1.e4 (0:00) c5 (0:00) 2.c3 (0:24) e6 (0:29) 3.d4 (0:10) d5 (0:02) 4.e5 (0:11) Bd7 (1:26) 5.Bd3 (0:39) Nc6 (0:14) 6.Nf3 (0:11) cxd4 (2:48) 7.cxd4 (0:10) Be7 (0:58)
smallblackcat(2249) whispers: hmm, it's more normal to play Nge7
smallblackcat(2249) whispers: also note for both players, 6..Rc8 is quite a good sideline in my experience 8.h4 (2:44)
araszek(1954) whispers: I just have played similar variation (from Sicilian => French), lets see if I could do similar result ;) 8...h5 (0:46)
smallblackcat(2249) whispers: was just going to say, black now has two reasons to play h5 (get the knight out, and stop h4-h5) 9.Nc3 (2:29) a6 (2:20) 10.Be3 (0:55) Nh6 (3:09) 11.Rc1 (2:00) Ng4 (3:43) 12.Qd2 (2:27) Na5 (3:06)
damouno(2314) whispers: i don't like this for black..cxd4 was played way too early..am a French player myself :) 13.Bg5 (4:48) Rc8 (3:31) 14.O-O (2:45) Qb6 (4:04)
araszek(1954) whispers: I feel not good with my pos, R are splitted and there will be no good way to connect it 15.Bxe7 (9:45) Kxe7 (0:07) 16.Qg5+ (4:33) Kf8 (0:39) 17.Rc2 (0:25) f6 (5:04) 18.exf6 (2:46) gxf6 (0:20) 19.Qf4 (1:23) Kg7 (6:08)
araszek(1954) whispers: my pieces on Q side are useless :( 20.Rfc1 (3:19) Nc4 (6:34) 21.Bxc4 (1:22) Rxc4 (2:00) 22.b3 (4:50) Rc6 (6:52) 23.Na4 (1:03) Qd8 (0:06) 24.Nc5 (1:09) e5 (3:06) 25.dxe5 (0:35) fxe5 (2:01) 26.Nxe5 (0:52) Rf8 (2:38) 27.Qd4 (0:04) Nxe5 (0:26) 28.Qxe5+ (0:06) araszek resigns 1-0