Chess Openings, French (C11), Steinitz, Bradford attack

CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #19950

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Oxford & District League: Didcot 1 v Oxford Uni 2
Bob Jacobs (1592) vs. Chris Moses (1520)

Annotated by rjacobs (1688): Hoping for the Winawer, which always gives an interesting game, though I usually lose :-( I've had very boring games after 4. B g5 Classic Nimzowitsch strategy: strengthen the strongpoint. and the classic French tactic for undermining the strong centre preparing to strengthen the chain with P-c3 I have to allow my WB out quickly so I can castle, so a third move with this N in a…

chess opening #10463

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French Defence
mybookrunsdeep (2059) vs. richard_pitts (1916)

Annotated by mybookrunsdeep (1431): This game features an interesting positional battle in the modern French Classical. I'm not an e4 player and I haven't played 1...e6 since discovering the Sicilian, however, I can't resist playing in a French tournament. The positions are always interesting, with plenty of play for both sides. As usual, I won't annotate the basic opening moves, which should be common knowledge. This…

chess opening #15083

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Challenge from sycilmathai
benrous (1200) vs. sycilmathai (1443)

Annotated by benrous (1200): Sycil--here are my thoughts on what I thought were turning points in our game. Please comment if you like. Seeing this opportunity to bully early, I thought I would try to suffocate black by taking over as much territory as possible. This seemed an interesting way of trying to box black in. As black's queen's bishop is blockaded by forced night move 4...Nfd7, castling queenside is a…

chess opening #30845

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A classic positional masterpiece
W. Steinitz vs. A. Selman

Annotated by last_archimedean (1564): This 1885 game, played in Baltimore, demonstrates beautifully Steinitz's philosophy of accumulating enough small advantages to win. Selman decides on a French Defense, hoping to play a slow, positional game. Beware what you wish for -- you might get it. Steinitz takes the opportunity to gain a tempo. Selman tries to break Steinitz's center. But even though he removes the QP, Steinitz's KP…

chess opening #14595

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Lapland 1945
braveart (1387) vs. elegy (1176)

Annotated by elegy (1200): I'm at that point in my chess adventure that I have a few openings I feel comfortable with, and trust my tactical and positional instincts to get me through unknown lines. The French is one of those; I love its stable pawn structure and intense queenside play. However, I've learned chess "backwards" as to what is proper, concentrating on opening lines instead of endgame basis, and I often lose…