Chess - Game Thread [Concluded]

[Winston Hughes]

You and others have contested this (mostly indirectly), but Zack feels too free-spirited. He's committing to trivial things, but gliding about the agendas of the day.

I like this. It speaks to my residual doubt on Zack.

He's confounded his scum meta in way that's entirely plausible to me.

But if this is a new stage in his scumevolution, I can believe this might be a tell.

Only Csargo agrees AFAIK. If Zack flips scum I think it spews you as scum-risk, but if not I think you're a solid town read. Pizza for one believes this kind of calculation only has a place later in the game.

Is my connection with Zack just about our opening, or is there more recent evidence?