Annotated by dylam (1200): an iregular opening. in my opinion it cant be good for black... black is developing his tools very slowly. white has a great space to play in the center as well as in the king and queen side. the D row will be very powerful for white. it seems that black is waiting for white to make his move. white, on the other hand, is gaining advantage in the center. not one peace was… |
Annotated by throneseeker (1200): Queen's pawn opening, not an area with which I am very familiar. I was still experimenting with this response at this stage. Well, at least he let me set up my position and there are a few holes I might be able to do something with later. With the idea of attacking his pawn center before it get too strong. It seems he wishes to maintain his central pawns. A prelude to a queenside… |
Annotated by smoran90 (1200): Queens pawn opening. Owens defence, I think. The plan is to develop first and then to attack in the centre with d5 and c5. However black plays extremely passivly. This knight should only go here after black plays c5 or it may be better supporting c5 from d7. Here it's a target for the white pawns to attack. Builing a big pawn centre. The c4 pawn is already guarded so it may be better to play… |
Annotated by jprante (2152): This opening is a very unusal one by Black. A Queen's pawn game (A40) English defence, but h6 is a new move. ? This move forces Queen exchange and the center is gone for Black. ?? After the opening, Black lost a rook, and White has two powerful bishops on the a1-h8 and b1-h7 diagonal line. This move is decisive for the game. Black needs the knight for the… |