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 Let's play chess otakumadness (1038) vs. Gameknot user (1300) Annotated by otakumadness (1230): Pretty typical opening for me so far. I'm not really sure what black's plan is; the knight is trapped all the way over on the h column, the bishops are still in the back row, and the other knight hasn't moved yet. At this point, I'm sure my opponent is trying to get the b-column pawn--I've fallen… |
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| 282. |
Malpas Teens v Uxbridge Juniors maxreenoch105 (1500) vs. FantasticEthan (1646) Annotated by charleshiggie  (2177): This was in the first ever chess match by Malpas teens. It was played on Lichess. Black adopts the Caro-Kann defence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caro%E2%80%93Kann_Defence The move is quite playable, although 2. d4 is far more popular. And this is the most popular reply by black. White protects… |
0-1 | Started: 17/2/2022 Ended: 17/2/2022 |
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Team match steelydan61 (1148) vs. tryhard345 (1221) Annotated by moonlight66 (1108): I played FRENCH DEFENCE Black now has 4 pawns from f6 to c4 so not easy for white to break thru on the Q'side All pieces are developed by black. Now just castling to do White is opening their king since this will be where the attack comes from since no access from the Q'side Now its obvious that … |
0-1 | Started: 2022.01.14 Ended: 2022.02.15 |
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Casual Game on Lichess James5551 (1500) vs. higgiecharles (1932) Annotated by charleshiggie (2177): This was a friendly game that I played against a promising young junior. James is in the Lower Sixth Form, which mean he is probably aged 16 or 17 So it begins conventionally enough. I enter the Indian network of defences. James opts for The London System. "The London System is a chess opening that … |
0-1 | Started: 10/2/2022 Ended: 10/2/2022 |
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Chropshire & Friends 1 v Atticus 4NCL Online Charles Higgie (2052) vs. Steve Kee (2054) Annotated by charleshiggie (2177): This win came after a long poor run of form. I hadn't won any games on Lichess for at least two months, I had lost my last three serious over-the-board matches. I was playing on top board against someone of a similar rating. We had the better ratings on the other boards. I would be content to draw … |
1-0 | Started: Feb 8, 2022 Ended: Feb 8, 2022 |
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| 286. |
AKWARD OPENING FOR BLACK koaks (1887) vs. titusyemiosikoya (1871) Annotated by titusyemiosikoya (1861): All pawns to the centre. I think white could have gained better pace at the land-locked black officers who have inadvertently blocked the door out of their fortress due to the poor opening of black. At this point, I was just hoping to find a chance to bring my officers out of their position, and I … |
0-1 | Started: 2022.01.25 Ended: 2022.01.26 |
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NOCTURNE IN F MINOR OP55:1 titusyemiosikoya (1852) vs. dikbordak (1475) Annotated by titusyemiosikoya (1861): Queens Gambit is always a great opening for fast paced games. The Analyse function of GK helps players to pre-analyse the outcomes of each attack and plan routes. Few steps before this, I could easily analyse that a discovered check in move 11 would lead to a gain of points when i exchange my… |
1-0 | Started: 2022.01.12 Ended: 2022.01.15 |
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King's Gambit, Double Muzio gambit marvgiff (1540) vs. sunnyjim (1584) Annotated by evilgm (2040): Annotated game for one of the players in this game at their request. There are other secondary plays after 2... exf4. I prefer 3. Nf3 to prevent Qh4+ to rob a castle, though it is just as playable. Preparing to exchange a pawn for a knight Solid continuation of development and getting pieces… |
1-0 | Started: 2022.01.03 Ended: 2022.01.07 |
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| 289. |
Let's play chess leif_gregersen (1740) vs. ag43 (1752) Annotated by ag43 (1200): Reverse sicillian on the board. This bishop will be a problem. I have bad experience when trying Queen's Indian defense. Slightly inaccurate. Computer says Be6 was better. Black is dreaming of exchanging the strong light squared bishop and march pawn to h3. Qc2 with pawn on d3 doesn't look great… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.12.26 Ended: 2021.12.30 |
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| 290. |
Siegbert Heil Siegbert Tarrasch vs. Carl Schlechter Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): Tarrasch ruthlessly converts an initial space advantage into a successful attack. (Annotations by Ludek Pachman.) This allows Black to swap two minor pieces, easing his cramped position. Black's two remaining weaknesses are his Bishop and his inferior center. White's Bishop will function most… |
