chess opening #62457 (4)Shropshire 2 v Wood Green MM 2 Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): Starts conventionally enough. I prevent e2-e4. This is the most commonly played move. I usually play this. Perfectly playable, but Nc3 is more common. I completely my fianchetto. And he starts his. Why not invite a Benoni structure? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoni_Defense He has ruled out the sharpest lines for white and if his d4 pawn can be induced to advance to d5 then his Bishop on g2…Chirag Guta (1922) vs. Charles L Higgie (1945) |
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chess opening #33833 (7)Carlsen-World Team, New York City 2010 Annotated by eden8 (1200): 'The challenge of pitting yourself and your skills against every other person on the planet may be many people's worst nightmare... but for Magnus Carlsen, it's a dream.' Or, at least, it was a dream. On 10 September 2010, in the penthouse of the Copper Square Hotel in New York City, 19-year-old Carlsen took on an online team of global chess players led by three grandmasters, these being…Magnus Carlsen (2826) vs. World Team |
chess opening #36862 (4)Kidlington Minor (U145) Rd 4 Annotated by rjacobs (1690): A really exciting game this one, decided when we were both approaching our last 5 minutes... Enjoy! Played to put me off... 3. Nc3 is normal but there's nothing wrong with this. The fianchetto variation has caused me problems in the past and sets the King's Indian player a whole set of different challenges from other variations. Going into a sort of Benoni, always a choice for the KI…Darrell Watson (1656) vs. Robert Jacobs (1752) |
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chess opening #16039 (7) |