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Amir Bagheri (2006-06-23 12:26:28)
Blinfolded chess ( part II )
Very recently, however, all the honors of Europe, in this department of indoor games, have been run away with by two young Americans, Morphy and Paulsen. Paul Morphy, a native of New Orleans, seemed to be born with chess in his blood; he played almost from childhood; and at thirteen years of age he proved a formidable antagonist to Herr Lowenthal, a noted Hungarian. In 1857, when just twenty years of age, Morphy encountered Paulsen, a native of Iowa, only a little older than himself, at a chess congress in New Orleans (Editor: It was New York!). All the gray-beards struck their flag to Paulsen, and then he struck to Morphy. Of Morphy's subsequent achievements in regular play, which stamp him as perhaps the first living chess-player (we say this with fear and trembling; however, for the knights of the game are a sensitive race), we will not speak here, for our purpose is only to notice the blindfold performances. At the chess congress above mentioned, he finely played a blindfold game with a leading German player. Early in 1858, he struck the New Orleanists with amazement by playing six games simultaneously, without seeing any other the boards; winning five of them, and exhibiting beautiful play throughout. He then came to Europe, not only to "lick the Britishers," but "all creation;" and it must be admitted that he made great progress towards that achievement. At a meeting of the Chess Association at Birmingham, in August 1858, he played eight games simultaneously, without sight of the boards. His opponents were Lord Lyttelton, and seven other persons, mostly presidents or secretaries of provincial chess clubs. Against such players, and under such tremendous conditions, he won no less than six games out of the eight, drawing a seventh, and losing the eighth. In the following month, he went over and astonished the Parisians in a similar way; he contended blindfold against eight practised players at once, at the Cafe de la Regence, a famous resort of chess-players; and out of these did not lose even one; he was the victor in six, and drew the other two. In the spring of 1859, Morphy contended against eight of the most experienced members of the London Chess Club, including Mr. Mongredien and Mr. Walker, two distinguished players. He won two games, and drew the other six--all the players except himself being wearied out by a very protracted sitting. A few days afterwards, he played with eight members of the St. George's Chess Club, including Lord Cremorne, Lord Arthur Hay, and Captain Kennedy; he won five, and the rest were drawn through want of time to finish them. Nevertheless, inconceivable as these mental labors are, Morphy yields to Paulsen in blindfold play. There are whispers of twelve or fifteen games having been tried simultaneously by the latter; but the number ten has been most certainly reached, under conditions of the utmost publicity. On the 7th of October in the present year, at a Divan in the Strand, ten players accepted Mr. Paulsen's challenge to grapple with them all simultaneously, the boards being placed out of his sight. One of the players was M. Sabouroff, secretary to the Russian Embassy in London; the other nine comprised many names well known among chess-players. Ten chess-boards were placed on ten tables in the room. An arm-chair, turned away towards a window, was mounted on a dais. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Paulsen, a quiet, courteous young man, with not a trace of "brag" in him, took his seat in this arm-chair. For twelve mortal hours he never rose, never ate, never smoked, and drank nothing but a little lemonade. What were his mental labors during that time, we shall see. His ten antagonists took their seats at the ten tables; and each table speedily became the centre of a group of spectators, whose comments were not always so silent as in fairness they ought to have been. Paulsen could not see any of the chess-boards. Herr Kling, a noted player and teacher of chess, acted as general manager. He called the boards by numbers--No. 1 to No. 10. Paulsen audibly announced his first move for board No. 1; Kling made that move; the antagonist replied to it; Kling audibly announced the reply; Paulsen considered what should be his second move, and when he had audibly announced his decision, Kling made the proper move on the board. Here No. 1 rested for awhile. No. 2 now made his move, leading to the same course of proceeding as before. Then No. 3 in the same way; then No. 4; and so on to No. 10; after which No. 1 began a new cycle, by playing a