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| 681. |
 Blitz: King's Gambit romcyte54 vs. bwaa Annotated by bwaa  (1771): Hey all! Just a quick annotation over lunch; nothing too in-depth but I thought this would be an enjoyable game to take a look at. Many thanks to my opponent! The King's Gambit! One of my favorite openings on both sides of the board. It's very rare to see a dull game in this opening. "The… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.13 Ended: 2012.11.13 |
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| 682. |
Request: Timing Matters chicoboy (1237) vs. rockroller (1484) Annotated by bwaa (1771): Hi all; annotating this very interesting game on request! White opens with the old standard. Sicilian. The theory behind this opening is notoriously deep; I'm not going to go into it very much. This is the Canal–Sokolsky Attack, also called the Moscow Variation. 3...Nc6 and 3...Bd7 are more… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.08.22 Ended: 2012.11.12 |
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| 683. |
Terrible ending for strong challenger ! 31415 (1274) vs. ramdess (1727) Annotated by 31415 (1346): I sincerly hope that this kinf of end will never happen to anybody !... orangoutan opening : i have started fighting with this opening recently. It's very interesting giving a good dynamic and very open games with unusual situations and dangerous fianchetto against black king side main line untill… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.13 Ended: 2012.11.13 |
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| 684. |
David against the King of Chess kingofchess213 vs. dsfei Annotated by dsfei (1200): The King of Chess opens with the King Pawn! What a surprise ... Black defends with the Caro-Kann. This move is not in the opening book. It's not the sicilian, your majesty. Too many pawn moves by White White gains the Bishop pair, but the position is closed, so knights are preferred here. Opening… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.12 Ended: 2012.11.12 |
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| 685. |
Masters Do Make 'Em - Part 2 ineedaname (1663) vs. Master X (2225) Annotated by jstevens1 (1891): Hi everyone!
Master X is a very strong player, and I have copped Old Matey from her in quite a few of her games. However, Master X was to slip up in this game and allow a powerful mating attack and material winning sacrifice and give hope to all players under 2000 that beating them is not an… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.10.29 Ended: 2012.11.03 |
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| 686. |
Masters do make 'em Part 1 rjacobs (1537) vs. menchy (2394) Annotated by jstevens1 (1891): Hi everyone!
My buddy Bob Jacobs drew my attention to a victory he had obtained against a player of near-IM strength. In fact he is currently an IM. In this game, however, Bob's opponent slipped up big time and immediately resigned on the grounds of Ruinous Loss of Material. So, how did all… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.05.08 Ended: 2012.05.09 |
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| 687. |
R8: just one extra pawn White Player (1117) vs. Black Player (1387) Annotated by l-d-j (1737): After my seventh round draw, I finally got a weaker opponent. Although I knew I should not underestimate him (I had lost painfully to him in the first round of a rapid tournament some 3 months before this game, and from a little chat I knew he only played chess for 2 years so he was probably… |
0-1 | Started: 1st August 2012 Ended: 1st August 2012 |
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| 688. |
Victory or Death! bwaa (1679) vs. white_noise (1753) Annotated by bwaa (1771): Hi all! This was the final, deciding game in a recent team match. An early miscalculation puts White a piece down, and the rest of the game sees him trying to compensate for it with sheer aggression. Enjoy!
