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Posted by kansaspatzer jagbytes.com 11/21/2007 20:25:14 Play online chess	Subject: Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation Message: To all my fellow Caro-Kann players out there (anyone?) - when faced with the Fantasy Variation, after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3, do you like to immediately exchange on e4, or do you prefer the calmer declining lines? The books seem to say take, but I find that this allows White a massive attack.
Posted by easy19 jagbytes.com 11/21/2007 23:56:56 Play online chess	Message: I like the Exchange, and if they play anti caro-khan i like to play anti anti or the Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik attack gameknot.com
Posted by kansaspatzer jagbytes.com 11/22/2007 12:14:16 Play online chess	Message: The database position you linked to isn't the Fantasy Variation. The Fantasy Variation is 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3. ——— Russia Is Again Top Seed at the Premier Team Event — The London Olympics are over, but the chess world is gearing up for its own Olympiad, which begins Tuesday in Istanbul. It is the world’s pre-eminent team tournament, held every two years, and about 1,400 chess players from 162 countries are expected to compete. (The Summer Games in London had athletes from 204 countries.) The Soviet Union dominated for much of the event’s 88-year history. After it dissolved in the early 1990s, its biggest republic, Russia, has been the chess team to beat. It is again the No. 1 seed this year, although it has not won the gold medal since 2002. Two of Russia’s biggest challengers were also once part of the Soviet Union: Ukraine, the defending chess champion, and Armenia, which won in 2006 and ...