A Very Lucky Draw!
The 2010 Wrekin Chess Congress was held in Telford on the weekend of 9th and 10th of January, and a very well run and enjoyable tournament it was too! There was a good turnout despite the bad weather we were experiencing at the time.
As usual with five round (Swiss system) tournaments, when commuting, I only […]
How Many Bad Moves Make a Defeat?
It’s time I got this blog going again. I had a look this afternoon and realised I haven’t written anything here for ten months now! I’ve played several tournament games since then.
I wanted to look at this game particularly because I misplayed the opening. However, looking at it now, I see I didn’t come out […]
The Resilient French - Moving Forward
It’s been a while since I posted and article on this blog, mainly due to having been on holiday for a while. In this article I want to pick up from the last article The Resilient French - Returning to the Game. In this article I looked at the game up to the exchange of […]
The Resilient French - Returning to the Game
First, thanks to Tim and Alan for their comments on the line previously analysed. Looking at it now I believe Tim is right and I was right to play 10…Nxc3 - although the play I followed it with was poor, although my opponent let me off the hook.
In the position in the first diagram
I […]
The Resilient French - A Last Look at the 10…Bg5 Variation
In this article I continue with the discussion that began with The Resilience of the French Defence, and that I last visited in the article The Resilient French - A Closer Look at the 10…Bg5 Variation.
Alan contributed the following:
Here’s a possible continuation: 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. Nf4 Nd8 15. Rae1 b6 16. […]
The Resilient French - A Closer Look at the 10…Bg5 Variation
Thanks to Alan Griffiths for posting his comment to my The Resilient French - Just After the Opening article. To recap, Alan said:
… I don’t like 10 … Bg5 11 Bxg5 Nxg5 - the white queen goes to one of the black squares (e1, d2 and c1 all look good) and, if you play Nf7, […]
The Resilient French - Just After the Opening
This article continues the discussion of the game I began looking at in The Resilience of the French Defence.
After the moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 a6? 4.a3 5.Be3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 f5 8.Nge2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f3 we have the position in the first diagram.
In this position I thought I had no choice […]
The Resilience of the French Defence
The time has come to take a look at another game. This one comes from the Notts Congress of April 2008, and was played in the first round.
The game is highly flawed, but remains one of my favourites of the 2007/08 chess season. It is flawed because of my totally botched opening play, and also […]