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| Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 1/31/2006 12:50:56 Play online chess |  Subject: The Scandinavian RevisitedMessage: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 OK, there are other lines that are interesting, but to get anywhere lets exclusively work on this popular one. Anything goes, love it OR flame it. HOWEVER, this time lets concentrate on how to REFUTE blacks play. My opinion is ...well... a few years back I came to conclusion that it was wholly unsound and with careful play by white he can eventually neutralise blacks position fairly much however he plays but with extremely careful piece play from scratch, and white can drag out the smallest advantages to win ( however I still try this all the time and its my e4 weapon ) I am also of the opinion that despite blacks flashing target in the centre of the board, the queen acts temporarily as a useful supporting piece on a5, limiting whites counter attack until eventually switching board side or retreating after c6 to c7, at which point it is importantly a developed piece. This to me makes blacks play advantageous with his opening and if he can achieve this play he becomes a tempo higher than white, with the attack potential. Thanks in advance for your input, Spurtus. | ||||||||||
| Posted by schnarre uskidscompute.com 1/31/2006 22:43:47 Play online chess | Hmmnnn.... Message: | ||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman uskidscompute.com 1/31/2006 23:25:03 Play online chess | Yes... Message: ——— Vladimir Kramnik edges ahead — Vishy Anand may have taken Vladimir Kramnik’s world title but he did him a favour in tenth round at Corus chess tournament when he broke his run of nine draws and defeated the co-leader Alexey Shirov. It was Shirov’s first defeat and Kramnik’s nervy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk gave him the sole lead on 7/10 with three to play but as well as Shirov he has world number one Magnus Carlsen in hot pursuit. Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin in what your correspondent found a mystifying game in which Karjakin, playing white seemed to have the initiative and better placed pieces but was soon worse. So the chess tournament is set up perfectly for ... Posted by bonsai | uskidscompute.com 1/31/2006 23:28:33 Play online chess Message: Serious tries of refutation start with either 4.d4 or possibly 4.Bc4 (which can transpose to some 4.d4 lines and discourages certain other variations), I believe white needs to open up the position as quickly as possible to exploit his lead in development. For example three of the wins the game database in this line are by me: -> gameknot.com ——— Kramnik claims Carlsen — Vladimir Kramnik played what he described as feeling like “his greatest ever game” to defeat Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee. The former world chess champion moved into the joint lead with Alexey Shirov and avenged his defeat at Carlsen’s hands at last December’s London Chess Classic. Scores with four to play: 1-2 Shirov, Kramnik 6.5/9; 3-4 Carlsen, Karjakin 5.5; 5-7 Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Nakamura 5; 8-9 Leko, Anand 4.5; 10 Caruana 3.5; 11-13 Tiviakov, Short, Van Wely 3; 14 Smeets 2.5; ... Posted by ionadowman | uskidscompute.com 2/04/2006 03:48:58 Play online chess In connexion with b4... Message: ——— Shirov in Sveshnikov — Vladimir Kramnik made his move in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee and defeated the US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura to join Magnus Carlsen in second place. Alexey Shirov remains half a point ahead with five to play and he tested Magnus Carlsen’s chess opening preparation by challenging him to repeat the line that decided last year’s MTel tournament when Carlsen lost badly. A fascinating game. In the Sveshnikov Sicilian Black often sacrifices pawns for activity. White is three pawns ahead at the end but cannot coordinate. ... Posted by schnarre | uskidscompute.com 2/05/2006 22:48:03 Play online chess b4, eh!?Message: ——— Hikaru beats leader at Corus Chess Tournament — Let's start with an update to the Corus Chess Tournament, which is getting more exciting by the day. It had seemed that U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura's bid to win the event might be slipping away. Coming into the seventh round Saturday, Hikaru had made three straight draws. He was tied for second place, 1.5 points behind the leader, Alexei Shirov of Spain. Not a bad showing, but the 22-year-old New Yorker has ambitions of winning the chess tournament and clearly establishing himself as one of the world's elite players. So for Hikaru, Saturday was crucial. He was paired against Shirov and had the advantage of playing the white pieces. Here was a chance to cut ... Posted by spurtus | uskidscompute.com 2/06/2006 05:40:10 Play online chess b4Message: Youve got to find a square for the queen where it belongs and hopefully isnt a viable target, but also allows the queen to act eventually as a developed piece. The b4 line is quite an aggressive gambit, I suppose the way to play against it is to show white that this pawn advantage is unsound by carefully taking it to the endgame, at least you know which side white should castle... you get a chance to slowly build an attack. I think. Spurtus. ——— The Scotch Opening, part 3: the Kasparov approach — The former world champion was responsible for a revival of interest in the chess opening. But how does he exploit it here? More on the Scotch. Garry Kasparov was responsible for its revival. Here he finds his e-pawn under pressure. What should he play? RB There are so many possibilities that I'm going to have to go through a process of elimination. We can discard the obvious hara-kiri options of 1 cxd5 and 1 exf6 Qb4+. Nor does 1 f4 fxe5 2 fxe5 Qg5 look particularly appealing. 1 Bg2 looks like it just loses a pawn and gives Black all the play after 1...fxe5 2 0-0, and 1 e6 is just bad. Nor do 1 Nd2, 1 Kd1 and 1 Ba3 solve the problem. That leaves ... Posted by schnarre | uskidscompute.com 2/06/2006 17:28:59 Play online chess I agree!Message: Good insight Spurtus! |