I Played Black 👋 This is the hybrid "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence, Greco Gambit" opening position from my standpoint as Black: ⬆️ The taxonomy is doing its best. Like labelling a pub brawl as informal social gathering . A game that was nominally Greco, technically Berlin, actually neither. And the anarchy begins. From move 3 onwards, we will witness proper chaos. The double g3 bit: Move 11 — White plays g3 , attempting to boot my bishop off. My bishop takes it. Cheerfully. Bxg3 . Cheers. Move 14 — White plays g3 again. My bishop takes it. Again. Cheers. Let's have a look. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. ⬆️ That last 21... Qxf4 , indeed, not Qg4 . I grabbed a pawn when the clean, decisive Qg4 was right there. — Oooh, pawn! Let me have it. — We do not discuss this further. We m...
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