Back to black for this game. You may notice that I like to open with the King’s Knight/King’s Pawn and then the King’s Bishop, where possible. This opens me up to castle very early in the game and get the King’s Rook into play that much sooner while tucking my King away for safe keeping. I feel like it’s a pretty strong opening that lets me develop and reinforce at the same time and then get to work developing my Queen-side pieces.
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[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.20”]
[Round “1”]
[White “John Psonis”]
[Black “Jim Stitzel”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1094”]
[BlackElo “1384”]
[TimeControl “1 in 3 days”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ke2 Nxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bxc3 7. Rb1 b6 8. Kd3 Ba5 9. Qe2 Ba6+ 10. c4 Nc6 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Qe4 b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5+ 14. Rxb5 Rxb5 15. Qg4 Nb4+ 16. Kc4 Qb8 17. Kc3 Nxa2+ 18. Kc4 d5+ 19. Kd3 Rb3+ 20. Ke2 Nc3+ 21. Ke3 Ne4+ 22. Kf4 c6+ 23. Ne5 Bd2# 0-1
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