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chess opening #63122 (6)XY Tourney Open Malta 2017 Round 3 Annotated by charleshiggie (2197): Having lost with black to a highly rated player from Malta in the second round, I rather expected an easier game with white in the next round. Well I was drawn with black, and instead of meeting the 4th seed, I was paired against the 5th seed, Patrick Zerafa (2069), a Candidate Master with black! I started white's clock. The tournament organisers explained that he had a full-time job in Malta,…Charles L Higgie (1928) vs. Arne KAEHLER (1983) |
chess opening #17154 (9)2008 Free Missouri Class Championships Annotated by kansasjayhawk (1666): The time limit for this game was game in 1 hour and 55 minutes with 5 second time delay. I showed up a few minutes late to find that five minutes had already run off of my clock. I had played this opponent many times and know that he is a very tactical player, so I opened with d4. The previous day, out of pure curiosity, I had asked my opponent if he had ever played the Albin Counter-Gambit,…Holmes, Dan (1618) vs. Dutiel, Tony (1889) |