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 Marshall Law Frank Marshall vs. J. R. Capablanca Annotated by last_archimedean  (1564): Capablanca and Marshall played 51 games in tournament or match play -- and as usual with Capa when he played another expert player, the majority of those games ended in draws. This is a rare decisive result -- and even rarer, a Capablanca loss. Capablanca himself annotated the game. The difficulty … |
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Helsinki v England 65+ 3rd team Aulikki Ristoja (1726) vs. Charles L Higgie (1945) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): This was played in the 3rd round of the World Senior Team Championship 65+ section in Prague, board 4 of the England 3rd team v Helsinki match. https://beauchess.blogspot.com/2025/02/world-senior-team-championship-65-round_19.html
I am annotating this game now, as it has just won the Colin… |
0-1 | Started: 19/2/2025 Ended: 19/2/2025 |
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Self Analysis J. R. Capablanca vs. E. A. Znosko-Borovskii Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): Mr. Capablanca himself was kind enough to annotate and publish this game. All the annotations are by him. This constitutes the McCutcheon Variation. Instead of defending, Black counter-attacks on the Q side. It leads to highly interesting games. At the time this game was played the variation 5 P… |
0-1 |
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Slow Ladder c2j4 (1207) vs. lord_shiva (1876) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): This is a slow ladder game, my 16th completed and 265th for C2J4. C2 had worked up to 238 last year, and is still in the 250s. My strategy has been to challenge lower rated players as high above me on the ladder as I’m able to reach (10% of the number of rungs). Each win closes half the… |
0-1 | Started: 2025.06.26 Ended: 2025.07.02 |
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Holey pawn structure, Batman! David Janowski vs. Abraham Kupchik Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): Janowski exploits two "holes" in Kupchik's Pawns to great effect. Annotations by J. R. Capablanca. The idea is to post a Kt at Q 4, but as it is the other Knight which will go there, this maneuver does not seem logical. The Kt at Kt 3 does nothing except to impede the development of the Black Q B. … |
1-0 |
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| 6. |
Slow Ladder local3 (1307) vs. lord_shiva (1851) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): This is one of my first games on either ladder. I chose the slow ladder largely on a whim. There were ~450 players when I grabbed the bottom rung. You cannot immediately challenge the top, the highest you can reach is ten percent of the ladder length. So I challenged someone 45 rungs above me. If… |
0-1 | Started: 2025.06.01 Ended: 2025.06.07 |
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| 7. |
Slow Ladder lady (962) vs. lord_shiva (1850) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Lady has played over 45,000 games on GK, in the past 22 years. This is our first game. I issued the challenge only to quickly run up the slow ladder. Standard Ruy Lopez. …exchange variation. Pretty sure I set up conditionals for some of my moves, but the log is no longer accessible. A bit… |
0-1 | Started: 2025.05.25 Ended: 2025.06.01 |
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Challenge from thehornofgondor lord_shiva (1841) vs. thehornofgondor (1200) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): The Horn of Gondor is my nephew. All his brothers play chess, as does his mother and grandmother. The whole family are chess players, including aunts and uncles, but The Horn was among the best, defeating me OTB multiple times. He had not played in a number of years before I invited him to GK.… |
1-0 | Started: 2025.05.18 Ended: 2025.05.21 |
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| 9. |
Team match reydavid (1543) vs. bobspringett (1564) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Philidor’s Defense. Steinitz Variation. Almost off book. Queen covers g5, so I wouldn’t play h6 until white and moves the d pawn. Black doesn’t have much development, compared to white’s deployment of knight and bishop. Qe7 seems to favor black, but I’m partial to exd4. Nf6 maybe…… |
Started: 2025.05.07 |
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| 10. |
Sent Pach-ing Ludek Pachman (GM) vs. Tigran Petrosyan (GM) Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): Notes by R. N. Coles. To guard against P - K 5. 8.. B P x P would yield an equal position. Hoping to exploit the black squares on the K-side. To answer 12... Kt - Q B 4 with 13 Q x P ch. The threats of Kt - B 6 ch and Kt - Kt 6 appear to force a defensive move by Black's Queen. The Queen… |
0-1 |
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Team match bob2714 (1642) vs. jrgcoulson (1562) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Off book. The c6 pawn puts pressure on the d-file. Probably better to trade d5. Break up white’s domination of the board. Nxe4 was a free pawn. Qc2 defends. axb4 was probably better. Maybe Kh7? Opening the king’s castle pawns could be problematic, especially with the white queen in the field.… |
1-0 | Started: 2025.04.02 Ended: 2025.05.05 |
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FSB Comp 7e ronde 11 apr 2025 Herman van Deursen (1649) vs. Jan Brinkman (1791) Annotated by schaakclubrijs (1200): cxd4 was eigenlijk niet mijn bedoeling, maar het moet helaas wel denk ik, want de druk op c5 wordt na de zet Le3 te groot Interessant is om eens te kijken wat voor partij je krijgt na 9. Lxf6. Volgens mij komt wit er dan beter uit dan nu. Hoewel de dubbelpion voor Zwart niet problematisch lijkt. … |
