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| 301. |
 French Defencemybookrunsdeep (2059) vs. richard_pitts (1916) Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): This game features an interesting positional battle in the modern French Classical. I'm not an e4 player and I haven't played 1...e6 since discovering the Sicilian, however, I can't resist playing in a French tournament. The positions are always interesting, with plenty of play for both sides. As usual, I won't annotate the basic opening… |
1-0 | Started: 19-May-07 Ended: 22-Sep-07 |
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| 302. |
Challenge from doconnie doconnie (1768) vs. byakuugan3 (1789) Annotated by byakuugan3 (1200): I don't play the Dutch Defense anymore, after getting a cramped position from this game, now I think that 1...c5 is the sharpest move against 1.d4 This move locks the center and kingside from expanding, so most of the expansion ideas will lie on the queenside. Creates flexible ideas such as a b5-boost, a Na6-Nc7 maneuver, and also secures … |
0-1 | Started: 31-Aug-07 Ended: 14-Sep-07 |
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Challenge from yellowlab yellowlab (1813) vs. camelotqueen (1108) Annotated by yellowlab (2023): 1. d4 is the second most popular opening move in chess. It occupies one center square (d4) and attacks another (e5). Controlling the center is one of chess's prime directives. The move also opens a line for the development of the bishop on c1. It slightly improves the queen's mobility as well, and in chess, mobility is power. 1. ...d5 has all … |
1-0 | Started: 14-Aug-07 Ended: 28-Aug-07 |
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Belgrade 1995 -- Reti Opening Vladimir Kramnik vs. Belyavsky Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): This is a very interesting attacking miniature, which also features a clever way to play against the Reti Opening. However, what is actually more impressive in this game is what doesn't transpire over the board. This game definitely will appeal to Dutch Defense players who face 1. Nf3. Kramnik doesn't like to enter the reverse Benoni lines… |
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neilskye's 1st thematic (Sicilian) mybookrunsdeep (2106) vs. mrhazizi (1634) Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): I am not an e4 player, but as this is a thematic Sicilian, and I am a Sicilian devotee for life, I jumped in feet first. This game features a Shveshnikov Sicilian, which my opponent plays well in the beginning, however, loses the thread and his game quickly falls apart. The mating attack at the end is quite amazing. Just your typical open… |
1-0 | Started: 06-Sep-07 Ended: 09-Oct-07 |
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| 306. |
ICC Bullet Reti/Slav Book Trap MybookRD vs. Some 1800 player Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): Here is a bullet miniature from the ICC. It is a book trap from the Reti-Slav setup, when Black plays ...Bg4. This is traditionally known as the Capablanca system. Although play sometimes transposes into a Closed Catalan, I always like seeing this move as the modern treatments of the New York ...Bf5 and Capablanca ...Bg4 lines are quite unknown … |
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Space City Open 07 (Reserve - rd #2) Thomas G. (1456) vs. Matt A. (Prov 1003) Annotated by tag1153 (1700): As the second round of the Space City Open begins, I find myself looking at the wall chart and being traumatized when I see the last name of my next opponent. I am feeling fat and bloated from my pig out experience at Cracker Barrel, and the last thing in the world I want is to play this kid. He is 10, and definitely on his way up the ratings… |
1-0 | Started: 10-20-07 Ended: 10-20-07 |
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| 308. |
Space City Open 07 (Reserve - rd #4) Dennis D. (1215) vs. Thomas G. (1456) Annotated by tag1153 (1700): Welcome to day two of the Space City Open. After a night of tequila, a lumpy hotel mattress, and a roomate whose snores can be heard from space, I am sufficiently hung over, sore, and tired enough for some more chess. I enter the tourney room, and immediately check out the wall chart. I'm struck by two interesting facts - one, I have the black… |
0-1 | Started: 10-21-07 Ended: 10-21-07 |
