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Annotated by tag1153 (1700): Here's a game I recently completed vs dutch12. I believe that it shows how continued pressure against an enemy weakness can be exploited for a long time, allowing a slow moving, but steady attack against the isolated enemy king. Enjoy:) As usual, my standard. Nf6 is also very playable. Ive been playing around with this move, as it allows a transposition into the QGA (one of my standards) while… |
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Annotated by tomwhufc (1200): Rubinstein was no doubt a great artist of the endgame, however this game shows his talent in another field of chess brilliancy. In this game he unleashes an attack with a the fire and elegance of my fave player Morphy, and unfolds wonderful combos and brilliant sac's that would do honour to Tal, Alekhine maybe even Morphy!( And believe me I worship Morphy and when I compare something to him then… |
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Annotated by scottyad (1200): Here's a fun, and I think instructive, example of attack and the initiative in the Slav. A little sketchy, but the game inevitably transposes. The weakness of e3 is not so much the blocking in of the c1 bishop (though it is often useful to develop this piece to g5 after ..Nf6 and ...e6), but its inflexibility. In a sense, it gives Black unnecessary information about White's setup. Even if… |
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Annotated by sirmohammad (1200): In this game I had black pieces, so my first goal was to seize the initiative as soon as possible and then attack my opponent's king. Only when you have the initiative can you play actively and develop an attack on your opponent.
{There are two lessons in this game: First, seize and hold the initiative. By the tenth move, black equalized and gained the initiative quickly. Once the initiative was … |
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Annotated by stevetaylor (1726): A very interesting game with a beautiful finish.
It has lots of the great elements, a trap, a sacrifice and a powerful position seemingly detonating Anticipating K3 and preparing the pin One assumes that White is planning to break through the centre or financhetto his dark square bishop. Apparently the light square bishop is enough trouble to drive back one square but white does not feel … |
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Annotated by opus692 (1200): Black played well enough to recover from a mistake and force white to resign. Black played well enough to recover from a mistake and force white to resign. Standard queen opening The opening progresses I thought this a good move by white taking advantage of the Bishops long reach I continue my opening sequence undaunted I thought this an interesting move by white. The Queen gains… |
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Annotated by alloutwin (1200): This was a game i recently played on playchess.com
It is a good example of how being aggressive pays off in otb chess, much more than correspondance chess.
Please leave comments using the new facility to do so. I haven't analysed very thoroughly, as this was more a game of instinct than calculated moves Planning c5 Strangely quiet move Another quiet move, better would be something like Nc3 or … |
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Annotated by hectorc (1200): Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat! this game shows why sometimes it pays not to resign even when in a bad situation. i think this opponent has done some homework and spotted that I've been playing the Torre attack a lot recently. h6 prevents my usual 3.Bg5 ...so I'll try something different this time. nice pin on knight. I like to play this move. to maintain knight on f3 is exchange is… |
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Annotated by phantomfive (1709): Here black wasn't paying attention and white pulled off a tactic that messed up his position. Now white has both center pawns, and black only has one on the side. Whoops. Black should have paid closer attention. At this point black thought, "Well, I'm a pawn down, but at least I do have one advantage: I have a rook on the open column." Then white proceeds to… |
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Annotated by gazdvez (1200): planning e4. After exchange black would bring his knight with tempo into the game. symmetrical. I win a tempo after exchange. Without queens, the king can be a fighting piece, that's why I didnot play 0-0. ?? To make more alternatives, which black must now calculate. Black king is in safe, but after exchanges I want to bring in a pawn, that is why the king better stands in the… |
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Annotated by dylam (1200): this variation is very popular lately... black has doubled white's pawns but they are not weak at all. white can break twice through c4! black is not developing pieces. it is hard to play that way. black is making bad moves. white squares are now weak. e6 is weak. the whole queenside pieces didnt move yet. also playable: Qg3, Qh3. with no developed pieces black will see white… |
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Annotated by mehd872 (1857): First amazing move: d4 instead of usual e4!! From Black 7th move, I thought that he mustn't defense this Pawn! I think my attack will be strong enough! Black try to trap my Rook! An important move: Black King cant scape to King side! I never think of taking the Black Rook on a8!! Without… |
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Annotated by opus692 (1200): White chooses a Queen opening to push aggressively into my territory I counter a knight attack to win the sweet center of the board but I start my opening routine unconcerned white is moving major pieces out, a good strategy, but I must continue to build my house for the king this move is an example of that strategy white improves her position my castle building continues white continues to… |
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Annotated by beresford13861 (1475): its been a while and im not "booked" so i try strange things to me all the time....queen pawn, lets see. two knights..looks like blacks gona set his sniper on g7 there he does it, im not worried, centers preaty equal at this point. perhaps a bad move, but IMO the fiencheto without the knight there is not as strong...whatcha think? time to clean up the center, probly to early, but i like… |
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Annotated by kedrowss (1537): qp opening to colle system transitioning to queen's gambit decline catalan he transposes to Tarrasch i push for semi-slav, stonewall variation i boneheadedly missed the queen exchange offered on 15, leaving him to take mine freely and me to… |
