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oh I'm playing Davo

Davo beat me yesterday

I had a really sad game against Davo yesterday

so here we go again

um

conflicted about opening let's play 96

let's mix up the opening

playing something that I almost never play

this is a Nimzowitsch defense and I'm gonna play d 6

I think the more popular move is d 5

so this is a pretty obscure variation

and there's one point if d 5

I play knight b 8 and then later c 6 and try and um

poke and prod White's over extended pawn

so yeah we'll see how this goes

it's a very modern setup

using the minor pieces to control the center

rather than my center ponds

Bishop e 3 I'm not sure if my opponent is prepared

or just kind of playing quickly playing natural moves

um

I mean that looks playable E5 looks very thematic

E5 takes takes

I don't see anything wrong with e 5 actually

take 6 d 5 94 Bishop b five

yeah cause the knight's pinned

so

it's not actually helping influence the center so much

and whenever I want I can take it

so I'm threatening to take and then take

so the main line I was just calculating is takes

takes d 5

and then I'm thinking knight d 4

where the knight supported by the pawn bishop battery

usually pawns aren't involved in with batteries

but sometimes when the bishops align with a pawn

then a square on the diagonal can be used

um

interesting so whites leaving

the tension gives me the option of taking

and then there's a messy line takes

takes takes rook beats

that's okay for black

and if takes takes 95

I like the like the the prospect of this

and there's Bishop B5 okay we're going into this

at Bishop e 5

I'll have to figure out what to do like maybe King f 8

maybe Bishop d 7

not happening

so Bishop e two

if I take the night

it's nice having the E5 square

not sure how long it will last for

considering Queen E7 here

just reinforcing everything

and this night wants to develop too

there's also like taking Bishop at 3

like just to start with

I'll start by taking

I'm not seeing too many scenarios where um

the bishop stays

now a question knight

in knight f 6 or knight e 7

knight e 7 is so restricted

Knight f 6 allows bishop e 5 but I think that's okay

so it doesn't seem like white wants to trade off

this bishop like this is a better bishop

but now I can play knight d 7

so even though white has a bishop pair

I have a really strong grip on the e 5 square

um casting coming

whoa it's Mister Gold is off at 2:00am

actually I read that name wrong

Mister Gold is off 2 ATM

oh thanks for gifting 10 subs I really appreciate that

yeah sometimes during these more serious rapid games

I I don't look too much at chat sometimes

like if there's a longer thing for my opponent

I'll go back and see if there were questions earlier

there is one comment about queen h 4

which um I did consider

but usually it's just met with g 3 or bishop g 3

OK let's castle idea rook e 8

maybe the idea is um

like to get the other rook to eat as well

I mean the e files are only half open file for black

only file without a black pawn

um queen h 4 still comes to mind

but I mean the pawn's defended

so I think I'd rather

improve considering h 6 king h 7

queen d 2 might be coming

yeah Queen D2 is coming

I really shouldn't spend too long here

just trying to get a sense of after queen d 2

where would where do I want my pieces

would maybe be nice to have a pawn on c 5

but I don't want to play c 5 and allow takes

I think I'll start with a 6

trying to be flexible preparing b 5

um

yeah b 5 why not

cause the c 4 square could be

potential spot for the knight

probably don't wanna go there too soon

but maybe something like knight b 6 knight c four

and yeah I really don't mind if takes takes again

that would be a probably positional mistake for white

and there's real ideas of knight c 4

and I thought b 3 would be a little bit weakening

but that's probably okay

now what to do with my the rest of my pieces

I think the knight should just reroute like yeah

it wasn't doing anything on B 6 after b 3

maybe I can find a new home on C5

that's a move

I wanna play this but then Bishop g 5 traps a queen

so I have to be somewhat awake

somewhat careful and queen e seven

like long term maybe like eventually play F5

I think this position takes a lot of patience

okay so we got two knights against bishop and knight

this bishop is a very passive piece

time wise I'm not doing that great

down about 2 minutes

in some moments I've been overthinking

but based on the position it looks very comfortable

this e 4 pawn is backwards

basically means it can't move forward

and it can't be defended by a pawn

and it's on the half open file

so we might see Queen d 4 or that move

uh let's start with this

93 may be coming now Queen h four

just applying pressure got two attackers now

maybe soon to be a third attacker

97 will unleash the rook

um do I wanna play F6 I think I do

just ensuring that the light's not pinned

looks a little bit weakening

a long term white is maybe dreaming about 96

