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Annotated by claespiper (1724): I just have to share this game with you as it contains one of the more beautiful knight moves I have seen (at this level of play). If you got to loose, this is the way to do it. This is a postmortem annotation but I will give you my thoughts at the time as well as some retrospect comments. This is my first mini-tournament I have played on Gameknot. I wanted to choose a thematic one to try out new … |
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Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): Here is a short French Alekhine-Chatard attack finished recently. There are some interesting educational themes in this game. The attack against solitary king, the trapped piece and weaknesses in the castled position. Feel free to leave comments. The French is a counter-punching opening. A favorite of mine in the recent past, I now exclusively play 1...c5. White opts for the main line French … |
ICC BlitzConcordborn (1366) vs. carpedef (1919) Annotated by concordborn (1200): This miniature game was played on ICC. I've started to try to use e4, especially in Blitz games as I've played d4 almost exclusively as White. Alekhine's Attack. The more gut move, Bxg5 leads to poor prospects for black (as we will see). Best is to ignore the odd pawn thrust and take more center with the thematic freeing move of the french, c5. Now White will keep his lead in… |
