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| Posted by scottpb mailcafe.net 9/21/2005 11:24:52 Play online chess |  Subject: end gameMessage: is it better to have A) King, a bishop and 5 pawns vs King, knight and 4 pawns B) King, rook, bishop & 4 pawns vs King, rook, knight & 3 pawns sometimes decisions for the endgame can be difficult any thoughts? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted by wschmidt mailcafe.net 9/21/2005 14:05:50 Play online chess | I think.... Message: ——— On chess: Teacher makes game fun, fun, fun — Chess can sometimes serve as a big brother. "It helped us stay out of trouble, especially after school," said Luis Garcia, 23. "It kept us safe." Garcia is a former student to Patrick Neely, a retired teacher, veteran chess guru and longtime surfer who runs a "Surf 'n' Chess" program at an elementary school in Glendale, Ariz. His disciples immerse themselves in an environment of chess, Beach Boys tunes and other oldies in the school cafeteria. Neely's program confers benefits in addition to keeping kids off the streets. "It makes you think. It's strategy," Garcia said. The chess novices are also taught respect for themselves and others. They shake hands with their opponents and wish them well before ... 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Posted by scottpb | mailcafe.net 9/21/2005 17:41:54 Play online chess THANKSMessage: a related ? is bishop or knight is better in the end game with 5 and 4 pawns, respectively. It would seem that the concensus is bishop as the bishop has a greater range. Thanks I'll let you know how it works out -- Scott ——— Kasparov launches “chess for schools” plan in EU — When it comes to encouraging children to do better at school, Gary Kasparov says the answer is in black and white. After several successful years in the US, the former world chess champion wants to introduce his Chess in Schools programme across the EU. Kasparov’s not-for-profit foundation hopes the European Parliament will give the go-ahead for a roll-out in September. It helps them with the curriculum.” he told reporters in Brussels,“it has great social effect, integrating kids from very different social backgrounds. It is also a very important element in this time of economic hardship – it is cheap. Computers will play a central role in the programme, giving students the opportunity to learn chess ... Posted by gajolen | mailcafe.net 9/22/2005 00:24:28 Play online chess Message: But as with every other general chess rule there are many ecxeptions. Do the bishop have any targets, how far the pawns, where are the kings and so on. Also I dont mean to offend you, but i dont understand in your question why do you give 1 pawn more for the bishop side ? All other things aside it is better to have a pawn more so i would go with the K+B and five pawns. Still it depends on the position, but if the position is equal it is easyer to have a pawn more. ——— Improve your endgame play — Finishing a chess game can be a difficult task. Both players are usually tired at the end of a long game, and as a result, many chess players, both beginner and advanced, see their endgame play suffer. Luckily, you have the benefit of reading this informative article, so hopefully you can begin improving your endgame play today! Playing quickly at the end of the game is a typical mistake of the inexperienced chess player. Just because there are fewer pieces on the board, this does not mean things are simple. Accuracy is more important in the endgame, as even one slip can turn the game from a win to a draw or a draw to a loss – or even worse, a win to a loss … but let’s not even talk about that. The first way to ... Posted by mightytiny | mailcafe.net 9/22/2005 03:10:00 Play online chess Message: It's just as well though that the help you'll get from any advice will be minimal, because asking something of others that would help you to make a choise in an ongoing game is against the correspondence chess rules. You'd do much better to play the position without any advice (regardless of what level of usefulness - or uselessness - that advice might be), and then take the position where you were wondering this question, and present it on the board after the game is over; then you can ask a more specific question (how to trade down to an endgame in this position?), and people, seeing the position, can actually tell you what things to look at when making a decision such as that... and that newly acquired knowledge you can take to your future midgame-endgame transitions. Posted by scottpb | mailcafe.net 9/22/2005 05:25:52 Play online chess good adviceMessage: I think the idea of giving the board pos'n later is a good one. And I pretty much got the answer in general a bishop is better than a knight in endgame. also, it is very informative that there are so many variables and that even a small difference in pos'n on the board can greatly influence the strategy one takes. I really didn't expect so much discussion- so, i have a much better idea of how to use the forum now and I look forward to more soon. Thanks again all Scott Posted by i_play_slowly | mailcafe.net 9/25/2005 18:05:44 Play online chess knights vs. bishopsMessage: * Another consideration: If your opponent has a pawn on an open file, and its promtion square is not the same color as your bishop, you could have problems stopping the promotion. Again, it all comes down to the pawns. Posted by cedsed | mailcafe.net 10/05/2005 18:50:54 Play online chess Cheating Message: Justin Posted by danders | mailcafe.net 10/05/2005 21:17:30 Play online chess JustinMessage: Personally, I've about had it up to here with unfounded accusations of that nature. Posted by honololou | mailcafe.net 10/05/2005 22:41:27 Play online chess dandersMessage: was actually fairly specific and it seems clear that he was referring to a specific game and not wondering in the abstract. cedsed, read the posts. Scott has already been warned and seems to have got the message. No need to throw around the "C" word. Posted by danders | mailcafe.net 10/05/2005 22:55:14 Play online chess Message: Perhaps I am mistaken. Posted by misato | mailcafe.net 10/05/2005 23:58:30 Play online chess within the limits Message: Scott did the same, instead of a book he "looked up" in the GK-community - also without regard to a specific position. He got back general advices which could be looked up in books as well (and are well known to experienced players). His task is/was to think about those advices for his own position. Furthermore it is always a problem that tactical issues (knight fork!) have to be considered from move to move, so the given advices may have been false because his opponents knight might have an excellent position. Playing endgames by general advices is far more difficult than to follow a written opening-line, a "won" position (by book) oftenly slips into a draw - and you dont know what you did wrong (and when)! An additional very general advice: In about equal positions better follow the rule "the fewer the tokens the more moves to plan (and time to think!)". Good luck for your games, hopefully you and your opponent learn a lot from this endgame. Feel free to publish it here after its end, someone will find the time to add some comments to yours. Posted by scottpb | mailcafe.net 10/06/2005 05:08:21 Play online chess thanksMessage: as it turns out the advice was pretty 'abstract' and that's exactly what I wanted. I did not request, at least that was my intent, not to get specific advice but to think about some ideas of endgames. All your input has been helpful and I thank you all for your thoughts and input. The game I was playing really triggered the general question and if this happens in the future I can easily wait until the end of the game that got me thinking. no worries here. So, thanks all for the msg's. Perhaps we can play sometime. Scott Posted by bucklehead | mailcafe.net 10/06/2005 11:33:02 Play online chess If the game is over...Message: |