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Annotated by jestey1 (1756): This game, played between the last two undefeated players of this mini-tournament, is an instructive example of how quickly things can go wrong in an open game. White made a slight inaccuracy in the opening and, though Black (me) did not find the most accurate continuation right away, I was able to pose some concrete problems that my opponent failed to meet actively and energetically enough.… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): The Scottish game pins the knight and seeking to undermine the e4 pawn. Though this comes at a cost of a permanent structural weakness. Developing and defending e4. This bishop can become a useful future attacking piece if white ever has a chance to play e4-e5.
un-doubling the pawns while at the same time increasing the scope of his LSB and queen. Black is following a common… |
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Annotated by l-d-j (1747): This was one of my three games in the "Walking the walk" project, and it was by far my best game of those three. We got into an endgame which seemed quite even. But at some point I got unsure of what to do and lost grip on the position by "doing nothing". Then my opponent made an interesting exchange sac, after which the threats on the queenside were too much for me to handle. As I prefer open… |
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Annotated by oops_you_lose (1200): White begins with 1. e4, the only viable first move for White. Black responds symmetrically. White is playing well so far, too bad his noobness soon begins to shine. Standard response by Black. The first move that's a little strange for White. Why spend two moves developing the knight, only to give it away? As bad as this move was, this guy plays far worse later on. Weak move, exposing… |
