Answers.Body: <p>Indeed, 6...Nxd5 is not the main line. I remember some games with 6...Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf6 Kf8, which is supposed to be a normal line, playable for Black.</p>
  
  <p>In your game continuation, 8.Be2, keeping castling rights, looks good, e.g. 8...Ne5 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Nxd4 d6 12.f4 with a better development.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've been practicing the Spanish Game so I can have better tournament results with it,</p>
  
  <p><strong>Spanish Game</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Spanish Game, Cozio Defense</strong></p>
  
  <p>and I asked my friend to play the Cozio defense,</p>
  
  <pre><code>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the game that popped up was</p>
  
  <pre><code>rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
  
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 ({Center control}) 5.d4 exd4 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Kf1 Ne5 {Either way I can't castle, but since I have space I'll keep my queen} 9. Qxd4 Bg7 {Pin the knight to the rook, and I have decent control over white squares and development so I didn't feel threatened that bad and nabbed the pawn} 10. Bf4 f6 {Really good spot to develop and incorporate bishop with some unfinished ideas of attacks} 11. Re1 O-O
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>From here came a bunch of exchanges initiated by white that lead to a slow endgame and draw. </p>
  
  <p>What are the main ideas and advantages of this opening? </p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>P.S I don't think Nxd5 was the strongest move from analysing it in an engine and noticing it in the game I had tempo on the e5 square. </p>
  
  <p>and my comments on the moves didn't show in the pgn (I'm not quite sure how to annotate those), but the basic idea was I am a positional player.</p>
  
  <p>-I am playing White</p>
  
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Comments.Text: If I understand well, you are playing White ?
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Comments.Text: Yes, I’ll add that
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Title: Main Ideas behind Spanish Game, Cozio Defense
ThreadText: # Main Ideas behind Spanish Game, Cozio Defense
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-08)
  
  I've been practicing the Spanish Game so I can have better tournament results with it,
  Spanish Game
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
  
  Spanish Game, Cozio Defense
  and I asked my friend to play the Cozio defense,
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7
  
  And the game that popped up was
  rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
  
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 ({Center control}) 5.d4 exd4 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Kf1 Ne5 {Either way I can't castle, but since I have space I'll keep my queen} 9. Qxd4 Bg7 {Pin the knight to the rook, and I have decent control over white squares and development so I didn't feel threatened that bad and nabbed the pawn} 10. Bf4 f6 {Really good spot to develop and incorporate bishop with some unfinished ideas of attacks} 11. Re1 O-O
  
  From here came a bunch of exchanges initiated by white that lead to a slow endgame and draw. 
  What are the main ideas and advantages of this opening? 
  
  P.S I don't think Nxd5 was the strongest move from analysing it in an engine and noticing it in the game I had tempo on the e5 square. 
  and my comments on the moves didn't show in the pgn (I'm not quite sure how to annotate those), but the basic idea was I am a positional player.
  -I am playing White
  
  **Tags:** opening, theory, positional-play
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: If I understand well, you are playing White ?  
  > **username_0**: Yes, I’ll add that  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-09. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Indeed, 6...Nxd5 is not the main line. I remember some games with 6...Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf6 Kf8, which is supposed to be a normal line, playable for Black.
  
  In your game continuation, 8.Be2, keeping castling rights, looks good, e.g. 8...Ne5 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Nxd4 d6 12.f4 with a better development.
  
  
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