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| Posted by loreta mailcafe.net 7/13/2008 13:00:31 Play online chess |  Subject: Around Dutch defenceMessage: b) Anyway, there're Dutch players - and in Gameknot as well. It is interesting, which variation they play? Dutch defence players, - your word! Which schema does White ussually plays against you? c) And there still are some 1. d4 players - what do you feel when you meet Dutch defense? Which variation do you prefer? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman mailcafe.net 7/14/2008 05:40:41 Play online chess | I played ... Message: I've played a few Dutch Defences on GK, but it's the sort of opening one chooses if feeling confident. In general I find it too committal - too uncompromising in its approach. But against the English Opening, I do like the "Dutch Defence System" that goes 1.c4 e5 2.... d6 3... f4 - an aggressive set up that leads to quite double-edged and exciting games. On GK cormel vs ionadowman (2005?) and diemjay vs ionadowman (2008) are a couple of games with this line in which Black did well; but in pinkoy vs ionadowman (2005) Black crashed and burned rather ignominiously. I tried the King's fianchetto in that game, an experiment I am in no rush to repeat! Facing the Dutch recently, I fianchettoed on the K-side, moved Qc2 then developed the King's knight to h3 to support the bishop's move to f4. Once the situation stabilised in the centre, I went for a minority attack on the Q-side that eventually led to the win of a pawn, then finally a breakthrough on that flank. How usual this procedure is, I have no idea. This game has been annotated recently (ionadowman vs jstevens1). Cheers, Ion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by loreta mailcafe.net 7/14/2008 07:22:19 Play online chess | Uncompromising? Message: What do you mean by "uncompromising"? :) ------- My experience: in last couple years I've experienced heavily on variations with ... Bb4 (often with Q-side fianchetto) - in quick games (blitz for 5-10 minutes). ——— Chess: Why resign with two queens? — Despite the extra queen, Howell was in trouble and when he missed a miracle defence Kramnik seized his chance. This is the final position of the chess game we considered last week. Kramnik has just played his rook to c8 and Howell promptly resigned. Why? RB: Yes, why did Black resign? With two queens on the board you'd think he'd be fine. But what are his options here? I can see two. The first doesn't seem to help Black: 1…Rxc8 2 Qxc8+ Kh7 3 a8=Q when, with the threat of mate on h8, Black has to continue 3…Qxa8 and after the recapture White is a knight and a pawn up. The alternative is 1…Qxb8 2 axb8=Q Rxc8 3 Qxc8+ Kh7 4 Qf5+, when White is again a knight and pawn to ... Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 7/14/2008 15:02:22 Play online chess "Uncompromising"... Message: I have tried the ...Bb4+ line (the same chosen by Alekhine in his famous game against Bogoljubov, London 1922. The game tag1153 vs ionadowman (2007) went: 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 ... At this point I seemed to have run out of "book". White's 5th looks very strong. 5...h6 6.a3 Be7 7.Bxf6 ... Not very surprising: Black's bishop gets to move again... 7...Bxf6 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 b6 White looks to have a fine game at this point - 11.b4 g5 12.b5 Ne7 13.Nb3 g4 14.Nfd2 e5 15.d5!? h5!? No, I didn't play 15...e4!? After 16.Bc2 Bxa1 17.Qxa1 I didn't fancy White's hold on the long diagonal. 16.e4 f4 17.f3 Rg8 18.Be2 Bd7 19.fxg4?! Black has made good progress, but this ought to have waited. The exchange weakens White's K-side. 19...hxg4 20.Bxg4?? Bxg4 ... and Black won quickly. I think I ought simply to have developed the B at e7 instead of b4 in the line played. But I gather that in some lines, ...Bb4 is fine. Cheers, Ion ——— Making the Case for, and Against, Chess as an Olympic Sport — Could chess be an Olympic sport? Such an idea may seem absurd to some people, but the World Chess Federation has been lobbying the International Olympic Committee for years to include chess in the Games. As part of its efforts, the federation even instituted drug testing to bring chess into compliance with the committee’s rules. (Players have grumbled about this, pointing out that aside from caffeine, there are no drugs that can plausibly help them play better.) In making a case for chess, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the federation, has said that curling is essentially “chess on ice.” The Olympic committee has granted the federation status as a Recognized International Sports Federation, but ... 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Posted by wulebgr | mailcafe.net 7/15/2008 13:16:15 Play online chess I like playing against the DutchMessage: ——— Second place finish for Nakamura in London — St. Louis resident Hikaru Nakamura captured second place in the recently finished London Chess Classic. This stellar result catapults Hikaru back in the top 10 after his less-than stellar performance in the Tal Memorial in Moscow, where he finished in last place. Another chess player, Vladimir Kramnik, had a similar turnaround. Kramnik finished next to last in Moscow, but he came back to win the London Chess Classic. Hikaru Nakamura secured second place with a sharp tactical victory over Michael Adams in the final round of the London Chess Classic. Adams is England's highest-rated chess player. The tournament