Jan-03-09
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| Stonehenge: 7.b5? can't be good. |
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| Jan-03-09 |
| areknames: How remarkable that a 2500+ player is torn apart like this in 15 moves by an unsound defense! Very odd indeed. |
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| Jan-05-09 |
| toastie: I usually play 5.g3. As I play the Catalan this fianchetto suits my style |
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Jan-05-09
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| Benzol: 15. a2  d3+ 16. f1 c1 is a very depressing prospect. |
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Jan-06-09
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| luzhin: Areknames, the Albin is not a defense: that's why it's called the Albin Countergambit! As to its being unsound-- you might find that Messrs Morozovich and Radjabov( not to mention Berg) beg to differ. |
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Jan-06-09
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| luzhin: And, Benzol, I think what Berg would have had in mind after 16.Ra2 was 16...Nf4 17.Qd1 Nxg2+ 18.Ke2 Qxc4+ 19.Kd2 Rd8 mate! |
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Jan-06-09
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| notyetagm: http://www.newinchess.com/games/SOS... <
SOS Game of the Month January
Stephen Gordon
Emanuel Berg
Hastings 2008/2009 (6)
Notes by Jeroen Bosch
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[SOS-2, Chapter 5, p.38] The modern popularity of the Albin Counter-Gambit can be attributed to the efforts of Alexander Morozevich. In 2004 he devised a development scheme of his own - starting with 5...Nge7 - to revitalize Albin's ancient Counter-Gambit. See SOS-2 for the details and updates in the SOS Files of Volumes 3 and 6. The most recent edition of the traditional Hastings tournament saw a lot of specatular chess. <<<Let us have a look at a 15 moves miniature win of grandmaster Emanuel Berg with the Albin, while we update our SOS theory in the process.>>>> |
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| Jan-08-09 |
| areknames: <luzhin: Areknames, the Albin is not a defense: that's why it's called the Albin Countergambit!> I know it is but point taken nonetheless, although I think the distinction is ony a matter of semantics. <As to its being unsound-- you might find that Messrs Morozovich and Radjabov( not to mention Berg) beg to differ.> Exactly, these are much sronger players than myself. Instinctively and intuitively the Albin strikes me as an unsound opening, I need to have a closer look at it (and this game). |
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| Aug-05-09 |
| GrahamClayton: <luzhin>And, Benzol, I think what Berg would have had in mind after 16.Ra2 was 16...Nf4 17.Qd1 Nxg2+ 18.Ke2 Qxc4+ 19.Kd2 Rd8 mate! Luzhin,
After 16.a2 f4 17. c2, Berg would have played 17....ed3+ 18.f1 e4, with the twin threats of 19...e1# & 19....g2# |
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