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| 291. |
GameKnot Blitz, http://gameknot.com/ anonymous vs. pierre99 Annotated by pierre99 (1200): This Caro-Kahn soon left book. He chose the advanced variation. ...but did not choose Ne2, so ok. I choose to not immediately play c5. I don't like this move by white. I delay Nf5, because it's too easy to chase, and right now I don't want white's dark squared bishop anyways. So I try Nd7. Because … |
0-1 | Started: 2021.12.23 Ended: 2021.12.23 |
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| 292. |
Let's play chess otakumadness (1001) vs. Gameknot user (800-850) Annotated by otakumadness (1230): Because my opponent moved out their rooks too early in the game, they spent a good amount of time trying to keep them from getting captured, instead of being able to use the other pieces (knight, bishop, pawns, etc.) effectively. When I was learning to play chess, my chess teacher told me to never … |
Started: 2021.12.16 |
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| 293. |
Autumn 2021 jk1970 (2542) vs. charleshiggie (2085) Annotated by charleshiggie (2177): I was privileged and honoured to be able to play the beautiful and talented young player, Women International Master, Priyanka K in a game recently. I have asked for Gameknot to give a computer analysis on this game, and I will use that analysis in my annotations. As we shall see, Gameknot thinks… |
1-0 | Started: 2021.12.05 Ended: 2021.12.17 |
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| 294. |
Petrov Three Knights Game darren6464 (1502) vs. evilgm (1937) Annotated by evilgm (2040): I am a huge fan of Petrov and you would know that if I've ever been Black playing against 1. e4. I hope that this annotation is helpful in understanding how I approach games and my thinking throughout. Please add your own comments so that we can learn together. The standard signal that we are… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.11.12 Ended: 2021.12.15 |
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| 295. |
Let's play chess, http://gameknot.com/ otakumadness (1001) vs. gameknot user Annotated by otakumadness (1230): Pretty typical opening so far. The only way the bishop could escape here is moving the pawn forward to a6 to let the bishop through, but my opponent hasn't seemed to notice it. And now I've taken a bit of an early lead, which always gives me confidence heading into the mid-game. Usually if the… |
1-0 | Started: ????.??.?? |
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| 296. |
League division D1 alexmilne (1621) vs. jglinski1978 (1695) Annotated by snakeriverboy (1305): What a wild game. I felt defeat early with a blunder then found counter play and stole the game back only to let it slip away again. Then my opponent blunders the win and I take claim to a romantic game. The Reti Opening I've never played well vs this opening and nothing has changed i find myself… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.12.09 Ended: 2021.12.10 |
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| 297. |
Rook and bishop ending Nuntar vs. NN Annotated by nuntar (1702): A rapid game that I've decided to annotate mostly because of the interesting endgame. A little more serious than my recent "nonsense" annotations of GK computer games, but don't expect the standard of play to be too high. Black steers towards a Caro-Kann... ...and then deviates into a hedgehog-type … |
1-0 |
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| 298. |
Berkshire V Buckinghamshire Stephen James (2060) vs. Daniel Sparkes (1915) Annotated by sparkesdaniel (2018): Good Day all. This was a very tough battle and i lost against a strong player after fighting back and sadly time trouble was a factor. If you like the Marocy Bind this was a great game. The game started late as traffic was terrible getting to the venue so instead of 2hrs each the clocks were reset… |
1-0 |
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| 299. |
World Chess Championship, ? Mangus Carlsen vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Annotated by john2001plus (1762): For the next few moves, Stockfish wants White to play c4. White to play. This move order allows Black to develop the light square bishop, which leads to a dynamic game. Stockfish likes 3... Bf5 4. c4 e6. This will transpose to a normal Catalan. White to play. This is unusual at the top level. … |
1-0 | Started: 2021.12.03 Ended: 2021.12.03 |
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| 300. |
Great Arcana GM Kasparov (huge) vs. GM Anatoly Karpov (almost as huge) Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2355): A couple of months or so ago, some members of the FIAT LUX III club were discussing former World Champion Garry Kasparov - his games and his attitude to female players. The matter of playing through and studying his games cropped up. How might one, far from possessing Kasparov's skills and… |
