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Annotated by 9422m (1200): My usual is e4. I suspect a Sicilian or e5 to get my attention for different reasons. If it will be Sicilian I will have my work cut out for me. If I get e5 then I can get the game over with rapidly. If I get Caro-Kann against me (god forbid) I will have to deal with that. If I get Alekhine's then I deal with that. If I get French Defense I'll breath a sigh of relief like I would do with the… |
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Annotated by hewhomateswins (1200): This is the first game I have ever tried to annotate This is a game I played when I was new to Gameknot, it has a few interesting tactics in it and I think it is a good example of how to win a game when in a strong position. The French, my favorite opening for black. 2...c5 might have been a stronger move but I wanted to head towards the French advance because I know it well. All of these… |
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Annotated by smoran90 (1200): French Defence Not great, but can transpose to the main line of the advance varation.(e4 e6,d4 d5, e5) It may have been better to play d6, immediately challenging the e5 pawn. Taking on d6 gives black a development advantage after Bxd6 or else the pawn centre will crumble. Back to the main line. This allows black to swap off his bad bishop. White's whie squared bishop should find a good home… |
