I won 3/4 games against a guy who kept getting a pawn on me in an unorthodox opening - (A01) -
first game he's white and he plays 1. e3 and 2. b3 - he sets up those fianchettos and bishop cross lines and I think I dropped a pawn - I play something similar to a pirc/modern and barely squeeze out a win
2nd game starts 1. e4 and he playes e6 followed by 2 b6 and the same idea - I think I hung a pawn here and got ahead by a knight later but missed his counterplay
3rd game - same story - 1. e3 but this time I try to establish a solid pawn center with 1 e5 and 2 d5 - again, hung a pawn in the ensuing opening complications but managed to promote a pawn to have a Q + 2 passed pawn ending vs a N/R + 2 pawns ending and was able to tactically take it down
4th game - same damned 1...e6 and 2. b6 - I'm able to protect my central pawns better this time - he goes on a queen rampage and we're even material but I'm going to be forced to trade queens with an isolated e pawn in a crap position - I take his queen and am waiting for his reply - a couple times he's had 50 second disconnects and after 25 seconds, I try a win on disconnect and get it - that was my favorite game -