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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): In this game, we enter a doubled-edged, but known position, where white has sacrificed a pawn but in return has ample compensation. My opponent is the first to deviate from the opening databases I am using. I try to prove his deviation wrong, by a bold attack on his rook by my bishop. He ignores this attack and offer the rook which I take. He offers a second pawn which I also take, and then a… |
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Annotated by nyctalop (2166): Having the opportunity to play against your favorite defense is quite a treat. You know the most dangerous lines, the ones you fear most when you play it as Black, you know where the pitfalls are, what are the main advantages and disadvantages of the opening in question. I've used 1. e4 for the most part in my chess games but I'm starting to appreciate this move as well. I just need to find… |
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Annotated by nyctalop (2166): If you've seen some of my previous annotations, you have probably noticed by now that I favour a limited number of defences as Black, namely the Sveshnikov for 1. e4 and the Gruenfeld for 1. d4. Hopefully, I'm going to broaden my repertoire in the near future but for the time being here is another game with more of the same. The reason for so many games with this line is the thematic… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): Having drawn with a 14 year old the previous round, I had to face another promising junior. This time my opponent was only 11 years old. He is in Year 6 - so he isn't even at High School yet. But the previous round he had beaten Thomas Villiers who was down as an estimated 2222, and has an ECF grade of 203. Even though my rating was above that of my opponent, I started this game in an extremely… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This is clearly a case of "Trying too hard to win". Having obtained a winning position I made one error. Rather than admit that the position was now equal, and accept a perpetual check, being materially up, I tried to play on for a win and ended up getting mated! The Grünfeld defence, also sometimes called the Grünfeld-Indian Defence. The Indian player Moheschunder Bannerjee played the… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This was played in "patzereli's Gruenfeld mini-tournament II" so we didn't have much choice with the first three moves! I decided to play the exchange variation, having lost my last outing with the quirky 4. f3 (see http://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/is-this-rook-sac-really-sound?gm=36183) So he takes back I grab the centre He exchanges and I take back Roman continues to develop When I first … |
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Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): This tricky, short Gruenfeld defence ended with a lovely tactical trick. My friend chooses not to fight the battle on Classical lines. I know what's coming, but cannot avoid it. The Gruenfeld, sure enough. I immediately relieve Black of his central Pawn and he recaptures. Now I have my "ideal center", but Black has exchanged off my supporting Knight. Pressuring my QP. This Pawn will be the… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): In this game, we play quickly 12 moves of established theory. I have actually already got an annotated game with the same 12 moves, only with me as white rather than black, as here. White takes a pawn in a variation which is known to give black compensation for the pawn. White fails to find the right continuation in a tricky position, and actually loses in another 8 moves each! And I am going to… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This was a fascinating game. After a complex middle game - which the post-match computer analysis (pmca) says Black makes a couple of mistake. It comes down to a queen v 2 rooks ending. The computer thinks I made a mistake, but my opponent says it was drawn anyway. Is he right? And if he is right, were his two "mistakes" really mistakes, if he was holding the position anyway. Is the pmca right,… |
