Okay, here's my 7th move: Queen back to d8.
It was foolish of me to move her out so quickly. So, time to retreat. Besides, I am not interested in having a weakened King side pawn structure, which would occur if I did not move the Queen back. In fact, it would have been doubly damning, because I would have also had stacked pawns, another pain in the ass.
All of this, of course, premised on Jim actually taking my knight with his knight. No matter what, I am in a bit of a pickle. And I hate pickles.
It was foolish of me to move her out so quickly. So, time to retreat. Besides, I am not interested in having a weakened King side pawn structure, which would occur if I did not move the Queen back. In fact, it would have been doubly damning, because I would have also had stacked pawns, another pain in the ass.
All of this, of course, premised on Jim actually taking my knight with his knight. No matter what, I am in a bit of a pickle. And I hate pickles.
Yep, you guessed it: knight d-5 takes knight f-6. There, at last, is this game's first casualty -- and look at that, it's the game's first Check, too.
Unfortunately for me, the game's second casualty is right behind the first...