Super blitz (3 minute chess):

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=1373206920

Notes:

7… Bb7 was his attack on my e pawn.

8 Nc3 was my erroneous defense of my e pawn — erroneous because the knight could easily be chased away. I realized it as soon as I made the move, and he realized it too.

8… b4

So, rather than concede the loss of a pawn, I decided I would make an interesting game — I’d sacrifice that hapless knight in exchange for blowing open his center and (hopefully) stranding his king.

In quick games, like 3-minutes super blitz, you can get away with dramatic, if not completely sound moves b/c the opponent doesn’t necessarily have time find difficult defensive moves, and might get rattled too.