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| Annotated chess games with this chess opening: |
Annotated by animusrex (1703): This game features a very nice crushing attack against a player on redhotpawn.com, which is a correspondence chess site like gameknot, although gameknot is much better White starts off with a flexible move, although it hardly does anything to influence control of the center and development, but this kind of move is good against a player who relies on bookline openings. I think the best move for… |
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Annotated by dugthemug (1974): Although primarily used for shock value and as a waiting move (sometimes used by players who prefer to play as Black), 1.a3 has other uses; It prevents the Black bishop from coming to b4 (and also discourages it from coming to c5 as White can then hit it with pawn to b4), and the move also sets the foundations for space gaining moves on the queenside with b4 and c4. Therefore Whites next move,… |
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Annotated by neilskye (1662): Thematic Tournament guarding against Bg4 breaks the pin on c6 knight hoping to control the centre after 7...exd4 8.Bxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 trying to drive away the bishop while maintaining the d4-e5 tension ?? Now white's strongly placed bishop on b2 will be squandered and black will hold the centre strongly the bishop still has to retreat consolidation white opens the way to castle, 11.Nf3 … |
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