White begins with Larsen's opening (sometimes also called the Nimzovitch-Larsen Attack);… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.10.26 Ended: 2012.10.26 |
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| 689. |
Crushing Kingside Attack dsfei vs. fichfirich Annotated by dsfei (1200): ?! dubious defense Not Nc3, because then the c-pawn can't support d4. ?! dubious move, hoping for Nxh4 ... Qxh4 Threatening ... cxd4, followed by ... Nxd4 with a discovered attack on the Queen preparing h4 En passant sure is useful. an unsound sacrifice a sound sacrifice Here, Bxg5 wins… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.12 Ended: 2012.11.12 |
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| 690. |
Two Knights Defense - Pin it to win it N.N (1523) vs. tisamon (1749) Annotated by tisamon (1835): The starting position of the thematic mini-tournament -> the Two Knights Defense, or perhaps more appropriately the Tchigorin Counterattack. This move is more aggressive than 3...Bc5 as it attacks e4 and provokes White to attack f7. White accepts the challenge, looking to win the pawn, but a… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.10.24 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 691. |
FSB Competitie Rijs vs Heerenveen 2 (9-11-2012) Chris draijer (1789) vs. Wiebe Oppenhuizen (1415) Annotated by schaakclubrijs (1200): Dame-pionspel, ook wel het Collesysteem. Eerste keuze die je moet maken, bezorg ik hem een dubbelpion ja of nee! Heb dat toch gedaan, want zijn loper op d7 is slecht! Dit lijkt af te stevenen op een zeer tamme en angstige partij, maar schijn bedriegt..... Nu is het tijd voor actie! Niet rochade, … |
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| 692. |
Sicillian Scheveningen OTB Player A vs. Liam1260 Annotated by liam1260 (1579): Sicillian Scheneningen OTB Common book moves the opening. White could have considered 5.f3 but it send the message of s castling queenside to Black. In turn Black had a few options 5...e6 for a purer Scheveningen, but it allows for the Keres Attack 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.Qf3 and White is defending… |
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| 693. |
Power of a Passed Pawn kleist vs. dsfei Annotated by dsfei (1200): The caro-kann, my favourite defense to the king-pawn opening This is my least favourite variation, the Panov Attack My last move was dubious, as this move demonstrates. If I play b6 here, c6 will be weak. If White plays Qxb7 here, I'd respond with Nbd7, the only move. This forces e6. So I'm down a … |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.10 Ended: 2012.11.10 |
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| 694. |
Truth and Consequences. johnsmith95 (1244) vs. simonv45 (1460) Annotated by ionadowman (2080): Annotated 'on request' by the player of the White pieces. This game features a strategic decision that is so familiar to experienced players as barely to register upon the consciousness: whether or not to capture at f7 with a minor piece when the Black King has castled, that is, to exchange 2… |
0-1 | Started: 12 Oct 2012 Ended: 28 Oct 2012 |
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| 695. |
Chess game samuelmccormick4 vs. ilr2001 Annotated by samuelmccormick4 (1544): This is my first annotation, so be gentle with me. This was a blitz game I played on Gameknot. All of the analysis was done by myself without engines or anything so please let me know anything that was missed as I'm sure I didn't catch everything. Thank you for reading! This is not terribly common … |
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| 696. |
White's pawn advance leads to Black's crushing att… buffalo vs. dsfei Annotated by dsfei (1200): a weak third move by White to prevent Bg4, but wastes time an unnecessary pawn move that wastes time and also creates tactical opportunites for Black's dark-square bishop prevents the pawn fork, but now the light-square bishop is "bad" The rook exchange benefits black, who is ahead in development. … |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.08 Ended: 2012.11.08 |
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| 697. |
Tactics and Space bwaa (1663) vs. fefisas (1598) Annotated by bwaa (1771): Hey all! This is a quick game from the 90th GK Tournament that showcases the simple importance of using a spatial advantage to conjure up all kinds of activity--and from activity, dangerous threats. Many thanks to my opponent for the game!
