[14.c4 e4 15. Nd4.... now what? If you then can get time to play Rc1 you are threatening to get the c-pawn well forward and lots of your pieces are in good supporting squares. Have I missed something?]
The best lines I found for winning the rook seemd to give you a big plus from having the Queen on the long diagonal and the threat of Bh6 possibly even getting the rook back.
Grade is a little complicated because my chess is intermittent and grade measures consistency as much as strength. I'm at my best with my back to the wall but it is not always possible to win from such positions
and I "waste" points against weaker players by playing slow openings and then over-respecting their fortifications. For a long time when I played regularly my grade stayed between 1700 abd 1800 although it was nearly 2000 when I was at school.
My best ever grade results have been draws with L. Cooper (BCF204 - about 2232) and G. Morrison (ELO 2295). By a very pleasant coincidence they both followed this game, more or less, until you played e5. Then those games got very dull and safe
. In fact it was over the board against Morrison that I came up with the idea of defending e6 with the queen's knight. It's a bit slow but then the h3 line is slow for White as well.
I'm not going to balance this by telling you my worst results. Use your imagination.
I also am really enjoying this game and the one with Anand. They are both very hard games to play I don't know who has the advantage for the long term. (Don't tell Anand. I want him to think I know what I'm doing
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That's not the electric light my friend, it is your vision growing dim