but very far away from that

I'm not sure what my next move is

like the pieces are almost at their optimal squares

and maybe I can double up like yeah double up the rooks

if ever b 4 I just retreat

I mean b 4 queen 8 seven's idea

maybe I have to take seriously

cause one of these ponds could be falling

but not yet

yeah thank goodness for this G pawn

if not for this G pawn I'd be getting triple forked

time is leveling

both below 5 minutes

realizing this pawn is pinned to the queen

f 5 is probably too risky

but maybe I should have considered f 5

the idea of f 4

actually I really should have considered f 5

like the more I'm looking at it too late now

I could throw in taking

B4 is a good move

I think I'm losing the pawn

it's interesting though

cause the queen gets a little bit sideline

there's also an idea here like if takes

I was gonna say the rook can't take

cause e 1 would hang

okay probably might be 6 here

preventing queen a 7 and targeting c 4

a potential outpost square

the other day I was playing a game

and I like casually mentioned the word outpost

I think

there were a few people in chat that were asking like

what is an outpost

um

yeah for any experienced chess player

it's like

one of the first chess terms that you'll learn

but it's usually a square that's defended by a pawn

and occupied by a knight

that can't be attacked by the opponent pawn

so in this case

these pawns have both extended beyond c 4

so if I get a knight to c 4

there's never d 3 or b 3 to kick it away

I guess

an outpost is like almost always within the Pones

territory 2 territory 2

except this is also an outpost on E5

OK Rook have 2

I mean I can play this for safety

maybe I should I'm still thinking about F4 though

I don't think I can resist

I should say f 5

it takes

it looks so counter intuitive

cause like I'm I'm pinning my knight

I'm weakening the whole king side

I mean whites already doubled up

but the point is the pawn is pinned

and I just want to play f 4 and like gain space

and even if night g 4

like this night's so well defended

other knight can come in

and there's also ideas of just winning the pond too

like taken take

except oh the night still pinned

oh wait a minute

I miscalculated

I forgot G3

G3 is not played

G3 my original plan was to take and take

but neither 3 would have been illegal

okay here I can play f 4

uh this knight has one square

and now night C4

yeah gradually

dominating like all areas of the board

center is nice kingside is becoming nicer

Bish B2 is probably coming

hmm

I'm gonna play King G6 I really don't care

about the night I mean

if takes I take with pawn

I have this move but then g 3

let's take with pawn first

wow

that's a fancy move

very fancy

knife at 5 is coming

I have to be careful

I know this opponent is very resourceful

take so if I take and then take on E4

a fascinating line

also play Naichi 4

94 94 loses upon

let's play this

thank you ink blot distraction

oh also no

thank you ink blot

distractions are not welcome at this time

okay I'm just gonna sack

this is a practical decision

Knight is so strong

attack is ruling knight g 4 is a threat

I basically only watch YouTube

but I sub here with crime

because it's literally the least I can do

I really appreciate that

I also really appreciate this move

so G3 I take

and looks like I'm winning

am I winning back material

maybe not

it's really close though

wow

and opponent has to calculate

G3 I'll pre move

okay this should be winning

oh endgame is not

it's actually really crazy

I can't trade into the king pawn ending or can I

maybe it's playable but this is simpler cause takes

takes white would make a passed pawn

oh I could have taken

no I didn't

have c 6 okay

this should be winning now

so I won back the exchange and I'm up two pawns

soon to be three pawns

just have to watch out for the breakthrough

uh let's take here first

and this move

hmm that's a move

but I'm up 4 pawns

it should be more than enough

even though this pawn is reaching the 7th rank

or the fact I'm losing this pawn

yeah

I'm not gonna mess up the end game like I did yesterday

uh good game

um yeah there is a really crazy line

if we turn off the engine here

I want engine assistance just yet but um

if white took with pawn I wasn't sure what's happening

cause these squares are both covered

I was gonna play queen g 3

I was trying to calculate this position

because white has a move rook g two

and then yeah

I didn't know what was happening I could take on F1

there's no 93

ah maybe I have this

yeah this is probably good enough and then like takes

let's see engine

so rook g 2 rook f 1 king f 1

queen d 5 blacks not winning

but Black Stone probably has good chances

people are saying Maiden 1 was missed

where

I made two blunders this game

yeah

Maiden one doesn't was not missed as far as I can see

it was Queen age 2 I mean I was threatening Maiden one

uh here the g 3 defends with a rook

sometimes that can be overlooked

what to do I can game