My favorite opening to play as White is the Queen's Gambit. I'm beginning to think of myself as sort of an expert on it. Therefore, it really hurts to lose with it. Priding yourself on your knowledge of an opening, playing it in the full confidence of winning, but then losing, is like being hoist with your own petard.
Last night, of the nine games I played as White, six were Queen's Gambits. Even though I won four and lost two, I felt like I'd failed my favorite opening. monvieux asked me in an email why I'd resigned so early in one of the losses; as it turned out, I was so demoralized by the rupture of my position that I didn't notice all the defensive resources at my disposal.
neostreet: 1203 (125-126-14 (265))
monvieux: 1296 (325-269-15 (609))
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