Chess Openings, Sicilian (B23), Grand Prix attack, Schofman variation

CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #64326

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Telepost(Shrewsbury) A v Oswestry A
Philip AM Zabrocki vs. Charles L Higgie

Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This is an extraordinary draw ending in an unusual perpetual check. He starts with the usual. I play the Sicilian. Closed Sicilian. I copy him. The usual, aggressive line. 2. f4 immediately is well met with 2....d5, hence 2. Nc3 first. I fianchetto, aiming for control of the d4 square. Usual development. Completing the fianchetto. Hitting the knight. Attacking his bishop and not allowing the…

chess opening #48549

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A Vicious Miniature
matticus93 (1684) vs. runfaster (1842)

Annotated by matticus93 (1400): A fairly short game that quickly became a violent series of sacs. Sicilian Grandprix. I prefer this to 5.Bc4, because ...e6 severely limits my bishop's effectiveness. Trading the bishop for his knight is usually not detrimental to white's position. Black's main try. Simplifying the position. In most opening positions I prefer my bishops to my knights and so try to avoid exchanging…

chess opening #11928

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I beat my coach in 11 seconds
Cyrus Lakdawala (2552) vs. Me (1967)

Annotated by bakeapprentice (1200): This is an online 1-minute match I played with my coach. He normally crushes me in online blitz games, or he'll flag me when I'm winning, but today I got the satisfaction of crushing him brilliantly, using only 11 seconds of my time. Pre-move, I often pre-move c5 on the first move, but it is risky in case White plays b4 first move, but I knew my coach wouldn't do that, so I just pre-moved c5.…