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Game 3022371

Wife was in the room. Can I blame her even though she was quiet as a mouse and I hardly knew she was there? Probably not...
I have only myself to blame.

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Originally posted by Weadley
Game 3022371

Wife was in the room. Can I blame her even though she was quiet as a mouse and I hardly knew she was there? Probably not...
I have only myself to blame.
About opening - instead of 10.Bxf7+ you could play 10.Ba3! which is much better.

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or not blunder your queen

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Originally posted by Korch
About opening - instead of 10.Bxf7+ you could play 10.Ba3! which is much better.
OK.. I sorta see... to block castling?
But wouldnt my opponent just bump up a pawn to block my bishop's influence on his castling?

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Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
or not blunder your queen
Sage advice that is.

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Originally posted by Weadley
OK.. I sorta see... to block castling?
But wouldnt my opponent just bump up a pawn to block my bishop's influence on his castling?
I think then you play d5... but I'm not an expert on the Guioco

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I believe 10Qb3 is also a strong move.
Something like this:
[Event "approx"]
[Site "Europe"]
[Date "1625.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greco, Gioacchino"]
[Black "Analysis\ Analyse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1625.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Qb3 {Greco has invented the play with the free
pieces. Free pieces will win: free diagonals for the bishops, free files for
the rooks!! Greco propagiert in seinen veröffentlichten Übungsbeispielen das
Spiel mit den Figuren. Die Kraft der langschrittigen Läufer und Türme zu
demonstrieren, lag ihm besonders am Herzen.} Bxa1 {
Der Schwarze ist auf Beraubungssieg aus.} 11. Bxf7+ {
Der Weiße will matt setzten.} Kf8 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bxd4 {
Black tries to eat as much as possible, and White tries to mate.} 14. Bg6 {
aha! Hat der König noch nicht rochiert, ist das schwächste Feld immer f7.} d5 {
Er wehrt sich noch.} 15. Qf3+ {No mate, but..} Bf5 16. Bxf5 Bxe5 17. Be6+ Bf6
18. Bxf6 Ke8 (18... gxf6 19. Qxf6+ Ke8 20. Qf7# ) 19. Bxg7 {Powerfull Bishops,
invented by Greco. Dieses Übungsbeispiel demonstriert eindrucksvoll die Kraft
der frei entfalteten Läufer.} 1-0