1-0 | Started: 1990 Ended: 1990 |
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| 301. |
Fiat Lux Third Invitational, Scotch Opening ptitroque (1914) vs. riaannieman (1256) Annotated by ptitroque (1916): Scotch - Thematic game Black weakens his left wing - Castling short might be dangerous. defnding the center bu blocking the DSB The aim is to weaken Black's right wing (exchanging this advantage against a late in developpement) trading the d pawn but exposing the queen weak move menacing the black … |
1-0 | Started: 2021.11.14 Ended: 2021.12.01 |
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| 302. |
Let's play chess otakumadness (987) vs. Gameknot user (883) Annotated by otakumadness (1230): Not really sure what my opponent was trying to accomplish with moving their rook out so early. I honestly was not expecting to get that rook; I was just thinking that there might be a chance I could get it, but I do. But first I have to show the Queen I mean business. xD Farewell, Bishop, you will … |
1-0 | Started: ????.??.?? |
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| 303. |
Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack evilgm (1923) vs. darren6464 (1523) Annotated by evilgm (2040): There were a few things about this game that I thought were interesting, and wanted to talk through for my team, Kingslayers. Please add your comments to make the annotation a good learning experience for all. I thought it was a neat game. I have played many matches against id=darren6464, my… |
1-0 | Started: 2021.10.30 Ended: 2021.11.12 |
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| 304. |
Petrov's (Russian) Defence Thematic jk1970 (2551) vs. omnipotent00 (2532) Annotated by charleshiggie (2177): I am annotating this wonderful win by K Priyanka against a higher rated opponent. In over-the-board chess she is a Women's International Master. Aged only 20 years old, in this game she grinds out a win in a long game, against very strong opposition So it starts conventionally enough, naturally as … |
1-0 | Started: 2021.11.17 Ended: 2021.11.24 |
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| 305. |
4NCL Round 1 Division 3 Matthew McKean (1500) vs. daniel sparkes (1945) Annotated by sparkesdaniel (2018): This game was played at the Kents Hill Park Hotel. My first 4ncl match since Covid began. Slightly gutted that i got paired against someone so low but he is a junior so that grade can often be deceiving. I had to be on my guard. Before i went to the match which was 70 miles away from Home in Milton … |
0-1 | Started: 14:00 Ended: 17:00 |
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| 306. |
O.C. 2021-2022 ronde 9 dd 19-11-21 Herman Beks (1732) vs. Chris Draijer (1729) Annotated by schaakclubrijs (1200): beter was Tad8 of Tfe8 Pxh6 dreigde Lxh6 meteen was beter geweest? Kf8 beter? nu wel blokkeert de loperlijn wit dreigde via Dh5 binnen te komen !!! remise besloten, wit staat beter,maar we waren moe, het was laat commentaar… |
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| 307. |
satie142's II unoltean (1409) vs. midnight_skulker (1789) Annotated by midnight_skulker (2458): The Bowdler Attack (ECO: B20) Better to withdraw the bishop now to a2, which is where it is fated to end up anyway … [?] … unless White is willing to concede the bishop pair, which then makes 10.h3? a completely wasted move. (10.O-O would have addressed potential pins of both the queen and… |
0-1 | Started: 2020.09.18 Ended: 2020.09.24 |
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| 308. |
satie142's II midnight_skulker (1789) vs. unoltean (1409) Annotated by midnight_skulker (2458): The Cozio Defence (ECO: C60) Golombek, in "Modern Chess Opening Strategy", gives White the nod “owing to his control of much more space” after 6.… Nc6 7.Qd5 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O-O (Blackburne-Steinitz, Vienna, 1873). With 9.O-O (if 9. … Nc6 10.Qc3, and if 9.… d6 10.a4) White… |
1-0 | Started: 2020.09.09 Ended: 2020.09.17 |
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| 309. |
Berkshire V Hampshire Daniel Sparkes (1915) vs. James Chilton (1893) Annotated by sparkesdaniel (2018): This was my first over the board match since covid Began. Whilst i was away the English chess Federation had changed the grading system to be more in line with FIDE. So have played very little my rating is currently 1915 for this season. Sicillian defense Grand prix but can use to transpose The… |
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| 310. |
Challenge from johnmarsh766 johnmarsh766 (821) vs. jamesmulligan (983) Annotated by lord_shiva (1910): Right. This game caught my eye because the combatants spend a considerable amount of time delaying any real action, after the mid game. Not often you find a chess game running well over 500 moves--especially one with so much material remaining on the board.
