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ANNOTATED GAME
European Seniors Team Championships Round 4
Charles L Higgie (1992) vs. Ryszard Czajkowski (1963)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2224)
Chess opening: Gruenfeld (D87), exchange, Seville variation
Charles L Higgie (1992) vs. Ryszard Czajkowski (1963)
Annotated by: charleshiggie
(2224)
Chess opening: Gruenfeld (D87), exchange, Seville variation
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This was another luck win by me. I go wrong straight out of the opening, but luckily I get away with it! | ||||||
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1. d4 |
In my research before the game, I found my opponent usually opened 1. d4 and played the Grunfeld Defence as both black and white. I am in the same boat myself, but I thought it better to play this, rather than open 1. e4 and face his French Defence, which he no doubt knows better than me | |||||
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1... Nf6 |
I was expecting actually that we would both rattle out the theory and come to a quick draw. It didn't work out like that. | |||||
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2. c4 |
Incidentally my opponent was a local lad, a player for the Lower Silesia team. I was playing in Swidnice, in Lower Silesia in Poland. | |||||
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2... g6 |
So he continues. | |||||
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3. Nc3 |
So do I. | |||||
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3... d5 |
This is the Grunfeld Defence | |||||
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4. cxd5 |
And this is the exchange variation. | |||||
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4... Nxd5 |
He takes back | |||||
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5. e4 |
White sets up a broad centre. | |||||
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5... Nxc3 |
He exchanges again. | |||||
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6. bxc3 |
I take back. | |||||
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6... Bg7 |
He completes the fianchetto | |||||
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7. Bc4 |
I play the Classical, older variation with 7. Bc4 and 8, Ne2 rather than the more modern variation with Nf3, Rb1 and Be2. | |||||
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7... O-O |
He castles | |||||
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8. Ne2 |
According to plan | |||||
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8... c5 |
He strikes at the centre. | |||||
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9. O-O |
I avoid lines like 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ by castling early | |||||
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9... cxd4 |
He takes, it is a bit unusual to exchange so early. | |||||
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10. cxd4 |
I take back. | |||||
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10... Nc6 |
Attacking d4 | |||||
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