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David Angeli (2006-05-01 18:42:19)
Tournament class
Hi thibault About the "tounaments" topic (je sais pas comment on dit rubrique en anglois ! ;o) ) One thing not very clear for a newcomer like me is the difference between the different classes of tournaments : A, M, etc...it is certainly explained somewhere but i'm a bit lazy and it would be easier if it was explained on the same page . Thanks to your site i'm back to correspondence chess :)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-01 19:01:58)
Class tournaments
Salut David !
About standard & rapid "class" tournaments, they are open to players with ELO rating included into a range, specified just below the tournament name. (ie. CLASS M : 2200 to 2600 , CLASS A : 2000 to 2400 , CLASS B : 1800 to 2200 etc...)
J'espère que tu nous feras profiter de ton gambit favori ;) Bonnes parties !
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-02 17:43:05)
Who beats Garry Kasparov ?
Funny :)
http://www.ibeatgarry.com/
A "Kasparov number" of 3 for Patrice Verdier, great ;)
Other winners : Janos Helmer, Christian Koch, Farit Balabaev, Marc Lacrosse, David Angeli... Finally everyone beats Garry :))
David Grosdemange (2006-05-16 20:15:30)
about comments
i think that the players theirself could be able to comment their own games , but others players should wait the end to post their comments . and it should be like on the wiki , to change a comment , man has to be better rated .
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-19 11:09:58)
Re: Suggestion
Thanks for the suggestion, Wayne. Actually, I'm to implement a "comments" feature (see the discussion in a thread below). I don't think it's a perfect solution ! Of course it's a way to solve this problem, but it will create other problems with other abuses ! Anyway, it's a positive point more for comments. As David Grosdemange said, only players should be able to chat before the game ended. I think I'll do it this way...
David Grosdemange (2006-05-26 19:16:37)
transpositions ...
i think manual modifications aren't really efficient to correct the bug of transpositions .... and for instance , in the transposition f4 e5 e4 to e4 e5 f4 , the move 2)e4 can't be annoted , and will receive the annotation of 2)f4 . and another problem , when i search games on a position , for instance on e4 c5 d4 , i can't find my game who begins with d4 c5 e4 ...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-26 21:19:33)
transpositions...
Hello David. Thanks for your feedback !
That's a big deal. Actually I have a solution to automate transpositions management. But it could bring other problems... In example, a secondary (or totally wrong) line should always transpose to the main line..
Your example (f4 e5 e4) is true, so we should give our opinion about the position (and future moves), not the last move...
About the search function, you're right again, but this point is even more complex ! I'll think about it later, I must care about time processing. Anyway, you can use Chessbase or Chess Assistant to find games sorted by position. So, by now, the search function works for openings, not positions.
David Grosdemange (2006-05-28 15:06:54)
go 9*9 ?
is it possible to organize some 9*9 go tournaments ? games in 19*19 are sometimes very long ...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-28 15:40:14)
go 9*9
Hello David.
I didn't implement 9x9 goban firstly because I didn't have a Java viewer for this size... Then, I thought it was a good thing not to propose other sizes, 19x19 is "real go", most interesting and challenging games ! 9*9 is only tactical training... Actually my games here are the very first I play on a 19x19 goban. I use to play 9x9 with friends, on a chessboard :-)
We could offer different times, goban sizes, handicaps etc... but I think this is not the way FICGS goes : Purity of games and competition. 19x19 go games are long, but we have time... Not a bad thing to cut idleness (particularly mine :))
David Grosdemange (2006-05-28 16:53:39)
real ?
on this server we don't play only "real chess" , so why play only "real go" ? if a lot players wan't to play this "go variant" , why not to organize 9*9 go tournament ? (we must see if other players want to play 9*9 go)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-28 17:17:21)
Chess & go variants.
Ok David... But Chess 960 isn't chess 'training', as Go 9x9 could be. I think unrated chess tournaments wouldn't have much success.
Let's see if other players want to play go 9x9 ... I think the point is about rating and championship. As there is no rating system and only a title for 19x19, players couldn't be attracted by go 9x9 if there isn't the same challenge. I changed the rules in this way, now more players will play continuously Go tournaments and compete to have a chance to play the Go world championship tournament.
