Annotated by tonnerre (1945): I received a challenge from madscan. He wanted to improve his playing. That is why I annotated this game. The Ruy Lopez. THE favourite of mine. Flexible for both attack and defense. It "feels" less classical than the other classical openings. Benelux Variation. The last time I encountered this defense I was mercilessly slaughtered. I need to approach this variation with fresh ideas.… |
Annotated by ralbama1 (1959): This was an interesting game, where my opponent made one noticeable mistake, which- I am proud to say- I was able to capitalize on. The main story in Batman: The Dark Knight is the Joker wants to kill Batman, so to I want to eliminate the Dark Knights (coincidentally, not planned). Ruy Lopez Pretty straight forward still. I decided to go ahead and test the center. I think Nde7… |
Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): 4. .......... This is the Beverwijk Variation of the Ruy Lopez - but I wonder whether this is a good line or not in retrospect because I really do get into an awkward mess in the early part of the middle game. 9. ........ a5 - all book up to here, but now the dodginess is revealed by white's next move which is the one move which has a good win ratio for white in the database. … |
Annotated by poder_yaqui (1200): "Best by test"
Bobby Fisher ¿The berlin? 4.-...Nxe4
5.-d4 Nd6
6.-Bxc6 dxc6
7.-dxe5 Nf5
8.-Qxd8 Kxd8 Its the so called Berlin Defense; a variation long time favorite of Kramink. When playing Bc5 in the spanish its preferible to delay castle in order of playing d6, so may the usual Bg5 move may have no effect due to h6 and g5, and black's king has not yet castle and may go to the queenside. … |