As hinted at last week, I have decided to try 'simple chess', aiming for clear cut positions in the opening, where the aim is to have one or two obvious plans, based on creating and targeting weaknesses in my opponents position.
For the second week in a row, I seemed to get this to work quite well. 2.c3 is a new line for me (I have previously played the Closed Sicilian) but it gave me the position I was looking for. Following the KISS principle, I only need to come up with some short term plans, find a few nice tactics, and by move 30, my opponents position had completely collapsed.
Press,Shaun - Grcic,Milan [B22]
University Cup, 12.02.2019
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Bc4 dxe5 9. dxe5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Ba2 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. b4 Nc6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nc3 Nb8 17. Bb2 Na6 18. Nxd5 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd4 Qg5 21. g3 Rfe8 22. f4 Qh6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Nd6 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 b5 27. Nxe8 Qc6 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. exf6+ 1-0
3 comments:
Is there supposed to be a link to a game at the end of your post?
There is, but if it is not showing up, then it may be an issue with the browser you are using (the game is replayed via a javascript script)
Ah, it's my corporate network that's blocking it. From home, it's great.
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