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Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 02:40:48 Play online chess	Subject: What to play against an IM? Message: I'm playing some IMs this weekend OTB. 20min each clock. I expect to be thumped. But hope to have some meagre chance of success if I play irregular openings that might use my opponents clock. Does anybody have any opening that is quick to 'rattle off' whilst putting the burden of thought onto my opponents clock? Spurtus.
Posted by peppe_l uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 03:11:32 Play online chess	Isn´t it best Message: To play something you are familiar with?
Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 04:00:54 Play online chess	Message: Peppe_l, usually yes, but I just know they will get the upper hand in the openings I play... maybe all but the Scandinavian. Other openings I try are QGD, budapest gambit... etc. which are easily transposed into an opening any IM will have a better idea about how to play it. I play openings that give me a chance against my level 1300ish ELO, often I might know the game better than my opponent... but if I play a 2000+ player these openings are inviting instant doom.... I think? Anything 'odd-ball' but that has a clear plan and anything with reasonably tricky questions for my oppnent to answer might be handy when under such time controls. Spurt. ——— Jan Gustafsson breaks away — If there was a traffic jam after seven rounds of the GibTelecom Masters there is gridlock after eight although GM Jan Gustafsson of Germany started speeding and broke away from the pack by defeating WGM Natalia Zhukova with black. Eight of the co-leaders at start of play drew, two lost and only Gustafsson reached 6.5/8 with over a dozen chess players on 6 points. Michael Adams held former US chess champion and FIDE championship finalist Gata Kamsky to a draw with black and the pair are in the group on 6. The top seed Etienne Bacrot is also on 6/8. He made a slow start but is back in contention. In the following game he employs the Moldovan Variation of ...
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 07:29:28 Play online chess	If you have White Message: you could play a Catalan type position. Fianchetto \k-side. o-o. Nf3, Nbd2,Bb2, Rooks to c1 and d1 (possibly d1 & e1). \pawns to c4 and d4. b&/or e pawns to third rank. Qc2 probably. Easy to play, easy to set up. Centralizes you, so you are responsive to threats, if any, as well as being solid. I dont see why you cant play your Scandi as BL. Just look over your recent ones for the points of errors. And strive to at least get beyond such points. **** \ok, I've got to say it ... since you do play gambits ... \ive been advocating the Center Game e4 e5 2.d4 which can transpose to a Scotch, Goring Gambit, or Petroff ... since the way i play it 2....exd4 is not answered by Qxd4 (tho Alekhine did play that \i believe) but by 2....\nf3 and if ...c5?! 3.c3!? (3.~Bc4 isa bit early due to b5! A pawn that cannot be taken.) I wouldnt really recommend trying to pickit all up to play vs Masters in short time. But might suit you someday?! * * * * Another way to look at playing an IM might be to consider it a learning experience, and try to play against him what you find hard to play against. Then at least you come out with a stronger game. Even if you happen to not win :) well, an \im has given you a line to play against something you had trouble with before. \maybe something a rival plays, if you should get so fortunate as to play into such a thing. !? Regards, Craig ..... Good Luck & Skill to you ! ——— The Scotch Opening, part 4: what does White do next? — Fashions come and go in chess. And this is is one that may well be on the way back. 4... Bc5 is one of Black's main options against the Scotch chess opening (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4). How should White continue? RB I've done a tiny bit of study on the Scotch and so am not quite the total novice I was when we began this survey. In fact, I've reached this position in a couple of recent casual games. I've tried both of White's two principal continuations here, 5 Nxc6 and 5 Be3 (5 Nb3 is less often seen). The first of these looks appealing for White: 5...dxc6 6 Qxd8+ Kxd8 puts an end to Black's castling ...
Posted by wschmidt uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 15:17:19 Play online chess	please... Message: let us know how you do! ws ——— Carlsen Conquers Corus — With a bit of luck and nerves of steel, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the worldâ€™s top-ranked chess player, won the annual Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, which ended Sunday. Carlsen finished with a score of 8.5 points out of 13, a half point ahead of Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Alexei Shirov of Spain. Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States, were tied for fourth and fifth, another half point back. The chess tournament is named after the Dutch company, which is the second largest steel producer in Europe, according to the companyâ€™s Web site. The tournament is one of the highlights of the year ...
Posted by sorceress_queen uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 17:06:25 Play online chess	My 5 cents! :) Message: spurtus You must concentrate in few openings for white / black. It's your choice (according your game spirit) what they will be. You must use the powerful weapon you have here, in GK, a CC site, to test once and again those lines, when you'd done; so you can meet a FM, even a IM, face to face. maybe you loose, but you got a chance to win, as you had learned what to do and what not. Not all the FIDE titulated knows ALL the openings nor all the hot lines. Usually, when in a unknow line for they, they looks for simplify with things like this: pawn structure, good/bad bishop, Knight vs Bishop, and many others than can give they a bit (but enough) advantage in the game against you. Just this. It's very hard for an amateur beat a titulated, but if you want to do, you must play ALL what you BEST know. No labo experiment or something like this... Just MHO sorceres_queen ——— Magnus Carlsen joins Vladimir Kramnik — Vladimir Kramnik had to engineer an escape from a difficult endgame as Alexey Shirov brought the former world chess champion to the brink of defeat at Wijk aan Zee. Shirov remains half a point behind Kramnik and world number one Magnus Carlsen with two to play. Carlsen defeated Lenier Dominguez, somewhat fortuitously, to join Kramnik on 7.5/11. Carlsen has the easier finish as Kramnik must play black against Vishy Anand in the penultimate game. Carlsen faces Peter Leko with black and teenager Fabiano Caruana with white. ...
