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| Posted by werwolf uskidscompute.com 11/29/2003 02:50:59 Play online chess |  Subject: 1.c4 and 2.b3Message: does anyone knows something about that kind of opening schemes? |
| Posted by tissue uskidscompute.com 11/29/2003 17:26:07 Play online chess | Message: Are you serious? This is a weakening move like no other. I can't find a good move for this except maybe a fianchetto. But, that really destroys your queenside, and if black can stop you from fianchettoing by making even weak threats, then you'll sustain material loss like you won't believe. Can't say I recommend this one. |
| Posted by anaxagoras uskidscompute.com 11/29/2003 17:38:44 Play online chess | English Opening and Larsen's Opening Message: I can't say I know much about them, but I know enough to say that tissue's advice is false. 1 c4 is a fine opening move because it aims to control the central d5 square. The queen's knight then finds a nice home on c3, and in many lines White fianchettos the King's Bishop to give it an open diagonal. Play tends to be "strategic" or "positional" with a viscious struggle by both sides to push their Queen's pawn's to d4 or d5. I can't say anything useful about 1 b3, though I've gathered it is not as a clear of an opening as 1 g3. ——— At Chess Olympiad, No Team Is Perfect — It turns out that no team is capable of running away from the field at the Chess Olympiad, at least in the open section. Monday, the last three undefeated and untied teams in the competition — Hungary, Armenia and the Republic of Georgia — failed to win their matches. Armenia and Georgia played each other and drew, while Hungary lost to Ukraine. Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine are now tied for the lead with five wins and one draw, for a total of 11 points each. The two top Russian teams, Poland, the United States, Azerbaijan and Hungary are tied for fourth, each with 10 points. In the women’s portion of the Chess Olympiad, one team — the top one from Russia — remains perfect, though ... |
| Posted by tissue uskidscompute.com 11/29/2003 17:45:42 Play online chess | Message: Huh? 1. c4 on it's own is a great move, known as the English opening. 1. b3 isn't that bad, it's known as the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack. However, the line 1.c4 followed by 2. b3 certainly can't be recommended. His subject implies the moves 1. c4 followed by b3, and I gave the advice accordingly. So, I'd have to say your advice is, in fact, false. ——— Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Re-elected as World Chess Federation President — Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as president of the World Chess Federation on Wednesday. Mr. Ilyumzhinov reportedly defeated Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, by a vote of 99 to 55. Each country in the federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Échecs), had one vote. Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s new term runs to 2014; he has been president of FIDE since 1995. The election was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where the biennial Chess Olympiad is also being played. As part of Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s ticket, Georgios Makropoulos of Greece was re-elected deputy president; Lewis Ncube of Zambia and Beatriz Marinello ... |
| Posted by caldazar uskidscompute.com 11/29/2003 21:52:32 Play online chess | Message: 1. c4 and 2. b3 is alright, I suppose; this particularly pawn structure is sometimes seen in Reti and English setups. The c1-bishop goes to b2 of course and the other bishop is either developed via g3/Bg2 or e3/Be2. It's nothing for Black to worry about; as long as he doesn't go crazy, Black usually obtains a decent counter-setup (usually either ...c6/...d5/...e6 or ...c5/...d5/...e6). Typical classical 'occupy the center' vs. hypermodern 'control it from afar' type of deal, but nothing to write home about. ——— Ivanchuk Dominates Chess Olympiad — The chess olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is in full swing, moving into the second half. The Open section has 149 teams listed, nearly 750 chess players. The women section has 115 teams, roughly 575 chess players. Head and shoulders above all players stands Vasyl Ivanchuk. The 41-year old Ukrainian grandmaster smashed everything coming his way so far, winning five straight games and amassing a giant 3357 performance rating. On Tuesday, Ivanchuk added his sixth victory against the Georgian GM Baadur Jobava. His team leads the chess olympiad after seven rounds, having won six matches and drawing one. The 11-round olympiad concludes Sunday, October 3. Ivanchuk was ... |
