CCC Forum vs BigLion chess960

[Spock]

Ne1b3
Best,
Gerold.

That is Ne1d3 presumably ?

So I think we have so far, another 12 hrs to go approx

d2-d3 - Graham, Steve, Matthias
c4 - Tano, Andranik
Ne1-d3 - Gerold

[Graham Banks]

Can't we play c4 right now?

After black's ...Bb6, d3 does not look that bad. I personally prefer not to have a bishop on e2 which cannot go anywhere except d1, but maybe in this concrete case d3 is OK because it prevents Ne4 and aids c2-c4.

IMO our white bishop needed to go to f3 (the best diagonal given the Q on a8 and the fact that we are going to attack black's center with c2-c4). Second best would be c2, where it aims at the k-side, which is always useful

So basically I agree that we need c2-c4, but not quite sure that d3 is the best way to do it.

There is nothing wrong with c4 now, but by preparing it with d3 first, it leads into a different type of middlegame. It's a matter of preference as to which type of middlegame one prefers.

Cheers,
Graham.

[gerold]

Ne1b3
Best,
Gerold.

That is Ne1d3 presumably ?

So I think we have so far, another 12 hrs to go approx

d2-d3 - Graham, Steve, Matthias
c4 - Tano, Andranik
Ne1-d3 - Gerold

That is right Ray.Ne1-d3
Got a broken middle finger and
a little hard to type with a
splint on.

[Spock]

OK, by majority vote, the forum's move is d2-d3

[Spock]

Roar !
BigLion responds with Bg4


[d] qr3rk1/pp2pppp/1bpn1n2/3p4/6b1/1P1PPN2/PBP1BPPP/QR2NRK1 w - -

Forum's turn to move

[Graham Banks]

8.c4

[Matthias Gemuh]

8.c4

... opening up

Matthias.

[Steve B]

8.c4 Regards
Steve

[tano-urayoan]

h3

[gerold]

h3

h3 also.

Best.

Gerold.