Chess Opening Analysis Blog: June 2020

Monday, June 29, 2020

Accelerated Dragon

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soitgoes317 (1752) vs. john2001plus (1941)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Bc4	O-O
8.	O-O	Nxe4
9.	Nxe4	Bxd4
10.	Bxd4	d5
11.	Bc3	dxc4
12.	Qf3	Bf5
13.	g4	Bxe4
14.	Qxe4	Qc8
15.	Qxc4	b5
16.	Qe4	b4

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Accelerated Dragon

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Friday, June 26, 2020

Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1759) vs. john2001plus (1934)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Be2	O-O
8.	Qd2	d5
9.	Nxc6	bxc6
10.	e5	Ng4

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Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1759) vs. john2001plus (1934)


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Be2	O-O
8.	Qd2	d5
9.	Nxc6	bxc6
10.	e5	Ng4
11.	Bxg4	Bxg4
12.	h3	Be6
13.	f4	Qa5

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Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1759) vs. john2001plus (1934)


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Be2	O-O
8.	Qd2	d5
9.	Nxc6	bxc6
10.	e5	Ng4
11.	Bxg4	Bxg4
12.	h3	Be6
13.	f4	Qa5
14.	O-O-O	c5
15.	Nxd5	Qxa2
16.	Nxe7+	Kh8
17.	Qc3	Rfe8

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Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1759) vs. john2001plus (1934)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

-1

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Be2	O-O
8.	Qd2	d5
9.	Nxc6	bxc6
10.	e5	Ng4
11.	Bxg4	Bxg4
12.	h3	Be6
13.	f4	Qa5
14.	O-O-O	c5
15.	Nxd5	Qxa2
16.	Nxe7+	Kh8
17.	Qc3	Rfe8
18.	Nc6	Qa1+
19.	Kd2	Qa4
20.	Na5	Rad8+
21.	Ke2	Qe4
22.	Kf2	g5

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Alapin Delayed

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Analysis of john2001plus (1917) vs. greatglasses45 (837)


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6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	c5
2.	e4	d6
3.	c3	Nf6
4.	Be2	Nxe4
5.	Qa4+	Nc6
6.	Qxe4	e6
7.	d4	cxd4
8.	cxd4	Be7
9.	Nc3	O-O
10.	d5	Ne5
11.	Nxe5	dxe5
12.	O-O	Bd6
13.	Rd1	f5
14.	Qa4	exd5
15.	Qb3	Be6
16.	Nxd5	Rb8
17.	Bc4	Kh8
18.	Ne3

Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of DanteJohn (1716) vs. john2001plus (1917)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Bc4	O-O
8.	Bb3	d5
9.	exd5	Na5
10.	Qf3	Nxb3
11.	axb3	Bg4
12.	Qg3	Bh5

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Accelerated dragon

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Analysis of DanteJohn (1716) vs. john2001plus (1917)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

-1

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Bc4	O-O
8.	Bb3	d5
9.	exd5	Na5
10.	Qf3	Nxb3
11.	axb3	Bg4
12.	Qg3	Bh5
13.	d6	Ng4
14.	O-O	Be5
15.	f4	Bxd6
16.	Ndb5	Nxe3
17.	Qxe3	Bb4

Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of DanteJohn (1716) vs. john2001plus (1917)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Bc4	O-O
8.	h3	Nxe4
9.	Nxc6	Bxc3+
10.	bxc3	dxc6
11.	Qf3	Nxc3
12.	O-O	Nd5
13.	Bh6	Re8

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Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of DanteJohn (1716) vs. john2001plus (1917)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Bc4	O-O
8.	h3	Nxe4
9.	Nxc6	Bxc3+
10.	bxc3	dxc6
11.	Qf3	Nxc3
12.	Bh6	Qd4
13.	Bxf8	Qxc4
14.	Bh6	Bf5
15.	Qe3	Nd5
16.	Qd2	Nb4
17.	Rc1	Bxc2

Accelerated Dragon

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Analysis of DanteJohn (1716) vs. john2001plus (1917)


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	d4	cxd4
4.	Nxd4	g6
5.	Nc3	Bg7
6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Bc4	O-O
8.	h3	Nxe4
9.	Bxf7+	Rxf7
10.	Nxe4	d5
11.	Ng5	Rf6
12.	O-O	e5
13.	Nxc6	Rxc6
14.	c3	h6
15.	Nf3	Be6

CHECK!

