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Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): Hi everyone!
Ardin kindly put this game into the It Can Be Done thread many moons ago. Although this isn't an Expert draw, it is a Near-Expert Draw and there is a 500 point rating differential between the two sides. It looked as though Ardin's opponent was gonna cop Old Matey. In fact the black king was in Old Matey's shadow, but a stunning sacrifice of the black queen ensured that Ardin… |
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Annotated by joveyboy1 (1460): (The ratings of the two players are their ratings when the game was started) Hey everyone. Time for another annotation, my second game against geniusacamel, my second of four against this strong chess player. In this game is though, the first 19 moves show an impressive performance by me, black. I think this game shows some hidden talents I can sometimes show. Well, rate, comment, and most of… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): Of course we have now reached the standard position in The French Defence, which is normally reached via 1. e4 The French Defence happens to be the only opening I have a book on, and there is a rather nice story behind it. I am a supply teacher - what our American cousins would call a substitute teacher. I go round all sorts of schools and colleges. I was in a staff room, browsing at this… |
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Annotated by tag1153 (1700): I hope my good friend David doesn't mind - I just had to share this one:) It was our first meeting in the Southern Chess Summer Invitational. For those that know me, I play 1. d4 almost exclusively. It is responses like this that drive me crazy. I'm pretty solid in most variations of the QGD and QGA, and black's response just took away my comfort zone. If he's giving, I'm taking..... I had… |
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Annotated by tag1153 (1700): Here is a game from our team mini that I just finished vs. my good friend and teammate remybear. In this Advance Variation of the French (achieved by an alternate move order), a very symmetrical middlegame is achieved by move 12. Black's mistaken 14th move is taken advantage of and punished severely. It turns out to be all white needs. I hope you enjoy:) My standard. I just don't see this often,… |
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Annotated by graderguy (1654): The Doctor, in this game, happened to be dieselengine. I sent the challenge thinking it would be funny. I usually beat my buddy, but when he wins, he does it in fine fashion. The title was accurate I just got confused about who was going to own who. Queen pawn. Landon & I both tend to use this opening as White. I favor it due to the open position it can allow on the queen side for white. I… |
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Annotated by thedoorman (1664): I have to admit it... I knew I was up against an opponent who plays 200 pts above me. Going in I researched some of his games. He's a very clever and solid player; my work was cut out.... so I started with my strength. The French against his Queen Pawn .....
White plays the advanced variation. complicating Blacks development. now with Bd3 White deviates from the main opening lines… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): Oh good! I like playing against the French like squeezing the life out of my opponents. Surprise not the French but my old friend the Sicilian. Hum my opponent seems bent on not playing by the rules. Instead of the usually Nc6, Nf6, or e6 black plays the mysterious ...a6. Which lead to anything. The Kan/paulsen defense. Black tries to remain noncommittal waiting for whit to declare his… |
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Annotated by natolory (1200): an elastic move which leads to several possibilities of transposition perhaps not the best choice in this situation because white can play e4. So if black isn't afraid of e4 why he didn't play 1...f5? Matter of taste More precise was Ng5. On e5 the knight just loses a tempo and in my opinion is completly illogical because now the main idea connected with f3 is not possible. defending the… |
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Annotated by whizzkid111 (1200): I usually play 1.e4 because 2 pieces are released. But 1.d4 I play rarely because sometimes it can get boring but 1.d4 is what many grandmasters play. But it was worth a try! not very common against 1.d4. I tried to get him into the French defence by doing..... This. I was expecting the French ( 2. d5) the most common move, but I was shocked to see..... 2.d6? this move deserves a question … |
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Annotated by desertmissedrain (1200): Here is another of Frank Marshalls games I found on chessgames.com, he did not annotate it and I am in no way qualified to even think about annotating it, so there are almost no annotations (except for the unfinished mating sequences!), but I thought I should share it as it has a brilliant Queen sacrifice at the end which is supposedly considered to be one of the greatest moves ever! I for one… |
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Annotated by pauli0072 (1362): moved pawn to h6 to block bishop/knight combo threat normal development even knight exchange blocking opponent white bishop more development - at this point i'm concentrating on the opponent black bishop sitting nice and comfortable in the middle of the board finished setting up for king's castle there's the castle was expecting a king's castle from my opponent didn't like that… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): The Sicilan Narjof defence. I will leave the theory of this varation to others as I know very little about it. I played this with the idea of Bf4 to follow Forced, but it has the advantage of putting preasure on e5 This is a very strong pin. Black can capture on c3 with a slightly better game for white. although after
9. ...Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12.Nxg7 the position… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): Based on my experience in this tournament I can not see the exchange benefits black in the long run. White has the bishop pair and strong diagonals to compensate for the pawn. This is the little premature. Better is 11. ...Nc6. here black is slightly better because of all the pawn weaknesses in whites position. As black I would prefer to develop my pieces with 13. ...Nc6. … |
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Annotated by sayv (1200): Here i am again boring you with another of my games but here we go any way to play a different opening to my usual d5 i played the often played e6 he gets straight into control of the centre but he can't hog it all- white has to share the centre now this is a position i usually want to avoid because often from such positions, i feel at a loss how to get at the king apart from when it castles but … |
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Annotated by gazdvez (1200): The colle-system. Very active variation. Maybe sharp, too. Otherwise I win back the rook with Qh5 One pawn more and an opened black king. White have the winning position. This happens, when I have no good day. The war is over, white can go home with resign... I have 3 (maybe pawns against 2 bishops - no… |
