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| Posted by mattdw uskidscompute.com 8/24/2006 15:22:05 Play online chess |  Subject: GK Forum v Fritz: Round 1 - Page 5Message: It looks like f4 is the favoured move but I'll wait until tomorrow to make a move. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted by mattdw uskidscompute.com 8/25/2006 04:55:28 Play online chess | Message: ——— Soviet Union’s Fall Gave Birth to a Host of New Rivalries — The Soviet Union dominated chess for so many years partly because it could tap the talent pool in such a vast area. But after the Soviet system collapsed two decades ago, many of those chess players began playing for the independent countries that rose from the ashes — nations that quickly assumed their own place among the chess elite. In the World Chess Federation’s current list, which is based on players’ individual rankings, Russia is No. 1, and three other former Soviet republics are in the top 10: Ukraine at No. 2; Armenia, No. 6; and Azerbaijan, No. 10. Russia and Ukraine have often jockeyed for first place in international chess competitions. But Ukraine was dealt a blow in 2009 when Sergey Karjakin, its ... Posted by far1ey | uskidscompute.com 8/25/2006 05:12:21 Play online chess Message: ——— On Chess: Cranky Korchnoi was dubbed ‘devil’ — In 1980, I made a venturesome journey to the Soviet Union. Treated with a guarded friendliness, I became the first American chess writer to interview the young world chess champion, Anatoly Karpov. I also had a chance to converse with a couple of Soviet officials in the offices of the storied Moscow Chess Club. The discussion inevitably came around to noted grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, who had defected in 1976 during a chess tournament in Amsterdam. My hosts passionately inveighed against him, contending that he was a difficult person who was often referred to as “the devil” or “angry Korchnoi.” Was it true? Absolutely. Few people — including him — would dispute the notion. In fact, he ... Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 8/25/2006 09:06:12 Play online chess f4 it is.Message: ——— Peter Svidler plays fast and loose in bid to become world chess champion — The World Cup final between Russia's Peter Svidler and Alex Grischuk resumes on Saturday morning with game two starting at 10am BST. It is live on the internet, and I have been watching the games. It's an armchair viewer's delight, and the only snag is the risk that both games – the bronze medal match between Vasily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov, both of Ukraine, is also on – could end in quick draws. The chess matches are best of four, with speed tie-breaks if 2-2, and Grischuk has a penchant for blitz. Svidler won Friday's first game as Black. The six-time Russian chess champion, 35, has a different lifestyle from most elite grandmasters. He has no full-time coach, spends less time on chess, and ... Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 8/25/2006 09:37:32 Play online chess And Fritz plays...Message: 10...Qh6 Thus, so far: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Ng-e7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qh6 Analysis board available here: board #5448348 I'm thinking Qd2 to defend the Bishop so that the knight on e5 is no longer safe, I'll have a longer look at it in a moment to see if I change my mind. I should mention that I am going to be dissappearing for an unspecified length of time as I'm moving house tomorrow - I think I may be back online within a day but there is a possibility that there may be a few problems. If I seem to have been gone for a bit long then someone else who has Fritz could make the move if I'm holding the game up. FEN template: r1b2rk1/ppp1nppp/7q/2bpn3/3NPP2/2P1B3/PP2B1PP/RN1Q1RK1 W - 0 1 ——— Battle of the sexes — The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis is hosting an event this week that has captured the interest of the chess community. Kings versus Queens: A Battle of the Sexes pits two teams against one another, one made up of five men, the other of five women. The total prize fund is more than $50,000 as chess players compete for individual prizes, and included in the prize fund is a special bonus for the winning team: $20,000! This is no normal chess event. Not only are five of the world's top female players participating, but we are playing a unique variant of regular chess. Each day there are two games, one game of regular rapid chess (each side gets 25 minutes for the whole game) and ... Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 8/29/2006 09:04:03 Play online chess Message: ——— Chess: in search of zugzwang — How to break up this static but firm defence? Bobby Fischer shows the way. Classic Bobby Fischer victories often involve the elimination of all counterplay before going in for the kill. The only problem with closing down your opponent's options is that it can limit yours too. Here White is very passively placed, but his defences are still holding. How can Black make progress? RB: In a closed – locked! – position like this, the answer to the question how does one side make progress invariably involves one of two things – a sacrifice or zugzwang. I'm looking for a sacrifice first (easier on the brain cells), the idea being to give up a minor chess piece for a couple of pawns, break up White's defences and ... Posted by mossberg4570 | uskidscompute.com 8/29/2006 09:39:17 Play online chess 11. Nd2Message: Lets look at what Qh6 does. 1. It threatens Ng4, where Qxh2 is mate. 2. It pins the pawn against the bishop. 3. It frees the f pawn to advance. So what to do? Qd2 unpins the bishop, but what does fritz play? 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 And then what? We would lose the e pawn unfavorably, while trying to defend against the kingside attack. Perhaps, then: 13. f5 Qh4 Does 14. Bg5 adequetely defend? 14. Bg5 Qh5 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 Anyone see anything I'ved missed? I don't like this position at all. It's becoming increasingly difficult to drive the queen away from the kingside. So how about 11. Nd2? Threatens Nb3, attacking the bishop on c5. Defends e4, a square we currently do NOT control (although we have occupied it). Works towards connecting the rooks (the queen's rook looks like it wants to be on f1, after the king's rook moves up to f2, don't you think?). So 11. Nd2 and fritz plays what? He doesn't have to move his Ne5 just yet. He might want to avoid the gain of tempo after Nb3 by playing Bb6 now. I don't see much else. Black's sort of in a wait-and-see position. so 11. Nd2 Bb6 And things are MUCH calmer than in the Qd2 line. How about: 12. Rf2 [which somewhat forces black to do something about that knight... fxe5 Qxe3 is now no longer check] dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6, perhaps And we certainly have an initiative. Bc4 can follow, the queen can go to e2 or b3, and we can double our rooks on the f-file. Any other candidate moves? Until further analysis, Nd2 looks best. Posted by bittersweet_ballad | uskidscompute.com 8/30/2006 01:24:48 Play online chess Message: Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 8/30/2006 03:27:34 Play online chess Message: Posted by bittersweet_ballad | uskidscompute.com 8/30/2006 06:28:56 Play online chess That should have been Qd2Message: I don't think 15.Bxe7 is a good move. It allows black to bring is bishop in, if he wills, to the c1-h6 diagonal. If white plays 15.h3, however, things would look good. White would win the bishop (note that it has no escape), at the expense of weaking the position around his king. What we have to think about is whether the mateial advantage outweighs the risk of a weakened king. I think it does - with the possible exchange on e7 coming in at some time, white can easily deal with any threats the black queen and bishop (the only 2 active pieces black would have) could pose the white king. 11.Nd2 looks good to me as well, but I think that Qd2 is more active, and with black's queen seemingly misplaced, I would say it's the better of the two. Developing the N may come up as a problem later on - but it could always come into play through a3. If black were to exchange on a3 to spoil white's pawns, white would be left with a strong bishop pair, in a game with open lines. Posted by mossberg4570 | uskidscompute.com 8/30/2006 07:50:12 Play online chess I should have mentionedMessage: 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f5 Qh5 14. Bg5 Qh4 15. h3 f6 ...either. I just don't like our position after 11. Qd2 Ng4. I think it's better to play a quieter line (Nd2) that leads to a more substantial plus for us (a strong initiative, gain of tempo, more coordinated pieces, etc), rather than allow black to attack on our kingside, in the hope that we can fend it off. Posted by sough | uskidscompute.com 8/30/2006 09:58:59 Play online chess Message: Posted by thumper | uskidscompute.com 9/09/2006 01:52:31 Play online chess I'm with Moss, Nd2 Message: Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/09/2006 11:52:34 Play online chess Back!Message: Another possible line for the Qd2 that I've seen in a couple of DBs is something like: 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. e5 What would the purpose of this be? I'm still in slight preference of Qd2 but a 3-2 majortity favours Nd2, so we will probably go with that. Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/09/2006 11:55:02 Play online chess Message: 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f5 Qh5 14. Bf2 Posted by loreta | uskidscompute.com 9/09/2006 12:42:36 Play online chess Two quick ideasMessage: Posted by loreta | uskidscompute.com 9/09/2006 12:44:31 Play online chess SorryMessage: Posted by ccmcacollister | uskidscompute.com 9/12/2006 06:52:56 Play online chess A Short "HI" Message: -> www.chessgames.com Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/12/2006 08:07:12 Play online chess Message: Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/13/2006 02:12:51 Play online chess And Fritz plays...Message: Thus, so far: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Ng-e7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qh6 11. Nd2 Bb6 Analysis board available here: board #5448348 Hmm, I wasn't expecting that! Why do you think it played Bb6? Advance of c-pawn possibly? Posted by mossberg4570 | uskidscompute.com 9/13/2006 18:07:42 Play online chess I expected Bb6Message: 11. Nd2 Bb6 12. Rf2 I still stand by Rf2. Black can play dxe or Nc6 and we can have a lively debate on our next move. Long term, here, I'd want to open the f-file OR advance g4, g5, h4 and finally f5, while doubling rooks on the f file. Our queen looks to be itching for c2 or d3, depending on whether the d file opens. Rf2 works towards these goals. I expect a human to play dxe after Rf2, but fritz'll probably play Nc6. 12 Rf2 dxe4 13 Nxe4 and what can black do? I can see N5c6, Nd5 or N5g3. None of these moves present any problem. Anything else? I suppose c5, although Nc2 (after c5) defends the bishop on e3. I hate our position after 13. fxe5 Qxe3, so let's forget that. 12 Rf2 N5c6 We'd have, that I see: The obvious exchanges Nxc6 followed by Bxb6, which weaken our position. exd5, which allows black to post that knight on d5... not a good thing. e5, which just blunders the pawn away because of Nxd5. And a bunch of other moves that accomplish little (Bb5, for instance). I like 13. Qa4 or 13. Qc2, linking the rooks. 13. Qa4 prevents 13...dxe4 because of: 13. Qa4 dxe4 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxb6 axb6 [cxb6 16. Nxe4 and we have no worries] 16. Qxb8 e3 17. Rf3 exd2 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qa4 Qe3 21. Qc2 We get the pawn back and, even though it'll be a sharp position, doesn't look bad. We're even up the exchange. so what's black got after 12. Rf2 Nc6 13. Qa4? Let's see.... Ok, so I see 13... Re8, which threatens dxe4 (since dxe4 Nxc6 can now be answered with Bxe3, where Nxe7+ can be answered with Rxe7... the reason why dxe4 Nxc6 Bxe3 didn't work before... Nxe7+ lost a piece after Nxc8). But 14. e5 (after 13. Qa4 Re8) works. 14... Nxe5 15. Qxe8# So Qa4 works fine. Someone else can look over Qc2. There. A glimpse of how I treat a real CC game. Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/14/2006 14:53:29 Play online chess ThanksMessage: Posted by b123 | uskidscompute.com 9/26/2006 08:39:09 Play online chess GameOverMessage: Greetings Bart Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/27/2006 01:52:55 Play online chess b123Message: Posted by far1ey | uskidscompute.com 9/27/2006 03:49:10 Play online chess Message: Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 9/28/2006 15:36:33 Play online chess N2f3.Message: Posted by far1ey | uskidscompute.com 9/29/2006 17:31:34 Play online chess Very wellMessage: Just another note: WHERE IS EVERYONE!?!?!?!? Posted by jsemmens | uskidscompute.com 10/02/2006 20:01:37 Play online chess Message: Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 10/03/2006 02:28:02 Play online chess Message: Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 10/04/2006 12:39:27 Play online chess Rf2 it is...Message: 12...dxe4 Thus, so far: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Ng-e7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qh6 11. Nd2 Bb6 12. Rf2 dxe4 Analysis board available here: board #5448348 FEN template: r1b2rk1/ppp1nppp/1b5q/4n3/3NpP2/2P1B3/PP1NBRPP/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 3 Nxe4 looks fine to me... Posted by b123 | uskidscompute.com 10/08/2006 05:46:37 Play online chess 13. Nxe4Message: Continuing with Qd2, preparing Rf1. Be aware of a possible discovered attack at e4 after ... Re8. Just my two cents. Bart Posted by jsemmens | uskidscompute.com 10/11/2006 13:55:34 Play online chess Message: Posted by chilliman | uskidscompute.com 10/27/2006 21:26:57 Play online chess Message: |