Anybody knows of any decent books on Danish Gambit? It is a rather aggresive, wild opening. White sacrifices two pawns for a strong attack in the opening. When I played it for the first time in a local club, I defeated a 2000 player in the first 15 moves (I am about 1500). Of course, he creamed me the next game (lol).... It makes me wonder if the gambit is unsound, and if not, is there any...

I played in another USCF tournament on sunday which was 4 rounds of game 60 against players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I have been following a daily study plan studying tactics and endgames and GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20:

On 10 Jul 2003 08:10:00 -0700, (Ivan) wrote: I was wondering how much money I should expect to pay for chess lessons. I met someone the other day who was rated 2100 and he told he charges 25/hour for lessons. Is that a good deal? Some background would help. What is your rating? Where do you live? What kind of track record

David Blue asks about Znosko-Borovsky vs Rubinstein, London 1922: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10.e5 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 b4 12.Na4 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Kh1 Be7 15.Bd2 O-O 16. c4 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Nb6 19.Rc1 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Nd5 21.Bd4 Rfc8 22.Kg1 h5 23.g3 g5 24.Nd2 Nb4 25.a3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Nb3 Nd3 28.Rc7 Bf8 29.Rc6 a5 30. Bb6 Rb8 31.Rc3...

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...