Well guyz..........he played exactly, almost, what I expected him to play! The almost: he played Bd3 on his 8th move, instead of b4. He saved that for his 10th move. So........I'm out of "book" on the 8th, trying to figure out how not to waste a move with d6, when I know I might have to play d5, while at the same time doing something useful. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3...

This is the game between Kiril Georgiev and Dgebuadze from round 5 of the European Championship 04.08.2006 Georgiev,Ki (2645) - Dgebuadze,A (2535) 7th ch-Euro Kusadasi TUR (5), 08.04.2006 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 b6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.0-0 h6 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 axb4 13.axb4 0-0 14.b5 Rxa1 15.Rxa1 Ra8 16.Rxa8+ Bxa8 17.Qa3 Qd8 18.Bh3 Bb7 19.Nd2 Ne4 20.Nxe4...

Am I missing something obvious here? In his "Beating the Anti-King's Indians", Gallagher in his analysis of the London System claims that Black is in trouble if he plays 4 ... Nh5 and goes after the Bishop immediately. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. g4 {Supposed to be Black in trouble according to Gallagher! Does not go any further than g4 - suspect I am missing...

I am considering purchasing Fritz but during some reaearch I have become aware of problems using various (though not all engines). From what I can gather a lot of engines produce an "Unknown Error" message if you try to use them on a system where Fritz is installed anwhere other than C: (an exception to this rule being Crafty). Now whilst I dont want to get in a slagging match, if this is the...

I've got a match coming up against a guy who plays 1.e4 100% of the time, for which I reply 1....e5 and he replies 2.d4 100% of the time. We have never played each other. I plan on playing 2.....exd4, for which, he replies with 3.Nf3 100% of the time. I have never had to play against this in a standard game and am seriously studying the line for the first time. All of his opponents (this is on...

April Fools Ha ha, I made you look.

I saw a book called "chess bitch" by jennifer shahade and it says that she is a chess bitch. What *exactly* is a chess bitch? Is that like a female chess player that steals another girl's boyfriend? Or is a female chess player who is part of a motorcycle gang ? please tell me;

The best opening book I have read is "Winning With The London System" by Sverre Johnsen. Unfortunately he has not written any book about how the London player (white typically moves : 1.d4, 2.Bf4, 3.Nf3) plays with the black pieces. Does anybody know a suitable opening repertoire for black for a player who loves the London system. (especially what to play against 1.e4 and 1.d4).

Hello All, This is the game played over net with 2 Hour time control. In the end I won the game but still I think it could have been draw If White had not blundered on 44th Move. Please give your inputs on the same.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf6 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qg4 13. Qd3 Qh5 14. Qg3 Qa5 15. Ng6! Rg8! 16. c3? fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Rad1? Qf5! 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4+ Kc6 22. Ng3 Bh7 23. b4 Bd6 24. c4 Bxb4 25. Re6+ Bd6 26.Rd1 Rae8 {White resigns} 0-1 A game I should have lost. 16. Rad1! is absolutely crushing....

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Here's a collection of 20 zaps and traps that you might find in the Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (B99): http://www.wtharvey.com/b99.html What's the best move?

I seem to remember seeing, five or six years ago, an opening book combining coverage of the Arkhangelsk and Moeller defenses to the Ruy Lopez. Now I'm totally stumped, and can't find it on Amazon or via google. Does anybody remember the book I'm talking about, and who the authors were? Thanks

rnb1k1nr/p4ppp/1pp5/4P3/8/P1P2N2/2P2PPP/R1BBK2R b KQkq - 0 11 I've got the White peices, and it's Black to move. You'll notice I've got two Bishops against his two Knights--and with pawns on both sides of the board, and the centre almost totally open. At this point I'm scheming about maximizing my Bishop pair advantage through the course of the game.... But in the actual game black plays...

Hello. I know someone who always defends with 1.....e6, 2.....a6, 3.....h6. What would you open? 1. e4......, 2.d4....., 3.c4......,

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 b6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Ng5 Nxg5 13. Bxg5 bxc5 14. dxc5 h6 15. Be3 O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6 18. f3 Na6 19. Rab1 Nc7 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Bd4 Rad8 22. Qe4 Ne7 23. Rxb7 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Nc6 25. Bxe6 Nxd4 26. Bd5 Ne2+ 27. Kf2 Nc3 28. Rd3 Na4 29. Rc7 a5 30. Ra3 Nb2 31. Rxa5 Kh8 32. Raa7 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Ne5...

What is the best way playing white to attack a Stonewall Dutch ?

I saw a book called "chess bitch" by jennifer shahade and it says that she is a chess bitch. What *exactly* is a chess bitch? Is that like a female chess player that steals another girl's boyfriend? Or is a female chess player who is part of a motorcycle gang ? please tell me;

I saw a book called "chess bitch" by jennifer shahade and it says that she is a chess bitch. What *exactly* is a chess bitch? Is that like a female chess player that steals another girl's boyfriend? Or is a female chess player who is part of a motorcycle gang ? please tell me;

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