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Posted by spyros_gr mailcafe.net 11/08/2005 13:17:05 Play online chess	Subject: novelty?! Message: have u ever seen 12 qh5 in the sveshnikov? it looks good to me 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qh5 !?
Posted by loreta mailcafe.net 11/08/2005 22:17:02 Play online chess	Hm... Message: I've never plaid this variation so long... :-) It seems I always go to sideline at move TWO!
Posted by atrifix mailcafe.net 11/08/2005 23:05:16 Play online chess	I don't see the point Message: Why is this better than 12. Qd2 and how does it help White against the standard plan of Bb7, d5, 0-0-0 etc.? For example: 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 d5 14. 0-0-0 Qb6 15. f3 0-0-0 and taking the f-pawn gets White into all kinds of trouble. Black has at least an equal position.
Posted by anaxagoras mailcafe.net 11/09/2005 12:17:19 Play online chess	Message: I don't think 12 Qh5 makes much sense. Why relinquish pressure on the all-important d5 square? Fwiw, I also think this is a pointless exercise, as openings tend to go in and out of fashion through the years like women's clothing!
Posted by spyros_gr mailcafe.net 11/19/2005 13:45:30 Play online chess	Message: ok so it is not so good, the plan was to press on f7 and f6. but after black long castle white may find his queen out of play.
Chess news: Kramnik claims Carlsen -- Vladimir Kramnik played what he described as feeling like “his greatest ever game” to defeat Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee. The former world chess champion moved into the joint lead with Alexey Shirov and avenged his defeat at Carlsen’s hands at last December’s London Chess Classic. Scores with four to play: 1-2 Shirov, Kramnik 6.5/9; 3-4 Carlsen, Karjakin 5.5; 5-7 Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Nakamura 5; 8-9 Leko, Anand 4.5; 10 Caruana 3.5; 11-13 Tiviakov, Short, Van Wely 3; 14 Smeets 2.5; ... Vladimir Kramnik edges ahead -- Vishy Anand may have taken Vladimir Kramnik’s world title but he did him a favour in tenth round at Corus chess tournament when he broke his run of nine draws and defeated the co-leader Alexey Shirov. It was Shirov’s first defeat and Kramnik’s nervy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk gave him the sole lead on 7/10 with three to play but as well as Shirov he has world number one Magnus Carlsen in hot pursuit. Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin in what your correspondent found a mystifying game in which Karjakin, playing white seemed to have the initiative and better placed pieces but was soon worse. So the chess tournament is set up perfectly for ... Vlad Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen go toe-to-toe at Wijk aan Zee -- Corus Wijk aan Zee, the most popular event on the chess calendar, ends tomorrow with ex-champion Vlad Kramnik and the world No1 Magnus Carlsen competing for the lead in the closing rounds. Kramnik won their individual game impressively, but the 19-year-old Norwegian has the easier finish. Carlsen is not yet dominating his chess peers in the style of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov at their peaks, but he is already the man to beat. The reigning world chess champion Vishy Anand has played an uncharacteristically low-key tournament, drawing his first nine games. Nigel Short, in his strongest event for years, has struggled in some games but missed a clear win against Kramnik. ...