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There are 9 results for Kieran in the forum.
Kieran Child (2007-01-07 12:14:08)
Rating
Would it be possible for the sign-up page to have a feature for entering your rating as a BCF rating rather than FIDE? I'm more used to BCF ratings and had to times it by five and add 80 then subtract 22% of my birthday before entering my rating - 'twould be much easier if the website did it for you.
This is just a suggestion though. I'm aware we're a minority.
Kieran Child (2007-01-07 21:00:13)
chat
When not logged in, I can see the chat but not post in it. When logged in, I cannot see the chat. I'm probably being a n00b but, could someone help me? thanks :)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-07 22:03:50)
BCF ratings
Hello Kieran.
I have to enquiry about BCF ratings, I must admit I don't know much about it :/
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-09 01:00:39)
Zucketort / Tennison / Chicago gambit
All explained here by Kieran :)
http://www.ficgs.com/wikichess_3832.html
First moves : 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4
Kieran Child (2007-01-09 16:09:09)
Votes for best game
Is there any way to withdraw a vote? I accidentally voted for one of my games (6131) thinking that I was going to be taken to the best games list.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-09 18:58:00)
Votes for best game
Hello Kieran.
Just wait, maybe this game will disappear from the list after the next 50 votes :)
Kieran Child (2007-01-13 12:05:50)
ooh
That's a very very nice idea. I would suggest an immediate split in it between "pawn-dominant endings" and "piece dominant endings" then further splits for the type of pieces on the board and the opponent's material. If you stick to an advantage rule (like, white always has the greater points value) then it doesn't sound too hard. I would very much like to see this.
Elmer Valderrama (2007-01-13 12:23:08)
Wikichess, javascript with comments?
(thanks Kieran for your support in the thread "WikiEndings"! hope you'll like this one too :)
Just looked up some lines in Wikichess but I had to go though every move with the browser, not with the javascript cleverly provided to view the line/game so far, to see the contributions from players. However if the comments in the line could be attached to the moves in the javascript it would be great as it would be seen as a "commented game", just a thought.
Normajean Yates (2008-07-29 05:32:27)
why so few retrograde analysis fans here
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=problem_read&id=262
Nicola, Kieran, and me [ i hadn't discovered this site when the problem was posted]
This problem is not trivial, but definitely not difficult!
There are 131 results for Kieran in wikichess.
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3
The ponziani opening.
Aims to grasp d4 early on, but is this possibly a premature aim?
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Contributors : Dirk Jan Van Dijl, Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 Nf6 g3
Reti: Kings Indian Attack
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Contributors : Dirk Jan Van Dijl, Kieran Child
Kjetil Prestesaeter (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2
Grob's Gambit
White aims to tear open the centre for an early material advantage on the queenside.
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Contributors : Ron Keyston, Kieran Child, Kjetil Prestesaeter
Kjetil Prestesaeter (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4
Fritz gambit.
If black goes on the defensive, white can get some good play and has many tactical tricks. These can all be easily seen off though, and black can even counter-gambit with a much superior position.
Chessbase considers this 52% win for white
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Contributors : Ron Keyston, Kieran Child, Kjetil Prestesaeter
Kjetil Prestesaeter (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 dxc4
Fritz gambit accepted.
A double edged move, but by no means a bad one. Once white takes the rook, black will have good positional options that is at least equality.
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Contributors : Ron Keyston, Kieran Child, Kjetil Prestesaeter
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 g5
Humphrey gambit. Black looks to quickly gain the initiative through forcing many of white's replies. It's very much unsound though.
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Contributors : Telmo Escobar, Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4
Zucketort gambit (/tennison gambit/chicago gambit)
Essentially the Budapest gambit for white, but without the pawn on the c file having moved (this could be seen as an advantage or a disadvantage.) White looks for early attacks on f7 in typically tactical lines.
Chessbase considers this a 47% win for white
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4
Zucketort gambit accepted.
Black's usual reply to an unorthodox opening. It is sound, but only if black recognises he shouldn't try and hold on to the pawn forever.
Chessbase considers this 54% win for white
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 e6
Zucketort gambit declined - French
The game has been pulled into a typical French position.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 c6
Zucketort gambit declined - Caro Kann
Essentially the Caro-Kann with the moves jostled around. White will want early castling, or possibly early tactical tricks. Black will be aiming for an influence in the centre of the board.
