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| From | Message | Posted by zhnkiu
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2/08/2006
15:54:34
Play online chess |  Subject: Difficult Castled Position
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For example, pawns f2 g4 h3 bishop g2. I've seen this position several times and I am a little perplexed why players choose to castle into this...
| Posted by brilliance
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2/09/2006
01:48:59
Play online chess | Re: Difficult Castled Position
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That depends on a player's knowledge of the game.
| Posted by naamloos
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2/09/2006
03:32:43
Play online chess | Something
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Something is only a weakness if it can be attacked by the opponent.If you are in control of the kingside and your bishop is guarding the a8-h1 diagonal then the position of the king is probably not difficult at all.
In some - maybe most - cases castling into this structure is not wise, but it is also possible that it is done because it is the least of evils (yor queen side pawns has been pushed to gain ground and the opponent has the centre).
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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 ...
Posted by ionadowman
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2/15/2006
02:49:13
Play online chess | If you want to see...
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...an example of an analogous castled position for Black, check out the 'Forum Game #3' thread. I'm not sure it OughT to have turned out so well for Black...
Cheers,
Ion
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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; ...
Posted by buddie
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2/15/2006
14:38:33
Play online chess | To attack it
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I suggest N-e7-g6-h4 as a good way of attacking this set-up.
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Shirov in Sveshnikov — Vladimir Kramnik made his move in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee and defeated the US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura to join Magnus Carlsen in second place. Alexey Shirov remains half a point ahead with five to play and he tested Magnus Carlsen’s chess opening preparation by challenging him to repeat the line that decided last year’s MTel tournament when Carlsen lost badly. A fascinating game. In the Sveshnikov Sicilian Black often sacrifices pawns for activity. White is three pawns ahead at the end but cannot coordinate. ...
Posted by jstack
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2/26/2006
15:04:41
Play online chess | difficult castled positions
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I would like to comment on this, but it is difficult without knowing the position of the entire board. However, I would like to say there are openings where advancing the pawns in front of the castled king is the correct plan. The closed sicilian and certain variations of the Kings Indian defence are prime examples of this. In these positions, however, both sides castler kingside. When the players castle on oposote wings, it is hard to imagine a good reason for advancing these pawns. There is not anything wrong with pawns on f2 g3 and h3, but a pawn on g4 can be attacked much too quickly.
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Hikaru beats leader at Corus Chess Tournament — Let's start with an update to the Corus Chess Tournament, which is getting more exciting by the day. It had seemed that U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura's bid to win the event might be slipping away. Coming into the seventh round Saturday, Hikaru had made three straight draws. He was tied for second place, 1.5 points behind the leader, Alexei Shirov of Spain. Not a bad showing, but the 22-year-old New Yorker has ambitions of winning the chess tournament and clearly establishing himself as one of the world's elite players. So for Hikaru, Saturday was crucial. He was paired against Shirov and had the advantage of playing the white pieces. Here was a chance to cut ...
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