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| 309. |
Space City Open 07 (Reserve - rd #5) Thomas G. (1456) vs. Charles A. (1551) Annotated by tag1153 (1700): I enter the final round of the Space City Open sitting on 2.5/4, and have a shot to tie for 2nd place should I win. My two wins so far have been relatively easy, and I realize that this game will be for real. My opponent, an actual adult, is rated almost 100 points higher than me, and I really need to beat him. I tell myself that since I have the … |
1-0 | Started: 10-21-07 Ended: 10-21-07 |
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| 310. |
Now who's the dean?! yodean (1590) vs. ethansiegel (1741) Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): Dean, my teammate on Southern Chess, despite being rated ~150 points lower than me, has had my number in the past. In fact, he won the first three games we ever played. By chance, our captain invited us both into the same tournament, and I was out for vengeance. Pretty standard opening. You know how it goes. This was a little unusual. I… |
0-1 | Started: 18-Oct-07 Ended: 29-Oct-07 |
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| 311. |
Eyes bigger than your stomach? robertb3079 (1987) vs. ethansiegel (1745) Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): Robert, briefly my teammate, holds the dubious distinction of being the highest rated player on GK I've ever beaten. This, however, is *not* that victory. He challenged me to a rematch, and I decided that my best bet was to play my aggressive style and open things up. I seem to get a good attack going, but he defends and my attack fizzles; I'm… |
1-0 | Started: 09-Aug-07 Ended: 01-Nov-07 |
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| 312. |
Ethan's Revenge! (Possibly your revenge, too!) graderguy (1579) vs. yodean (1615) Annotated by graderguy (1664): A mini Tournament set up by one of the Southern Chess™ crazies, ethansiegel (not his real name). We had been having discussions in our team forum about persistence in the face of crappy odds. This game shows that a willingness to fight on can have positive results. I want to thank my opponent yodean(not his real name), who has clobbered me… |
1-0 | Started: 13-Oct-07 Ended: 04-Nov-07 |
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| 313. |
Applying steady pressure like Steinitz. XHP (2250) vs. Lecce_wulf (2200) Annotated by lecce-wulf (1200): B11: Caro-Kann, 2 Knights Variation. Ah, the Caro-Kann, a favourite of Karpov's... and of mine when I was at university. d4 is normal but both Nc3 and c4 are better suited to blitz games. Again d4 is standard. dxe4 is another option. Bh5 is also playable. Nf6 is another choice. d3 is possible. Nf6 is probably better. However dxe4 (a rare… |
0-1 | Started: 20 July 2006 Ended: 20 July 2006 |
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| 314. |
A complete game of attacking chess LecceWulf (2250) vs. Complete (2250) Annotated by lecce-wulf (1200): Starts out as A46: Queen's Pawn, becomes E10: Blumenfeld Counter-Gambit (3. ... c5) and finally settles into A74: Modern Benoni (Classical) with 7.Nc3 etc I only play d4 in 'real time' or blitz chess. I really should start playing it in longer games too, but e4 has served me well so far and if it ain't broke...! c4 or even Bg5 are possible lines… |
1-0 | Started: 21 July 2006 Ended: 21 July 2006 |
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| 315. |
Tie Breaker? yodean (1555) vs. ethansiegel (1749) Annotated by yodean (1696): I am 3 - 3 against Ethan and I challenged him to this tie breaker. I regard him as better than me, though and felt I had gotten lucky so I play it safe, e4 I had been getting hammered on this opening on OTB play by 1800's and above when I as playing as black, so I thought I would try it. He does the same, so I just continue developing… |
Started: 01-Nov-07 |
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| 316. |
Why is the Latvian Gambit Good for Black? aci_duci (1694) vs. bleddy71 (1482) Annotated by bleddy71 (1200): This is a Latvian Gambit mini-tourney so the first three moves are set for each player. I annotated it to try to explain to myself why this crazy opening, in which Black allows White to ransack his position early on and gain a significant material advantage, actually gives Black some winning chances. The game ended in an interesting opposite… |
