Annotated by nyctalop (2166): This was a team game and I wanted very much to win this to recover the bad streak I had in another team game, losing the exchange and later the game because I just made the moves in the wrong order and scraping a draw in the other game after ending up in a worse position right out of the opening as a consequence of mixing up moves, again. So I was very much aching to win this game. I usually…
Annotated by orangutan (1947): This game was from a thematic mini-tournament. The starting position is after black's fourth move.
The result unfortunately was a timeout. However there were some interesting phases of play, which I have annotated in order to try and draw some lessons. The starting position for the mini-tournament. I select the classical approach, heading for a queenside pawn advance. Decision time…