Gruenfeld, Russian Variation

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Analysis of john2001plus (1916) vs. soitgoes317 (1743)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	Nf6
2.	d4	g6
3.	c4	Bg7
4.	Nc3	d5
5.	Qb3	O-O
6.	cxd5	c6
7.	dxc6	Nxc6
8.	e3	Re8
9.	Bb5	Be6
10.	Qd1	a6
11.	Be2	Bg4
12.	O-O

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Gruenfeld, Russian Variation

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Analysis of john2001plus (1916) vs. soitgoes317 (1743)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	Nf6
2.	d4	g6
3.	c4	Bg7
4.	Nc3	d5
5.	Qb3	O-O
6.	cxd5	c6
7.	dxc6	Nxc6
8.	e3	Re8
9.	Bb5	Be6
10.	Qd1	a6
11.	Be2	Bg4
12.	O-O	Qb6
13.	Nd2	Bxe2
14.	Qxe2	Rac8
15.	Rd1	Nb4
16.	Nf3	Nbd5
17.	Nxd5	Nxd5
18.	h3	Qe6
19.	Bd2

Gruenfeld, Russian Variation

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Analysis of john2001plus (1916) vs. soitgoes317 (1743)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	Nf6
2.	d4	g6
3.	c4	Bg7
4.	Nc3	d5
5.	Qb3	O-O
6.	cxd5	c6
7.	e4	cxd5
8.	e5	Nfd7
9.	Nxd5	Nb6
10.	Nf4	Nc6
11.	Be3	Bf5
12.	Rd1	a5
13.	Bd3	a4
14.	Qa3	Bxd3
15.	Nxd3	Qd5
16.	O-O	e6
17.	Qc5

Gruenfeld, Russian Variation

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Analysis of john2001plus (1916) vs. soitgoes317 (1743)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	Nf6
2.	d4	g6
3.	c4	Bg7
4.	Nc3	d5
5.	Qb3	O-O
6.	cxd5	c6
7.	e4	cxd5
8.	e5	Nfd7
9.	Qxd5	Nb6
10.	Qe4	Nc6
11.	Be2	Nb4
12.	O-O	Bf5
13.	Qh4	Nc2
14.	g4	Nxa1
15.	gxf5	Nc2
16.	fxg6	fxg6
17.	Ng5	h6
18.	Ne6

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Gruenfeld, Russian Variation

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Analysis of john2001plus (1907) vs. soitgoes317 (1753)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	Nf6
2.	d4	g6
3.	c4	Bg7
4.	Nc3	d5
5.	Qb3	dxc4
6.	Qxc4	O-O
7.	e4	b6
8.	e5	Ba6
9.	Qb3	Bxf1
10.	Kxf1	Nfd7
11.	e6	fxe6
12.	Ng5

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Englund Gambit

Quick tournament, Salt Lake Community College
John Coffey (1933) vs. Sharam Nazarina (1773)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	d4	Nf6
2.	c4	e5
3.	dxe5	Ng4
4.	Bf4	Nc6
5.	Nf3	Bb4+
6.	Nc3	Qe7
7.	Qb3	Bxc3+
8.	Qxc3	f6
9.	exf6	Nxf6
10.	e3

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Alapin delayed

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John Coffey vs. Ron


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	c5
2.	e4	Nc6
3.	c3	d6
4.	d4	cxd4
5.	cxd4	Bg4
6.	d5	Bxf3
7.	Qxf3	Ne5
8.	Qb3	b6
9.	Bb5+	Nd7
10.	f4	Rc8
11.	Nc3

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

QGA

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined vs. xppilot


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	d5
2.	d4	a6
3.	c4	dxc4
4.	e3	b5
5.	a4	c6
6.	b3	Be6
7.	axb5	cxb5
8.	bxc4	bxc4
9.	Nc3

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Monday, June 8, 2020

Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey:% vs. Samuel Jurado


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	Nf6
4.	d3	exd3
5.	Bxd3	e5
6.	Bxh7	d5
7.	Bg6+	Ke7
8.	Nf7	Qd7
9.	Nxh8	Nc6
10.	b3	b5
11.	Nc3	b4
12.	O-O