Chessbase considers this a 56% win for white
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 dxc4 Bxb7 Nd7 Bxa8
White may well be writing 1-0 on his scorecard by this stage, but it's not completely his. Black will look for speedy development to keep white pinned to the first rank.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 dxc4 Bxb7 Nd7 Bxa8 Qxa8 Nf3
Logical development, but a blunder, allowing black's superior position and development to quickly gain the initiative.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 dxc4 Bxb7 Nd7 Bxa8 Qxa8 f3
The best move, though the often perceived attack on the black bishop is clearly non-existant. This move also weakens the kingside further, allowing bishop or queen checks later. Black will aim to exploit this. White will aim to defend any attacks and hold on to the exchange.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5
The obvious continuation perceived from the moment white played e4. White aims for early attacks on f7, and this move also threatens to regain the pawn. If black defends the pawn, the attack on f7 will look to be exploited, if black aims for natural development and prevention of an early tactical trick, he will be ok.
Chessbase considers this 49% win for white
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 f5
A seemingly harmless move, but one that significantly weakens e6, allowing for an early f7 tactic. If white doesn't take the opportunity immedietly, e5 is possible, kicking back the white knight and giving black a good game a pawn up.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 f5 Bc4
Most players would be able to spot this over the board. It's the best, and it exploits black's lack of king protection.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 f5 Bc4 Nh6
The only move which seeks to directly protect f7, but a blunder, and a move that shows black's reluctance to gambit a pawn back.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 f5 Bc4 Nh6 Nxh7
White takes out the last defender of the g6 square, and prepares the potentially game-winning move of Qh5+
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 f5 Bc4 e6
An ugly looking gambit, but one which black should be prepared to play in order to prevent an overwhelming white attack.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 d4
Zucketort gambit declined - advance variation
The least favourable way to decline the gambit. Black aims primarily to get an advanced centre, and limit queenside development, but white can often penetrate through this.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 d4 c3
A typical way to counter blacks plans. White aims for development of the c3 knight, and for a weak black pawn structure.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 d4 Bc4
An aggressive reply to black's premature pawn push. White prepares for quick castling and hits the f7 square. By controlling d5, this move also makes the d4 pawn look vulnerable.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 c6 Nc3
Caro-Kann: Two knights variation
A move which may look weak, but one which has stood the test of time and has no hard refutation. Similar to the Mexican defense for black, this c3 knight will often be active, travelling to g3 and then attacking g7 later in many games. Black should resist the urge to force this manoeuvre and instead try to bolster the centre with a quick e6 and kingside development.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
Reti - Van Geet
A hypermodern move and one that refuses to confirm central pawn structure. However, after blocking the f pawn, this block of the c pawn can be considered weak and restrictive. If black plays d5 and c5, he can often get a good game.
ChessBase considers this a 49% win for white - lower than the average opening.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 Nf6 b4
Santasiere's folly
A move so named because, when it was first played by Anthony Santasiere, he commented "oh dear, I meant to play it to b3!" Like the Sokolsky though, it is seen by many as more than a Basmanesque joke. White will aim to play a further b5, Bb2 and a4, gaining much queenside space and restricting the development of black's queenside rook and knight. Black will aim to prevent this queenside space with quick counter attacks on the queenside.
ChessBase considers this 55% win for white
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4
Equal popularity with the superior Qh3, but a blunder, as the queen is now set up for the rook to fork it with the e4 pawn.
ChessBase considers this a 60% win for black, and furthermore, 64% if he finds the correct reply.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 hxg6
The most aggressive and risky move. Few draws emerge from this position. Black's aim is to get white's queen into the corner and out of the way so he can launch a mating attack on the white king, something he's willing to sacrifice the rook for. Taking the rook is sound though, as all of black's attacks can be easily seen off.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8
White needs to be careful
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8 Nxf8
Most frequently played, but probably a blunder. Black's attack is now tremendous.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8 e5
A beautiful move that white will often not see. This leads to a tighter game, probably with a swap off in the near future, that will benefit white.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh3 fxe4
The most common move, and a double edged one. Black aims to gain a huge lead in development, the initiative and a better position with d5. White can take the rook, technically safely, but will need to defend against a big attack in order to win the endgame.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kjetil Prestesaeter (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 Nf6
Black defends the weak d5 square, and also possibly has intentions of this knight moving to e4 at some point. If white wants any reconciliation for the gambitted pawn, he needs to continue the attack.