second move; and thus they proceeded over and over again. Now let us see what all this implies and involves. Chess is not one of the most frolicsome of games; indeed, ladies generally declare it to be very dull, seeing that a chess-player is apt to be "grumpy" if spoken to on other matters while playing. The truth is, there is a demand for much mental work in managing a game well; the combinations and subtleties, the attacks and counter-attacks, are so numerous and varied, as to keep the mind pretty fully occupied. Nevertheless, a fine game between two fine players is mere child's play compared with this wonderful achievement of Paulsen. He was obliged to form ten mental pictures; and every picture changed with every move, like the colored bits in a kaleidoscope. Most persons, even though knowing nothing of the game, are aware that it begins with thirty-two pieces of different colors and forms, and that these move about over a board of sixty-four squares. After every change of position in any one of the pieces, Paulsen must have changed his mental picture of the board, the field of battle, and then made that a fixture until the next move was made. This is hard enough in even one game, against an antagonist who has his eyes to help him in planning attacks and defences; but how hard must it be against ten! It is difficult to conceive what is the condition of the mental machinery under such circumstances; and yet, there he sat, the calmest man in the room. When told of his antagonist's doings, one by one, he looked quietly out of window, and rubbed his chin, as a man often does when thinking, and then announced his move--never mistaking No. 1 for No. 7, No. 9 for No. 3--never failing to recover the proper mental picture, and making the proper change in it; never embarrassed; never making an unlawful move, or likely to lose sight (mental sight) of any unlawful move made by his antagonists. Nor did he obtain the least pause for mental rest. Without one minute's interval, as soon as he had announced a move for one board, he was required to attend to the move of another antagonist at another board. Hour after hour did this continue--all the afternoon, all the evening, midnight, until two in the morning. He made two hundred and seventy moves in the twelve hours, twenty-seven per game average; this gave two minutes and a quarter for the consideration of each move. As all his moves were met by corresponding moves on the part of his antagonists, he was called upon to form five hundred and forty complete mental pictures in twelve consecutive hours, each picture representing the exact mode in which all of the sixty-four squares of a chess-board were occupied. Paulsen won two games, lost three, and drew five.
Marc Lacrosse (2006-08-02 22:14:10)
Request for adjudication & rules
In game *** my opponent has a completely lost position for more than 2 months by now and refuses to resign.
How long will he require that I play child-level uninteresting moves?
I announce mate in 8 moves and request adjudication against this completely disgraceful way of playing.
I am evidently able to prove the win.
I already said how I felt this kind of proceeding to be completely disgusting.
If my requirement is not fulfilled I will leave this site being the first master-class tournament winner.
Nice...
Marc
Wolfgang Utesch (2006-10-13 14:18:01)
Game of time ?!?!
Someone of us are just thinking to play with thinking time rules as a part of correspondance chess game is a fine and sportsman like behavior. I don't think so: It is just childish and primitive - nothing to do with the culture and art of a chess game!
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 :)
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.
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.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-21 13:48:44)
Go and chess, IGN Goama newsletter
From IGN Goama newsletter by Alexander Dinerchtein - http://www.gogame.info
Go and Chess Two Games, Shared Experiences
Chess and go show are similar in many ways, yet it's always strange to see how the masters of each game try to "invent the wheel", instead of benefiting from the knowledge of their colleagues.
Let's consider sharing experiences!
These ideas can be useful even for strong Asian Go professionals:
1. Currently, only a few pros use Go databases and programs for studying. It is easy to find commentaries, written by 9-dan masters, which state that a move is new and has never been played before. Yet if one checks such moves in Go databases, one can sometimes find up to 100 examples from professional games. How can they cheat the readers who study these commentaries?
