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Annotated by whiplash1 (1200): An unrated game between rejected_2 (1209) and whiplash1 (1662). The King's Pawn Opening, seizing control of the center and freeing White's queen and king's bishop. The Sicilian Defense, a counter-attacking response to 1. e4. The Gloria Variation, a rare line of the Sicilian. The position has a closed symmetry. White has a useful outpost on d5. Black has an equally useful outpost on d4,… |
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Annotated by craig_osborne (1258): this was a landmark game for me, as you can see i was rated 1730 against 1923 strong player. i managed to keep my cool to the end and force a win. a good example to lesser players on how to do so.
common opening (kings pawn) sicillian defence one of the best ways to reply interestingly enough this move works as apposed to the more common 2 knf3 or even the d4 gambit logical continuation was to … |
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Annotated by yellowlab (2033): 1. e4 is very logical. In terms of space, it occupies a center square (e4) and attacks another one (d5). It also attacks f5 which can be considered part of the extended center. In terms of development, it opens the f1-a6 diagonal for the bishop, and the d1-h5 diagonal for the queen. Its drawbacks are few, but they do exist. Pawns cannot retreat, so the e-pawn can never help secure the d4 or … |
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Annotated by gleeful (1968): Black built up a series of small advantages to break through and win a pawn on move 20. The game continued with a rook on the 2nd rank that confined white's king, allowed black to advance up the board, and mate.
Please feel free to message me if you have comments, questions, or find any mistakes. The Sicilian defence breaks symmetry by contesting the d4 square with the c pawn rather than the e … |
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Annotated by masini (1725): White has the initiative, and plans 15. d4. Black can not wait quietly, and must do something. 15...f5? is weak do to 16 f4, with clear advantage to white. 15.... d5 was possible, and maybe was better than the actual move of the game. A mistake! I didn´t see white´s strong reply. But it is not so easy to see in this position that when the pawn on d6 moves, the… |
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Annotated by tigerzrul88 (1905): As always, don't hesitate to contact me if you spot any logical or orthographic errors. White's choice is a tad unusual, but sound. It's called the Gloria variation.
Normally, White plays 2. Nf3 or 2. Nc3 to remain flexible, but this works too. Black already aims to control the outpost on d4 for his Knight.
Variations like this (with Stonewall formations normally) rely heavily on the weak… |
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Annotated by alexaand (1413): I decided to annotate this game because it shows that a chess player must be cocentrated in every moment of the game and because I won after only 19 moves - something which is not usual for me. I tried diffrent variations against e4 but nothing has proven to be better than sicilian. White pushed the game into Gloria variation. I've rarely met this variation so I decided to follow the book… |
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Annotated by oodle (1200): Not many people play e5 now. Yes, the origanal is c5 or e5 A very nervous hedgehog system (English) Is this the correct knight? I don't like d6/d3 if the bishop is not out, otherwise its fine. White quite likes developing. Black is already starting to weaken his kingside if he ever castles kingside (O-O) This move is fine but the is a little scent of danger/pressure. Black is simply starting… |
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Annotated by chris_davison (1200): OK now I am showing you a game with me being black. Here were go. 1.e4 I like playing the Sicillian 2.c4 could transpose into a maroczy bind. Two pawns in the center. Defending a very important e5 pawn. ? He should not give his light square bishop away as there are weakness in the white camp. Queen comes in. ?? Kd2 would be safe. Checkmate. This would happen if… |
