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Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 09:51:19 Play online chess	Subject: Extending repertoire for e4 Message: Coming to GK, for some reasons, I shortened my repertoire to minimum. As black to 1. e4 only 1. ... c6 (join MT: -> gameknot.com. Later I started to extend it to 1. ... e5 Tested in quick games many f7-f5 related variations - playing each for half or more of year: - Schliemann of Ruy (e4e5 Nf3Nc6 Bb5f5) - have to test one more variation of it; - Rousseau (e4e5 Nf3Nc6 Bc4f5); - Calabrese (e4e5 Bc4f5); - Latvian (e4e5 Nf3f5). Decided to give-up... and to look to something sweet... I reject sicilian in principle (e4c5), and French too (e4e6). I don't like Pettroff (by my own nature; e4e5 Nf3Nf6); not attracted to Scandinavian (e4d5); don't rush to Alekhine (e4Nf6)... Have you some idea to offer?!
Posted by kewms uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 11:34:53 Play online chess	Message: If you don't like the Sicilian or the French you're discarding a large chunk of the "standard" Black repertoire. In the chessgames.com database, 1....c5 and 1...e5 are by far the most commonly played responses, with either of them played more often than all other moves combined. 1...e6 is third most common. So if you don't like any of those three, you're limiting your choices quite a bit. Katherine
Posted by ionadowman uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 14:27:18 Play online chess	You don't leave much available, loreta! Message: You have, of course, the Pirc/Robatsch/Hippopotamus lines available. Check out the Mini-tournament "Feustel"/"Hippopotamus"/Robatsch where the line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 b6 ... is being 'tested'. Alternatively, there's the Caro-Kann. About that opening, I can't comment. Cheers, Ion ——— Fresh ideas from Adams — The Governor of Gibraltar Sir Adrian Johns visited the Gibtelecom Masters at the Caleta Hotel and chose the day the chess competition intensified as England’s Michael Adams regained a share of the lead with a ninth round win. Adams produced a new idea in the opening against the French Defence and although it did not look particularly dangerous he gradually outplayed the Argentinian GM Damian Lemos to reach 7/9. All the games were hardfought with the exception of the top board where the leader at start of play Jan Gustafsson was content to force an early draw against top seed Etienne Bacrot. With one to play Adams shares the lead with ...
Posted by ionadowman uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 15:01:50 Play online chess	Oops... Message: That's "Hippo"/"Feustel"/Robatsch. ——— 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 far1ey uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 18:08:36 Play online chess	Message: Why don't you like French or Sicilian? Maybe you just need to study the opening more and chose certain lines which suit 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 loreta uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 22:09:02 Play online chess	I don't leave e5 Message: I don't leave at side any of these openings (including e5). I just search for some specific variation in them: a) leaving litle changes for White to avoid it; b) feel comfortably... That is about e5 too - looking for new variation (different than listed)... ——— Carlsen Conquers Corus — With a bit of luck and nerves of steel, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the world’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 company’s Web site. The tournament is one of the highlights of the year ...
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 22:29:25 Play online chess	loreta ... Message: WHY do you reject the French upon principles? I think this is a key question for you, because IF you object to the French as blocking in the QB, well you can play Owens Defense and enjoy being even mroe delightfully cramped, admittedly not so much as in a Guimard French (but even THAT IM Alan Savage used to win an APCT championship). On the otherhand, if you simply object to BEING immediately cramped, you simply Must add Owens to your objections. And play the Nimzovich defense, using 2...d5 when advisable, and enjoy that lovely Caro-like feeling of getting in d5 without having had to Say you actually played a Caro, or a Scandi for that matter ! (Which I think is Very important when there are still those of us not Quite sure who you are ... and might start thinking you just could p o s s i b l y be Anatoly Karpov if you Cant get yourself away from that CARO !! So use Nimzovich and you can be behind in development for awhile, yet Choose to become cramped later if the mood changes. :) I agree with you about the Sicilian tho. I am getting very tired of playing against 8 million Closed Sicilians a year, I must say; whether from a Closed Sicilian player or Morra player ... tho I give some moral points to the latter. :) Nobody likes the Petroff except certain stuborn stoics who will wear the same shoes for 8 years on princple, as long as they stay solid. Much like the Petroff :) {To them I say, You Think you know something we dont ... but take a look at Petroff the man. Where's HE at now, eh? Fine, buy some T-bills, avoid junk bonds and be happy, just Stop torturing all of US ! please :) } ——— 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 ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 8/18/2006 22:41:53 Play online chess	On the other hand ... Message: Petroff players ARE noted for their fine sense of humour, and lets fact it, your used to it right? So plz remember that, and know that in penance I am playing it every possible chance tonight myself ... if they can get to it after 1.d4 *** Loreta, I've noticed that bit about playing ...e5 too, Anatoly. :) }8-)
Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 8/19/2006 00:13:07 Play online chess	Finding... Message: ccmcacollister, I found interesting thoughts in your postings... They lead me to some finding - Philidor! e4e5 Nf3d6 - what opinion about it?!
