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Annotated by danilsafin (1768): This is a game played in a team match (I annotated both games). I had blundered away the exchange, and was contemplating resigning when a tactical oversight by my opponent gave me a chance to turn the tables over.
Both sides make many mistakes, but overall this was a fun game. Ruy Lopez - Modern Archangel I seem to have more trouble with white playing c3 and d4 immediately. I… |
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Annotated by blake84120 (1200): A Team Match. These are getting harder now that I'm getting closer to my true rating and facing opponents that are too. I open with the Open Game, as usual. My favorite, the Ruy Lopez. The Morphy Defense, and white replies main line. Still mainline. Black attacked white's center pawn on e4, and white leaves it en prise because it's a "poison pawn" as they say. If black takes it, bad stuff… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): The Ruy Lopez restrained center System is basically a battle of pawn breaks. If you prepare and advance the correct pawns, while the opponent prepares and carries out the wrong pawn advances, or fails to advance any pawns at all, you will win the positional struggle. That is the bedrock on which all the positional and tactical subtleties of the Ruy Lopez are built.
It's wise to take measures to… |
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Annotated by cheetah08 (1200): This game is all about the famous Marshall Gambit in the Ruy Lopez. The Gambit, introduced by marshall , allows black to quickly attack the white king for the price of a pawn. This game shows how the game can become an endgame where black has good drawing and even winning chances. This is the Ruy , known for it's ability to maintain longterm pressure on the black position. Known to be the… |
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Annotated by stringplayer92 (1200): Stringplayer92 (1701) annotator vs Monticello (1330)
A quick game showing the power of the Ruy Lopez to capitalize on opening mistakes I have only just started playing this opposed to my normal d4, but am really starting to enjoy the positions that arrise. The Ruy Lopez The most played move, making the bishop decide what it will do. counter-attacking against the sometimes weak e4 pawn… |
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Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): Hi again everyone!
Here is the game I promised you. This time my opponent is a former Class A player but his rating has just started getting back to what is was. Thankfully it was against me that he got the blip! We start off with a double king pawn opening and then I play the Ruy Lopez (3. Bb5). In the middlegame I get my usual attack of passivitis but guess what, my opponent gets spiked … |
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Annotated by chuckbo (2133): Another game from the Ruy Lopez mini-tournament. I don't play the Ruy, so now I'm not sure if this is main line or not. I'm notating this game after-the-fact for once, and I don't remember what all was happening here. Perhaps I'm trying to get a pawn up on d5. I know I'll get the pawn at some time. He may think my queen's after the pawn, but I've got another idea. … |
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Annotated by jboyette36 (1902): This game is one I played on a site similar to GameKnot. It was in the second to last round of a tournament and I needed to win or draw in order to avoid elimination. The game solidifies into the Wing Attack, which slightly favors white if played accurately Mostly waiting for black to commit while restricting black's potential for king side expansion Giving the white bishop an… |
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Annotated by goldenboy2 (1200): Alternative variation: 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Be3 Bh3
/= Not the best move as it gives equality to Black with best play. However, the move sets a little trap that black falls into.
?? It's all over for Black now. Black… |
