150 Attack: some times things go right for you #chess

Earlier today, I was fortunate in the inaugural Salford Rapidplay tournament to have three minatures out of my six games. Two of these were included in my earlier blog about the event- cases of quite similar double attacks against h2, threatening mate, and a LPDO N.

The third, a win in the 150 Attack (4 Nf3, 5 Be3, 6 Qd2 against the Pirc) against Ali Janoouby, was the first time in a proper game (since I have no time nowadays to play chess at classical time limits, Rapidplay has to count as proper) that I had played a game entirely with preparation. This isn't surprising, since I don't have a formal repertoire, I just play whatever takes my fancy, as white and black, as my mood takes me. Today, it was 'cautious', develop my pieces and see what happens. Here, Ali played 6…Ng4, a line I have met a lot.

Ali played right into a line I have played over forty times: the game was lost after my opponents' predominant reply, which Ali thought was stronger than the two safer moves, both of which he saw. The line I played, with Ng5, is probably pretty poor, though in practice has served me handsomely.

The game, with annotations, is here.

The key positions are below.

Position before …e5??

White plays Qh4, followed typically by Bc4, 0-0, depending on black's reply.

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