN was still possible, as if Rd8+ then Ng8 blocks the check, albeit black would be pinned down} 23. Rd7d8 Kg8h7 24. Nh8f7 {The knight is free!} Kh7g6 25. Nf7e5 Kg6g5 26. Kf2g3 {Threatens h4+} Ne7g6 {Black played this to cover both the f4 and h4 threats, as well as to stop Rf8 and have a double attack on my knight... but by being placed on g6 it allows white to play a lovely mate with...} 27. Ne5f7 {The same knight that spent much of the game held captive, a nice neat conclusion to a delightfully messy game} 1-0
Pain's opening!
16 Feb '13 17:22
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