@Neverness
Losing to a 1400 can be painful, esp. when checkmate is involved.
But ... the good thing is that you have chess friends and affiliates etc. :)
Black played an inferior opening !
Next time you can play better !
The "Marshall defense" is played more often by weaker players, and white can play for an advantage with :
3.cxd5!
Read along here :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Defense
Losing to a 1400 can be painful, esp. when checkmate is involved.
But ... the good thing is that you have chess friends and affiliates etc. :)
Black played an inferior opening !
Next time you can play better !
The "Marshall defense" is played more often by weaker players, and white can play for an advantage with :
3.cxd5!
Read along here :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Defense