David Grosdemange (2006-05-28 22:08:48)
challenge ?
if trying to become the ficgs go world champion is a challenge , playing go can be a challenge for chess players who discover go . and beginning with 19*19 is a little hard ...
David Grosdemange (2006-05-28 22:55:15)
more annotations
yet , there are only 3 possible annotations : ! , , ? . it would be more interesting if we can annote a game with !? or ?! . or if we can annote a position with for example +- , +/- , += , = , =+ , -/+ , -+ . another problem , Nxf7 can be written Nf7 , and these moves create two different articles , whereas they are the same . (see e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 d4 d6 Nf3 dxe5 Nxe5 Nd7 Nxf7)
David Grosdemange (2006-05-30 00:28:03)
particularities of big chess ^^
we must take care about the possible endings ^^ for instance , knight+bishop can't win in big chess ^^ whereas 2 bishops (opposite coloured) still can win ^^ about a value , i think something like : pawn : 1 knight : 2,5 bishop : 4 rook : 6 queen : 11
David Grosdemange (2006-05-30 00:57:56)
like in normal chess ...
the value are in general ... they depend on the position , like in normal chess . but here , the "pair of bishop" has another dimension ^^
David Grosdemange (2006-06-13 21:24:48)
....
ça ne fait que retarder le problème ! ceux qui font le premier tour , quand ils seront qualifiés pour le second , ils feront le second , mais pendant ce temps la , que feront ceux qui ont déjà fait le second tour ????
David Grosdemange (2006-06-13 21:58:25)
..
so players who aren't 2300 rated can't play the real first ficgs_wch ?
David Grosdemange (2006-06-16 08:44:57)
grrrrrrrr
au départ le championnat devait démarrer le 15 avec certaines règles , et au final il démarre plus tard avec d'autres règles ........
David Grosdemange (2006-07-02 18:53:50)
qualification for 2nd round ?
how many players will be qualified for the 2nd round of the round robin tournaments ???
that's not written in the rules .....
how many groups of how many players for the 2nd round ??
and 17 is a prime number ... so there won't be the same number of qualified players in each group (or the groups of the 2nd group won't have same number of players) ......
there's a lot of not ansered questions ...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-02 19:26:07)
qualification for 2nd round
Bonjour David !
Maybe it wasn't clear enough yet. The winner and only the winner of each tournament will be qualified for the next stage. As there can't be several, only 1 player per group will be qualified.
"Round-robin tournaments are groups of 7, 9, 11 or 13 players. The winner of each group is qualified for the next stage. In case of equality, the player with the strongest tournament entry rating (TER) is qualified for the next stage."
Consequently, there will be at least 17 players from the groups ("at least" : if new groups are created) + players rated >2300 from the high rated groups (but winners).
I expect about 40 to 50 players in stage 2 round-robin tournaments. If the numbers don't fit, there will be an invitation to players 2300+ until it solve the problem.
David Grosdemange (2006-07-03 19:04:50)
affichage dans le menu des parties
il faudrai afficher ce vrai temps restant dans le menu "mes parties" à coté des parties , au lieu du temps total .....
ça peut induire fortement en erreur .... j'ai des décalages jusqu'à 15jours entre le temps affiché et le temps réel ......
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-19 02:54:06)
Search : commented games
I've added a link in the 'Search games' page to find all games commented by players... First comment made by David is very eloquent ;)
Feel free to tell me if you have ideas of criterias to search games. Also added in the 'Search games' page : search by opening. Now 3 ways, this new one, Wikichess, and the form below the menu (improved).
Pablo Schmid (2006-07-19 22:11:56)
Bug inscription ?
Je vois un certain David ******, 1200 ELO inscrit (ou du moins dans la liste des inscrits) dans de nombreux tounois supérieurs à sa classe ELO, s'agit-il d'un bug? Il serait bien de le désinscrire des tournois hors de sa classe ELO par équité pour les autres joueurs, merci.
David Da Silva (2006-09-04 16:30:13)
Clock running while on holliday
Hello, I may have missed something but in one of my games, maybe more but this one I'm sure because I had few days left, my clock runned enventhought the hollidays I declared. When I came back, I had 6 hours to play 9 moves wich I couldn't do(damn sleep ;))... Is this a bug or a rule subtility ? Thanks for the answer and congrats for this great site ! David
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-04 16:42:15)
Re: Clock running while on holidays
Hello David.
