17th Annual Chicago Open - Round 2 - First win

Submitted by chessiq on Wed, 05/28/2008 at 10:45pm.

After losing the first game with White, I decided to study/review the King's Indian Defense and use it as Black against 1.d4. In the previous couple of tournaments, I had played the Gruenfeld Defense. Going to this tournament, I had not settled on any Defenses against 1.d4, but after losing to a K.I.D. in the first game, I decided to get over the loss by passing on the pain of losing to K.I.D. to other people. So, here is my annotated first win; five more to come.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

click here for my first round loss.


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Comments:

by chessiq - 7 months ago
Malawi
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 613

Thanks for the congratulations and the compliments.

Shadowc, you are right. In the notes to 10. Qc2, I meant to say Bd2, not Be2. Thanks for the catch. Hopefully, I will get time over the weekend to fix it.


by shadowc - 7 months ago
Buenos Aires Argentina
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 490
Excellent game!
by shadowc - 7 months ago
Buenos Aires Argentina
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 490

10. Qc2

 "Not sure about this move. I considered ...Be2 followed by ...Qc1. Or ...Rb1 and ...b4."

I think it's Bd2 what you want to say, just s little correction ;-p


by batgirl - 7 months ago
NC United States
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 3270

Thanks and congratulations.

Nice annotation.


by jay - 7 months ago
San Jose, CA United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 1102

Nice game.


by diomed1 - 7 months ago
Minnesota United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 285
    love the commentary, thanks
by silentfilmstar13 - 7 months ago
Medford, OR United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 2108
Excellent game, Steve!
 

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