Little Heath, Brookmans Park and Potters Bar Chess Club

Notes for Tuesday 30th October 2007

A very popular position arises after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5

I like this position with Black as I feel that I can obtain a good position for the cost of a pawn. Play often continues:-

4. ...d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6

Now often White moves the bishop but sometimes he tried Qf3 to expose the pawn on the rook at a8.

Here are some examples from ChessBase when Black takes the bishop.

Here is my game against Barry David played on 23rd October with comments from Hiarcs.