There shouldn't be other problems since the clock display bug at the beginning of august... I send you an email to check this.
Best regards. Thibault
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-24 13:06:31)
Anatoly Karpov, world champion...
... signing 1951 copies of the book (written by David Llada) "Karpov, el camino de una voluntad" - record of most books autographed by a celebrity.. previous holder was Bill Cullen, who signed 1848 copies of his book "Golden Apples" in april 2005.
Quite funny & great performance :) .. this chess festival in Mexico city obviously was a nice event : Simultaneous exhibition with 14,000 participants (world record), rapid chess tournament with Korchnoi, Kosteniuk, Karjakin & Hernandez...
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3446
Thibault de Vassal (2006-12-06 18:18:54)
David Bronstein
David Bronstein (February 19, 1924, Bila Tserkva, Ukraine - December 5, 2006, Minsk, Belarus) was not only one of the fathers of anti-computer play, he also drew a challenge match for the title of world champion by a score of 12-12 with Mikhail Botvinnik, the reigning champion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bronstein
He played (and beat) all the first well known chess programs : Rebel, Fritz, Zarkov, Chess player, Deep Thought, Socrates, Saitek Sparc, MChess, Genius, Dark Thought, Deep Blue Jr., XXXX ...
Some of his games - http://www.angelfire.com/on/anticomputer/bronst.html
Thibault de Vassal (2007-04-02 21:52:55)
Anand number 1 !
Here is the FIDE elo, 2007 april list.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3771
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2772
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2762
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2759
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2747
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2738
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736
10 Adams, Michael g ENG 2734
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729
13 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2727
14 Navara, David g CZE 2720
15 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2717
16 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717
17 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2709
18 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2708
19 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705
20 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699
21 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2698
22 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693
23 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693
24 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2691
25 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690
Nice to see a player like Morozevich at this level...
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-15 12:59:08)
IECG WC 2006 final
As the IECG WC 2006 final just started, this is a good time to end the game. Quite surprising but finally, after 2 or 3 discussions about it, noone solved it and found me (some really looked for though) ;)
Clues were : Playing this year in a world championship final, birthdate (1973-04-13), first FICGS rating (2407, IECG rating), movies (a few players at IECG and FICGS knew about it, the trailer of 'A Clockwork Orange' where the other name is mentioned...
Here is the message I sent to my opponents :
"Dear chessfriends,
That's a real pleasure and honor to play my first IECG WC final with you all. Dinesh, Carlos, Farit, Massimiliano and John, nice to play again :)
I'm 34, single, living in the center of France... I play correspondence chess since 2002, IECG is the place I started with.
I made a few strange movies and videos a few years ago (soon available on the internet) :)
http://www.ficgs.com/psi/download/psi_divx411_vost_720x360.avi
http://www.ficgs.com/psi/download/A_clockwork_orange_2005__teaser.avi
http://www.ficgs.com/psi/download/Aphex_Twin_-_Inkeys_video_clip.avi
I wanted to play correspondence chess under my director's name but I'm now more known in our small CC world as Thibault de Vassal... I'm the webmaster of FICGS - http://www.ficgs.com , another Correspondence Chess Server, where I knew some of you :) .. Sorry about the confusion. I don't know how IECG rules will apply, I hope I can play this tournament anyway.
Best of luck to all !
David Gordh."
TS: Gordon Evans
+---------------------------------+---+----+----+---+---+----+----+------+-----+
|IECG WC-2006-F-00001 1 1 1 1 1 1 | | | |WC 2006 Tournament # 00001 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 | Tot | Plc |
+---------------------------------+---+----+----+---+---+----+----+------|-----|
| 18149 Robson, Nigel ENG 2646 | # | 0,0 | |
| 16702 Sirota, Anatoli AUS 2553 | # | 0,0 | |
| 19142 Pappier, Carlos ARG 2518 | # | 0,0 | |
| 18096 Chovanec, Milan SVK 2508 | # | 0,0 | |
| 15446 Makovsky, Petr CZE 2500 | # | 0,0 | |
| 11273 Blanco, Cesar GUA 2451 | # | 0,0 | |
| 13336 Gordh, David FRA 2443 | # | 0,0 | |
| 17738 De Silva, Dines SRI 2425 | # | 0,0 | |
| 10969 Rocca, Horacio ARG 2422 | # | 0,0 | |
| 17342 Perez, Brigilia PHI 2410 | # | 0,0 | |
| 16273 Fiala, Jaroslav CZE 2406 | # | 0,0 | |
| 13552 Claridge, John WLS 2403 | # | 0,0 | |
| 21524 Balabaev, Farit KAZ 2398 | # | 0,0 | |
| 15174 Massimini Gerbi ITA 2363 | # | 0,0 | |
| 18311 Bendig, Frank GER 2341 | # | 0,0 | |
+---------------------------------+-------------------------------+------+-----+
Rating Average = 2452 Category = 9 Start date: 12.09.2007
I didn't know that I would create FICGS when I registered at IECG and I prefered to use my director's name. I hope you don't mind. Sorry to Igor Khokhlov, Harry Ingersol and Farit Balabaev (I played them under both names).
