Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): I have been asked to annotate this for a friend, so here goes. It starts as a fairly conventional Slav Defence. 4. Nc3 is more common that 4. Bf4, but Bf4 can hardly be bad. This can hardly be wrong, but 4....Bf5 is more active. As played the Bc8 becomes a very bad bishop, hemmed in by its own pawns. This seems good, allowing the Bf1 to recapture on c4 if necessary. Solid development again. …
Annotated by justinjkropf (1998): Hi all! Queen's pawns games are often considered to be less tactically sharp than games that begin with 1. e4. But this game certainly shows tactics can come in very quickly in some variations! This was a hard-fought game where white sacrifices material early to try to keep the initiative and not allow black to consolidate his material edge. It's a tense battle, with Black succeeding over time…
