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Annotated by wewin (1200): It's a very common and very easy to be developed through so many variations. Play as white, I usually start with 1. e2 e4 and hope black doesn't perform Sicilian Defense, I hate that ... A common and a quite good response to 1. e2 e4 ... Initiating an attack to black's pawn, I move the knight to f3... (King's Knight Opening, C40) Black move his pawn to d6, starting a strong Philidor's Defence,… |
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Annotated by nicholas1024 (1200): This was a fun one. Playing against a 1600+ opponent for the first time here at Gameknot, I not only held my own, but walked away with a victory. I think that the key to winning this one was my edge in development, as that allowed me to make multiple threats in quick succession that my opponent just couldn't match. Up to this point, the game has been pretty standard, although I think h6… |
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Annotated by reachforgoals (1200): normal opeaning same knight pawn check block check both down 1 minor piece castle pawn both knights out knight pawn bshshop same
castle pawn pawn I think is a even trade of pieces back to 0 queen minor same same pawn back to o queen i should of moved the knight. rook pawn queen minor same queen pawn -3 wow I am keeping the score at 0 a lot this game. queen rook pawn rook same queen pawn… |
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Annotated by tag1153 (1700): I'm pretty sure everyone who plays on this site regularly is familiar with gothicgirl. She is a true warrior and fine chess talent. She is also legendary for the number of games she has played - and that is no understatement. Gothicgirl is also a fine team captain and all around good blokette:) A few days ago, abe66 contacted me - he had read many of my annotations and liked them, so he asked me … |
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Annotated by topofstack (1529): A short game, mate with no captures. A good reminder that the point of the game is checkmate not capturing pieces. Book opening, Philidor's Defense. We move both our knights out. A move my knight to b5, pinning his knight on c6 for the moment. He moves up his bishop to unpin the knight. d3 to open up my queenside bishop. An interesting, though not unusual, move. Ne7 provides an… |
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Annotated by dmaestro (1647): less common waiting move Up to now, fairly standard hanham formation. 0-0-0 is risky given black's counterplay on the queenside. Better would have been 10...nb6 White prepares a kingside attack, while black hopes his queenside attack will prevail first. Here black decides an open position with pawn exchanges gives better chances if white takes the pawn. Perhaps better would… |
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Annotated by peacewolf11 (1200): yes yes rude boy. dis is the way we is gonna roll today. Now watch carefully because you are about to see and read some pretty impressive chess commentary. Ok the first rule of chess is that white always moves first. This is a very important rule that goes back years and years to a time when people were a bunch of racistist. wait a second... what colour am i? oh yeah i'm black. Good. That was… |
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Annotated by goldmedal10 (1200): normal opening same I started building up my minor pieces pawn wall we both made a pawn wall on the queen side. pawn why did i move that knight back why knight pawn pawn knight bishop pawn pawn knight both knights out on the king side ready to castle pawn knight one more minor piece to go bishop now black can not take my bishop since black could loose his queen if he does. Is this a trap… |
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Annotated by jcaleb (1649): I don't like 4. c4. If I take, you have doubled pawns on the b-file. either way, you have a weird dead spot in your pawn structure at d3. see it?
4. BxB isn't much better for you -- basically after 4. ... NxB we're at the same position as after 2 ... d6, except both Bishops are off the board and I've gotten a free move of my N to a decent square. Seeing as it should be your turn to move… |
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Annotated by abinadi1 (1666): Being a chess novice, I have tried to improve my skills and understanding of the game by studying games by GM's and other annotated games on GK. Recently I discovered a game which has also been annotated on GK - Adolph Anderssen vs. Lionel Kieseritzky circa 1851 and was amazed by the playing style of Anderssen with his apparent lack of concern for material and more focussing on positional… |
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Annotated by ludo21 (1200): Usually I use the cicilian but I wanted to try something new... a weird move... probably for C4 after... I think that this move open me too much Bad move... It opens me the column H... he tried to protect is king from the attack but it will be worse... I don't know why he doesn't proctect this pawn... and the… |
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Annotated by almageccom (1200): A very tricky game against a smart Filipino guy named Danny. I am writing this at move 24, so I don't know how this will turn out, but it is pretty complex. Now, he is attacking my Rook; but I think I can drive him away. The exchange looks like a loser except that the Pawn at e5 is the only defender of the Knight, so if he takes with the Bishop, I take with the… |
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Annotated by davidjosh_28 (1200): In this game, you will watch the importance of castling and the importace of the open file... I started the game into a King pawn oppenig.. Black answers directly in the opening.. A bad defense.. It will block the movement of opponent black bishop... I am starting to development my pieces.. Black move c6 to support the advancement of d6 to d5.. The white bishop block the pawn threat at d5....… |
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Annotated by throneseeker (1200): Brand new to the site, I was taking any games that came my way. This challenge by kradwan was one of them. I am told this is Philidor's Defense. I guess I need to review that in the database sometime. I always find the pin on my King's Knight somewhat annoying. Defending e4 and opening a line for my Queen's Bishop. To stop a pin on his King's Knight. While I am not completely developed,… |
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Annotated by skyeman (2160): 2...Nc6 is better. Better to wait until White forces the exchange. There is no need to worry about 9.Bg5. 8...Be7 was the right move. Very… |
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Annotated by dmisra (1547): Nice to win in 20 moves Let the guy castle and then attack his kingside- more entertainment than education. Blitzkrieg- works some times. The key was sacrificing a pawn to get his strong defensive bishop. Josep and I have had some good games. Enjoy. routine he castles- i am in a dangerous mood. Plan to attack his kingside- fasten your seat belts. pawn storm- my intentions are revealed… |