Best wishes, Thibault
Hannes Rada (2007-09-15 20:01:39)
Surprise, Surprise
Thibault or David :-) As far as I remember: several years ago I received a challenge for a 2 game match at the chessfriend server from a movie director where he mentioned some of these video-links. (I had to decline the match offer, because I had too much games at the same time) I really liked the dull ambience of the clips. I am also a big fan of Stanley Kubrick and I consider his Clockwork Orange a masterpiece. The trailer of the PSI - Movie looks really good and interesting. What kind of movies are these ? Public Domain movies :-) Or commercial movies produced to earn big money :-)
Glen D. Shields (2007-09-16 19:24:34)
Good Luck in the IECG WC
Thibault -
GOOD LUCK in the IECG WC.
My best, Glen
I'll have my agent send my resume to David Gordh ;-)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-11-09 01:05:28)
Chess sponsorship
An interesting discussion about chess sponsorship started on ChessDiscussions.com (Susan Polgar forums)
http://www.chessdiscussion.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=504
Several issues : "How to bring chess to the masses ?", "How to make chess a show ?", "What kind of sponsorship is possible ?"
Susan obviously thinks that OTB chess still has a great potential and that organizations could do much better to promote it... Here's my last response in the thread (reminds some old threads here) :
<<<
In other words, you say that chess has a show-potential like any other sport that could be used and that isn't...
For sure traditional marketing methods could help to promote OTB chess, and chess organizations could do much better... but is chess "bankable", just like an actor ? .. I just saw one more comparison between chess & poker in the thread "How to bring chess to the masses", but there's a major problem in chess that doesn't exist in poker or soccer : "everything can't happen", at least at a first sight, actually the way people can see it...
FIDE tried to change some things, ie. time controls, wch cycle but that's not enough, obviously. Anyone can win a lost hand at texas hold'em against any professional player, like any 2nd division soccer team can beat the Real Madrid once... Of course long-time statistics will be always favourable to the best players, but it takes a much longer time... Everything can happen in any event in these games (poker wch, soccer world cup). The probability for a real surprise that makes buzz is much lower at chess, the same best players invariably play the best tournaments, won statistically (ie.) 20% by Anand, 19% by Topalov, 18% by Kramnik and so on... quite boring.
The only interesting chess events follow the same scheme : David vs. Goliath, the buzz-genius 12 boy vs. Kramnik, mystery-Deep Blue vs. Kasparov, Anna Kournikova vs. Fischer & so on... nowadays the man vs. machine match is no more interesting since any home computer is stronger than HAL 9000 or Kramnik and there's no clear world champion (too many FIDE wch, different cycles..)
Chess needs real events and I'm curious to see the ones "that could bring chess to the masses" in the future... Maybe I'm a bit pessimistic, at least for OTB chess, but I'm very interested to see how good marketing methods will be able to transform our chess world... Just wait, hope & see :)
Best regards, Thibault
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I'm now working again on SEO (Search Engines Optimization) for FICGS, more and more players find us via Google... Of course one next step is to sponsor the FICGS WCH & freestyle tournaments but it is a hard task for sure... All comment and suggestions on this issue are welcome :)
Thibault de Vassal (2008-02-12 00:56:28)
Bobby Fischer Goes to War
Haha, nice idea... Nicolas Cage could be an interesting Fischer. Elijah Wood may be surprising as Fischer IMO. John Travolta as Boris Spassky ? :) (no, Stallone-Rambo was a bit too much but it quite looks like David vs. Goliath already)
David Moody (2008-08-02 16:33:24)
why so few retrograde analysis fans here
Because they are living in the past.
