I just had someone play 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5? against me as white where I'm sure I handled the opening badly, and things just went downhill from there. What the xxx is going on with this opening? Please give a plan for white to smash the clown playing that in a few moves. abc

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I just finished reading Frank Brady's biography about Robert James Fischer called "Profile of a Prodigy" In the book, the author writes that Fischer dropped out of high school to play chess professionally. Nowadays I guess making a living playing chess is not so much a struggle because of the Internet and numerous tournaments paying huge prizes and appearance fees. Your average American GM like...

I apologize for a repeat of the most frequently asked question on chess sites. Perhaps my question is a bit more specific than most. I was a former USCF member and played for a short time in tournaments in the Kansas City area back in the '70's (USCF ~1450 - no idea how that compares with the Elo system now in use). Time and family took me away. I did have an old copy of Chessmaster...

This position occurred in a game between Ivan Farago and Momcilo Raicevic at Balatonbereny (Hungary) in 1984. 8/5p2/8/5kp1/3K3P/p1N2P2/7P/8 b - - 0 1 It is from a endgame collection and comes under the heading "The weaker side draws". Can anyone find a drawing line for black? Ciao, Chappy.

If you "google" THE ITALIAN GAMBIT you'll locate this title (above) on the first or second page as a past "Chessbanter" subject. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4!? (the Italian gambit). The discussion concerns 4....Nxd4 were the standard reply by White is 5. Nxe5?!, if Black replies with 5. Qe7!, White's got some real problems--this discussion and analysis is fairly comprehensive so I'll...

Why didn't Karpov agree to play Fischer for the World Championship. I don't understand why he didn't agree to play but then FIDE decided to make Karpov the world champion afterwards.

What is it like being a professional chess player? Is the lifestyle easy and do you make a good living. I was wondering why some people decide to become GMs while other decide to give after getting to a certain level of chess ability. Do you think it is a good idea for someone to spend 4 years and go to college and get a college degree or is it better to devote 4 years to studying and playing...

When studying an ebook in Chessbase and you have to leave... it would be nice to come right back to where you were the last time.,, If you use Fritz to look at the book.... Fritz will bring you right back to where you were the last time. Why don't they have the same feature for Chessbase? Also I think it would be a good idea to have a previously view feature in these products where you could...

1. Kf3 Kg5 2. Ke4 Kg4 3. Kd5 Kh5 4. Kc6 Kg5 5. Kc5 Kg4 6. Kd6 MayKh5 7. Kd5 Kh4 8. Ke6 Kg5 9. Ke5 Kg4 10. Kf6 Kh4 11. Kf5 Kg3 12. Kg5 1-0 Maybe wiht corresponding squares theory Thanks jmrw

I won two more games with my Damiano's Defense last night. The only time recently where I have lost a game with this Dangerous Defense was when Grandmaster Smirin eked out a win against. Last night was a gala event given by Steve Immitt to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of him holding these events every Thursday night, and also to introduce the players to the new venue at the New Yorker Hotel on...

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.Qg3+ Qg5 9.Qxc7 Nd7 10.O-O Ngf6 11.Be6 Qe5 12.Bf5+ Kf7 13.Qc4+ Ke8 14.d4 Qa5 15.Qe6+ Kd8 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Qf7 h6 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Nc3 Nb6 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.e5 Ne8 22.Rad1 Rf8 23.Qh5 Qd7 24.d5 Rf5 25.Qe2 Bc5 26.e6 Qe7 27.Nb5 a6 28.d6 Nxd6 29.Nxd6 Bxd6 30.Bb4 Rc6 31.Qe4 Rf6 32.Rxd6+ Rxd6 33.Bxd6 Qxd6 34.Qxb7 Rxe6 35.Qxa6 Ke8...

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O Nc7 9.e4 Bd7 10.a4 b6 11.Re1 a6 12.e5 Nfe8 13.Bg5 dxe5 14.d6 Nxd6 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxa8 Nxa8 17.Rxe5 f6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Nd5 Rf7 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Qxd6 Rxe5 22.Qxe5 Bf5 23.a5 bxa5 24.Qxc5 Nc7 25.Qxa5 Qd6 26.Qa3 Qc6 27.Rd1 Ne6 28.f3 Qxc4 29.Qe3 Qc2 30.Rd2 Qc5 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.g4 Bb1 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.g5+ Qxg5 35.Qc3+ Qe5 36.Rf7+ Kxf7...

I am on a roll. Here I drew an International Master in the Forth Round in an exciting game with pieces hanging all over the place. In the unlikely event that I could keep this up, I might get a norm for the International Master title. I played the entire game using only 15 minutes on my clock, not counting the 30 second time delaye.

would it be awesome if they had chess televised on ESPN ?

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On Mar 13, 5:27*am, samsloan wrote: In an amazing low, female competitors in the European Woman's Chess Championship have been ordered to keep their necklines high !!!!! According to the new rules, women chess players in the tournament may only leave two buttons open on their blouse. http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/03/12/chess-players-told-to-cov... *...

I just finished playing in a tournament here in Zimbabwe and I am in the middle of assessing my performance. The only trouble is chess resources here are limited so I lack the benefit of book and/or computer analysis. I would really appreciate this forum's help with evaluating a key game: 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.O- O Qh5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bg3...

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