| Posted by anaxagoras uskidscompute.com 12/01/2003 15:30:13 Play online chess | Message: I see that I mistook 1 c4... 2 b3... for the two previous openings already named in my original post. Caldazar has said what needs to be said about it. As for you tissue, it's charming that you try to immitate my vocabulary, but take a second look at your original post in this thread. It's a gross over-reaction or panic-attack: "This is a weakening move like no other. I can't find a good move for this except maybe a fianchetto. But, that really destroys your queenside, and if black can stop you from fianchettoing by making even weak threats, then you'll sustain material loss like you won't believe." Opening with 1 c4... 2 b3... isn't an aggressive opening, but it shouldn't promise worse than equality with accurate play from White. Has the boogey man got you spooked? ——— New Jersey Man Plays Kasparov and Carlsen — Chess players are not movie stars — no one has ever stalked a chess player, at least not for playing chess — but some fans go to great lengths to meet and even play against the game’s best. Jonathan B. Crumiller is a fan, and he lived out a dream this month. Crumiller, who is a master but certainly not a top chess player, is the chief operating officer of Princeton Consultants and lives and works in New Jersey. On Sept. 8, he was in London at a fund-raiser for Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, who is running for president of the World Chess Federation. As part of the event, there was an auction to play a consultation game with Garry Kasparov, another former chess champion, and ... |
| Posted by werwolf uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 03:41:21 Play online chess | Well but....... Message: As I know that line was played by Petrosjan in some of his games. ——— Chess stars align in Siberia — The 39th Chess Olympiad began Tuesday in Khanty-Mansiysk, a small Siberian city in Russia. The immense chess tournament has attracted 146 men's teams and 114 women's teams representing 142 nations. Half of the 484 participants in the men's section hold the grandmaster title. The ninth-seeded U.S. men's chess team consists of grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura (Missouri), Gata Kamsky (New York), Alexander Onischuk (Virginia), Yury Shulman (Illinois) and Robert Hess (New York). That's an impressive lineup with a fair chance at a medal. They defeated Faroe Islands, 4-0, and Mongolia, 31/2-1/2, in their first two matches. The sixth-seeded U.S. women's chess team is probably ... |
| Posted by werwolf uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 03:41:24 Play online chess | Well but....... Message: As I know that line was played by Petrosjan in some of his games. |
| Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 04:41:07 Play online chess | My very humble opinion Message: It's a good enough development schema for those who likes similar positions. Of course, it depends on first answer of Black, but it's playable in many common ones: 1. ... e5; (Petrosian; Popchev, Bulgaria) 1. ... c5 (Balashov, Russia); 1. ... b6 (Gulko, Russia), 1. ... e6 (Taimanov, Russia); 1. ... Nf6 ..... |
| Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 05:15:29 Play online chess | And to 1. ... f5 Message: too |
| Posted by premium_steve uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 17:09:01 Play online chess | Message: here's a game where my opponent used that opening.... i was black. i got smooshed! www.chess.nfld.net/chess/chessbase%20data/spraggettvsmartin29082 i hope this link works ok. if not, i'll post the full text. |
| Posted by premium_steve uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 17:10:04 Play online chess | Message: didn't work.... sorry. here's the game: 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.d4 0–0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Re8 9.Na3 c6 10.Nc2 Qc7 11.d5 e5 12.dxe6 Rxe6 13.e3 Nb6 14.Qe2 d5 15.c5 Nbd7 16.b4 b6 17.Ncd4 Re8 18.Ng5 Ne5 19.Rfc1 h6 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Nxc6 hxg5 22.Nxe5 Qd8 23.Nxg6 Be6 24.h4 g4 25.Nf4 Bf7 26.Rc6 Nd7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qb2+ Kg8 29.Bxd5 Ne5 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qb3+ Kg7 32.Ne6+ Line Black Resigns |
| Posted by youngglor uskidscompute.com 12/02/2003 17:21:44 Play online chess | ... Message: "Even a seemingly bad opening will have some positive points. If you don't take what you opponent is doing seriously, then these positive points will end up beating you." - The Amateur's Mind by IM Jeremy Silman |
| Posted by fabian uskidscompute.com 12/04/2003 05:14:51 Play online chess | 1c tournmament Message: i like and play 1.c4 a lot i opend a tournament too for it.. you can lookat my games too:) |
| Posted by soikins uskidscompute.com 12/04/2003 07:55:24 Play online chess | He-he... Message: I like to play his setup with c4, b3, g3, and bishops on b2 and g2. Maybe that is why werwolf asks this question... We do play in one tournament... lol ok, ok, quite egocentric... Maybe werwolf just searches for a new opening system as white... :) |
| Posted by werwolf uskidscompute.com 12/06/2003 01:39:51 Play online chess | soikins Message: I didn't know about that! But I'm realy searching a new opening systems. |
| Posted by fabian uskidscompute.com 12/08/2003 06:25:16 Play online chess | new openings. Message: i have a book about unusual openings.. there is too 1.h4 and 1.g4 1.b4 maybe somethinkg like 1. a3 i did not found now. i like 1.c4 e5 2. e3 Bc6 3. d4 exd 4.exd g6 5. Bd3 etc or some other move order |