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chess opening #61268 (4)Atticus (Liverpool) v Malpas & Whitchurch Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): With this win, I became "Player of the Season" for Division 2 of the Wirral Chess League. Strictly speaking neither Malpas or Liverpool are on the Wirral! So it starts as a Nimzo-Indian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence I enter the Rubinstein system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence#Rubinstein_System:_4.e3 He continues with the Main Line. Preparing to…Charles L Higgie vs. Mike Williams |
chess opening #7712 (54)Leningrad City Championship 1973 Annotated by tag1153 (1700): I'm a 1. d4 player. Always have been. Lately, I've been studying the Queen's and Nimzo Indian systems - and I ran across this game. I've never heard of this Sashin fellow, but the name Korchnoi cetainly caught my eye. I have come of the opinion that the strong GM types consider the Queen's and Nimzo Indian systems a little slow and boring (and most often drawish), but if it's good enough for…A. Shashin (2350) vs. Victor Korchnoi (2650) |
chess opening #62497 (9)Gameknot Quick-play Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This was only a quick play game, but leads to an interesting king side attack. So it starts as a Nimzo-Indian Defence. This is all pretty standard. But this is a bit unusual. As the knight doesn't have prospects of going to b4 or c5 it doesn't look like a good square to me. I castle. He prepares to fianchetto his bishop. I prepare to advance in the centre. He completes the fianchetto …Charles L Higgie (2064) vs. mrfuddington (1926) |