0-1 |
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4NCL Round 4 Chris W Baker (2258) vs. Charles L Higgie (1915) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): I am annotating this game today, as I have to play him again today in the European Seniors Team Championships in Poland. We are playing in the 65+ section, he for England 1 and me for England 2 I offered him a Sicilian. He turned it into a symmetrical English Knight out He gets his knight out.… |
1-0 | Started: 2023-01-15 Ended: 2023-01-15 |
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Lower Saxony Championships Torsten Lange (2023) vs. Fabian Stotyn (2206) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): I have to play Torsten Lange with black this afternoon, so I am annotating one of his losses with The English Opening as preparation. He always seems to play The English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Opening Offering a transposition to Indian systems with 2. d4 But Torsten seems to always… |
0-1 | Started: 2017-01-06 Ended: 2017-01-06 |
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European Seniors Team Championships Round 4 Charles L Higgie (1992) vs. Ryszard Czajkowski (1963) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): This was another luck win by me. I go wrong straight out of the opening, but luckily I get away with it! In my research before the game, I found my opponent usually opened 1. d4 and played the Grunfeld Defence as both black and white. I am in the same boat myself, but I thought it better to play… |
1-0 | Started: 8-4-2025 Ended: 8-4-2025 |
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European Seniors Team Championships Round 3 Marc Stuer (2038) vs. Charles L Higgie (1992) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): I had a rest in round 2. We are a team of 5, I am rated 4th. Board 5 rested yesterday, so it was my turn to rest yesterday. In this round we were playing Belgium. The Indian Defence, preventing, at least for now, e2-e4 He copies me, and avoids my favourite Grunfeld Defence.… |
½-½ | Started: 7/4/2025 Ended: 7/4/2-25 |
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| 17. |
European Senior Team Championships Round 1 Charles Higgie (1992) vs. Robert Vogel (2145) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): This was why I was studying The Pirc Defences I had seen he usually played The Modern Defence. My opponent is a FIDE Master, and like me, born 1957. So I took the pawn centre. He completes the fianchetto I rule out any transposition to the King's Indian Defence A usual move. So I develop, Another… |
0-1 | Started: 5-4-2025 Ended: 5-4-2025 |
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Ukrainian Championship Oleksienko, Mikhailo (2497) vs. Zherebukh, Yaroslav (2371) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): I am annotating this game to improve my understanding of this opening. Black plays the Pirc Defence White takes the centre. attacking e4 Defending e4 Sometimes this is known as the Pirc-Modern variation as it can arise with from the Modern Defence 1. e4 g6 White develops his bishop. He is not… |
1-0 | Started: 2006.08.29 Ended: 2006.08.29 |
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| 19. |
Failed Hak Aron Niemzowitsch vs. Arthur Hakansson Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): Niemzowitsch simply constricts his opponent until the defenses crack. (Annotations by Irving Chernev.) When playing the French Defense, Black must be very careful not to end up with a permanently cramped position. Black cannot play ... Kt - K B 3 to chase the Queen. White delays recapturing the… |
1-0 |
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| 20. |
Team match psycho422 (1650) vs. andrewnolan (1627) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Annotating this simply because the ending is unusual. Black generally does better following with Nxe4. Black makes back with pawn fork of the knight and bishop. This goes off book, with the common response being d3 instead. Instead of castling, Nxe4 is a free pawn as the defending knight is… |
1-0 | Started: 2025.03.05 Ended: 2025.03.25 |
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Sicilian, Grand Prix attack evilgm (2030) vs. russb00 (1887) Annotated by evilgm (2044): This game was a training match with russb00 at his request, as part of our chess team, Kingslayers. This annotation is meant as a study aid. None of the players here are grandmasters, so even with review we will miss things and welcome comments from all on other lines or potential moves we could … |
1-0 | Started: 2024.12.06 Ended: 2025.02.20 |
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Shrewsbury A v Telepost A Nigel Ferrington (2092) vs. Charles Higgie (1992) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): Played in Division 1 of the Shropshire League. Nigel tends to vary his first move, so he was hard to prepare for. Offering a transposition into 1. d4 openings. But he prefers to have an English opening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Opening I decide to fianchetto too. He completes the… |
0-1 | Started: 5/3/2025 Ended: 5/3/2025 |
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dstrem's mini-tournament V joyyan (1754) vs. vanessashane (1644) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Sicilian defense. Black generally does better with this variation, as opposed to Nf3. Korchnoi variation, a strong response. Here castling might have been better. Black should have considered bringing out a knight. This move is interesting but off book.