There are 170 results for David in wikichess.
Thibault de Vassal (2407)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6
This is the second most played line in Sicilian. Reached commonly after 2. ... Nc6, logically the best move. The play is probably easier for Black than in 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 variation, but it is much harder to win against a same level player who plays Sicilian Sveshnikov. In my opinion, one should use this opening only to obtain a draw against a stronger player, and to save energy.
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Contributors : David Grosdemange, Thibault de Vassal
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 f4 d5
this move was considered as a refutation of the king's gambit by gm siegbert tarrasch .
this counter gambit tries to give initiative to black .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
Thibault de Vassal (2407)
e4 e5 f4 exf4
The acceptation of the king's gambit seems to be the best move. It is now rarely seen at the master level, it being generally thought that Black can obtain a reasonable position either by giving back the gambitted pawn at a later time or holding on to it and consolidating defensively.
According to Chessbase, black chances are about 51%
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Contributors : David Grosdemange, Thibault de Vassal
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e6 d4 d5 e5
this move is an alternative of Nc3 . this position scores 53% for white .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nc3 Nc6
this development of the queen's knight controls the d4 square .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5
this is the most played move on this position . black don't protect his e5 pawn , so white take it .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6
the main continuation .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6 Nf3
the most logical move .
then white scores 56% .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
Thibault de Vassal (2407)
e4 c5 d4 cxd4 c3
The Morra Gambit is an interesting opening against the Sicilian Defence. It is not common in Grandmaster games or correspondence chess, but at club level chess it is an excellent weapon.
White sacrifices a pawn to develop quickly and create attacking chances. In exchange for the gambit pawn, White has a piece developed and a pawn in the center, while Black has nothing but an empty space on c7.
If black wants to refuse the gambit, he can do so with 3... d5 or 3... Nf6, both of which transpose to the Alapin variation of the Sicilian (usually introduced by the move order 1.e4 c5 2.c3). Alternatively, 3... d6 is the Smith-Morra declined proper, and leads to unique lines.
Some interesting games played on FICGS by David Angeli : Game 563, Game 565 (accepted gambit) or Game 555 (declined, with 3. ... d5).
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Contributors : Thibault de Vassal
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 Nf6 e5
this is the main variation . white gain space and threatens the black knight .
white chances are about 57% .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5
the only logical move .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5
here begins the benoni defense . c5 can also be played at first .
black attacks the white d4-pawn , and "force" d5 , then this pawn is the black's target ( with Cf6 , e6 for example ) .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5
The main and the most logical move. White keeps his centre and gains a space advantage.
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Contributors : Pablo Schmid, David Grosdemange
Alexander Minkin (1850)
e4 c5 Nc3 d6 f4
after 2)...d6 , white can obtain a grand prix attack where black lose a tempo , because he's played d6?! .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange, Alexander Minkin
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5
the benko gambit . when accepted , black have counterplay in the a and b columns , and by the control of the a1-h8 and f1-a6 diagonals .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6
the most logical answer of cxb5 .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 c3
this anti-sicilian is better against this black move ...e6 .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 g6
this interesting move is played to avoid some anti-sicilian like b3,Fb5 . it can transpose into dragon variations .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 g6
this move enters the accelerated dragon variation .
black will put his king's bishop in fianchetto , and prepare d5 .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 g6 c4 Nf6
the normal move .
black attacks the white e4 pawn .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 g6 Nc3
this move is a correct alternative to the maroczy bind .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
Kostis Megalios (1400)
e4 c6 d4 d5 Nc3
Classical Variation.
The most popular reply to the Caro-Cann.
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Contributors : David Grosdemange, Kostis Megalios
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c6 d4 d5 e5
the advance variation .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
Nf3 c5
this move allows white to enter in a sicilian game with 1)e4 , or in an english opening with 2)c4 .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 b4 cxb4
the acceptation of this gambit isn't a bad choice .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 a4
a way to decline the benkö gambit .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 a4 b4
black gain space on the queen side . the Nb1 has lost his best square ...