Once in Korea, I showed the Bigo Assistant program (similar to GoGod, MoyoGo and SmartGo) to Lee Sedol's brother Lee Sanghun, 5-dan, who is the director of a large children's Go school. He was surprised and said that the program looked very useful, and he added that he had never met this kind of program before. He even suggested deleting all amateur games and games played on Go servers, because of their low quality. I promised to order the programs and to install them on the school's computers if he liked this idea, but he did not follow up. Lee Sanghun, 5-dan was not able to break the traditions of his forefathers …
2. Even such top chess players as Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov enlist the support of trainers during important tournaments and matches. During the Communist era, almost every Russian grandmaster worked on behalf of world championship candidates. Our government forced them to help, to show them new moves and ideas. Those who refused to help were punished severely: for example, sometimes a player would be prohibited from playing in tournaments abroad and would be refused foreign visas.
We do not see this in Go. Everyone thinks only about his or her own self. Do you know who is currently assisting Lee Changho? I don't know, either!
3. I would like to say a few words about playing technique. Chess players often used to write the move on paper first and then make it on the board. This helps to avoid impulsive moves and to prevent blunders. Go masters record the game afterwards, and so one can often find terrible mistakes, such as overlooking ataris and recapturing ko without playing a ko threat first. As an example you may see Black's move number 271 from this game: http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/collection/sgfview.php?id=10828 I am sure that if a player looked at their move at least twice before they write it on paper and after they would not make such mistakes.
4. Even top Go tournaments are usually run by the knock-out system so we often see sensational results. Mightn’t it be reasonable to think about increasing the number of games in each round? If rounds were best-of-three (in case of time constraints, it would be possible to use blitz time controls for the third game), it would help to minimize sensations.
How about organising a definitive World Go Championship? Chess players have contested one for more than 100 years, and competitions for this World Championship have revealed the very best players of each generation. In Go it's harder to tell which player is true champion. In 2006, for instance, one international tournament was won by Lee Changho and another one by Lee Sedol, while Cho U won the largest amount of prize money. Whom can we call the World Champion? Who can say which tournament is the most important : LG, Samsung, Fujitsu, Chunlan or another? We don't even have a unified rating system …
If we determined a single World Go Champion, he might earn the same degree of popularity as Garry Kasparov achieved in chess, and this could have a very positive influence on Go popularity around the world!
Elmer Valderrama (2007-02-10 13:55:59)
teddy-bear-free chess
That teddy bear is worth 350 ELO, my guess.
Actually everyone has his 'teddy bear': it might be a blue shirt, the black shoes, or taking even his own mother/wife to the games (no punk intended to concerned players ;) ..All of these get scanned so I do not see any good reason why the teddy bear should not be scanned both before and after the game. If game is lost by the child there is no need to scan it of course. If game is won, then the teddy bear must be confiscated temporarily for further examination. Measures should be taken to shift the child's preference to any other object or person, as this teddy bear is starting to look rather suspicious to me/many, and annoying to his opponents who would then bring on dummies, milk bottles even nappies making this scenario rather...childish, unacceptable for a intellectual game as chess. Moreover, there would appear chess variants named after this toy, as 'the Teddy Bear Attack', or 'the deadly Teddy Bear Gambit' which could be played while singing 'teddy bear, teddy bear touch your nose, teddy bear, teddy bear touch your toes, teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground, teddy bear teddy bear turn around', any of which would kill the game. In fact if nothing is done against this teddy bear, hereby I announce that I would quit chess, rapid chess, blitz chess, postal chess, email chess, server chess and correspondence chess (where admittedly is difficult to guess if there is any teddy bear around) I will then switch to a table game where teddy bears aren't going to be seen for a while, like Poker, or Roulette, all 18+ games
Yours in Teddy-bear-free Chess,
Mikhail Ruzin (2007-04-09 15:50:04)
Mikan no taikyoku
Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring the child back to Japan to train him as a professional Go player. Years pass, and as the young Chinese master grows to maturity in Japan, the Japanese invasion of China forces him to choose between his triumphant career and his loyalty to his native country. His decision is complicated by his marriage to the daughter of the Japanese master, with whom he has produced a child. His choice will profoundly alter the lives of two families. Their saga serves as a reflection of the tragic relations between their two great countries, and the possibility of reconciliation and healing. Summary written by Simon Levy {levy (at) cs.brandeis.edu}
Marc Lacrosse (2007-04-23 09:43:40)
prize/award ?
