With that in mind, it's back to the T4545 competition for me!
http://team4545league.org/pgnplayer/...r.php?id=76785
1. e4 c6
So I've basically given up my entire opening repertoire for a spell and am just playing stuff I barely know. I've watched like one video on the Caro-Kann plus I have played against it as white a ton. Otherwise, I'm just feeling it out. It's actually really fun to try to play this way.
2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bg4
6. f3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6
I've played the white side of "screw it, throw the kingside pawns at it" many times, knowing that it's technically giving equality but practically very difficult for black. It's a lot scarier being on this side.
8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qb6
The move that holds it all together. They happened to cover this theme in that one video. Hooray?
11. Nc3 Qxd4
Nb4 is complicated but better, and I'll admit I didn't even consider it.
Qxb2 is getting me steamrolled every time, I think.
12. Qxd4 Nxd4
For some reason Stockfish in Dasher refuses to give me an analysis for 12. Qxd4. Usually that means there's a mate in one, but that's obviously not true. I have no idea why this time. Maybe we've transposed into a book line? Sometimes it refuses to evaluate openings.
13. O-O-O Ne6
Not an easy move to play, but it's the only thing that holds it all together.
14. Be3 Nc7 15. g5 Nd7
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 e6
Alright, this is what the CK is supposed to be, I guess. This is super equal but with plenty to play for in the endgame.
18. Rd2 Bc5
19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ne2 Rd8
21. Rhd1 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Ke7 23. Ke3 f6
My plan was to trade one set of rooks but not both, then break open the kingside pawns to create weaknesses while his rook is denied any entry squares on the d-file.
24. f4 fxg5 25. fxg5 Rf8
26. Ng3 h6
Eh, too ambitious. I wanted him to let go of f6, but I'm perfectly happy with the file situation and letting him open up the g-file too undercuts my position.
27. g6 Nd7
Right about here, everything has worked out the way I wanted and I'm almost positive I'm better. I'm not sure how I'm going to break through, but this looks really good for black imo.
With the help of the computer, I can see that a good plan for black is to switch the rook over to the c-file and use c5 as a penetration square, since there's nothing for me on the f-file and I can close it to him at will with Nf6.
28. Rd4 Nf6 29. c4 e5
Deerrrrrrp.
Say it with me now. "I should not have given up f5. I should have checked what happens if he played one of his two checks in response to that move."
I'm just lucky he only saw the forced draw and not how he could extricate his pieces and be up a clean, protected, advanced passed pawn.
30. Nf5+ Ke8
31. Nxg7+ Ke7
32. Nf5+ Ke6
33. Ng7+ Ke7
34. Nf5+ Ke6
35. Ng7+ Ke7