½-½ | Started: 17-Nov-07 Ended: 24-Nov-07 |
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| 317. |
Anatomy of a Tactical Oversight bleddy71 (1504) vs. gurudela (1668) Annotated by bleddy71 (1200): We are all taught how to exploit basic tactical conditions that allow us to deliver the knock-out shot in our games. And we always see these positions from the winner's point of view. The question I want to pose in this game annotation is the reverse scenario: How is it that the losing player - the player who receives the knock-out - allows… |
0-1 | Started: 18-Nov-07 Ended: 13-Dec-07 |
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| 318. |
Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, New Jersey Nate Harrison (?) vs. Dr Gregory House (?) Annotated by kolbear (1505): Hi guys i'm making this annotation for all the fans of the TV show "House". u might recall that last season Dr Gregory House played a game of chess with child prodigy Nate Harrison. As u'll see during the game both players certainly know their way around a chess board and the producers should be commended for taking the time to have this… |
1-0 | Started: 15 May 2007 Ended: 15 May 2007 |
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| 319. |
Improving Van Wely's French? shajmaty (1920) vs. star27 (1969) Annotated by shajmaty (1200): Another options are 3. Nd2 (Tarrasch) and 3. e5 (Nimzowitsch). My Latvian opponent had previously played 3...Nf6; 4. Bg5, Be7; 5. e5, Nfd7; 6. h4!? c5; 7. Bxe7, Kxe7. Another possibility is 3...Bb4 (Winawer). The main line is 5. Nf3. 9. Nf3 is played more often. 9. Bg5!? Qa5 ; 10. Bd2, Qc7; 11. 0-0-0, 0-0 was seen at Polgar -… |
1-0 | Ended: 17.8.2007 |
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| 320. |
Challenge from gm_dursley gm_dursley (2108) vs. paddl3s (1808) Annotated by paddl3s (1200): Thinking about switching from the french after recent results with it! Mostly because all of the black lines for the winawer are very unpleasant.. The main line, and best line for white IMO Probably a mistake, I now play the more main line: Qc7 Straight to the point ;) Looking back I'm pretty much walking into a disaster here.. marching … |
1-0 | Started: 20-Dec-07 Ended: 20-Dec-07 |
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| 321. |
Mate in 7 moves Wouter 357 (N.C.) vs. unknown person (N.C.) Annotated by wouter357 (1200): Classic opening strange move. I'm going to risk somethin it can result in victory or eventually in defeat THis is a dangerous move if he takes with his knight I loose a knight but if he doesn't.... he hasn't seen the danger from B*f7 Mate, victory in 7… |
1-0 | Ended: 1-0 |
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| 322. |
Winning against stronger opponents mirela22 (1751) vs. fondrak (1864) Annotated by -mirela- (1200): Winning against stronger opponents is difficult. Nevertheless, there are at least two factors that could be helpful for you. First of all, the higher rated player is supposed to play for a win, especially in a tournament. And maybe she or he is tired to see you perform all these grandmaster moves in the opening that you keep looking up in the… |
1-0 | Started: 26-May-07 Ended: 10-Jul-07 |
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| 323. |
Queen plays around! dmaestro (1542) vs. jstevens1 (1513) Annotated by apastpawn (1200): Every chess player experiments with openings at sometime. We all search for the one opening that will give us a big advantage the majority of the time. Well, their ain't one! Once you learn that and play for equality and maybe a minimal advantage or initiative the sooner you'll move on to solid chess. I myself learnt that when playing the color… |
1-0 | Started: 22-Dec-07 Ended: 28-Dec-07 |
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| 324. |
B12 Caro-Kann against Excalibur DTC Chessknave vs. Excalibur Annotated by chessknave (1560): King Pawn Opening to B12 Caro-Kann Advance Variation. Played against Excalibur Deluxe Talking Chess, Level 3. Caro-Kann Standard is Nc3, but I wanted to try an idea using the Bishop. Perhaps e6 looks better. The knight can be displaced by e4-e5 costing tempo. A blunder because the knight will be trapped. Maybe the best idea for trying to… |
1-0 | Started: 2008.01.12 Ended: 2008.01.12 |
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| 325. |
