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| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 7/05/2005 02:04:47 Play online chess |  Subject: Chess CuriositiesMessage: Nuber - Keckeisen, Mengen 1994 1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nbd2 Ne7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nf1 d6 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Rad1 a5 12.c3 Rc8 13.Ng3 Kh8 14.Qd2 Ng8 15.h3 e5 16.Bc2 h6 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Nh2 Kh7 19.f4 f6 20.Qf2 Ne7 21.Rd2 Rh8 22.f5 g5 23.Bd1 Rb8 24.Bh5 Qf8 25.Ng4 Ba6 26.Red1 b5 27.b4 a4 28.a3 Bb7 29.Rd3 Nc6 30.Bg6+ Kg8 31.Qa2+ and Black resigned. Source: -> www.xs4all.nl Best wishes Cairo | ||
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 7/05/2005 02:08:02 Play online chess | More Message: A pawn endgame was reached in 17 moves in this game: Rodriguez - Antonio, ch Asturias, Oviedo 1999 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6+ gxf6 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Ke2 Ke7 14.Rhd1 Rhd8 15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Rd1 Rxd1 17.Kxd1 (see diagram) Kd6 18.Kd2 a5 19.g4 e5 20.h4 b5 21.Ke3 c5 22.c4 c6 23.a4 Kc7 24.Kd3 Kb6 25.Kc3 Ka6 26.Kb3 Kb6 27.Ka3 Ka6 28.Kb3 ˝-˝ Cairo | ||
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 7/05/2005 02:09:08 Play online chess | More Message: Sibilio - Mariotti, Ravenna 1982 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.d4 Nh6 6.a3 bxa3 7.c3 Nf5 8.Nxa3 Nc6 9.Nb5 a6 10.g4 Bd7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.gxf5 axb5 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Rg1 Qa3 16.Bxb5 Bxg5 17.Rxg5 Qxc3+ 18.Kf1 O-O 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Kg2 Ba4 21.Qe2 Bc2 22.Ne1 Be4+ 23.f3 Rxf3 24.Nxf3 Bxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qd2+ 26.Kh3 Qxg5 27.Qf8+ Kxf8 ˝-˝ Cairo ——— Playing poker in a game of chess — Hikaru Nakamura began the New Year by leading the United States to a silver medal at the chess World Team Championship. On the heels of that success, Nakamura continued his impressive play in Wijk ann Zee, Netherlands, which annually hosts the world’s most prestigious annual chess tournament. Nakamura won two of his first four games and drew the world chess champion Vishy Anand. The tournament concludes on Jan. 31. Nakamura has adopted an extremely bold style. At key attacking points Nakamura looks to sacrifices a piece. The sacrifice opens up lines and facilitates an attack on the king. Objectively, it may not be the best move, but ... Posted by amleto | uskidscompute.com 7/05/2005 15:46:27 Play online chess Message: ——— The Scotch Opening, part 2: how to cope with a masochist — Black has made an incredibly aggressive move with his queen. What does White do? We continue our survey of the Scotch chess opening (which arises after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4) with a move that was the height of fashion in the 19th century. RB On my shelves is a book on the 4...Qh4 variation of the Scotch. I wish I'd actually opened it because these early queen sorties never fail to unnerve me. I'm sure this is partly because when we first try our hand at chess we immediately reach for the queen. Then, as we grow more practised, we learn to delay her deployment until we've developed the minor pieces and got the king to safety. So this kind ... |