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Annotated by elyhim (1200): Stalhandske challenged me to a dual because in a early annotated game in which he was played the Alekine defense I made the pompous statement that Alekine defense was dead and a guaranteed win for white in all lines. So he challenged me to walk the talk and prove it. FYI if there are many grammar and spelling mistake please excuse them as this was done in a rush. Black tempts white into… |
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Annotated by eddieleggs (1200): This is an "accidental" game. I'd never tried this variation with White, but I agreed with Nick de Firmian that the knight sac was "promising." So I nosed around in it a bit. And what better place to give it a run than an Alekhine's Defense mini-tournament. The main line here is 4 . . . Bg4. This is an alignment of knights that turns up fairly often in Alekhine's, but here it allows… |
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Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): Hi everyone! I played a game with a Master which I lost which involved a 2 piece endgame and with me having the remote queenside pawn majority and my opponent a strong central pawn majority. I would have thought that in my experience with opponents with remote pawn majorities and losing that my queenside pawn majority should have won through. I did manage to promote my b pawn but alas, Glenda … |
