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| Posted by kansaspatzer ajaxwrite.com 6/12/2008 13:48:07 Play online chess |  Subject: The X-Rated Albin Counter-GambitMessage:  www.jeremysilman.com | ||||||||||||||||
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| Posted by sf115 ajaxwrite.com 6/14/2008 14:48:56 Play online chess | Message: ——— The f-pawn, part 2: is f5 the answer here? — Does White have a better option than moving the f-pawn? Continuing our look at the chess equivalent of route one football – the f-pawn advance... RB Well, let's see what happens when we push – 1 f5. The answer comes back faster than Manchester United on the break, not much. Black is under no compulsion to take the pawn and can instead centralise with 1…Nd4 or even 1…Qd4, or start getting the queen's rook into play with 1…Rac8, and 1…Nb4, hitting the d-pawn, would be irritating. All right, let's try to be logical. What's wrong here is that even if we could swap off pawns on the f-file, the f1-rook would remain blocked by the bishop. Let's ... Posted by ccmcacollister | ajaxwrite.com 6/14/2008 15:29:15 Play online chess sf115 Message: I love the Albin on both sides. It just feels like one of those openings one could spend a lifetime playing and studying and never lose interest :) ——— Big Surprises in Europe — Europe has been a center of chess activity over the last month with a series of major open tournaments. The first was the Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar, which ran from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4. Among the world-class chess players who competed were Etienne Bacrot of France, Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, Michael Adams of England, and Gata Kamsky of the United States. The chess tournament ended in a nine-way tie for first, with Adams winning a four-person playoff to take the title. The Moscow Open, which overlapped with Gibtelecom and ended on Feb. 7, was divided into four sections — A, B, C and D — with ... Posted by ionadowman | ajaxwrite.com 6/14/2008 16:38:05 Play online chess A very pawnographic debut...Message: Must try it some time... Cheers, Ion ——— Topalov Closes In on Linares Title — After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Alexander Grischuk of Russia, the defending champion, is in second place after beating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in Round 8 on Sunday. Levon Aronian of Armenia is in third, having managed, like Topalov, not to have lost a game in the chess tournament. Unlike Topalov, who has won three games, Aronian has not won a game either. So far, 25 percent of the games have been decisive, but that does not mean that the other 75 percent have been dull. Quite the contrary. The games have mostly been hard fought and exciting, even ... Posted by lapsekili | ajaxwrite.com 6/16/2008 03:09:34 Play online chess to stf115Message: ——— Weekend of Fun and Friends Between Battles on the Chess Board — The highlight of the year for many chess players is Washington’s Birthday weekend, when four amateur team championships are held across the country. There are no cash prizes, but the chess tournaments are popular because of the camaraderie. Players walk back and forth chatting before, after and even during the games. Some renew friendships with competitors they see only once a year. The World Amateur Team East tournament in Parsippany, N.J., the biggest and oldest of the chess events, celebrated its 40th birthday this year. There were 1,150 players and 271 teams, down from 283 teams last year, said Steve Doyle, the tournament’s director, who ... Posted by ccmcacollister | ajaxwrite.com 10/14/2008 13:01:12 Play online chess albin ... Message: Anyone been to it? ——— At Halfway Point, Topalov Leads at Linares — The annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain began earlier this week, and after five rounds — or halfway through — Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed and No. 2 chess player in the world, is leading with 3.5 points, a point ahead of the field. Linares has been among the world’s elite chess tournaments since the early 1990s, when Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were regular competitors. This year’s tournament has only six players, though they are all among the world’s best. The format is a double round robin in which each chess competitor faces all the others twice, playing once with White and once with Black. Aside from Topalov ... Posted by bogg | ajaxwrite.com 10/15/2008 02:20:50 Play online chess It can't be all that bad.Message: CTC (Bogg) Posted by ccmcacollister | ajaxwrite.com 10/15/2008 04:20:45 Play online chess and .... Message: adventurously innovative & into new ideas that can be really far out ...but they generally work out, tho maybe walking a fine line. Perhaps its just that on one else understands or expects them~? For eg getting hit with an Albin Counter-gambit. But really looking back, even Max Euwe, despite his win against it, can't say it didnt give him a thinking game. Thanks bogg, I'll have to look at some of those Moro's! Posted by schnarre | ajaxwrite.com 10/28/2008 01:43:11 Play online chess if not dxe5Message: Posted by jstevens1 | ajaxwrite.com 10/28/2008 14:16:41 Play online chess I have an Albin Game for you all!Message: Cheers. Joanne |