Not at all, and this is normal : it was a charity action intended to raise funds for handicapped children in India.
My main reward was quite a few congratulations and a also some bitter accusations regarding computer cheating by myself ...
These are not easy to answer ...
How can I prove that I did not use computers ?
Marc
Jason Repa (2007-04-23 10:04:00)
Cheating Accusations
My advice is to take the accusations with a grain of salt. I'm a very good blitz/bullet player and years ago before I found out about ICC and Playchess.com I used to play at the crappy free sites such as yahoo and pogo. I would often be the strongest and highest rated player in the room and would get constantly accused of being a "prog". I would say take it as a compliment but these people are too stupid to understand what a good move or good technique is. They make the accusation based on successful results only.
As for your game with Anand. I think it's ridiculous to accuse you of program assistance. For starters, the game isn't very important. It's just an unrated simul game with no prize whatsoever. It seems to me you should have received some sort of award, not necessarily cash, but something chess related and of value. I understand it's for charity, but I can't see who in their right mind would pay money to play in a simul when there is no incentive to win. You might as well just write a check to send directly to the handicapped children of India.
When Chapters bookstore hired me to do a chess simul it was a fundraiser for our chess club. I didn't lose any games, but the sole person to merely draw me (28-0-1) in the 29 games I played received a free tournament entry ($30 value) to one of our local monthly events. I thought this was a great idea and had the benefit of bringing a new player into our club.
Jason Repa (2007-07-15 20:45:57)
Hillarious!
This is your "argument"? You copy and paste some drivel where they seem to substitute the word "skill" with "intelligence", or perhaps you did that.
You don't provide any sources or qualifications of the author whatsoever.
This is too entertaining and unbelievable to make up!!
in a statement signed by 52 psychologists, published in the December 13, 1994 Wall Street Journal
"1. Intelligence exists as a very general mental capability involving ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. The brain processes involved are little understood.
2. Intelligence can be measured, and IQ tests measure it well. Nonverbal tests can be used where language skills are weak.
3. IQ tests are not culturally biased.
4. IQ is more strongly related than any other measurable human trait to educational, occupational, economic, and social outcomes. Whatever it is that IQ tests measure, it is very important.
5. Genetics plays a bigger role than environment in intelligence, but environment has a strong effect.
6. Individuals are not born with an unchangeable IQ, but it gradually stabilizes during childhood and changes little thereafter."
I think 52 psychologists might be a bit more qualified than the random blog where you copied and pasted from.
Jason Repa (2007-07-15 21:12:20)
My Opinion
I certainly do have an opinion. My opinion is that you have a very low IQ burrows, and don't have a clue how to do research. You like to make things up as you go along and change the subject when you're cornered and proven wrong. Very poor form!
It seems I have to talk to you as I would a very young child. It should go without saying that the opinion of 52 professionals in a given area should have some value when they're commenting in the area they have expertise in. If 52 mechanics told you that your car needs a new alternator would you argue and tell people to have their own opinion on the matter? This is what you're doing here.
Artur Saigakov (2007-08-08 23:13:50)
Re
Hello! Please, calm down! I am a command captain on the site of igame.ru of which --- [moderator : name deleted] consisted before. I'm sorry my English is terrible! Paulina and Sex-god (SG) are one person which thus make his own PR and shows the personal offense to --- [moderator : name deleted]. --- [moderator : name deleted] anyway is not connected with drugs, he simply played in my command. I want to underline that my command is AGAINST drugs! Name of command - STOP Narkotics! Motto of our command you can read on igame.ru : "" If you found forces, or search it to give up drugs, this command is for you! This command exists for everybody who gives the vote for nature, for peace, for understanding of our existence, for light ideas, for helping each other, for healthy children and their parents!"" --- [moderator : name deleted] never was drug addict but he just agreed with a command idea. He is 17 years old, he is IM, that's why he was taken in command of igame, and SG wasn't included. SG said that he is gay, then added to the repertoire a word is a drug addict. certainly, he was offended and he said that he would beat SG or he would ask somebody to do it It is not serious, but I think that this fight wouldn't stop even after this speech.
