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| Posted by gibo uskidscompute.com 3/04/2003 21:40:15 Play online chess |  Subject: I need some good books on a good defence for blackMessage: But i dont like playing ruy lopez. thanks |
| Posted by desertfox uskidscompute.com 3/04/2003 22:59:59 Play online chess | Books? Message: Do what many people do. Play c5 in response to e4 and play the Sicilian defense. That way you avoid the Ruy Lopez. The net is full of articles about different variants of the Sicilian. If you like positional games play e6 in response to e4 and play the French. Desertfox P.S Amazone books has a list of chess books. |
| Posted by gibo uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 01:09:29 Play online chess | Message: yeah i play the sicilian and the french a lot but im trying to find something else, and find a book about it. ——— Vlad Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen go toe-to-toe at Wijk aan Zee — Corus Wijk aan Zee, the most popular event on the chess calendar, ends tomorrow with ex-champion Vlad Kramnik and the world No1 Magnus Carlsen competing for the lead in the closing rounds. Kramnik won their individual game impressively, but the 19-year-old Norwegian has the easier finish. Carlsen is not yet dominating his chess peers in the style of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov at their peaks, but he is already the man to beat. The reigning world chess champion Vishy Anand has played an uncharacteristically low-key tournament, drawing his first nine games. Nigel Short, in his strongest event for years, has struggled in some games but missed a clear win against Kramnik. ... |
| Posted by desertfox uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 01:52:22 Play online chess | Have you heard of Message: The famous Latvian Gambit? baffles many of my opponents. You Could find a lot of material about it. In fact there is a world championship were u have to play this gambit with both white and black (thematic tournament as they call it). Johen Elburg is the expert to contact. I can't find his e-mail, but go to MSN search engine , write John Elburg and you will surely find his e-mail address. Desertfox ——— Vladimir Kramnik edges ahead — Vishy Anand may have taken Vladimir Kramnik’s world title but he did him a favour in tenth round at Corus chess tournament when he broke his run of nine draws and defeated the co-leader Alexey Shirov. It was Shirov’s first defeat and Kramnik’s nervy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk gave him the sole lead on 7/10 with three to play but as well as Shirov he has world number one Magnus Carlsen in hot pursuit. Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin in what your correspondent found a mystifying game in which Karjakin, playing white seemed to have the initiative and better placed pieces but was soon worse. So the chess tournament is set up perfectly for ... |
| Posted by caldazar uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 02:17:42 Play online chess | Message: I'm curious why you would want to steer away from the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian, and the French as Black against 1. e4 since these are some of the most well-respected defenses to 1. e4. What types of middlegame positions are you trying to obtain? And is opening study going to help you obtain them? The answers to that might help posters recommend something, whether it be a specific opening system, or a recommendation that the opening has no bearing on what you're trying to achieve in your games. ——— Kramnik claims Carlsen — Vladimir Kramnik played what he described as feeling like “his greatest ever game” to defeat Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee. The former world chess champion moved into the joint lead with Alexey Shirov and avenged his defeat at Carlsen’s hands at last December’s London Chess Classic. Scores with four to play: 1-2 Shirov, Kramnik 6.5/9; 3-4 Carlsen, Karjakin 5.5; 5-7 Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Nakamura 5; 8-9 Leko, Anand 4.5; 10 Caruana 3.5; 11-13 Tiviakov, Short, Van Wely 3; 14 Smeets 2.5; ... |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 03:55:38 Play online chess | caldazar Message: You play the Ruy Lopez as a Defence ? ....with the Black pieces ?? Now I know where I have been going wrong, I have been using the Ruy Lopez as my standard opening with the White pieces !! Kind regards, Cal ——— Shirov in Sveshnikov — Vladimir Kramnik made his move in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee and defeated the US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura to join Magnus Carlsen in second place. Alexey Shirov remains half a point ahead with five to play and he tested Magnus Carlsen’s chess opening preparation by challenging him to repeat the line that decided last year’s MTel tournament when Carlsen lost badly. A fascinating game. In the Sveshnikov Sicilian Black often sacrifices pawns for activity. White is three pawns ahead at the end but cannot coordinate. ... |