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Alapin delayed

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined vs. Ron


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	c5
2.	e4	Nc6
3.	c3	d6
4.	d4	cxd4
5.	cxd4	Bg4
6.	d5	Bxf3
7.	Qxf3	Ne5
8.	Qb3	b6
9.	Bb5+	Nd7
10.	f4	Rc8
11.	Nc3

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Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined vs. Samuel Jurado


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	Nf6
4.	d3	exd3
5.	Bxd3	e5
6.	Bxh7	Rxh7
7.	Nxh7	d5
8.	Nxf8	Kxf8
9.	Bg5	Be6
10.	h4	Nc6
11.	h5

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Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

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Analysis of john2001plus (1859) vs. aherring74 (1967)


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	Nc6
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	e5
6.	c4	Nh6
7.	Nc3	d6
8.	h4	Be7
9.	Qh5+	g6
10.	Qxh6	Bf8
11.	Nf7	Kxf7
12.	Qg5	Be7
13.	Qg3

Friday, June 5, 2020

Lisitsin Gambit

Lisitsin Analysis
vs.


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	e5
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	Nc6
6.	Nc3	Nf6
7.	d4	exd4
8.	Bxd4	Bb4
9.	Qe2+	Qe7
10.	Bxf6	gxf6
11.	Nge4	O-O
12.	O-O-O	f5
13.	Qc4+	Qe6
14.	Nd5	fxe4
15.	Nxb4	Nxb4
16.	Qxb4

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White to play

?, ?
Lisitsin analysis vs. ?


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-3

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	e5
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	Nc6
6.	Nc3	Nf6
7.	d4	exd4
8.	Bxd4	Nxd4
9.	Qxd4	d5
10.	Bd3	Be7
11.	Nxh7	Rxh7
12.	Bxh7	Nxh7
13.	Qxg7	Nf8
14.	O-O-O

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White to play

?, ?
Lisitsin analysis vs. ?


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	e5
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	Nc6
6.	Nc3	Nf6
7.	d4	exd4
8.	Bxd4	Nxd4
9.	Qxd4	d5
10.	Bd3	c6
11.	O-O-O	Be7
12.	Qh4

Thursday, June 4, 2020

French Steinitz

?, ?
French analysis vs. ?


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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(black to move)

1.	e4	e6
2.	d4	d5
3.	Nc3	Nf6
4.	e5	Nfd7
5.	f4	c5
6.	Nf3	Nc6
7.	Be3	Qb6
8.	a3	Nxd4
9.	Nxd4	cxd4
10.	Bxd4	Bc5
11.	Na4	Qa5+
12.	Nc3	Qb6

Lisitsin Gambit

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john2001plus (1939) vs. aherring74 (1935)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	Nc6
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	e5
6.	Nc3	Bb4
7.	a3	Bxc3+
8.	bxc3	Nf6
9.	Ne4	Nxe4
10.	dxe4	O-O
11.	c4

Lisitsin Gambit

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Analysis of john2001plus (1859) vs. aherring74 (1967)


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7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	g6
4.	d3	h6
5.	Nh3	e5
6.	dxe4	Bc5
7.	Nc3	Nf6
8.	Qd3	Nc6
9.	Be3	d6
10.	O-O-O	Bxe3+
11.	Qxe3	Qe7
12.	Bc4	g5
13.	Ng1

Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

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Lisitsin Gambit

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Analysis of john2001plus (1859) vs. aherring74 (1967)


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	Nc6
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	e5
6.	c4	Nf6
7.	Nc3	Bb4
8.	Nge4	O-O
9.	Nxf6+	Qxf6
10.	Be2	Nd4
11.	Bh5	g6
12.	Be2

Lisitsin Gambit

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Analysis of john2001plus (1859) vs. aherring74 (1967)


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-1

(white to move)

1.	Nf3	f5
2.	e4	fxe4
3.	Ng5	Nc6
4.	d3	e3
5.	Bxe3	e5
6.	c4	Nf6
7.	Nc3	Bb4
8.	Be2	d5
9.	a3	Bxc3+
10.	bxc3	dxc4
11.	O-O	Bf5
12.	dxc4	Qxd1
13.	Bxd1	h6
14.	Nf3	Be4
15.	Ba4	Bxf3
16.	gxf3	O-O-O
17.	Bxc6	bxc6
18.	Bxa7