Posted by ganstaman uskidscompute.com 8/19/2006 00:41:33 Play online chess	Philidor Message: Before tonight I thought the Philidor was fully playable, in fact quite fun. It's solid and sets up a good defense, yet it doesn't ignore offensive potential either. Here's a site with some good info, though it suggests a different move order: -> www.vanrekom.nl But as I found out tonight, it starts off very cramped and can fall into oh so many traps. The first 5 or 6 moves need to be chosen with extreme care (and not at 2 or 3 in the morning). If white plays e4, Nf3, d4, and Bc4, he has the near constant threat of playing Bxf7+, followed either by Ng5+ and Ne6 (then ...Qe8, Nxc7, ...Qg6, Nxa8, ...Qxg2 and it gets crazy), or dxe5 and Nxe5+ (with potential discovered attacks on the black queen or whatever). I'm probably not making the most sense, but I'm really tired. Point is, play the Philidor, but tread carefully. If you survive the first 5 or 6 moves, you should have a decent game for both players.
Posted by ganstaman uskidscompute.com 8/19/2006 01:00:10 Play online chess	more Philidor Message: Here I point out another set-up/trap that black has to be wary of: -> www.chessgames.com I should also note that the original intention of Philidor was 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5, but this has apparently been 'refuted' (not sure of the exact line, but the whole opening is very sharp when you play 3...f5).
Posted by far1ey uskidscompute.com 8/19/2006 04:59:59 Play online chess	Message: He he, ganstaman had to find out the hard way... :D
Posted by stendhar uskidscompute.com 8/20/2006 12:26:19 Play online chess	What about.... Message: The Alekhine? It's quite decent, at least a lot better than those f5 variation you said you had been trying. I must be on the same level with ccmcacollister because I must urge you to reconsider the Sicilian. I really don't understand why it's shunned on subjectives reasons. It's the best defense out there. And there are so many variations within that you can explore for a long time with even scratching the surface. Plus most of them are fully playable, not just quirky off-shot variations.
Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 8/22/2006 13:25:48 Play online chess	Hm... enumeration... Message: Not so many to select (as response to 1. e4): 1. ... b6; c6; d6; e6; g6 1. ... c5; d5 1. ... Nc6; Nf6 1. ... e5 2. Nf3 and then: 2. ... Nc6; Nf6 2. ... d6 Did I skip anything?
Posted by stendhar uskidscompute.com 8/29/2006 04:05:18 Play online chess	I think.... Message: ....it's called St. George's Defense. The advantage is that you can play it against both 1.e4 and 1.d4. It consisits of the a6-b5 moves following with a Queenside fianchetto. Miles once beat Karpov with this quirky defense, and Spasski dared to use it against Petrosian in their match in '66, although he lost rather quickly. Still as a surprise it's okay, but a long term asset it isn't. Other than that I think you have them all. As for variety, I beg to differ, Black has a lot more responses to 1.e4 than to 1.d4, I think that your just trying to simplify things, as a defense consists in much more than one move. It's about principles and general idea than just a series of memorised moves. If you don't understand the defense you're using, stop using it. It's pointless.
Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 8/29/2006 05:08:16 Play online chess	As pretenders Message: From all that list (and postings) - I'd like to play 1. ... e5 and then test the Philidor defence: 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5!? - to ccmcacollister : does it really seem I like cramped positions? After all these lsited f related variations :-) At other hand, with Caro-Kann I never feel cramped...
Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 9/12/2006 09:04:48 Play online chess	Scandinavian? Message: I'll try to explain what i seek - to define an opening or variation where White has little for selection... So the Scandinavian comes to my mind: 1. ... d5 And does you tried and think about some of Ruy without a6: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 and then 3. ... Nd4!? or 3. ... Nf6 or even 3. ... g6 !!!
Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 9/29/2006 07:43:33 Play online chess	One more?! Message: And what about Balogh? 1 e4 d6 2 d4 f5
Posted by ganstaman uskidscompute.com 9/29/2006 08:36:06 Play online chess	Balogh Message: Not terrible, but supposedly not great. Here's where I learned about it: -> www.chessville.com I think it could be fun to use on occasion, but I wouldn't want to play it exclusively or anything.