Annotated by chess-writer (1200): Jacques Mieses was born on February 23, 1865 -- just a few years after Morphy's brilliant conquest of England and Europe. No doubt the games of Morphy exercised a strong influence on Mieses's style, for in his long career he won a staggering number of brilliancy prizes. Mieses was born in Leipzig and studied first at Leipzig University and later in Berlin. His international success did not come… |
Annotated by kingstuart (1200): Vienna game, at first glance this appears to be less aggresive than the more standard Nf3, but the point is that white has not given up the option of f4. black must play actively so as to not to end up in a bad line of the kings gambit. this leads to a quiet game after 4.d3, a more exciting game occurs after 3...Nxe4 4.Nxe4 d5 ? i don't know to much about the vienna game but this just didn't … |
Annotated by jokeriswild (1222): This game was a pure test for myself and a lot of risks on my part considering my opponents rating vs mine. I was playing white Knight to F3 for white Black captures. White is down in material. White assumed, Black is setting up his bishop to C5. White could of captured black's pawn on E5 however Black could just recapture with his Knight on C6. White could of further developed his bishop… |