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| Posted by dice uskidscompute.com 2/11/2003 16:17:13 Play online chess |  Subject: What to reply to 4. e5 in modern (Robatsch) def.?Message: Hi, I'm in a game at board #596865, I'm black. These moves are in various opening books, accept for whites last move. My problem: why? I think it's a good move, but it would be in opening books, right? www.chessops.com is a pretty complete online opening reference. Nothing there on 4. e5. Any help is appreciated, - DiCE |
| Posted by gambitnut uskidscompute.com 2/11/2003 16:26:56 Play online chess | You probably should have prevented this by d6 Message: I'm not going to tell you what I think you should do now until the game is over. Asking for help during games is not allowed. |
| Posted by dice uskidscompute.com 2/11/2003 16:40:08 Play online chess | Good option, but ... Message: ... I just don't get why 3. ... Nf6 would be in that opening book... Is it an error? I normally don't ask for help during a game, it's just that it's (I hope..) a standard opening, which I don't understand for whites good reply. ——— Carlsen Sprints Ahead at King's Tournament — With a little good fortune, Magnus Carlsen is on a tear. Carlsen, the top seed, won his third game in a row at the King’s Chess Tournament in Romania on Sunday. This time, his victim was Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, who was winning for most of the game. But then he blundered (23 Rf2? instead of 23 Kh1) allowing Carlsen to turn the tables. He was also a bit fortunate in Round 5, on Saturday, when he beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania. In that game, Nisipeanu had a small advantage, but Carlsen employed a nice feint and Nisipeanu took the bait (17 Qd5, he should have played 17 Nd5), after which his position was very difficult. Carlsen, a Norwegian, now has 4.5 points and ... |
| Posted by gambitnut uskidscompute.com 2/11/2003 16:43:17 Play online chess | What book are you using? Message: 3. ... Nf6 doesn't appear to be in MCO-13. ——— A Player Steps Up His Game and Wins the National Open — Chess players often talk of the creative aspect of chess — the role of imagination in conceiving strategies. Sometimes the desire to execute an original plan can overwhelm even the desire to win. Mikhail Tal, a former world chess champion, wrote in his autobiography that he had lost more than a few games because he had chosen a “beautiful” combination, only to discover that he had miscalculated. To borrow a baseball metaphor, a grand slam for a chess player would be to play brilliantly, win the game and defeat a strong opponent when there is a lot riding on the outcome. That is what Timur Gareev of Uzbekistan did in the final round of the National Open in Las Vegas last Sunday. He trailed ... |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 2/12/2003 00:51:09 Play online chess | crikey ! Message: Only three moves into the game and already a tempo down !! 3...Nf6 was not a move to be proud of, you should have paid more attention to your opponents placement of his pieces rather than slavishly following opening moves from a book. 3...d6 was the required move from Black As to where do you now put your rather sorry looking Knight ? that's your decision I'm afraid as I cannot comment on future moves on a game in progress...... Kind regards, Cal ——— Timur Gareyev wins US National Open — Timur Gareyev, an Uzbek chess grandmaster who attends the University of Texas in Brownsville, won the US National Open last weekend in Las Vegas. Gareyev yielded a first-round draw to IM Joe Bradford of Texas but won his next five games. He was particularly tough on Southern Californians, inflicting defeats on IM Andranik Matikozyan and, in the final round, GM Varuzhan Akobian. Tied for second at 5-1 were Akobian and GMs Arthur Kogan (Israel), Alex Lenderman (New York) and Alejandro Ramirez (Costa Rica). Matikozyan tied for sixth at 41/2-11/2. There were 19 GMs in the 105-player Open section. Two Southern Californians, Danyul Lawrence and 12-year-old Michael W. Brown, shared ... |
| Posted by dice uskidscompute.com 2/12/2003 03:43:33 Play online chess | Sigh.. Message: Guess you're right. Probably an error in the opening book (www.chessops.com). Thank you both. ——— Carlsen and Radjabov Take the Lead of the Kings Chess Tournament — Three decisive games in Round 4 of the 4th Kings Chess Tournament in Romania rejiggered the standings. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania and Boris Gelfand of Israel, the co-leaders after Round 3, both lost, while Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan won his second game in a row and Magnus Carlsen of Norway won his first. They now lead with 2.5 points, a half point ahead of Nisipeanu, Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine. Wang Yue of China, the other competitor, sits alone in last place with one point. Two of Thursday’s games began with surprising chess opening choices. Nisipeanu, who was Black against Ponomariov, chose the Blumenfeld Counter Gambit, a chess opening that ... |