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| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 5/27/2003 02:58:24 Play online chess |  Subject: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5?!Message: Does somebody know anything about this strange opening? How to play correctly with black / white? It was played against me last Friday and I had (after 3.exd5 Dxd5?! 4.Nc3 De6 5.b3!?) an easy win. |
| Posted by spijker uskidscompute.com 5/27/2003 05:47:33 Play online chess | The elephant gambit Message: see: www.chessworks.com/analysis/Openings/Unorthodox/UNO_Intro.htm> |
| Posted by mattafort uskidscompute.com 5/27/2003 07:34:27 Play online chess | 99 games of Elephant Message: You can download 99 games of Elephant gambit from my site. Seems like 3.exd5 Bd6 is better than ...Qxd5. elephant.txt is same as .pgn, but is opened with Notepad 213.100.118.115:7000/mattachess/files/elephant.pgn 213.100.118.115:7000/mattachess/files/elephant.txt I found these games at www.mychesssite.net/php55/index.php Where is some interesting downloads. /mattafort ——— Magnus Carlsen Survives on His Wits — One of the reasons that Garry Kasparov was the world’s dominant chess player from the late 1980s through the ’90s was that he was better prepared than his competitors. He spent an enormous amount of time researching chess openings for new ideas to spring on his opponents, or he paid others to do it for him. Magnus Carlsen, currently the world’s top-ranked chess player, is beginning to be as dominant as Kasparov was, but it is not because of his preparation. He has described himself as a bit lazy, and so rather than play the most popular chess openings, which everyone has studied, he often chooses systems, particularly as White, that do not yield any advantage. Carlsen wants to ... |
| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 5/28/2003 03:13:42 Play online chess | thx Message: :) ——— Impressive Field at World Open — The World Open, the annual chess tournament in Philadelphia that always takes place around July 4th, often lives up to its name by attracting a world-class contingent of chess players. This year is no different as the field includes Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India, Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands, Luke McShane of England, Evgeny Najer of Russia, Viktor Laznicka of the Czech Republic and Ilya Smirin of Israel. It also includes many of the best Americans, among them Gata Kamsky, the United States chess champion, and Alexander Onischuk. The players come because the tournament offers one of the biggest prize funds in the world. This year’s is ... |