Chess Forum
uskidscompute.com << online chess - < chess - chess > - chess online >>
| From | Message |
| Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 12/12/2003 09:20:15 Play online chess |  Subject: Kings indian defenseMessage: Anybody know of any good internet articles or guides for playing this opening? If I search on the internet for it, I find a lot of books but no freebee guides. Thanks, Spurtus. |
| Posted by kimbeldrv uskidscompute.com 12/14/2003 09:38:09 Play online chess | here's one Message: www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/SM/smop3.html |
| Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 12/16/2003 05:54:27 Play online chess | Message: Thanks!, Quick question on the KID, Can you/do you play it transposed starting with g6?... problem with nf6 is you can get roped into the alekhine defense, which I dont really want to play. I thought there might be a flaw in the strategy in playing it transposed?... perhaps encouraging a diagonally opposite fianchetto for the fight of the diagonal? I think g6 might give best chances of being permitted to play the KID? If you know anything please let me know. Kind regards, Spurtus. ——— Vishy Anand defeats Veselin Topalov to retain World Chess Championship title — It was scarcely a vintage or error-free world chess championship, yet Vishy Anand's 6.5-5.5 victory over Veselin Topalov proved a combative scrap with subtle match strategies. The 40-year-old title holder from Chennai beat the Bulgarian 3-2 with seven draws in their €2m (£1.7m) series in Sofia. Anand won the crown in a 2007 tournament, then comfortably retained it against Vlad Kramnik in 2008, and so joins a rare elite of multiple chess champions. This time the margin was narrow, the games tense and long as Topalov, five years the younger, spurned draws and kept up sustained pressure. The Bulgarian had his chances, but a poor sense of danger proved his fatal weakness. All his ... |
| Posted by blindio uskidscompute.com 12/16/2003 07:35:14 Play online chess | id=spurtus Message: The King's Indian defence is played in response to 1. d4. If white has played 1. e4, then yes, 1. ... Nf6 is Alekhine's defence. ——— With One Blunder, Challenger Lets Chess Champion Keep Title — Some consider chess an art form, others a math problem to be solved, but at its heart it is a competition. Anyone who watched the more than 2,000 children competing at the National Elementary School Chess Championships in Atlanta last weekend could see that. At the top levels, the competition is fierce, and the psychological pressure can be overwhelming. That is why even the best chess players make mistakes. The world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, which ended last week in Sofia, Bulgaria, illustrated that pressure. Each made blunders, culminating in one that led to Topalov’s loss in Game 12. It was ... |
| Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 12/16/2003 08:00:51 Play online chess | Message: Although fairly new to the opening, I've played the KID against e4 before, it can transpose into various recognised white assaults on the defense where e5 of the Alekhines defense is not played OR no longer such a good idea with transposition complicating the matter. *I think* I'm still unsure why pushing e5 later rather than on move 2 for white is rarely played? And I'm still unsure why e4 g6 would be a bad opening given my intentions to play the KID? I *think* thats where the timing of playing Nf6 seems crucial to deny white to make me play the Alekhines Defense and allow me to go for the Kings Indian Defense. Have I missed something? Thanks, Spurtus. ——— Favorites Begin Quickly at U.S. Chess Championship — Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky and Alexander Onischuk, the top three seeds, all won their first games Friday at the United States Chess Championship in St. Louis. Five other chess players also won as the tournament got off to a fast and exciting start. The chess championship is being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and has a prize fund of $173,000. It has an unusual format this year. The first seven rounds will be a regular Swiss system in which players with the same number of points are paired. After seven rounds, the top four scorers will be separated from the rest of the tournament and play a round-robin amongst themselves, with the winner becoming chess ... |
| Posted by anaxagoras uskidscompute.com 12/16/2003 11:22:57 Play online chess | Message: The KID setup vs. 1 e4 must be brought about with an early ...d6 in order to prevent White's e5 (the Alekhine defence). 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 is called the Pirc defence: e.g. 3 Nc3 g6 4 f4 is the Austrian Attack. The main difference between the KID and Pirc is that White does not play c4 in the Pirc (at least not right away). I do not practice either opening, but I can see that a person who likes one might like the other. ——— Day After Chess Championship, Victor and Vanquished Reflect on the Match — One day after their title match in Sofia, Bulgaria, ended, Viswanathan Anand, the once and still chess champion, and Veselin Topalov were tired, but proud. In separate telephone interviews on Wednesday, Anand and Topalov expressed satisfaction with their own efforts and said it was the most intense chess match they had ever played. “This is my first world chess championship match that has gone the distance,” said Anand. Referring to his earlier title matches against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, which he won, and Garry Kasparov in 1995, which he lost, he continued, “With Kramnik it went like a dream, with Kasparov it went the opposite way.” Topalov said, “Every single game was ... |
| Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 12/17/2003 01:33:07 Play online chess | Message: I see now!... thank you anaxagoras! Although its early days, I quite like the theory behind the lines in playing this sort of opening for black, would recommend it to a beginner ( like me! ) as its seems much easier to grasp than other openings I have investigated. Spurtus. ——— Anand Is World Chess Champion Again — Viswanathan Anand, the world chess champion, took advantage of a major error by Veselin Topalov to win the 12th and final game of their title match on Tuesday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The match had been tied at 5.5 points apiece. In addition to the title, Anand receives 1.2 million euros (about $1.5 million at current exchange rates). Topalov’s share of the prize fund is 800,000 euros, or about $1 million. Anand, an Indian grandmaster, became world chess champion by winning a tournament in Mexico City in 2007. He last defended the title in a match against Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian, in October 2008. Topalov, a Bulgarian, is a former world chess champion. He lost a bitter title match to ... |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 12/17/2003 09:11:55 Play online chess | 1. e4 g6 Message: is known as the Modern defense. It can transpose to the King's Indian Defense if White plays d4 and c4, but more often it remains as a Modern defense. |