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Contributors : Kieran Child, Kjetil Prestesaeter
Kieran Child (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 Nf6 Qb3
The move which keeps white momentum, looking at d5 and b7. They cannot both be defended and so black will need to concede a pawn, leading to equal material, but black has a very slight edge on position.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
g4 d5 Bg2 Bxg4 c4 Nf6 cxd5
Wins back the pawn, but probably not the best move. White completely loses any momentum, which is the key feature of the fritz gambit.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 d5 c4 dxc4 Nc3
Less common than Nf3, but just as good. This move gives white total central domination, and hits the b5 square, weakening the c4 pawn for the inevitable bishop re-capture.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 c5
Mafia defence
Black's aim is to prevent d4 being played and thus marginally restricting white's hopes of a recapture on f4. This has yet to see any success though, and Bc4 and d3 by white seems to refute it pretty well.
Chessbase considers this 38% won for black
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Terry Godat (2036)
e4 e5 f4 Nf6
Wade defence
While looking tactically sharp, this move offers black few chances, and blocks off the queen's path to h4. If white transposes this with Nc3 into the vienna gambit, or Bc4 into the greco gambit, black should be ok. But if white plays fxe5 then Nf3, black's knight looks very out of position.
Chessbase considers this a 42% win for black.
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Contributors : Kieran Child, Terry Godat
I have played this move often in blitz games and rarely had much trouble equalizing. Fischer got little if any advantage against Wade.
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 Qf6
Norwald variation
An uncommon response as it brings out the queen (much too early) and blocks the g8 knight, but it does put black clear material up and with no obvious tactical flaws.
Chessbase considers this a 38% win for black, but it should be noted that it mostly just gets played experimentally by players expecting a loss.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 Qf6 Nf3
The typical, and arguably best way to counter the Norwalds gain in material is to seek a lead in development. Nf3 does just that, it brings the knight to a comfortable square and challenges e5, forcing black to move the queen again.
Chessbase considers this a 52% win for white.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 Qf6 Nc3
Possibly inferior to Nf3 as it fails to control d4 and e5, but cannot be considered passive as this knight will most probably be looking to hit c7 later, a square no longer defended by the early development of the queen.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 Qf6 d4
Norwald variation - Electric eel attack
Possibly the least played opening to still have a name. On bigbase9, only 4 games played d4 in response to the Norwald and thus it is hard to analyse. Black doesn't have any immediete wins though, and after the pawn takes on d or e, white will play e5 and Nf3 for an OK game.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Terry Godat (2137)
h4 e5 Rh3 d5 Re3 Nc6 d4 e4 c4
More attention than it deserves? pah!
With c4, white continues to attack the centre by attempting to undermine the defence of e4. This is a tactic typical in grob openings.
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Contributors : Kieran Child, Terry Godat
Thanks for your compliment to my invention, but it really is quite silly.
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 e5 Rh3 d5 Re3 Nc6 d4 e4 c4 Nf6
A standard move, it develops the knight, and appears to defend d5 and e4.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 e5 Rh3 d5 Re3 Nc6 d4 e4 c4 Nf6 cxd5
Ok, I'll admit it, I'm a bit peeved with the fact I can't play f3 or Bg5, but this move sets another trap for the player who isn't concentrating.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 e5 Rh3 d5 Re3 Nc6 d4 e4 c4 Nf6 cxd5 Nxd5
And black falls into it, the knight actually never defended d5 as it was overloaded on e4, this move allows Rxe4
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 e5 Rh3 d5 Re3 Nc6 d4 e4 c4 Nf6 cxd5 Qxd5
Black's queen looms over the centre and looks to dominate, but white's game isn't totally lost.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 e5 Rh3 d5 Re3 Nc6 d4 e4 c4 Nf6 cxd5 Qxd5 Nc3
This does genuinely threaten e4, as after the queen takes d4, it can be swapped off, leaving the knight on f6 the only defender.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Lazaro Munoz (1785)
h4 d5
Kadas opening.
Black prevents the rook from developing. White's only plan has been destroyed. The type of player who would play h4 is the same player who would follow up with h5, trying to develop the rook again to h4 this time.
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Contributors : Kieran Child, Lazaro Munoz
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5
Again looking to develop the rook. It's not going to happen though.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5
Again, black refutes white's ideas, and gets the centre he wanted. White will be looking for an early kingside attack.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6
The stormtrooper attack.
