Annotated Chess Games - Overview

Why does a chess player need annotated games? Well, you can purchase now or download game collections with million of games. My current Chessbase Megabase 2010 contains about  4.5 million games for example. Most of them aren't annotated. To the average chess player most secrets and ideas of these games without  annoations are not revealed.

An annotated game includes explanations of an expert about the game. He will give hints about the choosen opening, strategical ideas and tactical errors. Reading these comments will give you a better insight of the game and probably you will later remember some key moments of this game when playing your own tournament games. You will know how to handle the position and follow the ideas of the previous game when possible.

The more of these games you will know, the better your results will be.

There are not many online sources where you can get well annotated chess games. Chessfriend.com is the place where you get them even for free.

If you want to contribute to the community here, don't hesitate to contact us to publish your games.

PDF files with the games are available for free for all users.

Chessbase Format Files (CBV) are only available for premium account users for free.

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2010 13:04