Revenge for game #6! paddl3s (1841) vs. gm_dursley (2117) Annotated by paddl3s (1200): My preferred system versus the sicilian the best response, despite it's very low popularity. I see Nf6 most with the occasional Nc6/d6 Nc6 is usually played here, but Nf6 has to be played at some point, and jumbling your move order up in the opening is a very useful ploy when playing a weaker opponent. Qa5 is better in my opinion. But … |
1-0 | Started: 23-Dec-07 Ended: 14-Jan-08 |
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| 326. |
Team match (Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation) littleboo (1835) vs. tomwhufc (1843) Annotated by tomwhufc (1200): THis is a team game I played for my great team England. Before i start I would like to congratulate charleshiggie for captaining the England team and making a fun community! My opinions about this move are pretty well known. I think this is the best move, for the novice: this move seizes space in the centre, opens up the light squared bishop's… |
1-0 | Started: 04-Jan-08 Ended: 13-Feb-08 |
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| 327. |
Greco's Good Luck Gioachino Greco (?) vs. Unknown (?) Annotated by undoubtedly0 (1200): Gioachino Greco vs. an unknown player in 1919. At this time, Greco was touring Europe, testing himself against players in London in Paris. Greco considered this to be one of his best and favorite games. The King's Pawn Opening. The rarely seen Owen Defence. Black prepares to fianchetto his bishop onto the powerful a8-h1 diagonal. On the… |
1-0 | Started: 1619 Ended: 1619 |
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| 328. |
Classical French Defence - Steinitz Variation - opposite castling nightlooser (1619) vs. ifuinsist (1638) Annotated by ifuinsist (1932): Sooo... this is one of the starting theoretical position of the French Classical Defence (3...Nf6) - (Steinitz Variation) In fact a rare case in point in the French, and a great resemblance with many lines of the Sicilian because we have a race for mate with opposite castling. It surely explains why this line is popular among… |
0-1 | Started: 25-Feb-08 Ended: 27-Feb-08 |
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| 329. |
Let's play chess tim_b (1680) vs. pascalbercker (1646) Annotated by myrydin (2019): This is my first annotated game, so I would welcome any feedback. I am a fan of the Torre attack* and in this game I hope to bring out some of its general principles as well as a few of my own touches. Although wikipedia suggests that the Torre is not particularly advantageous for White, Nigel Short** categorises it as a good opening, describing… |
1-0 | Started: 16-May-07 Ended: 20-May-07 |
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| 330. |
Cruising in my Rxe7 fredmcgriff (1432) vs. animusrex (1519) Annotated by fredmcgriff (1534): Hello my name is Fred McGriff and I'm a retired baseball professional. It's been a while since I haven't seen 1..d5. I am already expecting to lose. I ignore the problem and proceed as normal hoping for a (perhaps impossible?) transposition somewhere down the road into QGA, the only thing I know. Still pretending like I don't notice the… |
1-0 | Started: 05-Mar-08 Ended: 11-Mar-08 |
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| 331. |
Sicilian, Najdorf mybookrunsdeep (2152) vs. blooth (1780) Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): Here is a short English Attack in the Sicilian, when Black adopts a true Najdorf setup with ...e5. The action gets going quickly out of the opening with an opposite side castling situation and direct attacks against the kings. Note: As usual, my annotations assume some prior knowledge of chess, therefore, you won't find me annotating a move… |
1-0 | Started: 27-Dec-07 Ended: 16-Feb-08 |
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| 332. |
Dubious novelty against the accelerated dragon icehawk (1722) vs. rygeren (1669) Annotated by icehawk (1200): This game was perhaps not the most exciting from an artistic point of view, but there was a lot of tension and fighting spirit. The quality of play was higher than in most of my games, with no side making any serious mistake. The accelerated dragon is understandably very popular nowadays. 5.c4, heading for a Maroczy bind is also an… |
½-½ | Started: 12-Mar-08 Ended: 17-Mar-08 |
