chess opening #45810 (5)Clear skies... Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2355): Several years ago, Jo (jstevens1) annotated a game between ourselves under the title 'Battle of the wings'. The thing about that game was that it led to an early rook ending. It was not until it reached that stage of the game that gradually the scales tilted in my favour, and she resigned with material still level, but with Black (me) holding all the aces. This game followed a vaguely similar…jstevens1 (1928) vs. ionadowman (2085) |
chess opening #15684 (7)League division D1 Annotated by kansasjayhawk (1666): Opposite colored bishops lead to drawish endgames, but in the meantime, also to sharper middlegames due to the fact that one bishop cannot defend squares the other attacks. While the proper result of this game probably should have been a draw, it demonstrates how tactics can continue from this phenomenon into the very late middlegame. As a Caro-Kann player, I do not like facing the Panov…pawnpusher2004 (1606) vs. kansaspatzer (1515) |
chess opening #44837 (6) |