Posted by chuckventimiglia uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 17:12:52 Play online chess	Offer a Draw!! Message: :-)) ——— Modern Chess Players Prove Bobby Fischer Was Wrong — Bobby Fischer once famously remarked that "chess is dead". What he meant was that so much had been discovered about the game of chess that creativity and innovation were waning. Chess players are certainly better prepared than ever because databases and computers are widely used to analyze and dissect openings. Players can sometimes reel off 20 or more moves before they leave their preparation. That seems to have sucked the life out of some chess openings. Most top players know a couple of lines in the Petroff Defense through more than 20 moves, and it is not uncommon for them to play that out and agree to a draw, if that is the result they want. But there are ...
Posted by tag1153 uskidscompute.com 7/06/2005 21:12:25 Play online chess	Scandanavian........ Message: I play it almost exclusively just for the reasons mentioned above. With black pieces, try 1. e4 d5 2. exd Qxd 3. Nc3 Qa5.......white's next move generally is d3 or d4, and I like to play c6 regardless to create an escape route when white plays an eventual Bd7 (aiming at your Queen). You can then retreat to Queens opening square, all the while aiming for a pin of whites Nf3 with a Bg4 of your own........It makes for a sharp, interesting opening, and black has good chances......it is not too common, and you may be able to catch your man off guard...my apologies if I have mis-stated a move, as I am just recalling from memory and have taken a valium before going to bed:) Best of luck, and take down that Goliath for all of us little guys;) tag1153
Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 7/08/2005 09:08:00 Play online chess	Message: thanks for your help all, fingers crossed.... I'll let you know on Monday.... perhaps even with pgn of the games ( if they are worthy?! ) Spurtus.
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/09/2005 17:37:17 Play online chess	Spurtus ... Message: Just remembered, I did encounter a move in the Scandi recently that was new to me. If dont know if you've seen it, or if it is common. But it seemed a bit better to me that the usual that I encounter, during the game; tho honestly I havent looked at it in-depth after that yet. But since you are In the 11th Hour, so to speak, here it is for a looksee anyway, for whatever it might be worth. ..... It went 1.e4 d5 2.ed5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 and now before his Bg4 he first played 4...b5 !? , forcing me to commit my KB immediately; whether to Bb3 or Be2. I went with Bb3. And BL had a lot of ideas. Like Bg4, or a5 or b4 playing against the WT Bb3 or Nc3 ... etc. In my blitz game I ended up more cramped than usual and he more active than usual. So I've been thinking to blitz the BL side myself soon and see how it feels. [Perhaps zwishening-in ...b5 like that might even add some new twists to the ....c6, ...e6, or ...Bg7 gambit lines?! This just occurred to me, sans board, but is getting me interested enough, \i better go look it over! ]
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/09/2005 19:49:33 Play online chess	Oh my, what d'ya know .... Message: I just got in a game from MLAZAR that follows that Scandi line ... Thanks M! ***************** ######## ****************** ########### ................................................................................................................ [Event "EM/M/187"] [Site "ICCF Email"] [Date "2002.04.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kachaev, Sergey Georgievich ("] [Black "Breuer, Engelbert (GER)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 Bg4 7. f3 Bc8 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. Nge2 g6 10. d3 Qd7 11. Nf4 Bg7 12. O-O c6 13. Re1 a4 14. Ba2 h6 15. Be3 g5 16. Bc5 gxf4 17. Rxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qe2+ Kf8 20. Qe5 Kg8 21. Qxf4 c5 22. Re1 Nbd7 23. Re7 Rh7 24. d6 c4 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Nd5 Rf8 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Bxc4 Bc8 29. Bd3 1-0
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/09/2005 19:56:57 Play online chess	PS ..... My Question: Message: Tomorrow I play my first UK tournament in London. "Rapid Chess". What do I play if paired with SPURTUS !!?! ******************************* [ spurtus , It only Just occurred to me that we might Possibly be going to the SAME TOURNAMENT ?!? In any event, Good-Luck-&-Skill to you tomorrow in Your event ! ] ... }8¬)
Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 7/11/2005 03:15:50 Play online chess	Message: 3 draws 3 losses -> www.chessedinburgh.co.uk Got 4 opportunities with the Scand. No bad games at all, but it was interesting that you can pretty much get a reasonable chance of playing it, and a decent game out of the Scand. I'm going to put a lot of work into the Scand from now on. Spurtus.
Posted by hamis uskidscompute.com 7/11/2005 16:59:24 Play online chess	scandi..... Message: How about the line 1. e4 d4 2. exd4 e4 the so called boehnke gambit? Ive been playing this once in a while and an attack along the half opened k-file always develops. The only thing is you must have at least a grasp of this gambit because there are numerous traps for white to exploit. But once black is out of this traps, he would have a realively easy win.