It's not as silly as it looks, honest. White hopes to open the a1-h8 diagonal to swoop down with his queen.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6
Stormtrooper gambit accepted
This is a blunder, but almost nobody will be aware of that. Accepting the pawn in this way significantly weakens black's queenside.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6 d4
The main idea.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6 d4 exd4
A further mistake.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6 d4 exd4 Qxd4
Hitting the h8 rook.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6 d4 exd4 Qxd4 Nf6
The best move. White will recapture the pawn on h6, but black won't lose any more material than that.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6 d4 exd4 Qxd4 f6
The most common move, and yet another blunder. Often played by those who were confused by white's opening, and think they can hog the pawn advantage.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
h4 d5 h5 e5 h6 gxh6 d4 exd4 Qxd4 f6 Nc3
And white will get a good game through Bf4, e4 and castling queenside. It is unclear why, being a pawn up, black is so often loses these games.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 Nf6
The most common reply. Black develops naturally and defends the e4 pawn. White still has the initiative though.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 Nf6 Nc3
Postpones the f7 attack one move, this knight's priority isn't the attack on e4 though. It intends to attack c7 later.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 Nf6 Bc4
Blocking the c8 bishop and letting the queen get to e2 to win back the pawn.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 Nf6 Nc3 Bf5 Bc4 e6 f3
White appears to give away a further pawn, but accepting will allow an attack on b7 and f5.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 Nf6 Nc3 Bf5 Bc4 e6 f3 exf3
Probably not the best option, white will soon damage black's position by taking on f7, thus pinning the e6 pawn, and taking on f5.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 d5 e4 dxe4 Ng5 Nf6 Nc3 Bf5 Bc4 e6 f3 exf3 Qxf3
The only correct move.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5
Englund gambit (/Charlick gambit)
Black's aim is to avoid closed systems and castle early, though nowadays this move is rarely seen without the follow up trap. In case the multiple follow up traps appeal to anyone reading this, remember that this opening is never seen at grandmaster level, emphasising its hideous unsoundness.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5
Englund gambit accepted
White has nothing genuine to fear.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 d6
Hartlaub variation
The initial idea of Henry Charlick when playing the Englund. It's more respectable than the modern trap, but is unsound. Black aims for early development and castling. White will aim to not stray too far behind development-wise, and win a pawn-up endgame.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 f6
Soller's gambit
Similar idea to the Hartlaub gambit but black chooses not to sacrifice his centre pawn.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6
An understandable move. Black attacks the e5 pawn and stakes a claim for the centre.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 e4
This is now a line of the Nimzowitsch, though why white would be comfortable with the Nimzowitsch and start with d4 is unknown.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3
The best move really. Develops a piece and deals with the only threat.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 f4
Purely for those scared of black's opportunity for setting up traps. Inferior to Nf3, but stopping any black play for good.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3 Qe7
Early queen development to set up an unsound trap, but the most popular black continuation.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3 Qe7 Bf4
Defends the pawn, and lures black into going for the win.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3 Qe7 Bf4 Qb4+
Frees up the bishop, hits f4 and b2 and gives a check. The best move by far.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3 Qe7 Bf4 Qb4+ Bd2 Qxb2
Regains the pawn, and the trap is set. Black's queen is in an awkward position though.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3 Qe7 Bf4 Qb4+ Bd2 Qxb2 Bc3
Loses
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 Nf3 Qe7 Bf4 Qb4+ Bd2 Qxb2 Nc3
With a much better position, white should win this.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Bc4 f5
Calabrese countergambit
A relative of the latvian gambit. Black's aim is a subtle exploitation of white's early bishop choice. He seeks to play a quick d5 and gain the centre with a tempo. White can just play like a kings gambit declined with a tempo up.
Chessbase considers this a 61% win for black, unusually high, and probably because of the many sticky situations white can find himself in if he is too aggressive.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6
Berlin defence
The standard reply. Black develops normally and will aim to play Nc6 and Bc5 and castle for a typical open game. This move does justify white's early bishop move though, as he can now play d3 and get a middlegame with two active bishops.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Bc4 b5
Andersson gambit
Black gambits a pawn for some central control. This is unsound though, as even if white accepts the pawn, black will still have trouble playing d5 effectively.
Chessbase considers this 23% win for black.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Na3
The Durkin
Named after American master, Robert Dirkin, who probably would have known better than to play it anyway. This is a very strange place to develop the knight. If white wanted the knight to exert central control, Nc3 is better. If his aim is to keep the c pawn flexible, the English, or even the Saragossa is preferable. White's aim will be to move this knight yet again, probably to c4. Black is fine developping normally.
Chessbase considers this a 54% win for white.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Na3 e5
Stakes a claim in the centre and threatens to damage white's pawn structure with Bxa3.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Na3 e5 Nb5
The most common move on my database, but I can't see any reason why. The knight will just track back to c3 with white two tempi down.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Na3 d5
Preventing Nc4 and staking a claim in the centre. Not quite as good as e5 but that will probably be played soon after anyway.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Na3 d5 c4
Aiming to get the knight off a3, but if that's the aim, why put it there in the first place?
