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Annotated chess games with this chess opening:
chess opening #62072 (5)Rhyl & Prestatyn 2 v Malpas & Oswestry 2 Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This is annotated at the request of knight_nite. My opponent plays the French Defence We play the main line. This is slightly passive - the impression I get is black is playing for a draw. I take back. He develops. So do I, protecting d4. He hits e4. I protect. He hits again. I retreat. Natural development. I castle. He prepares to castle. I take control of the semi-open e file. He takes. I…Charles Higgie vs. John Simmons |
chess opening #14322 (6)A Trapped Bird Annotated by undoubtedly0 (1200): In London, 1866, the soon to be world chess champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, confronted 36 year old Henry Edward Bird, and accountant from Portsea, England. Both were powerful chess players, especially Steinitz, who late held the Chess Championship for nearly 28 years. Of their many matches against each other, this was by far Bird's most embarrassing. Steinitz began with his favored King's Pawn…Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Henry Edward Bird |
chess opening #3434 (15) |
chess opening #9036 (6)Semifinal USSR Championship - Omsk 1944 Annotated by sarasani (1868): C10: French, Rubinstein variation Don't you just love those beautiful combinations we see in an attack against the enemy king? In this game we see Isaac Boleslavsky go down with the white pieces against Anatoly Ufimtsev, where some good attacking play and even a nice queen sacrifice lead to some pretty fireworks! French defence. The Rubinstein variation. Doubled pawns are usually a…Boleslavsky vs. Ufimtsev |
chess opening #11656 (4)Another French Defense Annotated by racohen (1831): Capablanca was only 13 years old when he played this game against Corzo, Cuba's Chess champion. Better to play 4. ... Nf6 or 4. ... Nd7 since it is better to get the knights out before the bishops. Playing 13. Bxh7 is not a good move as it would follow 13. ... Bxf3!, 14. gxf3 g6 15. Bxg6 Rg8!, thus trading two pawns for one bishop.
White should not have moved the knight…Corzo vs. Capablanca (1) |