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Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): Hi everyone!
This game was played between my master buddy, Freddy the Master Mater and a Class C player called Concordborn (Matthew). This game certainly belongs under the It Can Be Done thread. OK, it was a draw and not a win, although in the middlegame Matthew had great winning chances being a piece ahead, but alas allowed Freddy back into the game by getting his knight trapped. Matthew… |
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Annotated by tomwhufc (1200): This is a notable game of the 'Stonewall Attack' where where white sets up his desired 'Stonewall' pattern in impeccable form. Without depending on any major blunders on black's part, the game develops into a smahing attack on black's castled king orchestrated by Horowitz. More common is 1.e4 Black replies symetrically also staking a claim for the centre. ?! From a theoretical point of view,… |
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Annotated by a_random_guy (1985): Hello everyone! Here is my second game against fellow club member jstevens1 in the stonewall-themed welcome mini-tournament of the club. In this game, White manages to push Black into a corner and then break through the middle to win the game. This is the starting position of the mini-tournament; White has adopted the stonewall setup, characterised by the pawns on c3, d4, e3 and f4. In… |
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Annotated by blake84120 (1200): White is playing the Queen's Pawn Game, and his second move seems to be pushing toward the Stonewall Attack. White went a bit off script for the Stonewall. That pawn is usually played to c3 instead of c4. Now it looks like he has transposed into a Queen's Gambit (it's not much of a gambit now with his bishop defending the pawn at c4), maybe the Marshall Defense with the black knight at f6,… |
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Annotated by mokru (1508): Several games played at 5 min plus 10 or 20 seconds where the 667 rated Shivkapoor plays much beyond a sub 1000 player. At one point he says his rating is wrong. I believe him. I get one win out of about 5 games played. Shivkapoor is a natural attacker, but the game takes him into middle and end game play. My approach is both more cautious and more aggressive than prior tries.… |
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Annotated by yoshark (1409): This is the first of two games vs payam_eagle and I'm sure he is as upset as I am about this game. However, I've learned quite a bit from reviewing this game. My hope is that you will take something out of this game as well. By the time this game ended in a draw I had 3-0 for my tourney this makes my score a 3.5 which is pretty good. If you would like to look at the other 3 wins which are… |
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Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): Hi everyone!
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that when you castle kingside, your h and your g columns can become very vulnerable to mating attacks. Black, who is a Class D player did not sort out his problems with the h column in a timely manner and as a result got Freddied. This was really sad because Freddy had made a horrible blunder costing him a rook for a pawn. If… |
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Annotated by gamegold10 (1200): Starts out with the pawn in the queens row. Same over here I am black. Starts out. With a pawn wall. Starts with my minor piece Big open space for white. Pawn Starts to build with the bishop Kinght Makes white to move back Both knights out Pawn All most done with the minor pieces Bishop Knight Pawn Bishop So far this game is evan Pawn Same Check Blocks the check Pawn Pawn Check Gives up the… |
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Annotated by fycorsia (1219): Hello,
If you read my other annotation "Willingness to change tactics..." then you will recognize this as a sort of continuation on that same theme. This game embodies a strategy that was brought to my attention through the annotations of andydufresne. I'm sure that he isn't the first to describe or think of this, but I feel the need to give him props for turning me onto it as it has helped… |
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Annotated by nuntar (1702): Fatcat linked to this game recently when commenting on another annotation, so I decided (with his permission) to annotate this one for him. We begin with a Queen's Pawn opening. Vidmar's Opening, a quieter choice than the Queen's Gambit (2. c4). It is usually chosen by players aiming for the Stonewall system (the system played in this game, with the further moves Bd3, f4 and c3). White aims to… |
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Annotated by blake84120 (1200): Annotating this game for fun, since the new influx of annotations has been a bit slow in the last couple days. This is a mini-tournament game played by a friend of mine, white, who opens with 1. d4. With 2. e3 white hints that he's looking to play the Stonewall System. The recommended reply by black is 2. Nf6. Black instead opts to develop his bishop, and white confronts that bishop with 3.… |
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Annotated by beginner78 (1388): There are games when one manages to prove a point. When I play chess, I am more likely to agree to win exchange than sacrifice one. But this game was an exception. Interesting plot... I don't like playing against the Stonewall type formations. Or is it Colle? Anyway, I like piece manouvers, but this particular pawn structure is ... well ... just boring. I quickly played 5...b6, only to… |
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Annotated by reachforgoals (1200): queen pawn opening same pawn knight bishop knight same pawn case king side 3 mniors piece out same castle king side pawn all minor peices out pawn bishop queen pawn pawn pawn knight pawn in this case should black save the bishop or the pawn saved the bishop knight out of bishops lose queen rook lost bishop pawn queen pawn is this a fork rook out of minor peices is this a fork -14 rook knight… |
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Annotated by opus692 (1200): I liked this game because as black I was able to see he benefits of my opening strategy. the opening was uneventful at first White brings his bishop out, and I have a theory..if I can get him to move his oening pieces twice, I gain time like that...leaving me more developed I continue my opening strategy at this stage, I have an edge in development, white is further ahead in space at… |
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Annotated by coolistdude (1704): Esumaat1 vs. Coolistdude
Blitz 10 min
Game recalled, may have errors in order of notation.
Result 0-1
Coolistdude is anotating. Go back a move to see more details. Not exactly standered but not bad, queen openings were never my favorite. 3 pawn moves in a row, I should think about getting those minor pieces out instead. An okay defence...highly passive though. Too many pawn moves for… |
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Annotated by captaint (1200): Queen's pawn game, one of the most popular first moves of the white along with 1. e4, Here's black has a variety of moves to reply with, 1. ... d5 which usually leads to a queen's gambit, 1. ... Nf6 which usually leads to Nimzo-indian or king's indian defense. Normally 2. c4 or 2. Nc3 are played, e3 is particularly bad because it blocks the way for the white's queen's bishop. A pseudo… |
