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Annotated chess games with this chess opening:
chess opening #61280
(5)
4NCLBradford Knights v Holmes Chapel
Paul A Johnson (1873) vs. Charles L Higgie (1869)
Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): I was a few minutes late for the start. I play my usual. I paused here and eventually played. This White gradually steers the game into a mainline Grünfeld Defence. I continue to develop. White threatens e2-e4. So I switch it to a Grünfeld Defence. And he opts for the exchange variation. I was rather expecting 5. Qb3 Russian System as white has already played Nf3. It is generally thought that…
chess opening #60462
(6)
Penyffordd KO v Malpas KO
Pat Bennett vs. Charles L Higgie
Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This was a rather painful loss from a couple of years ago. Our knock-out team were away to Pen-y-Ffordd. On paper they seemed a perfect match for us, with 2 stronger players and then a big gap and 4 weaker players. Unfortunately when we turned up, I found that they had a couple of "ringers" - Pat Bennett being one of them - who hadn't played for Pen-y-Ffordd before or since. At the time Pat…
chess opening #7421
(26)
Georgia State Championship (U1600 Rd 5)
Thomas G. (tag1153) (1402) vs. Jeffrey B. (1317)
Annotated by tag1153 (1700): Here is my final round game from the Georgia State Championship. I was sitting on 2 points going into it, and since I was already out of the money this game was just for pride. I arrived at the board 35 minutes late after spending an hour or so hanging out with a couple of buddies of mine (one is a Life Master and the other a Fide Master). I was so engrossed listening to them talk chess that I…
chess opening #8192
(15)
38th Southern Congress - Atlanta Chess Center
Thomas G. (1402) vs. Marshall J. (1435)
Annotated by tag1153 (1700): The following game was my first round game of the 38th Southern Congress (U1600). This is the second year I have played in this tournament, and I have nothing but good memories from my experiences at the Atlanta Chess Center. As I have the white pieces in round one, I open with my standard 1. d4. Along with 1...d5 the most popular and solid response to a queen's pawn opening. I have developed a …
chess opening #6203
(8)
Annotated by scottyad (1200): This game is a fair reminder of the importance of 1) king safety) and 2) piece development in the opening (they often go hand-in-hand). White embarks on a series of hopeful moves, leaving his king in the center. His kingside rook and bishop remain asleep all game. '?' Easily Black's best. White's 3.Nc3 is positionally dubious, locking in the c-pawn and allowing Black to play ..d5 with strong…
chess opening #6414
(9)
Amateur Benoni Series #2
scottyad (1925) vs. dbohm (1585)
Annotated by scottyad (1200): The following is an instructive example (I hope!) of White slowly gaining control of first a few key squares, then a key file, next the entire queenside, and ultimately the whole board! Black's negligence in creating counterplay (a must for Black in the Benoni - else he is simply worse!) dooms him to passivity. A fine example of Black succumbing to the natural positional disadvantages of the…
chess opening #41336
(4)
Walking the Walk...
hogfysshe (1621) vs. ionadowman (2056)
Annotated by hogfysshe (1862): I still don't have much of an opening repertoire. Need to work on that. This game, my poor opening put me at a disadvantage beginning at about move 7. Well, it isn't exactly a poor knowledge of openings but rather a few bad decisions during the opening that got me in to trouble early in this game. Black plays the King's Indian, East Indian defense (I don't know this from experience or…
chess opening #11140
(8)
Annotated by rpilaud (1200): This was my first ever over-the-board tournament game. At this point, I had been playing on Gameknot for about 2 years and felt ready to try my hand at "real world" chess. The tournament was the 4th George Washington Open held in Springfield, Virginia. As is typical in open play, my first round Friday night game was against a relatively highly rated player. Playing black, I set up my board …
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