Black isn’t going to fall for Qxg7 and… |
1-0 | Started: 2016.12.15 Ended: 2017.02.22 |
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O.C. dd 21-02-2025 Jan Brinkman (1807) vs. Jelle Jeltema (1866) Annotated by schaakclubrijs (1200): Als zwart 9. ….Pd5 speelt volgt 10. Exd5 en verliest zwart pion e5. Jelle haalt deze zet er uit met 9…..d6 De strijd ontbrandt... 15. Kh2 Als ik hier Kh1 gespeeld zou hebben, dan heeft Jelle met Pg3 een interessante mogelijkheid, want gxf3 wordt gevolgd door Lxe3. Maar eerst moet natuurlijk… |
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League division F2 jananorway (1232) vs. aussiespud (1370) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Ponziani Opening
Off book. I move this pawn to block Ng4, which is not threatened here. Otherwise it is better to focus on controlling the center and clearing the back row. This guy s the second time black has moved that knight to a7, neither of which was good. Though black didn’t have much… |
0-1 | Started: 2025.01.21 Ended: 2025.02.17 |
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Team match johncrosen (1631) vs. kegonlegs (1697) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): I decided to annotate this game because there is a king rook/king rook pawn ending I wanted to explore. Philidor’s Defense White usually plays d4 here, and h3 seems to favor black. Off book. Ten pieces exchanged in 18 moves—kind of a bloody opening. I used to love playing that way, and… |
½-½ | Started: 2024.08.29 Ended: 2024.11.19 |
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Challenge from frederickrose frederickrose (814) vs. falco99 (633) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Vant Kruij’s opening. Spoiler alert, white wins with a lone king against KQ via TO. White had ample opportunity to declare a 50 move draw, but managed victory by clock. This would have been a draw in OTB tournament chess as white lacked material to draw blood. Highly unusual. Black generally… |
1-0 | Started: 2010.12.14 Ended: 2011.07.05 |
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Team match kortis (1285) vs. iaan (1206) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): Black counters the threatened pawn with a fletchetted bishop. The a3 move white made is a bit weak, but putting the knight on the sideline is weaker yet. The e4 pawn remans ripe for plucking. This is why that knight move is weak, black’s rook pawns are doubled. Why not Bxg2 instead? This would… |
1-0 | Started: 2024.12.12 Ended: 2024.12.15 |
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Living On A Breyer Lajos Asztalos vs. Julius Breyer Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): From the 1913 Hungarian tournament. Breyer won this game: Asztalos won the tournament, and this was the only game he lost. (Notes by R. N. Coles.) Breyer has arrived at a situation where he has avoided committing himself to ... P - Q B 4. Threatening ... Q - R 5 ch, and P - Kt 3 is not now an… |
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Let's play chess marysson (1171) vs. viking11 (1184) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): This is the Polis (Sokolsky) opening. It is a strong opening for black, with e5, d5, or Nf6. Black chooses the most common reply. This blocks black’s knight. It is an interesting ploy I have never played. Off book. Black typically answers d5 or d6. The pawn requires defense, as Bxg7 wins a rook. … |
0-1 | Started: 2024.12.23 Ended: 2025.01.14 |
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Challenge from sillybob7 stalhandske (2251) vs. sillybob7 (1100) Annotated by lord_shiva (1898): French defense. Sillybob is fond of moving these rook pawns which do little towards advancing domination of the board center. The move is slightly more sensible when thwarting the strategic advance of an opponent’s knight, which is seldom the case when he plays it. Fianchetto of the… |
1-0 | Started: 2021.08.09 Ended: 2021.08.26 |
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Casual Game Coffey, John vs. Novag Super-Constellation Lv 1 Annotated by john2001plus (1762): Part of the strength of the 1984 chess computer is its opening book, so I tried to take the machine out of its book. This leads to a reversed Gruenfeld. Inaccurate. Also inaccurate. Stockfish 17 thinks that White has a strong advantage after 8. Nc3 Nf6 (8... d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Qa4… |
