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| Posted by v_glorioso12 uskidscompute.com 9/07/2002 11:07:44 |  Subject: In the King's Indian Message: In the King's Indian, when the move order is 1.d4 Nf6; 2.c4 d6; 3.Nc3 e5 why doesn't white take the pawn immediately? It looks like white would have a slightly better game after 4.dxe5 dxe5; 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8; 6.Bg5 Be7; 7.0-0-0+ i cant find the answer in any books, and i dont want to be unprepaired if white takes the pawn with 4.dxe5 thanx |
| Posted by philaretus uskidscompute.com 9/07/2002 12:37:45 | The opening moves you cite.... Message: .....are NOT the King's Indian Defence, but the OLD INDIAN DEFENCE. According to MCO-14, after 6...Nd7 7.Nf3 c6 8.0-0-0 Kc7 the game is equal. Whether you believe that is another matter. The recommended fourth move for White is 4.Nf3. |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 9/08/2002 10:02:44 | The King's Inidan Defense Message: runs 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7. Often this continues 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5, when white would get no advantage in trading on e5. ——— With a Round to Go, Kramnik Retains Lead of Bilbao Masters — With a draw Thursday against Viswanathan Anand of India, his closest pursuer, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia moved a step closer to winning the Bilbao Final Masters. In the other contest, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the No. 1 chess player in the world, finally won a game, beating Alexei Shirov of Spain. With one round to go, Kramnik leads with 9 points, Anand has 7, Carlsen 5 and Shirov 3. (The tournament is using a rare scoring system in which a victory is 3 points and a draw is 1 point.) In tomorrow’s final round, Shirov will have White against Kramnik and Anand will have White against Carlsen. The Anand-Carlsen game has interesting overtones as Carlsen’s recent struggles have cost him his lead in ... |
| Posted by pxpep uskidscompute.com 9/08/2002 20:32:40 | Message: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 ?! dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Nbd7 (This is better than 6...Be7. Also, 6...c6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 is O.K. for black) 7. O-O-O c6 (prevents Nd5 and prepares ...Kc7) 8. Nf3 Kc7 (Black's king is safe here) 9. e3 (9. a3 a5 or 9...Ng4; 9. e4 Bb4; relatively best is 9. Bxf6 gxf6 and black is equal) 9...Bb4 (Now after 10. Nb1 or 10. Bh4 (to defend f2) black has a slightly better game, but if white tries to win a pawn:) 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxe5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Nd3 Be6 Black will capture 2 pawns ——— Kramnik Still Leads After More Eventful Draws at Bilbao Final Masters — Vladimir Kramnik of Russia nearly managed to beat Magnus Carlsen of Norway for the second time at the Bilbao Final Masters, but he fell just short on Wednesday and only drew. Nevertheless, Kramnik maintained the lead he held after Round 2 over Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion. Anand drew with Alexei Shirov of Spain in a wild and complex game. Under the scoring system used in the tournament (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw), Kramnik has 8 points, Anand has 6, Shirov has 3 and Carlsen has 2. Wednesday, Carlsen had White against Kramnik and opened with the English, which he had used to beat him in the London Classic last year. Carlsen was the first to ... |
| Posted by swindel uskidscompute.com 9/13/2002 03:00:49 | Message: well, the main reason, which doesn't really need any lines to support it, is that the white pawn on c4 leaves a "hole" on d4, while the black c-pawn will go to c6 and defend d5. As a consequence, black has the possibility to put a knight (or another piece) on the strategically important square d4, while white cant do the same on d5... ——— Two Draws, One a Marathon, Preserve Status Quo at Bilbao Masters — Both games in the Bilbao Final Masters were drawn Monday, but that does not mean that they were dull. Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia had an interesting theoretical dual, while Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen played a wild game that went 175 moves. The draws preserved the standings in the chess tournament, which is using an unusual scoring system (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw). At the half-way point, Kramnik leads with 7 points, followed by Anand with 5, Shirov with 2 and Carlsen with 1. Anand and Kramnik have a long history as opponents, highlighted by their 2008 world chess championship match, which Anand won convincingly ... |
| Posted by pxpep uskidscompute.com 9/17/2002 00:17:55 | swindel: Message: With this move order, white avoids playing e2-e4, so there is no hole on d4. ——— Chess Bundesliga Kicks Off — Five years ago, the current French women's chess champion, Almira Skripchenko, became a poster girl for the German Bundesliga, arguably the world's strongest national chess team competition. Kicking the chess pieces, she made a symbolic connection between soccer and chess. FIFA, the governing body of soccer, has 208 member countries, the most of any sport. The World Chess Federation (FIDE) with 159 nations is second. In many countries chess is considered sport, run by national sports organizations, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is seriously thinking to include it in the Summer Olympics. And unlike in many sports, women can compete against men across the chessboard ... |
| Posted by swindel uskidscompute.com 9/18/2002 01:41:19 | Message: okay, didn't notice the exact position. I was simply discussing the general type of queenless middle game. But even without e4 the c4 pawn is on a bad square, except maybe if white fiachettoes his light square bishop, but in that case d4 is still weak, and the black squares around the king will be vulnerable after white plays b3 because of the pressure on c4. It's just the type of position you need to feel instead of analyse with completely unforced lines, is my point... ——— Kramnik Wins Again, Carlsen Loses Again — Vladimir Kramnik is in excellent form, Magnus Carlsen is not. With a smooth, seemingly effortless performance on Sunday, Kramnik, a Russian, scored his second consecutive win to begin the Bilbao Final Masters. He beat Alexei Shirov of Spain after Shirov neglected his development to chase down and trade off one of Kramnik’s bishops. The consequence of his decision was that Kramnik was able to win an exchange and force an endgame where his material superiority was too much for Shirov. While Kramnik was winning his second game, Carlsen, the world’s top-ranked chess player, was losing his second (actually, it was third, including his last game at the Chess Olympiad in ... |