Artur Saigakov (2007-08-10 08:25:15)
re
The players of FICGS correctly react on a situation and not added on provocation. Prosecutions toward --- [moderator : name deleted] look funny and child.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-08-14 19:45:25)
Chessboard serial killer of Moscow
Source Chessbase - http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4047
Guardian Unlimited: Along the leafy lanes of Moscow's Bitsevsky Park, Alexander Pichushkin was a familiar figure. The 33-year-old supermarket worker played chess under the trees and even invited his opponents for a drink afterwards. But yesterday Mr Pichushkin was in court accused of murdering 49 people and attempting to kill three more, a tally which would make him one of Russia's most deadly killers. According to the prosecution, Mr Pichushkin lured his victims, who were mostly elderly men, to a quiet part of the park. He then attacked them from behind with a hammer. Mr Pichushkin boasted that he had killed 63 people. He said he drew a cross on his chessboard after each murder. His plan to fill all 64 squares came unstuck in June 2006 when he went for a walk in the park with Marina Moskalyova, 36, a supermarket colleague.
Times Online: The prosecution claims that [Pichushkin] wanted to kill more people than Andrei Chikatilo, Russia’s worst known serial killer, who murdered 53 people. “He dreamt of surpassing Chikatilo and going down in history,” said Yuri Syomin, the Moscow prosecutor. The Russian press suggested last week that he would enter Guinness World Records by being charged with 62 murders. But in the event he was charged with only 52 killings over a five-year period. That compared with the 53 murders of women and children in the Rostov area of southern Russia for which Chikatilo was executed in 1994.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2252021.ece
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-06 12:11:33)
Jason
Hello Jason, just curious : Do you were a - precocious / advanced for his age (don't know the best term) - child ? .. This is not a joke, your particular behaviour reminds me other people.
Best, Thibault
Wolfgang Utesch (2007-09-16 05:14:27)
IECG WC 2006 final
Perhaps some day I can tell my grandchildren: I've beaten the World Champion in a 8-games-match before. :) All the best for your final!
Thibault de Vassal (2007-11-12 14:33:45)
Chess promotion
http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=7342103
"People have played chess for over 2000 years and still every game is different from another,"
"It's a great tool for children. It's also a great tool for older people to prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease,"
For sure Susan Polgar do a great job to promote chess in the whole world...
Hu To (2008-04-13 16:36:23)
Go learning program for kids
GoChild is designed for kids to learn go. http://www.gochildgame.com
Hu To (2008-04-21 16:21:04)
GoChild 2.0 is available
For kids who loves to play web games, GoChild 2.0 can use their favorite website as reward.
Jason Repa (2008-05-06 21:54:09)
Bird Brain loses in 33 Moves!
"Obviously playing the From or the approach adopted by black in these games is not an accurate response!"
That's not obvious at all. What's obvious is that I beat you quite easily when you and I played cc so you're far from being any kind of authority whatsoever!
"1f4 does not lose or lead to a worse gane for white - it just allows black to get equality very quickly and easily"
I just finished trying to explain to you, in the way a young child should be able to understand, that there is more to think about in chess than trying to play what current theory considers to be the best try for an opening advantage. Yet here you are rambling on about the same nonsense you were in your previous posts. Was Fischer's 2.d3 against the French the objectively strongest move? Even against (and perhaps especially against) computers, it can sometimes be better to play sidelines or moves which may serve to confuse an opponent. Is the King's Indian Attack the best try for an opening advantage for White? Probably not. But it was used by Kasparov to defeat Deep Blue. If you still can't understand the concept I've been trying to teach you, after several posts, I don't know what more I can do for you. Just keep mindlessly playing what established theory tells you are the strongest lines,(without having even the incipience of an understanding as to why) and keep mindlessly trusting the evaluations your program gives you, and you'll keep getting CRUSHED by guys like me.
