Chess Openings, Gruenfeld (D87), exchange, Seville variation

CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #30897

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Walking a tightrope
yatsyshin (2099) vs. nyctalop (2065)

Annotated by nyctalop (2166): This game features one of the most dramatic and tense endgames I have ever played. I'm hoping it will be the beginning in a long series on such games, since they are very enjoyable, for me at least. The game starts with the Gruenfeld Defence and my opponent chose a very sharp line that gave me quite a few headaches as the game ensued. The Classical main line and one of the first…

chess opening #72330

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European Seniors Team Championships Round 4
Charles L Higgie (1992) vs. Ryszard Czajkowski (1963)

Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This was another luck win by me. I go wrong straight out of the opening, but luckily I get away with it! In my research before the game, I found my opponent usually opened 1. d4 and played the Grunfeld Defence as both black and white. I am in the same boat myself, but I thought it better to play this, rather than open 1. e4 and face his French Defence, which he no doubt knows better than me I was …