I've been playing a lot of 1.c4 recently, but it's always… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.10.30 Ended: 2012.10.30 |
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| 698. |
90th GK tournament bookie (1913) vs. zl1kmn (1993) Annotated by bookie (1776): I always start e4. attacking my pawn attacking his knight and securing space in the centre I cant see why black opts for 1...Nf6. It just gives white the opportunity to secure space while black has to keep moving the knight cos its chased by pawns. When playing players rated higher than myself, I… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.09.25 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 699. |
Attacking the Caro-Kann, fianchetto variation dsfei vs. mrkiivan Annotated by dsfei (1200): an uncommon third move Black locks in his light-square bishop. e6 is now very weak. Black sacs the exchange. Attacking the weak point Black lags in development. Here, e5 would get rid of the weakness and give Black active piece play. Forced, due to the pin on the e-file. The self-pin is also… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.07 Ended: 2012.11.07 |
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| 700. |
What happens when you don't castle in the opening dsfei vs. jentb737 Annotated by dsfei (1200): An uncommon variation of the Ruy Lopez wastes a tempo Bc2 instead of Bb3 because of ... Na5, followed by c5 prevents Bg4 pawn fork is threatened Bd7 is safer. Thank God for en passant! It's been 15 moves and Black still hasn't castled. The kingside is horribly under-developed. Perhaps h6 was a… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.06 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 701. |
What happens when White plays too passively darmarac vs. dsfei Annotated by dsfei (1200): locking in the bishop for no reason White's strategy is obivously to put all his pawns on dark squares. avoids the bishop exchange This odd-looking rook maneuver eventually leads to White's demise. White just blundered, leaving the h2 pawn hanging. Now white is busted. Checkmate, my… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.06 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 702. |
fantastic match counto (1516) vs. cdeburca (1649) Annotated by counto (1300): i played theglish openeing and he played the kings indian defence opening the bishops diagnol e5 i think this was a bad move because it blocks the kings bishop diagnol h6 no need he could play that after i get to g5 with my bishop qd7 is a popular move in this position because it helps the bishops … |
½-½ | Started: 2012.11.03 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 703. |
Reversed Orangoutan !... andrei9 (1394) vs. 31415 (1219) Annotated by 31415 (1346): does somebody know something about reversed Orangoutan ?? It seems to work well. See this little blitz with "medium" opoent.... orangoutan as black ! main line the e pawn has to stay home so i keep the interesting a8/h1 diagonal for after i have to protect b5 missing agresivity, i whould play c4… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.06 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 704. |
How "KNOT" to play the Sicilian Najdorf dsfei vs. acti Annotated by dsfei (1200): Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation I got this idea from Fischer's book "My 60 Memorable Games" Castling into it Very bad: this gives the white knight an outpost on d5. Black is weak on the light squares and his darksquare bishop might as well be a pawn. Notice how the black bishop never makes… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.06 Ended: 2012.11.06 |
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| 705. |
Endgame: Mate with the Queen. q198895 (1279) vs. blitzkov (1819) Annotated by blitzkov (1851): Hello, all. This game was played all the way to the end! I won. But had to fight all the way! The Birds. An ok setup. I'm playing the "Froms Gambit" ?! I've never seen this move. I think best was fxe5. Attacking his knight. ? Not really the best place for it. I believe better was Nd4 or Ng1. I had … |
0-1 | Started: 2012.09.08 Ended: 2012.10.31 |
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| 706. |
A Benko gambit Opponent (1552) vs. Me (1413) Annotated by thereaper1 (1812): My opponent was a talented 14-15 year old. One of my favourites This is the most accurate move order for black since white can go for a specific set up involving b3 and g3 that solves many problems early if black captures the pawn immediately. I think the point with this move order is that if… |
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| 707. |
Glendadoom Part 3 jstevens1 (1953) vs. dmaestro (1527) Annotated by jstevens1 (1891): Hi everyone!
She's at it again! Things have a habit of coming in threes, don't they? Well, on that Saturday they certainly did. My opponent this time was dmaestro who beat me in that 60 mover where I lost against him because I chose to take off the wrong pawn. If I had taken the central pawn… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.10.21 Ended: 2012.10.27 |
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| 708. |
Glendadoom Part 2 Buddy X (1439) vs. jstevens1 (1953) Annotated by jstevens1 (1891): Hi Everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed that Part 1 Cameo, now it is time for Part 2. This time my opponent is currently a Class C player who also had the misfortune to get on the wrong side of Glenda. How did this happen? Here is the gameknot analysis version of this game:… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.09.11 Ended: 2012.10.27 |
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| 709. |
Glendadoom Part 1 The Dentist (1145) vs. jstevens1 (1953) Annotated by jstevens1 (1891): Hi everyone!
