chess opening #57599 (7)Just one slight mistake! Annotated by charleshiggie (2140): I was playing top board for Malpas & Whitchurch 1 against Wrexham 2 in the Chester & District Chess League. This was my first loss in this league for over a year, and at least I lost to someone with a higher grade than me. I got a good position, but didn't quite see far enough ahead! So he starts with what I usually play. I reply with a Grunfeld Defence. I have already annotated a game with this …Piotr Swiech vs. Charles Higgie |
chess opening #63533 (6)Chester 3 v Malpas & Oswestry 1 Annotated by charleshiggie (2140): So my second match of the season, with black against a player with a slightly higher grading. I play a Grünfeld Defence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnfeld_Defence He plays the exchange variation. I take back. He claims the centre. I take. He takes back. I complete the fianchetto. He plays the old main line. An alternative, not necessarily better or worse, is the combination of…Colm Buckley vs. Charles L Higgie |