in London had a fantastic format, and it featured a little twist in scoring as well. Typically, a win is ... Posted by loreta | mailcafe.net 7/16/2008 08:18:13 Play online chess But Why?Message: Posted by wulebgr | mailcafe.net 7/16/2008 09:24:04 Play online chess Is it not obvious ...Message: Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 7/16/2008 14:26:18 Play online chess ... but you're not saying...Message: Classified. Quite understandable... :-) Ion Posted by loreta | mailcafe.net 7/16/2008 22:15:40 Play online chess CyranoMessage: Here is couple of last finished his games, as examples:  game and game Posted by lighttotheright | mailcafe.net 7/16/2008 22:38:42 Play online chess Message: I've played it on GK with mixed results. I've played against it with better results. I would have to feel very confident to play it against anyone over 2200 on GK. I don't see that happening anytime soon. Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 7/17/2008 00:19:07 Play online chess Unable to find ...Message: 1.d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7?! 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d5 7.c5!? ... Psychologically, an interesting choice. I felt that it couldn't be good, yet wasn't able to solve (to my satisfaction) the problems it set. 7...c6 Possibly already too routine a response. 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Ne5 g5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7!? 13.Be5 b6 14.b4 Rf5 15.Bh3 Rxe5?! 16.dxe5 bxc5 17.f3! exf3 18.Rxf3 Ba6 19.bxc5 Bxc5+ 20.Kh1 ... Black has just one pawn for the exchange, but a much prettier pawn structure. Enough compensation for a roughly even game - no more. 20...Rf8 21.Qf1 Re8 22.Qc1! (damn) 22...Bxe2 23.Qxg5+ Qg7 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Rf4 Be3 26.Rf6 Bd3 27.Rd1 Be4+ 28.Bg2 Bf5 29.h4 Bb6 30.Rc1! Bd4 (=) Black is about to win back the exchange, but it's no use. White has enough to hold the draw. 31.Rxc6 Bxe5 32.Rxf5 exf5 33.Bxd5 Bxg3 34.h5 Re2 A last attempt to round up an extra pawn... Black could have offered a draw here, but elected to play it out a bit further. 35.h6+! ... Of course. 35...Kf8 (forced) 36.Rf6+ Ke8 37.Re6+! With the rooks off, and the sole remaining pieces bishops of opposite coloured squares, Black has no way to realise the extra pawn. 37...Rxe6 38.Bxe6 Kf8 39.Bxf5 Kg8 40.Kg2 Bf4 41.Be6+ Kh8 42.Kf3 Bxh6 43.Kg4 Kg7 44.Kh5 Bd2 45.Bb3 Kf6 46.Bc2 h6 Draw. There's no way Black can make any progress. True, I didn't need to sac the exchange, but the game was looking rather too evenly balanced with few opportunities for either side. So I was prepared to take a risk. Fact is, my opponent played very well, subsequently, pulling out some annoyingly good moves. cheers, Ion Posted by loreta | mailcafe.net 7/17/2008 05:43:10 Play online chess MinitournamentMessage: gameknot.com Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 7/17/2008 16:14:04 Play online chess I've never fancied...Message: White pinkoy Black: ionadowman 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 ... Now, it's possible the relevance of this line to the thread begun by loreta will be questioned. I reckon the two have a considerable affinity. 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6?! Psychologically a poor choice. I had never tried this before, and am in no hurry to try it again. But the move is playable, for them as likes this sort of thing. 6.d4(!) e4 7.f3! exf3 8.exf3 Bg7 9.Qe2+ Kf7!? 10.Qf2 Re8+ 11.Nge2 Nc6 12.Bg5 h6!? 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.0-0-0 Kg1 Too slow, I suspect 15.h4 Qf7 16.f4 Nb4 17.a3 Na6 18.Bd5+ Be6!? 19.Bxb7 Bxc4 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 I hoped with this exchange sac to get some attack on the Q-side... 21.Qf3 Re8 Was ...Rb8 preferable? 22.h5 c5 23.hxg6 Qxg6 24.Rd2 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Nc5 26.Kb1 Qf7 27.Rg1 d5 28.g4 It was somewhere hereabouts that realisation began to dawn. Black is in deep trouble. 28... e4 29.Nxe4 dxe4 30.Qe3 Bd3+ 31.Ka1 fxg4 32.Rxg4 Kh7 33.f5 Qh5 34.Rdg2 Be5 35.Nc6! Bf6 I could have resigned at this point, but I thought it might be nice to play it to the finish: 36.Qxa7+ Kh8 37.Ne7! Rxe7 38.Rg8+ Kh2 39.Qxe7+ Bxe7 40.R2g7# b With colours reversed my game against the same opponent was a battle royal that ended peacefully after 48 moves... Cheers, Ion Posted by loreta | mailcafe.net 7/17/2008 23:07:21 Play online chess StatisticsMessage: So Dutch is even "better" statistically for Black than 1. ... d5 (GK: 46% vs 38% and CG: 39% vs 22%) Posted by wulebgr | mailcafe.net 7/18/2008 08:53:34 Play online chess No secretMessage: www.spokanechessclub.org Posted by wulebgr | mailcafe.net 7/18/2008 08:55:59 Play online chess My earlier systemMessage: www.angelfire.com Posted by loreta | mailcafe.net 8/04/2008 22:32:39 Play online chess Message: --- "I used to play the Staunton Gambit but have switched to 2. Nc3. The primary reason for the switch was the possibility of playing 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4!? when 3. ... fe: is a blunder and 3. ... de: is a variation of the BDG that is not thought highly of for Black. Another interesting idea that can throw the Dutch player is the gambit idea of 2. h3!? with the idea of 2. ... Nf6 3. g4 fg: 4. hg: Ng4: 5.Qd3. White gets quite a bit of play for the pawn, enough for Kortchnoi to give it a try." Posted by loreta | mailcafe.net 8/05/2008 22:31:10 Play online chess Just moreMessage: |