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| Posted by adastra uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 21:40:14 |  Subject: How do you play against hypermodern defences?Message: I'd appreciate some help on how to play as white in the opening when black doesn't try to occupy the centre. Currently I'm advancing my centre pawns and developing my knights to c3 and f3 but i find my position becomes hard to defend after the black bishop moves to g7 or b7. Is the key to attack quickly using the space advantage or develop more cautiously and not overextend my position. thanks in advance, Simon |
| Posted by frodan uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 04:14:39 | .... Message: ...develop cautiously and do not overextend is what i would do but then ,what do i know?..... |
| Posted by sr_ajedrez uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 06:02:14 | just wait and kick hard Message: :o) regardz ——— Chess: Time to man up with the King's Gambit — This swashbuckling chess opening of yore can result in swift punishment for Black. After our recent examination of Anand's sublime positional play, it feels right to redress the balance with some outright aggression. Our next theme is the King's Gambit: 1 e4 e5 2 f4. Today's digitally correct professionals frown upon such loucheness, but theory is one thing and practice another. One mistake by Black in this most complicated of chess openings can be fatal, and no one enjoys defending with a sword hanging over their head. RB: If a single opening can be said to typify the spirit of an entire era of chess, surely it is the King's Gambit. Swashbuckling is the adjective that usually ... |
| Posted by gooftrooper uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 10:57:22 | sr_ajedrez Message: thats sounds really bad ——— Fascination with Bobby Fischer shows no sign of reaching its endgame — Bobby Fischer continues to fascinate writers. His first biographer, Frank Brady, has now authored 'Endgame', scheduled for May publication in the UK and including new material on Fischer's 1972 world chess title match with Boris Spassky and his personal life. Another book will feature hitherto unknown photographs. Garry Kasparov, whom chess fans bracket with Fischer as the all-time No1, has reviewed 'Endgame' at length and analysed what made the American so far ahead of his rivals. Kasparov singles out Fischer's obsessive research and work ethic which included learning Russian to study Soviet sources, his uncompromising approach and fighting spirit which made him ready to play out every chess game ... |
| Posted by jbmac uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 12:59:41 | Modern Defence Message: The modern defence is nothing special. After you've occupied the centre with the e and d pawns i just develope my pieces and launch a king side attack with my pawns on the king side. This means i often castle on the queen side and sometimes i don't castle at all. As quick as possible, i get my rooks and queen across to strengthen the attack. And the odd minor piece can often come in handy. White can often get good sacrifices too. Its usually a good idea to try and exchange blacks dark square bishop as it weakens blacks kings position quite considerably. p.s. i am assuming that black castles on the king side. This almost always happens in the modern or pirc defence. I hope i have gave you the advice you were wanting. jbmac ——— Anand Keeps No. 1 Ranking by Two Points — In the World Chess Federation’s rankings that were published last week, Viswanathan Anand was again No. 1. But the top players’ ratings are so exceptionally close, he is just the first among true equals. Check out these numbers: Anand has 2,817 points, just 2 more than Magnus Carlsen and 9 more than the world’s No. 3 chess player, Levon Aronian. Anand won the world chess championship in 2007 and successfully defended the title in 2008 and 2010, but he was not always ranked as the world’s best chess player during that period. Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik and Carlsen have all taken turns at the top of the list, which is issued every two months. Such parity is a recent development. Garry Kasparov, ... |
| Posted by refutor uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 13:03:07 | sr ajedrez Message: great advice! i gave you a + for that ;) ——— Iceland Court Hands Bobby Fischer Estate to Japanese Claimant — A long fight over the estate of the chess champion Bobby Fischer appears to have reached its endgame, with a court ruling that a Japanese woman is indeed his widow and heir. A district court in Iceland, where Mr. Fischer spent the last years of his life, ruled Wednesday that Miyoko Watai, a pharmacist and the president of the Japan Chess Association, had been married to Mr. Fischer and was therefore entitled to inherit his estate. Mr. Fischer, who died in January 2008, left no will; his estate is said to be worth about $2 million. Mr. Fischer’s nephews, Alexander and Nicholas Targ, who also filed a claim to the estate, plan to appeal the ruling to the Icelandic Supreme Court, said ... |
| Posted by sr_ajedrez uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 13:21:25 | i like my advise too refutor Message: i know is too deep for everybody to grasp ;O) regardz ——— Book Review: ‘Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall’ — Bobby Fischer was a bad man. A bad friend, he easily took offense, cut off those who helped him and held lifetime grudges. A bad American, he renounced his citizenship and went on the radio to gloat at our nation’s tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001. A bad son, he lived for years off his mother’s Social Security pension. A bad person all round: hateful, angry, grandiose, most likely, at least for a period, insane. Fischer wouldn’t just say awful things; he screamed them. But he was a good chess player, not just good, great, maybe the greatest, and brought the game of chess to its pinnacle of international acclaim in the game’s very long history — his chess match against Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky in ... |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 13:26:08 | ;) Message: Still trying to understand it...the word 'kick' implies a true understanding of the game and thouroghly wellthought dynamic abilitys. It's beyond my imagination...wow. |
| Posted by nottop uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 14:45:04 | hypermodern Message: How you've descibed your response (I assume to the modern) is fine. Only problem is that with knights on c3 and f3 you have occupied the squares you might wish to support your center with and blocked the advance if you want to play more aggessively. It's sometimes hard to defend your center with that setup. But many find players do it that way, so it's not clear either way. But if you're having problems in the games, you might consider advancing your c or f pawns (two squares) or reserving the c3 or f3 squares for your pawn. (advancing one square). Znosko -Borovsky wrote that when you have the space advantage you don't really have to "do" anything. You have to stop your opponent from doing something. Realize that these black openings are sound - it is not that you are unaware of the refutation. Seek the pawn structure that suits your style. For me, I'm gonna advance some pawns. But do what suits you and don't feel frustrated. Maybe look up some games in a good database and see how some of the best players handle these openings. |
| Posted by taoistlunatic uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 14:51:38 | hypermodern openings are very strong.. Message: There are many hypermodern openings which are quite strong for black, and are not 'easy' to beat. The indian games 1.d4 Nf6 are usually played with a hypermodern spirit as black, and even grandmasters as white have to play carefully to avoid the counter-punch which can result if one is not careful. Also, the pirc, and the modern defenses which fianchetto the bishops and delay a pawn push until later in the game are very dynamic and solid openings. I think that once you give these openings some respect and play carefully against them, you will find your way through these 'non-classic' openings. A lot of players make the mistake of thinking they are going to squash the black player when he doesn't immediately challenge the center with pawns, but don't be too hasty. For example, I read in Nunn's chess openings that the 4-pawns attack variation of the king's indian used to be very popular among master games, but when it was discovered that black has good counterplay and can attack the pawn-mass, it waned greatly in popularity among top-players... |
| Posted by adastra uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 15:39:14 | Thanks everyone Message: You've given me plenty of ideas for the next time I encounter this type of defence. Are there any Pirc or Modern defence players who'd like a game and who would be willing to chat about the ideas behind the moves as we played? |
| Posted by t0ned0g uskidscompute.com 9/05/2002 18:22:19 | I would! Message: I play the modern! Challenge and I'm in! |