1-0 | Started: 2024.12.29 Ended: 2024.12.29 |
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Casual Game, itsyourturn.com, 2024-12-15 john2001plus (2016) vs. Aurimas Annotated by john2001plus (1762): White to play. White to play. Attempts to hold onto the pawn are usually bad. White to play. White to play. White to play. If 12... Qd7 13. Qg5 f6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh4 with a winning advantage. If 14... Qf7 then the computer prefers 15. Qh3, but also likes 15. Qg4 and 15. Qh4. White to play.… |
1-0 | Started: 2024.12.05 Ended: 2024.12.05 |
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Off The Mark Boris Spassky (GM) vs. Mark Taimanov (GM) Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): Notes by R. N. Coles. A very old line, inviting 6 B x P ch K x B 7 Kt x P ch. Borrowing an idea from the Steinitz Defense Deferred in order to maintain his K 4. An attempt to contest the white squares. Safer was 14... P - Kt 3 15 B - B 5 B - Kt 2. A sharp shock for Black. On 16... Kt - Kt 3,… |
1-0 |
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US Chess 3|2 Blitz, Chess.com, 2024-11-27 john2001plus (1837) vs. mehrantimori (1475) Annotated by john2001plus (1762): White to play. I have been critical of this move in Queen Pawn openings. Eventually White will get his queen to b3 gaining a tempo by attacking the b7 pawn. The computer prefers 3... Bc8. White to play. This is common in this opening. If 7... dxe4 8. Qxf7#. Stockfish 17 likes 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9.… |
1-0 | Started: 2024.11.27 Ended: 2024.11.27 |
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Tiger Claws Tigran Petrosyan (GM) vs. Viktor Korchnoi (GM) Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): The Iron Tiger strikes fast and hard in this one. Notes by R. N. Coles. Many 4th moves for Black have been tried here, such as ... P - Q 4, ... Kt - B 3 and ... P - K 3. The line has not been fully worked out. White was threatening 6 P - K 4, transposing to the Maroczy bind. A better choice than… |
1-0 |
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Challenge from alextdc alextdc (1200) vs. julieiana (1200) Annotated by alextdc (1200): Started with the Kings Opening as per instruction to trigger Sicilian Defense Choose Nf3 to start Sicilian Defense Bb5 attempting to use Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack Castling was a blunder, sacrificing my bishop to get her horse was a better move. used d3 to make her retreat… |
1-0 | Started: 2024.11.09 Ended: 2024.11.09 |
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Shrewsbury v Darwinian Knights Matthew D H Clark (1870) vs. Charles L Higgie (1939) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): This was our first home game of the season. I hadn't realised that Shrewsbury had changed their venue again, and I went to their old venue and so was about 15 minutes late for the match. I play the Sicilian. He plays the main line. d6 is the most common move here. He opts for the Open Variation I … |
½-½ | Started: 23/10/2024 Ended: 23/10/2024 |
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| 39. |
O.C. Rijs 25 oktober 2024 Herman Beks (1805) vs. Wim de Groot (1828) Annotated by schaakclubrijs (1200): De2?, Pe4x met de bedoeling, na slaan op e4 komt e5 met vorkje. Een goed antwoord vroeg hier veel tijd. Mogelijkheden zijn o.a. Pe4x, 0-0-0, 0-0, De4x, Lf7x. Ik koos voor: Ik had een andere zet verwacht, zoals g6, Le6 of zelfs Pc3 Pe6? Dit vertraagt de zwarte ontwikkeling. Le7? waarom niet g6?… |
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Maddocks A v Shrewsbury A Glyn Pugh (1897) vs. Charles Higgie (1890) Annotated by charleshiggie (2224): This was my first Shropshire League match for my new team, Shrewsbury A My opponent is Glyn Pugh. I have played alongside him in 4NCL teams I play my usual Conventional stuff so far I aim for my usual Grunfeld Unusual, and very aggressive, signalling a possible king side attack already I decided to … |
½-½ | Started: 3 October 2024 Ended: 3 October 2024 |
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