17 was really the first move in a while I felt I didn't have to respond immediately to a threat you were developing, so I wanted find a line to break up you center pawn structure. Unfortunately I could not. After the game if you could give me any tips on this it would be appreciated .
Rowain managed to trade off quite a lot of pieces, but in doing so, he had to surrender the only open file in a forced sequence. I would like to play Rd1 to attack his pawn, but in that case he could take back control of the c-file and probably win the pawn back.
While the endgame is somewhat better for me, a big problem is the fact that Rowain just needs to trade the rooks and it is basically a draw because of opposite colored bishops. We will see how to goes; right now the chances for a draw seem to be higher than me winning, but I most likely won't lose.
While my opening was rather uncommon, I feel it is stronger in over the board or blitz play. MJW with access to a database naturally avoided all possible traps and is up a pawn (though I have some compensation).
Well played by Zak, I had overlooked Qb6+, which is of course a blunder by me. I needed to play Kh1 at some point before Bh6. With the Queens off the board the dark-square weaknesses in his position are far less important. Also notice that he did not grab the b2 pawn, which would have resulted in him having to give up his queen for knight and rook.
Jkaen played the opening very well, but I think 10...b6 was a mistake, ...Bd7 was the book move. It looks like I can win a pawn, but nothing is decided yet.
On move 18 he seems to have my queen trapped. If I do nothing, he can play Na4 next turn and my queen will have nowhere to go. Anything I do will cause me to lose my e-pawn, so it's not looking good for me
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