After having lost to blundercity in the previous game with the black pieces, I needed to play something I understand.

ok, we are heading for Botvinnik English

this is probably blacks most natural source of counter play, but it comes earlier than expected

this is a subtle difference, normally black plays the knight to e7 so that he can retake on f5 with the knight, eyeing the d4 square

black loses pawn control of e4 square

knight is almost immune here where it pressures blacks position, if bishop takes we have a backward pawn on a half open c file to work with, knight takes is impossible due to the pawn fork

this is perhaps blacks idea, exchange light squared bishops and try to create weakness around my king

i see this move a lot, the pin is ineffectual for I have f3

the knight was immune, now black will have problems with the c pawn

this does not appear to me to solve blacks problems, the d pawn will now become weak and blacks bishop would much rather be on e7 than g7