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I may have blundered here, and I'm not sure if I had a hallucination or not, and much to my consternation, I can't find the reference in the Handbook to FIDE acting retroactively, although I can see it in my memory. Did you find something on looking through the Handbook? I'm really sorry if I'm wrong about this, as it may not be as easy to get ratings on old games as I lead you to believe. A thousand apologies if that is the case. But many of those tournaments would have been FIDE rated, and so you should still be able to get those games recognised as you would have played many rated players. It would be worth your while to thoroughly acquaint yourself with the rating regulations (http://www.fide.com/component/handb...) in any case, as it will help you work out which tournaments and therefore games you may be able to get some action on. Again my apologies if I've inconvenienced you on this particular point. |
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| Sep-18-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<twinlark> I'm really sorry if I'm wrong about this, as it may not be as easy to get ratings on old games as I lead you to believe.> Not a problem. I believed you were - and ARE - sincere!!! I also believe - that UNLIKE the sorry trolls of this site - you were sincerely trying to help! SO ... no apology necessary ... and I thank YOU for your time and interest. (Anyone can make an honest mistake!) As we say in the USA, "Don't sweat it," OK? (I still hope and pray that (SOMEHOW) ... I will <eventually> get some kind of FIDE rating. |
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| Sep-19-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: My Round Two (R#2) game ... from the LA State Champ. (http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain...) Jules Le Bon (1923) - A.J. Goldsby I (2221) [E61]
LA State Championships / New Orleans, (R#2) / 03,09,2011. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.Bb1 a5 9.h3 c6 10.a3 Na6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Ra2 cxd5 13.cxd5 b5 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Ne4 b4 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.b3 bxa3 18.Bxa3 Rfb8 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Rb4 21.Nd4 Rab8 22.Rc2 Nc5 23.Ba2 Qb6 24.f3 a4 25.bxa4 Bxa4 0-1 The position after my fourteenth move, Black is already a little better. 
click for larger viewI talked to Jules after the game, he avoided a regular KID, because he did not want to get into a theoretical shoot-out with me, but 5.e4, is still White's best move. I just played logically throughout the whole game, my opponent played a little too passively, and I got the better of him. Immediately below, is a link to my own replay page. If you have a brief comment, I can post it there. http://www.ajschess.com/games_in-re... |
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| Sep-21-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: My Round Three (R#3) game ... from the LA State Champ. (http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain...) A.J. Goldsby I (2221) - Rene Phillips (2048); / [A06] LA State Championships / New Orleans (R#3) / 03,09,2011. 1.Nf3 d5; 2.d4 Bf5; 3.e3 e6; 4.c4 c6; 5.Nc3 Nf6; 6.Be2 Nbd7; 7.0-0 Bd6; 8.a3 h5; 9.Qb3 Rb8; 10.Bd2 Ne4; 11.cxd5 exd5; 12.Rfd1 g5; 13.Be1 g4; 14.Nxe4 Bxe4; 15.Nd2 Bg6; 16.Bd3 f5; 17.Qc2 Qg5; 18.f4 Qf6; 19.b4 a6; 20.Nb3 Qe6; 21.Nc5 Qf7; 22.Nxb7 Rxb7; 23.Qxc6 Rb6; 24.Qc8+ Ke7; 25.Qxh8 Rb8; 26.Bh4+ Ke6; 27.Qh6 Bf8; 28.Rac1 Kd6; 29.Qg5 Re8; 30.b5 Nb8; 31.bxa6 Be7; 32.a7 Nc6; 33.Rxc6+ Kxc6; 34.Qxe7, 1-0 After Black played 8...h5; I thought: "My goodness! Am I going to be mated right out of the opening ... with Black never even bothering to castle?" After Black retreated his LSB to g6, I heaved a sigh of relief, at least I wasn't going to lose a miniature! 22.NxP/b7!! was a tremendous shot, after the game - Rene explained that he allowed it ONLY because he thought he was trapping my Queen in the corner. At the end of the game, I did not have much time left, so (for me); it was an exciting game ... from start to finish. Immediately below, is a link to my own replay page. If you have a brief comment, I can post it there.