"1 f4 doesnt develop any piece (except the king!) and is a bit committal and slightly weakening of the king side."
After this statement, if I didn't know better, I would have thought you were someone who just learned how to set up the pieces. It might be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard anyone say. Does 1.e4 develop a piece? How about 1.d4? I suppose those moves are "a waste in cc" as well. We should all be playing 1.Nf3 and 1.Nc3 according to you, lol.
1.f4 grabs space. It stakes out influence both in the center and on the kingside. It effectively prevents 1...e5 (lest White goes into a dubious gambit system) as an alternative to other moves which achieve this. There are also other intangibles that are part of the picture, such as the psychological effect the move may have, the lack of preparation an opponent may have against it, etc. If you ever began to understand chess at a level beyond just plugging moves into a program, you might start to appreciate that allowing concessions (such as the slight weakening of the White kingside resulting from 1.f4) is all part of the game. Fischer's famous quote: "you gotta give squares to get squares" is a famous example. If allowing static liabilities were something to be avoided at all cost, you'd never see a Sicilian Scheveningen. It allows all sorts of weaknesses.
As for your so called "analysis". It's a complete joke! For starters, you're "analyzing" a game resulting from the Leningrad Variation of the Bird's Opening. I line I've never played in my life, let alone here on FICGS. Is this how you try to win an argument/debate? By misrepresenting the facts? An intelligent person who genuinely felt that their argument had a leg to stand on, would simply take one of the 4 games I provided to you and do some analysis from there. Showing where Black could have improved. Then finally, after trying to "score points" with examples of the Leningrad Variation of the Bird's Opening, which I have never played, you post a game where White played poorly and lost to a lower rated player. As if that's never happened before in chess, lol. You don't even know enough to post the date of the game. I couldn't find this game on any of my databases(totally over 4,000,000 games), so if you didn't just make it up out of thin air, perhaps you got more wrong, such as the actual moves that were played, in addition to incorrectly stating: <BR><BR>"Look what happened to Evgeny Alexseev as black - a very strong 2600+ GM at the time - he continued 6 ..b6 7 h3 c5 8 Qe1 Bb7 9 g4 and lost to IM Sengupta." <BR><BR> Is it Black that lost here or White?
I took a brief look at the game, and it's hardly representative of proper play by White. 7.h3 was dubious at best. I prefer 7.Ne5. White then misses another opportunity to play the knight to e5 after 7...c5. Then 9.g4? is a gross thematic mistake. The only thing this game proves is that you're completely incapable of discussing chess in an intelligent way. Real chess players look for games that illustrate the critical lines for both sides, and try to arrive at some actual insights.
There is a reason I crushed you when we played cc last year.
Jason Repa (2008-05-13 15:08:20)
Repa vs Stephenson 1-0
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that a <1500 otb player, such as yourself Mr. Stephenson, wouldn't be able to figure out something that any normal 6 year old child would have no difficulty with. But then again, during our chess game in which I crushed you, I had the feeling I wasn't dealing with a mental heavyweight, to put it mildly. I'll hold your hand and explain it to you since there is probably no 6 year old child where you live to help you:
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess, GO, backgammon, etc."Elo" is often written in capital letters (ELO), but it is not an acronym. It is the family name of the system's creator, Arpad Elo (1903–1992, born as Élő Árpád), a Hungarian-born American physics professor. The Elo rating system has been adopted by many different organizations, including the USCF, CFC, FIDE, and others, as well as various online gaming servers.
My national elo rating is indeed over 2000, Stephenson. And yours is under 1500, as you've already confirmed.
I already beat you very easily in chess Stephenson. You're the little guy with something to prove here, not me.
Jason Repa (2008-05-13 21:16:02)
Repa vs Stephenson 1-0
No, as I just explained to you in the way a small child should be able to understand, elo is not exclusive to FIDE ratings. Not even exclusive to chess in fact. I realized you weren't overly intelligent when we played chess and I crushed you, but this is ridiculous. This has been explained to you already. Do some research and see for yourself.
