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| Posted by raskerino www6conf.org 2/26/2007 16:20:08 Play online chess |  Subject: Thinking about 1.d4Message: (usually 2.c4) lines in to my repertiore too. I don't want to spend a ton of time analyzing lines unless they're completely fascinating (I plan to toss out the botvinnik against the semi-slav) so I'd love to get recommendations for some relatively simple but aggressive lines against various black defenses to 1.d4. It would be wonderful if people could recommend a line and maybe give links to a few games in the line (or a recommended book or player to study in the variation). As a grunfeld player, I have a good sense of it and don't need advice against it- and I'm pretty committed to the botvinnik- but besides that I'm open to any recommendation, be it an exchange line, a wild pawn push or a catalan. Thanks | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 2/27/2007 07:33:32 Play online chess | re Trompovsky ... Message: In that other famous game (chuckle...) S. Wrinn-Collister 8th USCCC both sides sac their Queen :) ——— Defence, part 3: How can white avoid checkmate? — Kramnik-Carlsen, Moscow 2007. Black threatens … Qh3 mate. How can White defend? Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and 19-year-old Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen will be the favourites to win the London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. Kramnik has just triumphed at the Tal Memorial, while Carlsen has been training with Garry Kasparov and is now No 1 on the world rating list. The top four English chess players – Short, Adams, Howell and McShane – will face a stern test. Visitors are welcome: there will be live commentary and side events to play in. In this encounter Kramnik and Carlsen ... Posted by jamesdriggs | www6conf.org 2/27/2007 08:46:10 Play online chess colleMessage: ——— World Chess Cup Is Down to Great Eight — The World Chess Cup, an important part of the system to select a challenger for the world chess championship, moved into the fifth round Wednesday as the field was reduced to 8. Upsets marked some of the earlier matches, but form held in the fourth round, as the final underdogs were dismissed. The remaining ches players are Boris Gelfand of Israel, the No. 1 seed and the oldest remaining player at 41; Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, No. 2; Peter Svidler of Russia, No. 3; Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, No. 7; Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia, No. 9; Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, No. 12, (at 19, the youngest remaining player); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, ... Posted by raskerino | www6conf.org 2/27/2007 13:30:04 Play online chess Message: only seen passive tries with it. I guess I'm not a fan of the colle either-I've tried it in blitz, but tend to be passive after something like: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0-0 e5. I've also tried it against a friend who plays the benoni and I haven't managed to get much against something like this either: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 e6 5.c3 Ba6 as without the light squared bishop it's not as enjoyable to play. As I said I'd like to try something with 2.c4 against 1... d5 so that I can try the botvinnik. What would be recommendations against things like: the KID, nimzo-indian, queen's indian, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 stuff, and various 1.d4 d5 stuff like 2... e6 and c5 or a QGA or 2... e6 with Nf6, Be7, Nbd7 and b6. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. I'd be tempted by the blackmar diemer (and maybe a little by the colle) but I want to have the botvinnik as a piece of the repertiore. thanks for all responses. ——— World Chess Cup Offers an Opening for Players With Ambitions — The top 30 chess players in the world can earn good livings. But it is considerably more difficult for the players ranked just below them. Their appearance fees are lower, and they rarely are invited to the chess tournaments that offer the best prize money. For these players, the World Chess Cup now being held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, is a great opportunity. With a field of 128 and prize money totaling $1.6 million — with $120,000 going to the winner — the tournament is giving some second-tier players a chance to compete against the chess elite, and perhaps to join them. The winner also will be seeded into the candidates’ matches for the world chess ... Posted by far1ey | www6conf.org 2/27/2007 21:09:58 Play online chess Message: ——— Chess notes — The chess news from Moscow simply inundated the world this month; first as former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia demonstrated that he is still a strong contender for that title. He won the Tal Memorial, held in Moscow in early November in a star-studded field of 10 of the world’s highest rated chess grandmasters. Since Kramnik lost his unified world title in 2007 to Viswanathan Anand, there have been questions about what the future held for him but he has certainly reasserted himself this year. Besides capturing the Tal Memorial, he also buttoned up his ninth title in the Dortmund, Germany, chess tournament. In the Tal tourney, Kramnik scored 6 points, heading ... Posted by kewms | www6conf.org 2/28/2007 06:17:07 Play online chess Message: I like the Classical KID with either color. There's a pretty good amount of theory, but you don't necessarily need to know it below the Master level. Be warned, though, that Black can get a pretty powerful attack against an unwary White player. There are lots of transpositions in the various QGD/Slav lines. Unless you want to play something really sharp (like the Botvinnik), you can probably get away with just developing your pieces to decent squares and seeing what opportunities appear. These aren't really lines where Black is likely to roll over you by move 10 or something. In general, the 1.d4 lines are less tactical than the 1.e4 lines. That doesn't mean they are passive by any means, but the position does tend to evolve a little more slowly than you may be used to. Good luck! Katherine ——— Magnus Carlsen wins blitz championship — The World Blitz Chess Championship in Moscow assembled 22 leading grandmasters for a three-day extravaganza of speed chess. Each player had three minutes, plus a bonus of two seconds per move, to complete a game. This time limit has supplanted five minute games as the standard for blitz. Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen, who turns 19 Monday, won with a fantastic score of 31-11. That's 28 wins, eight losses and only six draws. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India, two weeks shy of age 40, continues to excel at a young man's game. He finished second with 28-14. Sergey Karjakin, who recently moved from Ukraine to Russia, was third at ... Posted by jamesdriggs | www6conf.org 2/28/2007 11:23:56 Play online chess d4 openingMessage: -> www.jeremysilman.com Reviewed by Jeremy Silman In amateur play, I don't think there is a more popular and useful opening (from White's perspective) than the Colle System. It's quick and easy to learn, safe, and contains quite a bit of sting. Posted by schnarre | www6conf.org 3/05/2007 18:18:00 Play online chess d4Message: Posted by tim_b | www6conf.org 3/06/2007 05:21:19 Play online chess Seconded!Message: As well as the advantages schnarre mentions, you can create a maginot line of pawns using c3 and e3, which are also handy for access for light bishop and Queen. Posted by premium_steve | www6conf.org 3/06/2007 08:10:15 Play online chess Message: it's no fun. Posted by ganstaman | www6conf.org 3/06/2007 10:27:15 Play online chess Message: As for 1. d4 d5, if you want exciting but questionable soundness, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is always an option. Otherwise, I've been going with the Queen's Gambit. It's not too hard to play that as a real gambit (develop and grab space instead of recapturing) --though I will take the pawn when it feels right -- and that has never led me to a dull game. |