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Na3 d5 g4
Henders gambit
A move with no instantly recognisable merit. If someone understands it please tell me. It just looks like someone who's looked at the grob then managed to make it worse.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Roberto Migliorini (2058)
c4 b5
Jaenisch gamnbit
Never been an especially popular opening, the Jaenisch gambit is a theoretically unsound attempt at getting an interesting game out of the English. Black aims to quickly develop the bishop to b7 and gain central control, though he is not without some tactical traps on the queenside. White can easily fight for a solid centre, and start some counterplay while black is trying to regain the pawn.
Chessbase considers this a 34% win for black, 32% if white accepts the pawn.
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Contributors : Kieran Child, Roberto Migliorini
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 Nf6 b4 e5
I'll call this idea the "Rebaudo variation" because, in all my time playing this opening, he's the first person to play it against me, and I actually think it looks quite good. Black threatens to stop any hope white had of queenside space by capturing the pawn on b4. This move is also more forceful than the common e6 as b5 now falls foul to e4 and black has the advantage.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 d4 Qh4
A variation from the centre game that doesn't have a name (so we can call it the Child variation) but probably should, because IMO it's the best reply. Black manages to avoid any tactical traps from the Danish, and plays on the fact that d4 weakens the c3 square, allowing the knight to be pinned should it ever choose to go there.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 d4 Qh4 Nc3
White deals with the threat and develops a piece. It's a bit passive mind.
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Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 d4 Qh4 Qd3
Deals with the threat, but blocks in the f1 bishop and doesn't do much in the way of development. If white can play Nf3 soon, it could be all over for black.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 d4 Qh4 Nc3 Bb4
Pinning the knight making the attack on e4 valid again. the possibility of exd4 could also come in useful now with the pin.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 d4 Qh4 Qd3 d5
A nice move, and black has avoided any white tricks. This seems to give equality.
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Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 d4 Qh4 Nc3 exd4
Black ignores the fact that his moves should always mean that an attack on his exposed queen isn't possible. This doesn't.
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Kieran Child (1600)
d4 f5 e4 fxe4
Staunton gambit accepted.
White has now opened up both bishops and will look to attack the awkward-looking e4 pawn in the process. Black may try and hold on to the pawn but probably shouldn't, as white has some tactical ideas around Qh5+ Instead, attempts at castling kingside safely should be preferred.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 f5 e4 fxe4 Nc3
Only sound continuation for white. While f3 is an idea, it's a bad idea.
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Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e6 Nf3
Perhaps more modest than other options, white develops normally and will possibly look to castle kingside regardless of black's plans.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 g5 Nxg5 e5 d4
Sharp, and the move that is favoured in longplay games. It probably needs more analysis than I could provide though.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
Nf3 g5 Nxg5 e5 d4 h6
Seems to be better than attacking with the bishop. Looks very awkward though.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Qh4+
Black has the advantage both tactically and positionally. He will follow up with Nh6 and d6.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nc6
Probably the most "correct" move. Depending on white's response, black either clutches on to his pawn advantage or gains a good position.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nc6 Nxg4
If white wanted to get back the pawn, why gambit it in the first place? This is pretty poor positionally.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nc6 Nxg4 d5
Black has a big spacial advantage.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nc6 Nxc6
White will push d4 and get central control. Black could make those f and g pawns an annoyance though.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 exd4
Most common move at club level. Black assumes he has won a pawn after an exchange on d4. While he can sometimes be confronted with a lack of spacial allowance after e5, this isn't too bad for black.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 Nf6 g4
As far as I'm aware, this is an unnamed gambit. But definitely one that deserves some attention. It seeks to forcefully take charge of the centre by gambitting a pawn.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1600)
d4 Nf6 g4 Nxg4
Most common reply to a gambit black hasn't ever seen.
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1397)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8 Nxf8 Rg4 Qh6
Most common move, but white should really be prepared to give back the knight
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1397)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8 Nxf8 Rg4 Qh6 Rxe4+ Kd1
The most common move pretty much loses by force
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1397)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8 Nxf8 Rg4 Qh6 Rxe4+ Kd1 Ng4
looks brave, but is perfectly secure
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Contributors : Kieran Child
Kieran Child (1397)
e4 e5 Nf3 f5 Nxe5 Nc6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 Nf6 Qh4 Rg8 Nxf8 Rg4 Qh6 Rxe4+ Kd1 Ng4 Qh5+ Kxf8 Qxf5+ Kg7
key move!
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Contributors : Kieran Child
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