Lets play a game of Chess

[boolberry]

Bc8

Passive defense is not ideal but a5 loses to Nc4 and we have limited options.

I don't see anything else. Nc7 looks even worse.

Bc8 (languagehasmeaning, XMRpromotions)

Whats wrong with Nc7?
We could play Be6 afterwards and begin to move our king

My guess is that Bc8 is better than Nc7 because Nc7 loses control of e3. White can just play Kg1, Kf2, Ke3, Kd4 and ignore moves like Be6. I want to activate our king but it seems like we are always a little bit slower in part because we have more weak pawns to defend like a6 and h7. If we can find a way to trade our bishop without losing any pawns that would be nice.

It is unfortunate that white told us his plan and it is still hard to find a good defense. This is a tough endgame despite the material equality. Getting our knight to c5 with our king on d6 and our bishop on e6 (on the way to c5) should save us. The problem is that the plan requires many moves because of our hanging pawn on h7 and the possible pin with Bf5 after we play Ne6. Both potential targets for us (b3 and h2) take a long time to attack and whites king seems to get to the center faster in every line I can find.

Bc8 (languagehasmeaning, XMRpromotions, boolberry)

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[deepocean]

Bc6 atacking game

[boolberry]

Bc6 atacking game

If Bc6 white will just play Kg1 (avoiding 39.Bxa6 Nc7+ of course) and we have the same problems as before.

Bc8 (languagehasmeaning, XMRpromotions, boolberry)
Bc6 (deepocean)

[swogerino]

Bc6 atacking game

If Bc6 white will just play Kg1 (avoiding 39.Bxa6 Nc7+ of course) and we have the same problems as before.

Bc8 (languagehasmeaning, XMRpromotions, boolberry)
Bc6 (deepocean)

I'll go for Bc8.
Bc8 (languagehasmeaning, XMRpromotions, boolberry, swogerino)
Bc6 (deepocean)

[letsplayagame]

Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces

The current position is updated below

Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qg6 31.Rc6 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Qd4 g4 35.Bxd3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd5+ 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.b3 Bc8 39.Kg1

[btcusury]

Bf5

[deepocean]

Bf5

what ??    Bxf5

[tifozi]

We need to position black King to the center controlling squares.

Kg7 (deepocean)

Kf8 (tifozi)

[mammut]

We need to position black King to the center controlling squares.

Kg7 (deepocean)

Kf8 (tifozi)

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
1 vote: Kf8 (tifozi)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)

We lose h7 with Kf8

I'm for f5 trying to bring our king to e6

[Pkzone]

yup, we need to go Kf8

[btcusury]

Bf5

what ??    Bxf5

This is a game of consensus, right? Anyone want to join me for a 51% attack?

[mammut]

Bf5

what ??    Bxf5

This is a game of consensus, right? Anyone want to join me for a 51% attack?

Please don't take personal offense, but I've been wondering for long: What's the use of knowingly advocating destructive nonsense? (I know you're joking, but still... )

[boolberry]

We need to position black King to the center controlling squares.

Kg7 (deepocean)

Kf8 (tifozi)

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
1 vote: Kf8 (tifozi)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)

We lose h7 with Kf8

I'm for f5 trying to bring our king to e6

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
1 vote: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)

Kf8 does not lose h7 because f5 would then trap the bishop. However if our king gets further away from the corner then the threat against h7 will need to be addressed.

[jjacob]

I vote for h5.

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
2 vote: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)
1 vote: h5 (jjacob)

[languagehasmeaning]

I vote for h5.

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
2 vote: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)
1 vote: h5 (jjacob)

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
2 votes: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)
2 votes: h5 (jjacob, languagehasmeaning)

h5 with the plan of 40.Kf2 h4 followed by hxg3+ taking advantage of the fact that f4 is only defended by the pawn on g3. Centralizing our king is important but exchanging a potentially weak pawn now should help us. With this plan the g3 pawn should be easier to attack in the future than h2 is now since our knight can potentially attack g3 from more squares.

[marcus1986]

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
2 votes: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)
3 votes: h5 (jjacob, languagehasmeaning, marcus1986)

[LucyLovesCrypto]

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
2 votes: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)
3 votes: h5 (jjacob, languagehasmeaning, marcus1986)

1 vote: Kg7 (deepocean)
2 votes: Kf8 (tifozi, boolberry)
1 vote: f5 (mammut)
4 votes: h5 (jjacob, languagehasmeaning, marcus1986, LucyLovesCrypto)

[letsplayagame]

Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces

The current position is updated below

Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qg6 31.Rc6 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Qd4 g4 35.Bxd3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd5+ 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.b3 Bc8 39.Kg1 h5 40.Kf2

[XMRpromotions]

h4

[jjacob]

I vote Kg7

Kg7 : 1 vote (jjacob)
h4 :  1 vote (XMRpromotions)