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| Posted by lapsekili austinfilmfestival.org 6/27/2008 07:28:50 Play online chess |  Subject: f5 as a response to e4Message: Maybe someone thinks i ask a stupid question but it is enough to look at my rating to predict how much chess knowladge i have:D Regards, | ||||||||||||
| Posted by nemesis1010 austinfilmfestival.org 6/27/2008 13:10:12 Play online chess | Fred Defence Message: Now I wonder what would happen with a themed Mini-Tournament based on this opening? | ||||||||||||
| Posted by tim_b austinfilmfestival.org 6/27/2008 14:55:46 Play online chess | Message: ——— Chess piece value — When I teach a class of beginning players, it is customary to explain the “value” of the chess pieces. If both sides exchange pieces, knowing their approximate value will help explain who gets the better deal. Some things are pretty obvious, like if I capture a queen and my opponent captures a bishop, we both know who is doing better. But some things are not so clear. I try to make analogies when I teach. Some hit the mark, and some confuse the student even more! But before I try to confuse my readers, let us look at standard values: Queen = 9, Rook = 5, Bishop = 3, Knight = 3, Pawn = 1. The king does not have a capture value, since we do not capture the king. (You can’t say, “I captured his knight and two pawns for... Posted by ionadowman | austinfilmfestival.org 6/27/2008 16:35:45 Play online chess Fred Defence...Message: 1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7??!! 3.d4 d5 4.Qh5+ g6 5.fxg6+ Kg7 6.Bd3 etc. A bit like the King's Own Gambit (a.k.a. the Tumbleweed Opening) with colours reversed (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2 Qh4+ etc. The Fred Defence game quoted ended in a draw when White couldn't (?) find the win in a N+3P vs R ending: w (Not that it's so easy to find. It looks as though White's K will have to retreat to the back rank in order to free the knight to move to f2) But before that Black had to survive the middle game and early ending 3 and even 4 pawns to the bad before the win of the exchange game him any kind of chance at all. To be honest, the whole game looks a little bit sus to me. I think Black can do better to get a playable game: 1.e4 f5?! 2.exf5 Nf6 (Natural and good) 3.d4 d5 4.Bd3 c5 (threatens to dislocate the d3-bishop) Now White has three good options in: [A] 5.dxc5 e5 (making a bid for a solid chunk of the centre) 6.fxe6+ Bxc5 7.Qe2 (say) Qb6 and Black picks up the advanced e-pawn. Black has a slight lead in development, and a larger share of the centre, but White's game is solid and he has a pawn extra. I think this position is playable for both sides. [B] 5.g4 (White allows the bishop to be hit, whilst protecting the advanced f-pawn betimes. White intends a general infantry attavk of Black's K-side). 5...c4 6.Be2 h6 (to restrain White's g-pawn) 7.f4 (to reinforce the g-pawn's advance) 7...e6 (counterattacking the salient White has driven into his position) 8.g5 hxg5 9.fxg5 Ne4 A complicated and interesting position! [C] 5.c3 (this would be the first move I would think of: it seems the most "natural") 5...c4!? 6.Bc2 e6 7.fxe6 Bxe6 8.Qe2 Qe7 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 I rather prefer White's game in this line. Maybe Black's 5...c4 is too strategically compromising. So much for my own investigations into this opening. Has anyone any theory on it? Cheers, Ion ——— Chess: Karpov turns the screw — Karpov-Smyslov, Moscow 1972. White has come out of the opening with a certain spatial advantage. Now he has to find a plan. Warning: you're not looking for a sacrificial combination – this is Karpovian, it's all about subtlety and strategy. RB: I've nominated Karpov's Strategic Wins 1: The Making of a Champion by Tibor Karolyi (Quality Chess) for our book of the year award. It's a year-on-year account of Karpov's career from 1961 to 1985, nicely laid out and well annotated. Karpov's style is positional, unhurried and exceptionally deep. Constantly alert to the counter-stroke, he likes to make small improving moves. Some of Karpov's choices remain, even with the help of a chess computer, mysterious, as ... Posted by ionadowman | austinfilmfestival.org 6/27/2008 16:50:55 Play online chess I've just had a quick squizz...Message: 1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7 3.Qh5+ g6 4.fxg6+ Kg7 5.gxh7 Rxh7 6.Qg5+ Kf7 7.Qf5+ Kg7 8.Qg5+ Draw! The fourth game went 1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 ... lapsekill, if you want to try the Fred, it would seem you have virgin territory to explore. The MT idea of nemesis1010 is a good one. I might be interested... Cheers, Ion ——— Winning in long run requires motivation — Chess is a worthy pursuit for all seasons of life; 6- and 7-year-olds can play a pretty good game. In recent years, chess players in their early teens have become grandmasters. And a 20-year-old, Magnus Carlsen, is the highest-rated chess player in the world. Meanwhile, 82-year-old Viktor Korchnoi is still capable of winning tournaments, though not at the same level as before. 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APAs were used from 1950 until 1962, when Bobby Fischer claimed that his Soviet rivals had arranged results to minimise the American's chances. The chess tournament was replaced by matches, in which Fischer famously destroyed ... Posted by lapsekili | austinfilmfestival.org 7/01/2008 02:54:05 Play online chess okayMessage: Posted by ketchuplover | austinfilmfestival.org 7/04/2008 16:03:59 Play online chess Message: |