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| 333. |
Your prayers are Flanswered! ethansiegel (1722) vs. flanders (1821) Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): Flanders and I are on different teams that play each other often, and he's pretty good. But in this game, I get the better of him, to even my record with him (3-3-1). I went on a kick where I tried opening 1. c4 for awhile, and that was a disaster. Back to 1. e4 to me for awhile! The Sicilian. A lot of people here play the Sicilian or respond… |
1-0 | Started: 02-Feb-08 Ended: 27-Mar-08 |
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| 334. |
Let's play chess stringplayer92 (1682) vs. michicello (1365) Annotated by stringplayer92 (1200): Stringplayer92 (1701) annotator vs Monticello (1330) A quick game showing the power of the Ruy Lopez to capitalize on opening mistakes I have only just started playing this opposed to my normal d4, but am really starting to enjoy the positions that arrise. The Ruy Lopez The most played move, making the bishop decide what it will do.… |
1-0 | Started: 27-Mar-08 Ended: 06-Apr-08 |
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| 335. |
Let's play chess klondyke (1865) vs. young_tribe (1890) Annotated by klondyke (1200): I have decided to annotate this game to highlight a great double Bishop sacrifice. It does not end with checkmate but does leave the board with myself up a Queen for a Rook, and my opponent resigning. Hope you enjoy, David. Sicilian, seem to play against this a lot now as the level of my opponent rises. My typical response to the… |
1-0 | Started: 04-Apr-08 Ended: 09-Apr-08 |
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| 336. |
Challenge from patzerman fatbrit (1638) vs. patzerman (1842) Annotated by patzerman (1919): My first attempt at annotating! A friendly game in which an exchange sac brings about a position that I would play from either side. Here we go.... A computer will help out with analysis,but I will do most of the work,as I need the study time! I will not have many "lines" of analysis-I perfer to talk generally about my thoughts during the… |
0-1 | Started: 13-Feb-08 Ended: 12-Apr-08 |
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| 337. |
Butchering the Safest Sicilian basil73 (1604) vs. fredmcgriff (1441) Annotated by fredmcgriff (1534): My name is Fred Mcgriff, and I'm a retired Baseball professional. Having just "read" The Safest Sicilian by Alexander Delchev with Semko Semkov, I am ready to bring my new knowledge to battle. The hilarity that ensues will be my woeful regurgitation of this fine GM teaching. With this move I complete the book's subtitle, "A Black Repertoire… |
0-1 | Started: 11-Mar-08 Ended: 03-Apr-08 |
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| 338. |
Latvian Gambit - Poisoned Pawn chasparos (1632) vs. mrdos (1636) Annotated by chasparos (1200): Just to feel better about myself. This is a mini-tourny game on the theme 'Latvian Gambit - Poisoned pawn' that my opponent blundered away. Nice to see that others can stumble too. Since its a set piece game I'll start commenting at the end of move 6. Ok. The battle field is set. Black has accepted the 'poisoned' g2 pawn, and white… |
1-0 | Started: 24-Apr-08 Ended: 29-Apr-08 |
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| 339. |
A Pinning Theme for a Successful Combination. chess_o (1790) vs. toiletduck1 (1785) Annotated by toiletduck1 (1200): The 4th of my games against the Italian stallion chess_o. The 3rd was a slaughter. This 1 not so much, but contains a nice combination. (game info on previous page) Bird's opening (A03) named after the 19th century English master Henry Bird, probably just comes outside the bracket of the most popular opening moves: e4, d4, c4, Nf3 and g3. They … |
0-1 | Started: 16-Mar-08 Ended: 23-May-08 |
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| 340. |
mate in 12? mika76 (1562) vs. tugger (1437) Annotated by tugger (1200): an average game, but a long mating pattern makes this game notable. alekhine. unusual, only one game on the database, and that was a draw. and now into new territory as far as the database is concerned, and i've not been here before. white's only weakness appears to be his knight, vulnerable to a pin. it seems his bishop may have to move … |
0-1 | Started: 27-Mar-08 Ended: 27-May-08 |
