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Annotated by whiplash1 (1200): Two rooks against a queen can be a powerful combination. This game pits White's two rooks and knight against Black's queen and bishop in a hard fought endgame. Skip to move 25 for the decisive turning point. The Ruy Lopez, or Spanish game. White's idea behind the attack is to weaken Black's defense of its e5 pawn and possibly damage Black's queen-side pawn structure. The Berlin Defense.… |
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Annotated by ragozin (1965): Berlin Defense ? Oops, the correct move-order would be 7 ... Be7 and then 8 ... d6. This allows a position reminiscent of the Two Knights defense. Here it comes! Forced. Now that I annotate this game I see that I should have played 10 ... Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bd5, and I win the pawn back with approximate equality. But in the game I was only looking for counterplay along the h1-a8… |
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Annotated by punkusmartyrus (1200): Here's an older game, but Black was able to draw against a 1900 with an UNORTHODOX opening! (and ALOT of "analyzing the board" option) Flip board for best results. Spanish game (Ruy Lopez) Berlin defence 5...h5! Fishing Hook Variation. And white takes the bait! Better would be to have declined the Knight at g4 and just developed normally. White gives back the knight but with a weakend… |
