| Dec-11-05 |
| Averageguy: After 6...Qa5 is this a Cambridge Springs Defense? |
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| Dec-11-05 |
| Dudley: Yes it is. Tim Taylor, the guy who caused a near meltdown at Chess Life with a racy piece on his Hungarian chess adventure, had this defense prepared to use in Europe, but said he never got a chance to use it. Everyone would avoid it by some earlier diversion. Exchange line? |
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Apr-11-07
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| gambitfan: 4...  bd7 is very important bnecause we might be tempted to play 4...  e7?! (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...) The present line aims at ...  a5 followed by ... b4 |
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Apr-11-07
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| gambitfan: 4... bd7 is very important because we might be tempted to play 4... e7?! (Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (D66) ...) which is a boring old fashioned line The present line aims at ... a5 followed by ... b4 |
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Apr-11-07
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| KingG: <Tim Taylor, the guy who caused a near meltdown at Chess Life with a racy piece on his Hungarian chess adventure, had this defense prepared to use in Europe, but said he never got a chance to use it. Everyone would avoid it by some earlier diversion. Exchange line?> With the move order 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6, i would expect most people to play the exchange variation, which surely gives White one of the most comfortable advantages in main-line theory after the plan of Ne2, followed by f3, etc. If i was a QGD player, i would probably try and avoid it with 3...Be7 instead, which prevents that particular plan. |
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Apr-12-07
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| gambitfan: By the way, what is the name of the line continuing with ... a5 and ... b4 ? |
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Apr-12-07
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| KingG: <By the way, what is the name of the line continuing with ... Qa5 and ... Bb4 ?> Cambridge Springs variation. |
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| Oct-31-07 |
| erad1288: This opening is the beast. There are so many ways for white to go wrong. The only thing about this opening is that it will take a long time before black's light squared bishop sees any light. If black can afford to keep the bishop pair, he/she has good prospects of netting a point in the endgame. |
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| Oct-31-07 |
| erad1288: One more thing, does anyone know how to approach this line as black? 1.d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 .... is it better to try to opt out with Qc7 and try and hold the bishop pair at a cost of having a morbid light squared bishop or should black exchange Bxc3+ bxc3 with Qc7 and c5 allowing the bishop to come out much sooner? |
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Aug-16-09
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| Chessical: In the <7. cxd5> main line of the Cambridge Springs Defence, the following position has arisen at master level:
click for larger view http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Is it possible to take the <a3> pawn with impunity? I can find no game in which this has taken place. The following which is a rough sketch is given in the hope of encouraging further discussion: <15.Qxa3> 16. c4 N5f6 17. c5 Nd5!?(<17... bxc5> seems to be an inferior try 18. dxc5 Nd5 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5) 18. c6 N7f6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Be4 a5 23. Rb1 and White has undoubted pressure for his pawn, but no immediately decisive blow. |
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| Aug-22-09 |
| Swindler: <Chessical>: The following game has almost the same position, though White has retaken on d4 with his c-pawn rather than his e-pawn: Gligoric vs D Blagojevic, 2001
Black seems to get a comfortable game with an extra pawn. |
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