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Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2332): Another from the Modern Benoni MT run by the WtW Club. After some early skirmishing in which Black won a central pawn in exchange for a q-side one - not the way Benonis usually go - Whites pieces find themselves heaped up on the Q-side. Seeing the White King apparently abandoned by his friends, Black sacrifices a piece for a promising looking attack. This game features some narrow forcing… |
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Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2332): Just out of the opening, Black tries a speculative piece sacrifice that opens up a whole hive of possibilities on the Queen side. For the piece, Black gets two pawns, his mobilization proceeds apace, and a temporary bind is clamped over White's Queen wing. All very well for Black, but then what? Black's game proceeds by threats, swarming all over the board, White having to fend off attacks… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): I am annotating this game to help vectevs (1704) who is an over-the-board team mate! So it start conventionally. Transposing into a Queen's Gambit Declined. It is more usual to develop the Bc1 to g5 - that is what I do as white - but this is perfectly playable. Natural development. White wants to castle king side too. Black has wisely waited until white has moved the Bf1 before taking on… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): I am annotating this for two friends from Oswestry, who were playing each other on Gameknot. So it starts very conventionally. Now d7-d5 would lead to the Orthodox Line of the Queen's Gambit Declined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Declined
Or Bf8-b4 is the Nimzo-Indian Defence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence This is quite playable too. Now 4. d4-d5 leads… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): Welcome back dear reader! This is another "How good is your chess?" Start trying to guess White's move after Black's 9th move. Pretty standard Is he wanting to play the Nimzo-Indian? No, Black transposes back to the Queen's Gambit. There is of course a cute little trap here. 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5? Nxd5! 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ and Black wins back the queen with a won game.
Both sides continue to… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): So, this is the game I lost! I chose a sharp opening variation, but, as we shall see, I forgot the analysis! Black then wins in style. And so we transpose into a Benoni My opponent was graded BCF 170, one of the highest in the tournament. He was also young (early 20s) and keen, so maybe instead of playing sharply I should have taken with the e pawn here This is all opening theory. Now … |
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Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2332): From an unusual line of the Modern Benoni, White lets slip an opportunity for Black to grab the draw. Was this deliberate? Did White hope to win a relatively inexpensive half-point? Taking that line, I turned it into a speculative attack a piece behind. White's strong and clever defence kept Black at bay for some time, the latter's assault troops battering their way towards the White King.… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): Black - their team captain, and distracted with a player turning up late - misplays the opening, drop the exchange (rook for bishop), sacs more material for an attack, but careful defence wins the day! The Indian Defence Main line I thought he was heading for a Nimzo-Indian but he heads for a Benoni Which I go into. A usual move in all Benoni systems. I grab the centre. And he closes the… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): So this is the second of the "high draws" which my over-the-board team mate vectevs made, which I offered to annotate. So it starts as a standard Nimzo-Indian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence This is an unusual reply. To quote the Wikipedia article I have just referred to "unpinning the knight, is a move that is common among amateurs who have no theoretical knowledge when… |
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Annotated by tag1153 (1700): This was a team match between the captains of Southern Chess and the New York Lovers. My good friend Janis played his usual great game against me, but this time I had enough to hold on for the win. For the record, manhattan's record against me is an awesome 13-5-4. My standard. Unorthadox, but solid. More defensive posturing. Black has committed himself to defending, and hopes to… |
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Annotated by scottyad (1200): The following game illustrates the strength of the much-feared "Flick-Knife Attack" against the Modern Benoni. While White does not play entirely accurately in the opening, he makes no important mistakes and gradually transforms his natural positional advantage into a deadly passed pawn to score the full point. Black, meanwhile, makes no obvious mistakes in surrendering the full point! White's… |
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Annotated by patralgan (1877): This game decided the winner of the championship. The actual tournament ended with three way win by me, Risto Saarinen and Yrjö Nieminen. In the tiebreaks both me and Risto beat Yrjö, so this game was the most important one. Risto is also kinda like my nemesis, I have lost 3 games in a row against him before this game. So it was a big final. Well... as big as it can get in a small town like… |
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Annotated by thitho (1200): Ouf! Finally a good game! so much time I had to wait to have a good opinion about me, ultimately! This game is focusing on attacking weak pawns and distracting moves to scare the opponent and slowly advance the real threats: strong pawns! So the game really starts at move 30, which was the first decisive move, and where I had in mind already to advance e4-e5-f4 and then continuing, including Kh2… |
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Annotated by bittersweet_ballad (1200): I annotated this game as it proceeded. The annotations therefore don't have any retrospective analysis, and are only the thoughts going on in my mind while I was playing. Although this move is part of a book opening, I don't understand what it tries to achieve. The bishop would probably have to move back to b7 anyway, so isn't that like loosing a tempo? huh? what does this achieve?… |
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Annotated by alloutwin (1200): An interesting league game, that moved swiftly to a rook endgame. My opponent played it well and some positional mistakes ended the fight prematurely. Recently I have been trying to improve my endgame, so any comments on the final third of the game are welcomed Often Nf3 is played here, to avoid the Nimzo-Indian. All very standard opening moves up to now. Hardly main line variations,… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): This is the second match of a 2 part benoni series. My opponent chooses the popular 7.f4 with 8.Bb5 said to be the benoni killer. But I play the ultra sharp 8...Nbd7 resulting in a bloodly knife fight full of insane tactics. Enjoy! Starting position of the modern benoni White has many options here but none as aggressive and cut throat as this one Tiamonov(flick-knife) attack super… |
