I played this on another site and I think it applies. I followed opening principles rather soundly:
- Black's first 7 moves should be pawn moves.
- Bishops before knights.
- Move pieces more than once.
- Move the queen early and often.
Yes, once I'd moved 9. Ba6 I saw the obvious Qf6 😳
Originally posted by greenpawn34Development doesn't help much if you're exposing your King, dropping pawns for no apparent reason, and positioning your 'developed' pieces badly. 😕
[b]neerajg - Arayn RHP 2003
This is White's postion after 20 moves.
[fen]8/8/8/8/4PPP1/3P4/PPP3P1/RNB1QR1K b - - 0 1[/fen]
10 moves later with the Queen side still undeveloped he wins
with a Rook sac.
[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "neerajg"]
[Black "Arayn"]
[Res ...[text shortened]... g6 26. Qxh4 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Qg8 28. Qh7 Ke8 29. Rxg8+ Bf8 30. Rxf8[/pgn][/b]