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Annotated by bookie (1874): 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 prefer an open, attacking game wherever possible. I have found that better players can often grind… |
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Annotated by alex_ratchkov (2458): B00 King's Pawn Opening. The King's Pawn opening move is both popular and logical. It controls the center, opens lines for both the Queen and the Bishop, and usually leads to an open game in which tactics, rather than slow maneuvering, predominates. B02 Alekhine Defense. Alekhine successfully introduced this defense in the 1920's and it is still valid today. It avoids major attacking lines by… |
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Annotated by kingstuart (1200): an old game that i enjoyed playing Alekhines defence !? unusual, more normal is dxe5, the bishop doesn't belong on the diagonal. taking advantage of blacks unprotected knight, usual in Alekhines defence forcing the bishop to move again keeping hold of the diagonal, which pressures f7 sencibly blocking the diagonal slight inaccuracy blocking the c pawn, i feel O-O is a better move taking… |
