I have pasted the game below, PGN-compatible. GM Benjamin played the so-called Two Knights Tango here. I`m curious as to what some strong players think of this. Of course, I can easily run Fritz 8 on it, but I don`t always trust its assessments of opening positions. It does, however, claim that White is winning after 17.Qxc5. GM Benjamin said himself during the postmortem that he thought his...

Please tell me who fischer played against in the game which was renound for that amazing queen sac, when he was 13 years old or so? And what colour pieces did he play with? thanks in advance yanks

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Nf8 This is game #273 (Schneider-Braun) from Tim Sawyer's "Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Keybook" (1st edition). My question: instead of 9...Nf8 what about 9...Nb6 to exchange off the White bishop? Is that a bad move? Has it been played?

After 1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 what do you think about this position; is it a good opening/middlegame ?

Hi, Is there a way I can check how much battery life is left in my chronos chess clock? It was not working yesterday but now today it seems to be fine.

En/na Sam Sloan ha escrit: According to Doctor SBD, Mig has posted the following game from the World Open: 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.b3 e6 7.e3 Nd7 8.c4 Ba3 9.Be2 Bb2 10.Rb1 Bc3 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.O-O g5 13.Rxc3 (13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 Bxe4 15.Bg3) 13...Qxc3 14.Bg3 Qa5 15.cxd5

(Alex) wrote in message ... What does Garry Kasparov eat for lunch and what does he do for fun ? I wonder what kind car he drives too and what his hobbies are. read "Unlimited Challenge" written by Kasparov. You will know everything, one of the best autobiography I ever read. Gary loves english literature. He was a...

In one of my OTB recent games I came across with an unfamilliar move (10.Nxd5!?) in a King's Indian Defence (Averbakh Variation). The moves were 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 c6 9.h4 cxd5 10.Nxd5 I was very surprised since in this position I only knew 9... cxd5 10.cxd5 Did anyone ever see this move (10.Nxd5)? How good is it? My reply was 10... Nc5. I...

Hello, some years ago I played an email game but when the game were in the most interesting moment, my opponent (Milan Vujadinovic -YUG-) resign in all his games in the tournament. I was very disapointed because I wanted to know if my move was correct or not (and if it was the best continuation). Here you have the position where I had to decided between 33...f5 or the

Damiano's Defense Srikes !! They laughed when I sat down with my Damiano's Defense. Then, I kicked sand in my opponent's face. They said that I could not win with the Damiano's Defense, unless my opponent was a 1400 player. They were wrong. I believe that I can win with this defense against anybody rated less than 2100. Here is the game. My opponent is a rapidfly improving young player who

I am pretty new at chess so I have been reading this book which by title seems to have what I am looking for. However, every example opens with d4-d5. Is this book of any value if my opponent does something different? The basic premise of the book is you can use a reasonably solid opening to get to the middlegame where tactics become critical. Is the premise still good or is this book...

Hi, I remember a game where Kasparov played the evans gambit vs Anand and won.. Could someone post that game? thanks,

"Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... According to Doctor SBD, Mig has posted the following game from the World Open:

For those of you who are interested in playing unknown openings and gambits, I do recommend that you join the Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroups. There are articles posted and game files that you can download. Group members include myself, Eric Schiller, Kari Heinola, Rick Kennedy, Lev Zilbermints, and others. Current topics include "An Unusual King Pawn Line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7, also known as...

In one of my OTB recent games I came across with an unfamilliar move (10.Nxd5!?) in a King's Indian Defence (Averbakh Variation). The moves were 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 c6 9.h4 cxd5 10.Nxd5 I was very surprised since in this position I only knew 9... cxd5 10.cxd5 Did anyone ever see this move (10.Nxd5)? How good is it? My reply was 10... Nc5. I...

Hello, I read in Tim krabbé page a fantastic note about Halloween gambit (A BREEZE IN THE SLEEPY 4-KNIGHT'S GAME). You can read it at: http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etimkr/tour/breeze.htm After that, I tried to read all I can about Halloween, and then I wrote some articles about it in Spanish little magazines. Some time later, in Tim krabbé pages I read about an email tournament

in my training school i was advised to go over tactics and tactics for improving my play. were do i find some drills online. sumting similar to CM exercises but with a bit more standard. something like positions that have a nice combo leading to a win in the end with me just having a hint to find it. santa klaus

I would direct any interested readers to 'A Legend on the Road', John Donaldson's book on Fischer's 1964 simul tour. Playing white, Fischer tried the King's Gambit seventeen times. Although only playing amateurs, there are some real gems among the games.

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bc4 a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 b5 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Nxb5 15. Nc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Rd1 e5 19. c4 Nd7 20. Rb1 e4 21. Bf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qc3 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Rd5 Rad8 26. Rbd1 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Qd6 28. Qe3 f5 29. g3 Rb8 30. c4 Rb4 31. g4 Rb7 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Kh1 Rg7 34. Ra1...