Bruton-Fraser Defense to the Ponziani opening
Round 1 Hard to believe that my last tournament game was a year ago. So, I went into this tournament with some trepidation. The only thing, chess-wise, that I was concerned about was getting bogged down in tough opening. Unfortunately, I the only variation that I had prepared against the Ponziani was the Bruton-Franzer attack, which I realized was probably coming once I saw the Ponziani on the board. When she played 8.Qd5, I figured that she had seen this line before, and that I would be in trouble, as I did not know the ins and outs of it. Online, the Ponziani is a rare sight to see, and one side or the other tends to go down fast in this opening. There is simply too much analysis for now, much of it crazy, so I'll post the game first, and try to add analysis later. [Event "Two Saturdays"] [Site "IHOP"] [Date "2022.05.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Tanya Gurp Prabhu"] [Black "Brian Rountree"] [Result "0-1"] [Blac