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Annotated by mossberg4570 (1996): "The taming of the knight" Finally someone played 1. d4 against me. Was getting a bit tired ot Alehkine's defense. I always play 1... Nf6, no matter what. So many options here. e6 leads to the queen's indian, g6 to the king's indian. d5 to some variation of the queen's gambit. Let's try something a little offbeat, the Benoni. I actually had in mind the Benko, with 3. d5 b5, but white spoiled that … |
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Annotated by scottyad (1200): Here's a game in a relatively modern variation of the Modern Benoni. Black gets in a quick ...b5 and ultimately creates enough threats on the queenside to convert his initiative into a winning passed pawn. This move is a recent invention, and a rather brilliant one. Black wants to avoid a situation where White has played both h3 (preventing ...Bg4) and a4 (tying up ...a6/...b5… |
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Annotated by blitzkov (1200): Hi all! This game was played by to annotators! l-d-j and I. I was winning in the midgame, but, made a couple of mistakes and l-d-j found a way to pull out a draw! Good game l-d-j! My standard move. A standard response. If I go d5 he can play the Benko Gambit, I fear it! Not a bad move. Sort of Sicilian type setup, huh? Attacking my knight. Best place; if Nf3 d6 and he would have tempo on me.… |
