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Annotated by pablodiscobar (2075): Instead of answering with a central pawn like e5 or d5, black plays c5 attacking the d square, preventing white to play d4 immediately. Off course playing 2.d4 is still possible but if I were white I would follow it up with a pawn sacrifice by playing c3. This ends up in: 1.e4-c5 2.d4-cxd4 3.c3. Black can now accept the sacrifice, but I never do, because white creates a lot more space on his… |
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Annotated by blake78613 (1200): It was 1964 and it cost $5.00 a board to play. There were 49 others playing Fischer. "Wham!" the King pawn came down with a thud, I was amazed at the force with which Fischer slammed the king pawn down. I looked at Fischer, and saw pure hatred staring back at me. I thought this must be what Jack the Rippers victims must have seen. After that, I concentrated on the board and didn't… |
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Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2332): It is unusual for a game between evenly matched strong opponents to end suddenly and catastrophically in just 15 moves. This is such a game. The opening is certainly a combative one, the kind that Black will adopt who wishes at all costs to carry the fight to the opponent. There is no reason to apprehend a sudden disaster. So... what happened? We begin here, with the evergreen and… |
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Annotated by henrycrun (2601): 1.e4 Bobby Fischers favourite opening move "best by test" in his view. Maybe the favourite opening move in chess and certainly one of the best. The Sicilian is personally my favoured answer to 1.e4. It unbalances the position and creates dynamic, positional, and tactical opportunities for both sides. The first step to creating the strong compact Sicilian Najdorf pawn structure Challenging the … |
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Annotated by countpetroff (1200): Moves of the opening needed no commentary. Standard Sicilian formation has arisen. Now my opponent opted for f5 to make his light-squared bishop as active as possible. My 12th move proved as just a waste of tempo. I should have played Rc8 right away. !, My opponent made a mistake allowing me to win control over c4 square. Probably 16. Ba2 was the right choice. … |
