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| Posted by kinderboy jagbytes.com 8/31/2008 13:08:29 Play online chess |  Subject: Unusual openingsMessage: Contact numis with questions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by spurtus jagbytes.com 9/24/2008 06:53:47 Play online chess | Message: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Ke7 3.Nc3 Qe8 4.Nf3 Kd8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by tim_b jagbytes.com 9/25/2008 12:29:30 Play online chess | Message: 1. f3 e5 2. Kf2 I can't really explain it, maybe it's an attempt to c*** a snook at your opponent or lull him into a genuine sense of security. ——— On Chess: Stars’ games built upon idiosyncrasies — One of my favorite chess quotes is the Indian proverb “Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.” Each great player of the game thrives according to his predilections. Bobby Fischer, more than anyone of his time, was obsessed with certainty. He combed libraries, documents and books to uncover the hidden truths of his beloved game, in addition to crunching more hours of original analysis than anyone could imagine. His great knowledge of chess typically helped him take control of the board with crushing effect. He hated the unknown and tended to falter in unclear chessboard situations, particularly in his early encounters with Boris Spassky. Spassky, on the other hand, was often ... Posted by ionadowman | jagbytes.com 9/25/2008 13:56:18 Play online chess What is the Talon?Message: There are more "Chessic" openings that are unusual, but known to have been played, many at Master level. E.g Anderssen's Opening 1.a3. In his match against Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen opened the first game with this debut: 1.a3 e5?! 2.c4, with a Reversed Sicilian. Anderssen went on to win the game, but then got hammered in the rest of the match. More weirdly, Tony Miles (playing Black) once responded to Anatoly Korpov's opening move by 1....a6, and went on to win that game! I've always been rather intrigued by Breyer's Gambit - a strange-looking offshoot of the King's Gambit. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3!? Capablanca once played it and won comprehensively (can't remember against whom, though). I recall reading an article and accompanying poem (rather a better effort than the usual kind of thing) in a British Chess Magazine about the King's Own Gambit, a.k.a. the Tumbleweed. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2. The thing is more playable than it looks. Finally, though probably most players know of it, few would dare play the opening I'm about to mention There was one Kiwi player out of Dunedin, apparently, who played it regularly, but, given his name, perhaps he could call it his own. Peter or Philip (can't recall which) Paris was the name; and 1.Nh3 is the Paris Opening. Do these qualify? Cheers, Ion ——— Wang Yue takes first prize at Hastings with show of subtle superiority — Eight world chess champions have won first prize at Hastings in the world's longest running chess tournament, launched in 1895 and held annually since 1919. Nowadays most top grandmasters prefer to play in winter for big money at the London Classic, Wijk aan Zee, Moscow and Gibraltar, but Hastings holds its niche and is kept alive and well by Hastings borough council and volunteer organisers. The list of previous winners includes many names from Russia and Eastern Europe, and this week the fastest rising chess power also made its mark. The top-seeded Wang Yue, 24, is China's No2, is ranked in the world top 50, and was nearly 100 points ahead of his nearest Hastings rival in the chess ... Posted by lighttotheright | jagbytes.com 9/25/2008 22:07:20 Play online chess Message: The biggest problem I have with it is that Queens are likely to be traded early. That could make it drawish, even though White gains a slight initiative. Another problem I have with it is that the White's Queen lands on a good square that more rightfully belongs to the White knight. It might be good for a surprise weapon OTB; but you would need a pair of brass ones to use it in competition these days. As far as the Paris Opening is concerned, it is deceptive too but somewhat less sound. ——— Nakamura crushing competition — St. Louis' own Hikaru Nakamura is crushing the competition at the Super-Grandmaster chess tournament being held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Hikaru has been playing often of late and has more than made up for his bad performance in Moscow at the Tal Memorial (last place) with back-to-back fantastic results! Last month, Hikaru was able to clinch clear second at the London Chess Classic, ahead of world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. Hikaru is doing even better in Reggio after starting out with a scintillating score of five points out of six games against the world's best. After a draw against Fabiano Caruano of Italy in round seven, Hikaru had a slight misstep in round eight as he lost to Alexander Morozovich, the chess player just ... Posted by blake78613 | jagbytes.com 10/23/2008 17:02:28 Play online chess Message: [Site "St Louis"] [Date "1929"] [Round "?"] [White "Anderson, J"] [Black "Amateur"] [Result "1-0"] 1. h3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. f3 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. d3 d5 6. c3 e5 7. b3 Nh5 8. Kf2 Qg5 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. a3 e4 11. f4 Qh6 12. g4 exd3 13. g5 dxe2 14. Bxe2 1-0 ——— Kaidanov's chess homework pays at Eastern Open — Kentucky GM Gregory Kaidanov is perhaps