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| 341. |
Challenge 2 tinkofsharn (1936) vs. sf115 (1613) Annotated by tinkofsharn (2120): White's queen pawn opening was met with black Kingside knight. With a potentially varied opening leading to many lines I enjoy to play. I decided to encourage the opening away from my favoured Nimzo-indian defence so I could explore a lesser played line, the Bogo-Indian defense. With pawn to Queen's Knight 3 it seems Black had other plans and … |
1-0 | Started: 02-May-08 Ended: 13-Jun-08 |
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| 342. |
Let's play chess dmisra (1616) vs. tomoa (1686) Annotated by dmisra (1547): Queen sacrifice- my first I think. Cracking game where we both castled on opposite sides and tried to attack the other's king. Can you spot his brilliant trap on move 25 and if I say so myself, my nice move on #36 which allowed me to wrap it up. Pl comment freely, I am sure you will enjoy this high octane ride. Thanks also to tomoa who sent a nice … |
1-0 | Started: 29-Oct-08 Ended: 29-Oct-08 |
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| 343. |
Let's play chess dmisra (1619) vs. maten9 (1450) Annotated by dmisra (1547): WIN ON MOVE 12- destructive power of the Kings gambit. BISHOP AND KNIGHT SACRIFICE. However, when I played the gambit against players of ranking 1600 or higher, I quite often had losses. I learnt the kings gambit in this summer, and this is one opening where you need some formal training to avoid the carnage that poor maten9 had to endure. Pl… |
1-0 | Started: 08-Nov-08 Ended: 08-Nov-08 |
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| 344. |
Royal Foxtrot algol vs. black Annotated by algol (1200): Although I like strategical interesting games, this game does not have that. Instead it contains an interaction between the white queen and the black king which lasts nine moves and leads to the demise of the black queen. It is not unlike a dance - hence the title - and not devoid of some beauty. My first try at the Bishop's Gambit variation… |
1-0 | Ended: August 2008 |
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| 345. |
An accusation of cheating? zugswanger (1821) vs. goffredob (1891) Annotated by zugswanger (1958): My opponent resigned on move 26 with a scathing note accusing me of playing like a computer. He put me on ignore, not allowing any discussion on the subject whatsoever. What is fascinating to me, is how he came to this conclusion as to me it seems like a very straightforward game. So here are my thoughts on the game. There doesn't… |
1-0 | Started: 20-Oct-08 Ended: 21-Jan-09 |
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| 346. |
Let's play chess xiangzhi (1774) vs. dsb13 (1923) Annotated by dsb13 (2378): Unlike many of my games, this one does not include the fireworks of a direct attack on the king, but rather a highly unusual balance of material and then a series of puzzle like problems, none leading to a mate, but each leading to the final victory. Time and again, White finds himself in a mini-zugzwang, where he simply cannot move his pieces,… |
0-1 | Started: 2010.02.10 Ended: 2010.03.24 |
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| 347. |
Send in the calvery! charleshiggie (1992) vs. cherrypie (1878) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): This game is unusual in that the white knights at move 15 occupy h7 and h8. It also features an unusual way of exchanging king side rooks, both of which are captured on their starting squares! Enjoy! I had played Cherrypie seven times, I have lost to him, and conceded 3 draws. He is a player I greatly respect. I normally start with d4, but I… |
1-0 | Started: 2010.05.13 Ended: 2010.05.25 |
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Refutation of an unsound sacrifice? Promising youngster vs. Charles Higgie Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): Here I beat a promising youngster who had in fact beaten me in the club championship lightening tournament the previous week. He sacrifices a bishop and at one point threatens a lovely mate in 2, but really never has enough for it and loses quickly. So he starts with the usual. And I play my usual Sicilian. Slightly unusual, but perfectly… |
0-1 | Started: 04/01/12 Ended: 04/01/12 |
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