Chess Opening Analysis Blog: March 2018

Friday, March 16, 2018

French Classical

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Analyze pkengsoo (1687) vs. john2001plus (1839)


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(black to move)

1.	e4	e6
2.	d4	d5
3.	Nc3	Nf6
4.	Bg5	Be7
5.	e5	Nfd7
6.	Bxe7	Qxe7
7.	Nf3	O-O
8.	Bd3	c5
9.	Nb5	c4
10.	Nc7	Nxe5
11.	Bxh7+	Kxh7
12.	Nxa8	Nxf3+
13.	Qxf3	Na6
14.	Qf4	e5
15.	dxe5	Be6

French McCutcheon Advance Chigorin Variation

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Analyze pkengsoo (1687) vs. john2001plus (1839)


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(black to move)

1.	e4	e6
2.	d4	d5
3.	Nc3	Nf6
4.	Bg5	Bb4
5.	e5	h6
6.	exf6	hxg5
7.	fxg7	Rg8
8.	h4	gxh4
9.	Nf3	Qf6
10.	Qd3	Nc6
11.	a3	Bxc3+
12.	Qxc3	Qxg7
13.	Rxh4	Bd7
14.	O-O-O	O-O-O
15.	g3	Rh8
16.	Bg2	Rxh4
17.	Nxh4	Kb8
18.	Kb1	Rh8
19.	Nf3	Qf6
20.	Rh1	Rxh1+

French

Chess game
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(black to move)

1.	e4	e6
2.	c4	d5
3.	cxd5	exd5
4.	exd5	Nf6
5.	Bb5+	Nbd7
6.	Nc3	a6
7.	Ba4	b5
8.	Bc2	Bd6
9.	Qe2+	Qe7
10.	Qxe7+	Bxe7
11.	Nf3	Bb7
12.	O-O	O-O
13.	d4	b4
14.	Re1	Rfe8

Saturday, March 10, 2018

French

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Analysis of tcudoug (1446) vs. john2001plus (1857)


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(black to move)

1.	e4	e6
2.	d4	d5
3.	exd5	exd5
4.	Bf4	Bd6
5.	Bxd6	Qxd6
6.	c3	Nf6
7.	Nf3	O-O
8.	Be2	Qb6
9.	Qd2	Re8
10.	O-O	Bg4
11.	Na3	Ne4

Sicilian

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Analysis of john2001plus (1861) vs. WilliamAthens (1493)


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(white to move)

1.	Nf3	c5
2.	e4	b6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	Bb7
5.	Nc3	e6
6.	Ndb5	Nc6
7.	Bf4	e5
8.	Be3	Nf6
9.	Nd6+	Bxd6
10.	Qxd6	Qe7
11.	O-O-O

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Dragon

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(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	d6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	Nf6
5.	Nc3	g6
6.	Be3	Bg7
7.	Bc4	Ng4
8.	Bb5+	Kf8
9.	Qd2	Nxe3
10.	fxe3	Nd7
11.	Bxd7	Bxd7
12.	O-O	Kg8
13.	Qf2	Be8
14.	Nd5	e6
15.	Nf6+	Bxf6
16.	Qxf6	Qxf6
17.	Rxf6	Rc8
18.	c3	Kf8
19.	Raf1	Ke7

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;