I normally don't go after someone for grammar, but when I'm dealing with who says down load and data base, I ask myself who's wiping the drool from their chin.
I'm not about to do any serious chess analysis with you. I don't give free chess lessons. Post whatever you like. It won't change the fact that I CRUSHED you in chess. Fair and square.
Hannes Rada (2008-05-13 23:53:25)
childish and offtopic
After posting No. 4 this thread becomes a childish and offtopic guerilla battle .... < It doesn't seem fair that a 2100 < player should be playing in a < tournament intended for 2200-2600 < players Are you afraid of losing so important FICGS - Elos when you have to play against lower rated opponents ?? If you want to play correspondence chess at top level than you have to sign up at ICCF.
Rodolfo d Ettorre (2008-05-31 04:46:39)
Scientology
There was an important breakthrough, scientology is a desease, the virus was just found, it is a close cousin of the HIV virus.
A colateral effect is a temporary sterility, that's why Tom could not have children before.
The only cure is the euthanasia.
Jason Repa (2008-06-04 21:22:00)
Poker
Here we go again eh groves? You're a bored old man with no purpose in life other than to harass and annoy people on the internet.
Ah, I get it, you couldn’t cut it in chess, so you ran to Go, lol. But you can’t play that game either, so what’s it going to be next....tic tac toe? Unlike you, groves, I don’t have all day to sit around and play games. My gaming time is limited to chess and poker.
Perhaps it’s true what has been said about how people of a very advanced age start to become like children again. It’s especially sad when you’re dealing with someone who was less than impressive, even at their peak.
Garvin Gray (2008-06-09 05:58:31)
dummies at 10 paces.
Geez it would be nice to have a discussion on here where it does not break down into a childish spat after about 6 posts.
Rodolfo d Ettorre (2008-10-27 12:25:59)
Thanks Thibault
Hi Thibault, your site is probably the best chess postal site ever.
Une question, after a few years, when you grow older, do you have any grand children to whom to pass this legacy?
Don Groves (2008-10-28 04:58:16)
Grandchildren?
I think Thibault needs to have children first, Rodolfo ;-)
Garvin Gray (2008-10-28 06:52:12)
medical miracle
Don, I think it is highly unlikely that Thibault will be HAVING children.
Don Groves (2008-10-28 19:53:03)
medical miracle
I stand corrected -- Thibault will need to "father" children first ;-)
Normajean Yates (2008-11-09 04:18:14)
thibault, I think written liaison <->..
missing letters. This happens when one word ends in a vowel, the other starts with a vowel, and ending-vowel of the first word gets removed because of oral liaison. Then, and only then, I think the is the *written* liaison - and that is why the apostrophe :)
Je + adoube = J'adoube :)
['<->' was 'if and only if' - 'if and only if' would not fit in the title, and 'iff' or 'fif' would not be understood by some readers so I would have to explain anyway :)]
In wikipedia aricles I did not find separate discussion of *written* liaison :(
[the hiatus avoidance that thibault earlier mentioned applies of course to *all* liaison..., in *all* languages which try to avoid hiatus :)] [If it doesnt, then people will at least in informal conversation evolve a colloquial hiatus-avoiding version ;)]
The rules for general liaison are complicated (only for people not fluent in french! they are very easy for every french child!):
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_(linguistique)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_(French)
Rodolfo d Ettorre (2008-11-13 13:47:13)
Bergmans and Bergmans
Something not related, a frienf I have called Ingrid, got married with a man whose name was Igmar, funny thing, she did not know who Igmar Bergman was, she knew about Ingrid because of Casablanca. Anyway, they got two children and after five years they separated.
There are 131 results for Child 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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Contributors : Kieran Child
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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Contributors : Kieran Child
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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Contributors : Kieran Child
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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Contributors : Kieran Child
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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