Chess Openings, Beefeater defence (A40)

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CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #14716

(21)

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 fianchetto I reckon I need to take control of the…

chess opening #8702

(14)

Online G/10 Tournament
geordiejoe (1848) vs. byakuugan3 (1836)

Annotated by byakuugan3 (1200): I like to play safe and passively in the opening, so that I have a solid position. This has transposed into King's Indian Defense, which is a very strong hypermodern opening. Black wants to develop and castle quickly instead of worrying about the center. Space is the least important when evaluating a position. Pawn structure and development are the most important. One side can have a big…

chess opening #21384

(7)

Joanne Stevens - get back to basics!!
ionadowman (2043) vs. jstevens1 (1757)

Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): You would think that 1750 players would be above missing or walking into basic tactics wouldn't you? But not jstevens1, oh no. In this game I played to the level of my OTB rating - 1200! In fact from some 1200 players I have seen better! So, Jo, time to get back to basics! The game starts off with Ion playing d4 and me trying to set up some flank action with the Modern Defence which is the …