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Annotated by fredmcgriff (1534): Hi, my name is Fred McGriff and I am a retired professional baseball player. Typically when my opponent opens with the queen's pawn I panic, yank the plug from my computer, and rock back and forth huddled in the corner of my closet. But since this is tenfingers, my nemesis, I dig deep and answer three days later with a well-thought-out d5. I'm pretty sure it's a force from here but he chooses… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): I was very pleased at beating someone with a higher ECF (English Chess federation) grade than me, although afterwards I found out that I did have a higher Elo rating (1947 compared to 1905) Queens Gambit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit Declined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Declined The usual developing move. One of the comments I read online about this move is… |
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Annotated by guy04 (1200): An interesting little game with a nice combination at the end. So far, not much to say. Solid play on both sides. But this is questionable. The black king will remain in the center. Probably the best way to clear the center and aim for the king. An interesting attempt to save the day. Will it work? Of course, pxp does not stop the attack, because the black pawn at f5 … |
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Annotated by blokky (1879): This game turned out to be one of the strangest game I've played on Gameknot. Altough black was quite demolished in the middle of the game, black used his left pieces in a way that lead to a strange victory. Maybe it would be better to do f6 first. Probably Ke7 would be better. very stupid.. problem.. White could trade queens now and whould have a comfortable situation, but… |
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Annotated by vavavi (1572): This is a decent game where white plays a queen sac which, trough blacks blunder lead to a won game. The queens gambit declined. (I think thats what it is called)
Computer gives this as a mistake giving white a reasonable edge. It aslo loses a pawn. Black castles queen side and places his rook on an open file. Perhaps playing Ne7 and trying to short castle was better. Unpinning… |