better known today as a chess teacher than a competitor. But he gave his students an object lesson on the value of doing one’s homework while winning the 39th annual Eastern Open, held last week at its traditional home at the Westin Washington hotel downtown. With 2½ points in the chess tournament’s final three rounds, including victories over fellow GMs Alexander Ivanov and Magesh Panchanathan, the affable Kaidanov posted an undefeated 6-1 result, a half-point ahead of Ivanov and New Jersey IM Dean Ippolito. A total of 170 chess players competed in the event’s four sections. Kaidanov revealed after his critical Round 5 win over Ivanov that he had worked out fully ... Posted by easy19 | jagbytes.com 10/24/2008 15:39:44 Play online chess Message: 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4, Jerome Gambit > very effective wen playing F2F confusing and winning if they do not know it 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Crazy anti sicilian very very sharp 1.e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.Qxg4 Nxg4 Dresden Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 Patzer Opening : always fun against lower rated players 1. e4 e5 2.Qh5 There are many more but these above are a few of the best.. ——— Chess: Turning the tide — After a strong start world chess champion Vishy Anand falls to an enterprising counterattack. The world chess champion Vishy Anand only made a 50% score at the recent London Chess Classic, suffering this early defeat to the US no 1. Anand started well, but with so many pieces on the chess board and both kings compromised, a counterattack is always possible. How did Nakamura turn the game in his favour? RB: Wow, complicated. I really have no idea. Maybe – this is clutching at straws – I can march my second h-pawn down the board to try to open up the White king position? It looks promising, but then runs into the problem of White's light-square bishop, which has an eye on h3. 1…Qe8 doesn't help, because ... Posted by easy19 | jagbytes.com 10/24/2008 15:42:10 Play online chess Message: Posted by blake78613 | jagbytes.com 10/24/2008 18:58:43 Play online chess Message: Posted by ionadowman | jagbytes.com 10/25/2008 01:07:47 Play online chess The line ...Message: w What has given up a Q+P for a B. To what end? 7.Bxf7+ Kd7 8.Be6+ Kc6 9.Bxg4 ... White emerges with 2 pieces for the Q, a threatened fork, an active position, and the immediate threat to pick up the e-pawn. For certain types of player, that is quite sufficient to justify the sac! So much I can figure out - but I have to admit I've never seen the thing before! The Latvian can be fun, but it has I think been rather over-explored in some lines. Check out the recent ionadowman vs jstevens (accessible via the latter's profile and annotated game list). Interestingly enough, I've never seen in any chess primer, a proper treatment of how to combat the "Patzer Opening". Very occasionally it appears in Master chess, would you believe?! Although it is no trivial matter to meet, I quite like the standard 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6, with ...d6 and ...Bg7 to follow and a fine game for Black. But don't imagine that White has lost all that much by the Queen sortie: a tempo or two, nothing more, and certainly not fatal. Cheers, Ion Posted by alice02 | jagbytes.com 10/25/2008 05:22:37 Play online chess evans gambit jrobichess youtubeMessage: Posted by easy19 | jagbytes.com 10/25/2008 05:59:27 Play online chess Message: Played games  gameknot.com 1-0
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Jerome Gambit ( stil really nice wen playing face to face ) en.wikipedia.org < Info J Gambit
Patzer opening ( i love to play it sometimes against 1600 avarge rated players) letmetellyouaboutmybestfriend.blogspot.cHalasz Gambit ( very very rare opening) I wil play a Halasz tournament soon on THEM >> users.skynet.be
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Posted by easy19 | jagbytes.com 10/25/2008 06:05:30 Play online chess Message: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 I have played a tournament so you can look up several games gameknot.com Posted by easy19 | jagbytes.com 10/25/2008 10:55:34 Play online chess IONMessage: gameknot.com
She handled it quite well. :) Posted by chessnovice | jagbytes.com 10/26/2008 01:10:16 Play online chess ...Message: I stopped playing it after a while, though. I'm not completely satisfied with the value of the gambit. Black can definitely take advantage of subtle mistakes by white, but I dunno... I never managed to find black's very best line. I've wanted to go through some of those old games (I think I played 97 of the 344 games on the database) and annotate a few of them. I dunno if I'll ever find the time to, though. Posted by ionadowman | jagbytes.com 10/26/2008 12:29:40 Play online chess easy19...Message: I suppose one might consider this sort of thing rather unusual: 1.e4 g7 2.c4 e5 ... (The Great Snake Opening. The game sago vs ionadowman began this way; an epic 100-mover that I annotated some time ago) It's 'unusualness' is considerably mitigated by the fact that it is susceptible to considerable transposition. After half a dozen moves or so the thing looked fairly 'normal'. A couple of years ago I had a discussion with someone on GK about the Jerome Gambit. It's quite hard to meet if you don't know what you're doing... Cheers, Ion Posted by schnarre | jagbytes.com 10/28/2008 01:12:41 Play online chess Message: I'll have to check out some of these others! Posted by spclpnngslknc | jagbytes.com 10/31/2008 15:50:01 Play online chess Message: |