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 Qc2
another way to decline the gambit .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 bxa6
white accepts the gambit .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 Nc3
white develops this knight on his best square . after axb5 , white can play e4 (the vilnius variation) or play Cxb5 , who transpose into a totally accepted benkö after Fa6 Cc3 .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 Nc3 axb5 e4
the vilnius variation . white want to attack in the center .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 Nc3 axb5 e4 b4 Nb5 Nxe4
the Nb5 protects the e-pawn :)
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
f4 e5 g4
this mistake allows black to play the quickest mate possible .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 a4 bxc4
an alternative to b4 . the idea is that d5 is less protected yet .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 e5
the sicilian sveshnikov .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 Ndb5 d6
d6 seems forced to avoid Cd6+ .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 Ndb5 d6 Nd5 Nxd5 exd5 Ne7 c4 a6 Qa4 Bd7
a common error in this position .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
c4 c5
the symmetrical english .
if blacks plays too long symmetrical , white can keep a little advantage with the advance to play first . but black can isn't forced to continue playing symmetrical .
this move is sometimes used by sicilian players , because it can transpose into a maroczy bind .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e6 d4 d5 e5 c5
black attack the d4 pawn .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 Nc3 axb5 Nb5 Ba6 Nc3
this transposed into an accepted benko .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 c5 Nf3 g6 d4 cxd4 Qxd4
this move is possible because black hasn't played Nc6 . so the queen attacks the h8 rook .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 d4 d6 Nf3 Bg4 Be2
the most logical move .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 d4 d6 Nf3 dxe5 Nxe5 Nd7 Nxf7
with this move , white has at least the drawn game .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
f4 e5 fxe5
"the acceptation of the from gambit doesn't give more than the equality" . (alexander alekhine)
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Contributors : Pablo Schmid, David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 b6 e6
black counter-attacks on the white central pawn .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 b6 e6 Nc3 exd5 Nxd5 Nxd5 Qxd5 Nc6 Nf3 Rb8 Ne5 Qf6 Nxc6 dxc6 Qe4+ Be7 Qf4 Rxb6 Qc7
it seems win a piece , but ..... how many white pieces are developped ??
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
Terry Godat (2036)
e4 e5 f4 Bc5
another way to decline the king's gambit .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange, Terry Godat
If Black wants to decline the gambit and still play for a win, this seems to be the best way.
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 f4 d6
a simple move , declining the king's gambit .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Bxc6 dxc6
There is a question as to which pawn you should take the bishop with. Let me clear this up. White will now take the e pawn.
* white won't take the e-pawn (because of Qd4!-/+) , but white has a majority on the king-site (4 against 3) , when black's majority on queen-side isn't really effective , because of the doubled pawns .
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Contributors : Tim Bredernitz, David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Bxc6 dxc6 Nxe5
It now looks like white has succeeded in trading a bishop for a knight and a pawn, along with control of the center. There is, however, a great equalizer for this attack. Qd4.
* taking the e-pawn is a good black move . white will lose the pawn , and there no more compensation for the pair of bishops .
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Contributors : Tim Bredernitz, David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
f4 e6
The Fool's Mate.
* this mate can be reached with the from gambit , who is better than this e6 . (see f4 e5 g4?)
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Contributors : Tim Bredernitz, David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1912)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Bxc6 dxc6 O-O
the favourite move of fischer .
here , white really threatens the e5-pawn . (Nxe5 Qd4 Nf3 Qxe4 Te1 +-)
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
Sandor Porkolab (2269)
e4 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Nc3 Qa5
The Queen feel good here - after white move d4 - pinning the Knight on c3.
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Nf3 is also an option
Contributors : David Grosdemange, Sandor Porkolab
Thibault de Vassal (2407)
d4 f5
The dutch defense.
Black's ...f5 stakes a serious claim to the e4 square and looks towards an attack on White's kingside in the middlegame. However, it weakens Black's own kingside somewhat, and does nothing to contribute to Black's development. As of 2005, the defence is unpopular in top-level play. The Dutch has never been one of the main lines against 1.d4, though in the past a number of top players, including Alexander Alekhine, Bent Larsen and Paul Morphy, have used it with success. Perhaps its high-water mark occurred in 1951, when both world champion Mikhail Botvinnik and his challenger, David Bronstein, played it in their championship match.
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Contributors : Thibault de Vassal
David Grosdemange (1983)
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O
the muzio gambit .
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
David Grosdemange (1983)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 f5
the interesting Schliemann's defence
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Contributors : David Grosdemange
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