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| Posted by spijker www6conf.org 2/11/2007 11:59:35 Play online chess | Message: 1. e4,e6 2. Nf3, d5 3. e5, c5 and now 4. b4 leads to a kind of wing gambit from the sicilian defence. After cxb4 you play a3 and white has a nice game. Problem for black (as usual in the french defence) is that the bishop from c8 cannot come in play very soon, so maybe this is better than the gambit against the sicilian? ——— Magnus Carlsen Survives on His Wits — One of the reasons that Garry Kasparov was the world’s dominant chess player from the late 1980s through the ’90s was that he was better prepared than his competitors. He spent an enormous amount of time researching chess openings for new ideas to spring on his opponents, or he paid others to do it for him. Magnus Carlsen, currently the world’s top-ranked chess player, is beginning to be as dominant as Kasparov was, but it is not because of his preparation. He has described himself as a bit lazy, and so rather than play the most popular chess openings, which everyone has studied, he often chooses systems, particularly as White, that do not yield any advantage. Carlsen wants to ... Posted by spijker | www6conf.org 2/11/2007 12:05:09 Play online chess Message: 1. e4,e6 2. d4,d5 3. c4 dxe4 4. Nc3 I don't think it's playable in serious games here on Gameknot :-) ——— Impressive Field at World Open — The World Open, the annual chess tournament in Philadelphia that always takes place around July 4th, often lives up to its name by attracting a world-class contingent of chess players. This year is no different as the field includes Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India, Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands, Luke McShane of England, Evgeny Najer of Russia, Viktor Laznicka of the Czech Republic and Ilya Smirin of Israel. It also includes many of the best Americans, among them Gata Kamsky, the United States chess champion, and Alexander Onischuk. The players come because the tournament offers one of the biggest prize funds in the world. This year’s is ... Posted by spijker | www6conf.org 2/11/2007 12:12:44 Play online chess Message: ——— Magnus Carlsen closes in on Garry Kasparov's record chess rating — Magnus Carlsen is closing in fast on Garry Kasparov's all-time record chess rating. The 19-year-old Norwegian scored an unbeaten 7.5/10 at Medias, Romania to take his score on the daily calculations up to 2826, just 25 points shy of the great Russian's peak mark. And Carlsen did it while still not in optimum form. He began with two draws, then took risks including a 1 e4 e5 2 f4 King's Gambit and a couple of dubious positions, but his inventiveness and will to win coupled with the growing Carlsen-fear of those on the other side of the chess board ensured another impressive outcome. Technically his most interesting game, certainly from the practical viewpoint of competition ... Posted by spijker | www6conf.org 2/11/2007 12:33:16 Play online chess Message: ——— A Race for Second at the Grand Prix — With four rounds left in the Fourth Women’s Chess Grand Prix in Jermuk, Russia, time is rapidly running out for anyone to try to overtake Nana Dzagnidze of the Republic of Georgia for first place. She leads by 1.5 points over Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia and Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia. She still has to play Mkrtchian and Hou Yifan of China, the chess tournament’s top seed, who is currently in fourth, so there is still a chance she might be caught. But her form so far has been superb as she has only yielded one draw in seven rounds. So the rest of the tournament may be a race for second. The Grand Prix is a series of six tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation. The winner will ... Posted by ccmcacollister | www6conf.org 2/12/2007 00:02:45 Play online chess Loreta .... Message: What became of it, I know not. ——— A White Day at the Women’s Chess Grand Prix — Everyone knows that playing White is an advantage in chess (though curiously it was not during the last round of the King’s Tournament in Romania that ended Friday; then Black won all the games). But, the results of Round 6 of the Women’s Chess Grand Prix in Jermuk, Russia, were still startling. White won every game. It was the second time in the first six rounds of the chess tournament that every game had ended decisively. Over all, only 8 of the 36 games in the tournament have ended in draws, an astonishingly low percentage. After six rounds, Nana Dzagnidze of the Republic of Georgia leads with 5.5 points, a point ahead of Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia. Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia is ... Posted by _nw_ | www6conf.org 2/12/2007 09:14:12 Play online chess loretaMessage: Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 2/22/2007 05:39:46 Play online chess To _nw_ Message: --- What about 2. f4 (following d3)? Posted by ionadowman | www6conf.org 2/22/2007 11:06:57 Play online chess Didn't Tigran Petrosian ... Message: Posted by ccmcacollister | www6conf.org 2/22/2007 16:23:06 Play online chess Fischer and Tal ...Message: I believe Tal also played 2.d3 and has a game with it in GM Larry Evan's fantastic book, Modern Chess Brilliancies [which had games from it online a couple years ago, but cannot recall the site:( ...] That is perhaps my favorite Chess book. Certainly one of the top 3 anyway. ***** loreta ... I had a game with xerox vs 2.Qe2, which I beleive is called and attributed to Tchigorin. It was something of a debacle for me, choosing a completely wrong plan in what should have been a more or less closed Sicilian type position. Fortunately, I found a plan more suited to the postion before the end, which i call "losing my lost-game". Since you want WT, with an goal of Victory, my plan for BL would seem to fit in nicely with your own intentions ... }8-)) Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 2/22/2007 22:20:36 Play online chess to_nw_, moreMessage: Currently, experiencing with 2. b3 (1. e4 e6) ... going to play the gambit line 2. ... d5 3. Bb2 de .... Posted by ionadowman | www6conf.org 2/22/2007 23:44:16 Play online chess Tchigorin's 2.Qe2 line...Message: White: Tchigorin, Black: Tarrasch 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3!? (Nd2!?) 8...a6 9.Bg5 h6?! 10.Bf4 b5 11.Rfe1 d4 12.Nd1 Nd7 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Rg1 e5 15.Bd2 Nf8 16.Ne1 Ne6? (16...Na7) 17.f4 Bb7 18.f5 Ng5 19.Nf2 Rc8 20.Qh5? A pawn storm beginning with 20.h4 seems to be indicated. 20...Nh7! 21.Nf3 c4 22.Bf1 cxd3 23.cxd3 Ng5 24.Bxg5 Bxg5 25.Ng4 Kf8! 26.Be2 Bf6 27.h4 Qd6 28.Nfh2 Ne7! (with the idea 29.Nxf6 Qxf6 30.Ng4 Qxf5, exploiting the pin along the long white diagonal) 29.Raf1 Ng8 30.Bd1 Rc7 31.Bb3 Rfc8 32.Nf2 Bd8 33.Qe2 a5! 34.Nf3 a4 35.Bd1 Bc6! 36.g4 f6 37.Nh3 Be8 38.Qh2 Bf7 39.a3 Bb3 The culmination of the manoeuvre begun at move 35. 40.Nf2 Bxd1 41.Nxd1 Rc2 42.Qg3 b4 43.axb4 Qa6! 44.Nf2 Rxb2 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 R8c2 47.Ng4 Qd6 48.gxf6?! ... It is a commentary, I feel, about the power of the direct attack on the king, that despite fine play by Black, leading to rooks doubled on the seventh rank, and White's Q-side in imminent danger of collapse, White's attack (now that it is going forward at last!) is keeping him well in the game. With 48.Qh3 he might well have enough to draw, at least... Still, even now he's not out of it yet! 48...Bxf6 49.Qh3 (49.Nxf6 Qxf6 50.Qxe5? Qh6+ -+) 49...a3 50.Nxf6 Qxf6 51.Rg6 a2! 52.Rxf6+? The mistake that puts the game out of White's reach. Tarrasch himself thought that 52.Ng5 (threatening Nh7+) Ke7 53.Rxf6 gxf6 54.Qh7+ ought to be good enough for the draw. 52...gxf6 53.Rd1 Rb1 54.Qf1 Rcb2 55.Nd2 Rxd1 56.Qxd1 Rxd2 57.Qc1 Rxd3 58.Kg2 Rc3 59.Qa1 Rc2+ 60.Kf3 d6 61.Qd1 Rb2 62.Qa4 d2 threatens 63...Rb1, so 0-1. A slowly evolving game that gets pretty fast nmoving towards its close! Cheers, Ion Posted by schnarre | www6conf.org 2/23/2007 16:52:48 Play online chess Message: Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 3/06/2007 22:37:38 Play online chess Not so many alternativesMessage: --- Question: Why to play 2. Qe2 and not just 2. g3? Posted by ccmcacollister | www6conf.org 3/06/2007 23:09:49 Play online chess Why 2.Qe2 ...? Message: Posted by ganstaman | www6conf.org 3/07/2007 02:40:20 Play online chess Message: I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but you have to notice how awkward the queen looks on e2 at first. And so black can try to keep it awkward by playing an early ...e5. Black loses a tempo with the pawn, but surely the queen's placement isn't optimal and almost forces a kingside fianchetto (not a bad thing, but takes time). Or black can go for a more French-feel and keep the pawn on e6. Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 3/07/2007 22:30:24 Play online chess It seems, you're right,Message: - My position is - Black is better always. So if you get a solid even position with WT - it's ok, as you'd try to win with Black. :-)) Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 4/01/2007 04:34:16 Play online chess 2. d3Message: What would be expected from Black side as response to it? Massive pawn attack at queenside or castling to queenside? Something else? Posted by jstack | www6conf.org 4/01/2007 10:46:56 Play online chess ChigorinMessage: Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 4/15/2007 11:57:07 Play online chess EventuallyMessage: Posted by raskerino | www6conf.org 4/15/2007 13:35:27 Play online chess Message: Posted by dropcut | www6conf.org 4/18/2007 14:19:51 Play online chess .Message: Personally I have problems with the Ruy Lopez, but that doesn't mean I plan to abandon 1... e5 because of it. I'd rather try out stuff like the Cordel Gambit or something similar to throw my opponent of. There are lines out there, but maybe you need to put some more theory behind you? Aren't there any lines where you feel comfortable? How about 3.Nd2? Posted by schnarre | www6conf.org 4/19/2007 13:39:40 Play online chess 2. c4Message: Posted by sf115 | www6conf.org 4/20/2007 11:06:28 Play online chess Message: e.g. 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5. Posted by jstack | www6conf.org 4/21/2007 09:28:06 Play online chess isolated pawnMessage: Posted by loreta | www6conf.org 4/21/2007 11:00:06 Play online chess A transpositionMessage: |