MSCRRT 2021: Menalque vs. Gypyx (1–0)

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Post Post #25 (ISO) » Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:46 pm

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Post Post #26 (ISO) » Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:32 pm

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Post Post #27 (ISO) » Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:40 pm

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Post Post #28 (ISO) » Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:55 pm

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Post Post #29 (ISO) » Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:58 pm

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Post Post #30 (ISO) » Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:46 pm

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Post Post #31 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:05 am

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Post Post #32 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:21 am

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Post Post #33 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:08 am

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Post Post #34 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:09 am

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legit thought i got forked for 20 minutes lol
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Post Post #35 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:49 am

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lol not quite
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Post Post #36 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:55 am

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you know things look bad when u defend with ur king
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Post Post #37 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:20 am

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I would say that situation is generally not the best lol
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Post Post #38 (ISO) » Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:54 pm

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fuck
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Post Post #39 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:13 am

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yeah i'll resign
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Post Post #40 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:48 am

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GG, gypyx, thanks for the game!

I think it was a hard move to spot fwiw (I was considering what to do if king blocked and it took me like, ~a while~, to realise the pawn was pinned)
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Post Post #41 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:50 am

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yeah, that def was a good tactic, just analyzed that game, and lol, i should stop playing scandinavians
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Post Post #42 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:52 am

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I think Scandinavians are like my second favourite to play against after e4 e5, but without analysing it I thought you were doing fine until like move 12 and then the underdevelopment/king safety started to be an issue
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Post Post #43 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:58 am

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was doing bad from move 9, move 13 was my big blunder apparently

think i just don't have the right playstyle for that opening, do you know any good opening for doing pawnstorms?

https://lichess.org/I45HRzDa#26 game's analysis
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Post Post #44 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:04 am

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I used to play the French and castle queenside (when I was playing a bit about 3 years ago), but I've gone off that since starting to play again

I would imagine that in most openings where black gets to castle opposite side there's good potential for pawn storming, so I'd say maybe just pick one where that's doable and then go for it?

But like probably you might wanna ask umlaut or something, I'm new-ish to chess and am still trying out a variety of openings myself!
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Post Post #45 (ISO) » Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:12 am

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alright, i'll check that out thanks, wanna try to play a few games on lichess since we're around maybe?
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