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1. e4
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e4 e5 basic opening |
 
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1... e5
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e5 standard reply |
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2. Nf3
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nf3 makes me defend my e5 pawn |
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2... d6
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d6 Philidors Defense |
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3. d4
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d4 pawn attack to weaken my middle and open the middle. |
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3... exd4
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I always do this move to keep the opponents pieces off my half of the board. |
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4. Nxd4
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nxd4 standard rebuttal to exd4. |
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4... c5
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c5 to attack the forward knight |
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5. Nf3
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Nf3 retreat to safety. |
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5... Nc6
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Nc6 develops a knight |
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6. c4
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c4 pawn move to influence the middle and keep my middle position looking shabby. |
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6... Nf6
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Nf6 I develop another knight and attack the e4 pawn. |
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7. Nc3
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Nc3 my opponent develops a Knight and protects his e4 pawn while exerting more influence on the d5 square |
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7... a6
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a6 a pawn move to try to keep his knights at bay. |
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8. h3
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h3 a pawn move to keep me from pinning his f3 knight to his queen and to keep my knight from advancing on the board. |
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8... h6
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h6 a similar move to keep my opponents queenside bishop from advancing and his f3 knight from moving to the g5 square. |
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9. Bf4
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Bf4 my opponent develops another piece which exerts pressure on the center and d6 pawn. |
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9... Be7
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Be7 probably not the greatest move to do here but one I usually do in this situation to enable castling to the kingside perhaps I should advance the g7 pawn to g6 or g5 to possibly fianchetto the bishop after moving the c3 knight to e5. |
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10. Be2
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Be2 my opponent semi-develops his bishop to enable castling on the kingside |
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10... Be6
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Be6 I develop my c8 bishop to the only viable open square that puts some influence on the middle. |
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(1560)