Hehe entertaining games. That was a nice swindle there in the end and a pretty mate.

Some questions.

1. What is the background noise you have in your videos? Is that some kind of a fountain or something?

2. In the line where you overlooked that Bf8 followed by Qh6 wasn't winning for white because of ...Bg7. Why do you want to sac on g4 after white moves the queen away? My feeling is always in these fianchettoed positions that if the opponent doesn't have the opposing bishop to exchange yours then it's really difficult to mate so I would have thought that just Rfc8 creating a square on f8 would mean black has no worries on that K-side.

Good games, keep 'em coming!

Thanks for the input Zibbit.

The sound you hear in the video is a fish tank that is a bit low on water, I'll fill it up before the next video. Didn't realize that the cheap microphone I bought would pick up that noise, I'm rather surprised that the sound from the Superbowl didn't come through

With regards to your thoughts about the sac on g4, you are right as it is not necessary, Black could still make life difficult on the c-file/queenside.

My games are of entertainment value only, for I play chess for entertainment. Life is short, why stress over a hobby.

I see that you are from Iceland, if you are around Reykjavik and run across Ted Cross, tell him "Hello, from the guys in Tucson!"

Steve

Hi,

I know who Ted is but I don't know him. I'll give him a shoutout if I see him. I think he always plays in the Icelandic league.

Indeed your games are very entertaining. You have a very sharp style and I have very much enjoyed the 3 games you have presented so far, waiting for the next one!

I too thought it was a fountain and thought it to be rather classy background music. You removed the illusion of class! Interesting game, thanks for sharing.

cool vid i was made up cos i saw the qb4 defense pretty quick , i play the hyper accelerated
sicilian so i get a bit jealous when i see these juicy positions i like the fact youve got detailed notes on the side attention to detail commendable sir

Favourite opening. I like the Soltis Variation (B78) better, but the Dragon is most definately the opening I aim to play whenever my opponent plays 1. e4! The typical exchange sac on c3, the minority attack with the a- and b-pawns, the generally open position in the late middle game...it's all awesome. Nice video