| Posted by caldazar uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 13:18:17 Play online chess | Message: Well, obviously Black cannot force the Ruy, but 1. e4 e5 certainly leaves it as a very likely possibility. I interpreted gibo's original post as meaning that he didn't want to play 1... e5 in response to 1.e4 precisely because he didn't wish to play the Black side of the Ruy. ——— Hikaru beats leader at Corus Chess Tournament — Let's start with an update to the Corus Chess Tournament, which is getting more exciting by the day. It had seemed that U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura's bid to win the event might be slipping away. Coming into the seventh round Saturday, Hikaru had made three straight draws. He was tied for second place, 1.5 points behind the leader, Alexei Shirov of Spain. Not a bad showing, but the 22-year-old New Yorker has ambitions of winning the chess tournament and clearly establishing himself as one of the world's elite players. So for Hikaru, Saturday was crucial. He was paired against Shirov and had the advantage of playing the white pieces. Here was a chance to cut ... |
| Posted by myway316 uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 14:19:45 Play online chess | A viable alternative for Black... Message: ...is 1...Nc6,Nimzoviches Defense. However,the best books on this defense(Harding,Fisher,and Hugh Myers)are all out of print.I guess you could try Amazon,ebay,Chess Digest,or the London Chess Centre to see if any of these are available. |
| Posted by axedrez uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 14:37:01 Play online chess | Message: After e4 Nc6 d4 e6, doesn't this just transpose back into the French? |
| Posted by myway316 uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 16:40:02 Play online chess | ajedrez Message: The "best" move for Black after 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 is 2...e5. For myself, if I wanted to play a French,I would play e6 on my first move. Also,after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3,my choice would be 2...d6. |
| Posted by gibo uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 21:21:04 Play online chess | Message: im having a bit of a look at the petroff which seems interesting for those who dont know it, it is e4 e5 nf3 nf6 by the way i already play french and sicilian im looking for somethign else also caro-kann looks interesting e4 c6 d4 d5 |
| Posted by caldazar uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 00:52:33 Play online chess | Hmmm... Message: What do you play in the Sicilian? (the Taimanov or Kan, for instance?) It seems like you're gravitating towards sound and very positionally solid structures. It also sounds like you're trying to take on what will amount to years of diligent opening study, I might add. |
| Posted by peppe_l uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 03:44:55 Play online chess | Caro-Kann Message: Is defitenitely sound & positional. Lots of Caro books, I heard Joe Callagher has written a good book recently (Starting Out : Caro-Kann or smth) but I dont have any first-hand information about that one. |
| Posted by judokausa uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 13:23:12 Play online chess | openings Message: You should pick openings based on many factors. When starting out in chess you should play openings that reinforce the basic principles of all chess openings first then expand out from there. For beginners (including myself) I would suggest something like the french. It is very sound and very thematic so it is easy to grasp the basic ideas of undermining the center (ie. pawn breaks). This becomes very useful when people are leaving the book on move 5 and you have to formulate your own ideas of what to do. Many strong masters suggest the french/king's indian complex to start with. I can understand how it is easier to grab a book and just rattle off moves from them but it is not beneficial for the long term. I suggest reading the novice nook articles about openings at chesscafe.com. Here is the author's site with back articles. mywebpages.comcast.net/danheisman/Articles/Novice_Nook_Links.htm here is another great site www.exeter.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/Canon/canonidx.html Another great place to ask questions is. www.chessville.com If you want a book on openings get NCO or MCO and Fine's idea's behind the chess openings. Good luck in your chess career. (ps These suggestions are a distillation of what GM's and IM's have told me.) |
| Posted by drgandalf uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 21:58:18 Play online chess | Gibo Message: I looked up your rating on GK. You are a peer of most of my students. I teach them to open solidly, without regard to opening books. I emphasise the endgame and tactics, and I give them a strong foundation in positional theory. I suggest you follow judokausa's advice. It is quite sound. I recommend two excellent books for beginners: for tactics, I recommend "Chess Tactics for Beginners" by Fred Reinfeld, Wilshire Book Company, North Hollywood, CA, USA. I do not have an email address. For endings, I recommend "Practical Endgame Weapons, Volume One" by Scott gru-Bell, grucopublishing@hotmail.com. Both of these books give you the very basics in extremely readable form. They are the simplest books on their respective topics that I know of. For that reason, mastering these two books will propel your skill level far, far more than studying opening books. Keep me posted as to how your skills increase and best of luck in this adventure. |