White opens with Vant Kruijs. Black… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.02.03 Ended: 2021.04.08 |
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| 311. |
Challenge from johnmarsh766 johnmarsh766 (821) vs. jamesmulligan (983) Annotated by redfoxrising (2155): I decided to look at this game and make an annotation at the same time White opens with e3. My father used this opening to try a quick CHECK MATE. Lets see how this game plays out. e3 does actually attack one of the middle 4 squares and f6. Join this annotation with your comments and… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.02.03 Ended: 2021.04.08 |
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| 312. |
Team match macronian33 (1252) vs. umpire20 (1289) Annotated by lord_shiva (1910): I have not seen this before. Hard to imagine any strategic value in moving the king. Black should play Bc5+.
White should have interposed e3, or moved the king back. I far prefer cxb5+. The knight move can wait. That pawn was not worth a bishop. That doesn't really defend the knight. Bad… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.08.20 Ended: 2021.10.09 |
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| 313. |
Challenge from net2c mavoine3 (1529) vs. net2c (1517) Annotated by mavoine3 (1584): Bien joué, sinon 19 .. Nxc7 et bye bye la reine au tour 20 Ça je pense que ça été une erreur. Je me doutais que ça forcerait l'échange des reines et mon positionnement ne me permettait pas vraiment de gaspillage du genre. Mieux aurait probablement été 26. Qh5 qui ouvrait une opportunité… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.08.17 Ended: 2021.09.27 |
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| 314. |
League division D2 theroadto2000 (1696) vs. catalonia72 (1355) Annotated by theroadto2000 (1633): necessary sacrifice ... A blunder another blunder ... at this point the focus should be eliminating the past pawn ... Re7 suggested draw ... nope seems like the sacrifice paid off mate in… |
Started: 2021.08.29 |
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| 315. |
[R] 205th GK tournament menlopark (1334) vs. charlesmichael (1814) Annotated by menlopark (1683): I always open pawn to king four.
If I am white.
White has the advantage.
Pawn to Queen Four is not as strong as Pawn to King Four.
Ruy Lopez is anticipated along with Sicilian or French Defense to my consistent opening as White: Pawn To King Four.
I have been doing this before we got the alphabet … |
Started: 2021.09.06 |
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Bastardy Mikhail Botvinnik (GM) vs. Nikolay Novotelnov (IM) Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): From the Moscow tournament of 1947, and proof yet again that the Bastard Gruenfeld defense is a bastard to try and play correctly. (Annotations by R. N. Coles) This Bastard Gruenfeld is now the only form of Gruenfeld open to him. Better is 5... P - Q 3, leading to a normal King's Indian defense.… |
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| 317. |
Challenge from sillybob7 sillybob7 (1277) vs. lord_shiva (1737) Annotated by lord_shiva (1910): Grob's attack is also known as the Spike attack. Black typically responds with d5, immediately attacking that out thrust pawn. Completely off book. I open this way just on the off chance white plays the f pawn and black wins with Qh4#.
White is too canny or that blunder, however. Black is… |
0-1 | Started: 2021.08.19 Ended: 2021.09.05 |
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| 318. |
How to lose at chess pt16 The final hope elwoos (1581) vs. immcgowan (1897) Annotated by elwoos (1702): I felt I should annotate this game for reasons that I hope will become clear. This game was a part of the 199th GK tournament. Round 1 of the tournament began when my rating was very much in the ascendancy, so much so that by the end of round 1 I was moved up to the next level! While I understand… |
1-0 | Started: 2021.06.17 Ended: 2021.08.25 |
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| 319. |
Chess game ??? vs. ??? Annotated by robert1661 (1200): Queens pawn opening. Dutch defence by black and there’s a little trap for white. First we gambit a pawn. They take. This is where the fun starts.Check to black. Only legal move. Now we sacrifice our queen 👸 Black:haha you lost your queen White:gg White:gg… |
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| 320. |
Chess game ??? vs. ??? Annotated by robert1661 (1200): Kings pawn opening. Bishops opening Turning in to the Italian. White doesn’t care about double pawns. Trades every thing of. Trying to get rid of the e5 pawn ♟. Trades the pawn. Trades the knight of for a bishop. Castle Castle Attacks the rook. Rook moves Attack the pawn. White doesn’t… |
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