Had another sparring match with The Dentist who is a former Class C Player (Optimum Rating 1407). In this game I did not win copious amounts of material but I mounted a steady, stealthy attack. Funnily enough, my precious queen, Glenda, known as The Defender played an almost… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.10.21 Ended: 2012.10.27 |
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| 710. |
killer Orangutan ! 31415 (1219) vs. kali197 ((?)) Annotated by 31415 (1346): having fun with the orangutan. this time it ring the ed of the game with a nice bloody fork on 13th move orangutan opening : i'm trying to tame the beast ! classical, treathening weak b4 main line : proposing exchange b4 agains e5 but destroying black center and then treaths if black take b4.… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.05 Ended: 2012.11.05 |
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| 711. |
9 move to death 31415 (1219) vs. jechbe (1200) Annotated by 31415 (1346): just a little anotation to show WHAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO DO AGAINST BIRD OPENING !!! bird fianchetto (?) this is good because in bird g2 is quite weak preparing e4 against the Bb7 futur treath ho ! "surprise" gambit. Easy to win with e4! first... now the situation has changed : i dont care about the… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.11.05 Ended: 2012.11.05 |
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| 712. |
Sheer Luck? aniko1990 (1079) vs. eltonj (987) Annotated by ionadowman (2080): Annotated 'on request'. The winner of this game allowed that 'sheer luck' played a role in his victory. It did - up to a point. Both sides had their chances in a see-saw battle, which could well have ended much sooner than it did. We begin with the Three Knights Opening. You couldn't call this… |
0-1 | Started: 16 Oct 2012 Ended: 4 Nov 2012 |
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| 713. |
One Worthy Winner! dmaestro (1572) vs. jstevens1 (1953) Annotated by jstevens1 (1891): Hi everyone!
I was playing an unrated game with my buddy dmaestro and chose a passive line of the French Defense. Mike punished this inferior play and I ended up in a lost endgame. How did this happen? Well, here is the analysis:… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.09.15 Ended: 2012.10.21 |
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| 714. |
Team match jokolor (1867) vs. 9422m (1906) Annotated by 9422m (1968): This is an English Opening by my opponent. It is also known as the "Bird's Eye" or "Reverse Sicilian" in the archives.
The Sicilian is a good defense against e4 and actually it can even work as an offense--it is that good.
When I get a reverse Sicilian open against me I find it is fine to… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.10.01 Ended: 2012.11.01 |
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| 715. |
Team match - Dogfight in the Slav rednif_tap (1741) vs. tisamon (1746) Annotated by tisamon (1835): The Slav Defence is one of the most popular classical Defences to the Queen's Gambit. It allows for a variety of ways to play creatively and has an excellent reputation for being solid. With 2.c4, White challenges Black for the center. With this second move, Black looks to defend the pawn on d5… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.01 Ended: 2012.11.03 |
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| 716. |
Three Black Queens on the Board (GameKnot Blitz) marktad vs. dsfei Annotated by dsfei (1200): A double queen-pawn opening Unusual second move Very unusual third move Probably out of the opening book already ! Already, Black has a significant advantage. I should have sac-ed the exchange here. This works also. Bad move (Monkey sees check, Monkey gives check) Here we go again ... What's up… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.11.04 Ended: 2012.11.04 |
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| 717. |
Walking the Walk jj414 (1387) vs. stalhandske (2095) Annotated by king-nothing (1355): This is my Walk the Walk challenge to Stalhandske. I was defeated soundly and rapidly. Basic e4 opening, the same opening I've played thousands of times before. Stalhandske replies with Alekhine's Defence... I am fairly familiar with this defense because I've played it pretty often myself. This… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.10.10 Ended: 2012.10.28 |
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| 718. |
Win on the Back Rank cnd250661 (1542) vs. zwarwiz (1757) Annotated by zwarwiz (1802): This game I found to be rather intense. In the middle game I was searching on how to make my position more active. Too my credit though I did have a strong center but less space. Closed Sicilan Transposing into the Grand Prix attack. I consider this move to be weak as it only strengthens my… |
0-1 | Started: 2012.10.09 Ended: 2012.10.20 |
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| 719. |
Blitz Game interneo (1284) vs. ramzy78 (1200) Annotated by ramzy78 (1200): This is a blitz game I played that ended quickly. My opponent starts off with the king pawn. Starts with his queen. Threatening the queen while developing my pieces. Didn't notice that! I develop further and protect my king. I castle for protection and to prepare my rook. I feel like I have more… |
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| 720. |
Pushing to the end of life. q198895 (1279) vs. chicoboy (1237) Annotated by blitzkov (1851): Hi, all. This was a nice game--to a certain point! bwaa, chicoboy, and me, played against q198895 at the same time! The Birds. Standard response. Not to bad. I'd say Nf3 to get piece's out. Blocks the c-pawn. Maybe Nf6 via g6 and castle quickly. Developing. The "Stonewall" Developing. Maybe not… |
1-0 | Started: 2012.09.08 Ended: 2012.11.01 |
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