A few people have asked me for games I have annotated move by move. I have quite a few such games at chess.com. Here is a link to those games. If the link does not work, you can go to chess.com, search “chessiq”, go to my blog, and then search blog for “annotated” and you [...]
Oct
10
2009
10
2009
Oct
6
2009
6
2009
Annotated Fischer 002: Fischer – Bolbochan
In the following game, Fischer plays White against the Sicilian Najdorf. This game was annotated by Fischer.
Four things stood out for me in this game:
1. Fischer knew the game was won by move 20, because he had a “Knight Outpost” on d5. It took another 17 moves to execute his win. As some people say, [...]
Oct
4
2009
4
2009
Annotated Fischer 001: Wolfgang Unzicker – Robert James Fischer
The following game (Sicilian Najdorf) was annotated by Fischer himself, so I did not add any comments to the actual score/notation. His comments are pretty high-level, one may find it necessary to use a board to see what he means when, for example, he gives advantage to Black or White a various points during the [...]
Sep
27
2009
27
2009
Annotated Miniature 3: Gedult – Sachs
This is a Queens Gambit Declined game. White sacrifices a pawn for rapid development. Black picks up two pawns and sort of gives up a piece hoping to trick White into a a checkmate position. He ends up being checkmated as he protects his Queen at the expense of the King! Comments are welcome.
Annotated Miniature [...]
Sep
10
2009
10
2009
Annotated Miniature 2: Bird – Lasker
This game features the Danish Gambit where White sacrifices several pawns for rapid development, and then tries to sacrifice a piece which Black declines, and at the end, I could not find a better a way to explain what happened, without paraphrasing what Jesus said regarding setting your priorities straight. I hope you enjoy the [...]