(http://www.ajschess.com/games_in-re...) This game is also here on this site, A J Goldsby vs R Phillips, 2011. |
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| Sep-25-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: Another thought - my first game (here) is A J Goldsby vs D Baker, 1989. That was (already) 22 years ago??? |
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| Sep-25-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: I mean - since my first outing (that is recorded here) to New Orleans. |
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| Oct-01-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<Oct-01-11 Domdaniel: <AJ> Hi, it's good to be back. I'm pretty sure FIDE ratings have a window of two or three years. I played in the 2007 Irish championships, hoping to get one, but I needed more games. Those games have now lapsed, so I have to start from scratch. I possibly would have had one in the 1980s, but they had a 2200 minimum then, and my Irish rating was around 2000. I didn't play during the 90s, when a lot of players I know got FIDE ratings, often 150-200 points higher than their local ones. I presume that's a function of playing mainly stronger opposition in FIDE-sanctioned events. I know the Irish Chess Union have structures for both their own and the FIDE rating systems, and they ask anyone playing overseas to notify them in order to be rated. So I've got a FIDE ID number - just not enough of the right kind of games. But the local league is now being FIDE-rated, so I might make it this year. In your case, I suspect you may have qualified for one in the past - the 2200 thing wouldn't be a problem - but it depends how strict they are with the 3-year cutoff. I know they've awarded titles (CM and FM) based on old games, in some cases. As <twinlark> said, there must be somebody in the USCF who handles this. But I guess many of the events you play in were independently run, and FIDE rules etc not always applied. (They prefer events which use time increments, for instance - a whole new ball game for those of us used to 'sudden death' finishes. But better, I have to say, on balance.) At least they're starting to make it easier. I've met players who had represented smaller nations in a couple of olympiads, without getting a FIDE rating. Two of them were over 2150 here, but had just failed to make the old 2200 cutoff. Now there are FIDE ratings down to 1400 or beyond. I doubt if this is much help - I just wanted to share a perspective. But good luck with the process of getting a rating: an ID number is probably the first step.> > My responses:
Oct-01-11 LIFE Master AJ: <DomDaniel> Things are NOT so well organized here in the south, as compared to where you live. (NO FIDE EVENTS IN MY AREA AT ALL!!! Every time I ask, the answer is always the same ... go play in a FIDE rated event ... ) Up north, especially in states like New York, I am pretty sure that I would have had a FIDE rating long ago. Miami and Tampa regularly hold FIDE-rated events, but they are a long ways from here. (Its pretty much a two-day drive from Pensacola to Miami.) But thanks for the positive thoughts. Has "you-know-who" come poking about any more? Oct-01-11 LIFE Master AJ: I talked to USCF. One person told me that IF someone took an interest and wanted to pay the fee's, I could possibly get a FIDE rating ... I have played enough masters and experts the last few years. Of course, that "if" is the world's tallest mountain ... I doubt if anyone will scale it on my account. |
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| Oct-01-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: I played this game this morning vs. the computer, its an absolute masterpiece of strategy ... (keep the position closed, don't give the computer a chance to play tactics). (Time limit: three minute, NO DELAY.) [Event "play.chessgames.com"]
[Site "play.chessgames.com"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Computer 7"]
[Black "LIFE Master AJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. Ne3 Be6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bc2 Nd4 12. Ba4 Nec6 13. d3 O-O 14. Bd2 h6 15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Qg4 Kh7 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc2 e5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. h3 Rf7 22. Rab1 Raf8 23. Na1 h5 24. Nb3 Bh6 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Ra1 Bd2 27. Nb3 Bg5 28. Rae1 Rb8 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Rc2 Bd8 31. Nd2 Rcb7 32. Rb1 a5 33. Nf3 a4 34. Rd2 a3 35. b3 Be7 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Ra1 Bd8 38. Rc1 Ba5 39. Rdd1 Bb4 40. Ng5 Re7 41. Nf3 Kh6 42. Rc2 g5 43. Re2 Ref7 44. Rc2 Kg6 45. Re2 Ba5 46. Kf1 Bd8 47. Red2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Nh2 Kg5 50. Kg1 Ba5 51. Re2 Bc3 52. f3 g3 53. Nf1 Kh4 54. Rc2 Rh7 55. Rb1 Rfh8 56. Re2 Ba5 57. Rd1 Bd8 58. Rde1 Bg5 59. Kh1 Bf4 60. Kg1 Kg5 61. Nxg3 Bxg3 62. f4+ exf4 63. Re3 Rh1# 0-1 REPLAT LINK: http://www.ajschess.com/games_in-re.... |
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| Oct-02-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: The above should read - "RE-PLAY LINK," not replat. |
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| Oct-12-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: [Event "play.chessgames.com"]
[Site "play.chessgames.com"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Computer 7"]
[Black "LIFE Master AJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nc3 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 Ne7 9. h4 Ng6 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Nh2 Bd7 14. Nf3 a5 15. Bb3 Na6 16. Ne2 Nc7 17. Nc3 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Be6 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Rfe1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c3 bxc3 25. Bxc3 f6 26. Rac1 Na6 27. Qg6+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bc4 Nc5 30. Bb5 Ke7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Ra1 Rhb8 33. Nd4 Nb3 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 35. Rec1 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rab8 37. c4 Rb2 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Re1+ Kf7 41. Re6 Rb6 42. Kh1 Ra6 43. c5 Kg6 44. Kg1 Kf5 45. cxd6 Ra8 46. d7 Rd8 47. Re7 g4 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. d6 Kf5 50. Ke2 Kg5 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Kg1 Kg5 53. Rg7+ Kf5 54. Kf1 Ke6 55. Rxg4 Rxd7 56. Rxf4 Rxd6 57. Kg1 Rb6 58. Rf1 Rb4 59. Re1+ Kf5 60. Ra1 Kg4 61. Ra3 f5 62. Ra2 f4 63. Kh1 Kf5 64. Kh2 Re4 65. Ra1 Ke5 66. Kh1 Kd5 67. Kh2 Kc5 68. Kh1 Kb4 69. Kh2 Re3 70. Kg1 Ra3 71. Rf1 Rxa4 72. Rxf4+ Kb5 73. Rxa4 Kxa4 74. Kf2 Kb3 75. Kf1 a4 76. Kf2 Kb2 77. Kf1 a3 78. Kg1 a2 79. Kh1 a1=Q+ 80. Kh2 Kc2 81. Kg3 Kd3 82. Kf2 Qb2+ 83. Kg3 Ke4 84. Kh2 Qe2 85. Kg1 Kf4 86. Kh2 Kg4 87. Kh1 Qa2 88. Kh2 Kh4 89. Kh1 Kg3 90. Kg1 Qxg2# 0-1Surely 90 moves (in a game of three minute) vs. the computer has to be considered a decent achievement. |
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| Oct-21-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<<<Oct-20-11 LIFE Master AJ: After I got rid of SPAM mail ... I had 12 e-mails this AM!!! A couple of the usuals, "I live in a poor country, would you consider free lessons?" (I have a standard form letter for this - its just a short blurb that I keep in notepad.) Another I get a lot of is: "How about a game of postal?" (form letter) Another asks / has ideas about some games that I should annotate. (I always get a few of these every month.) There is a squabble going on ... I don't want to be rude, but I refuse to take sides here. Another email, we recently lost a long-time FL chess-player, he died after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. An organizer wants to know - if they held a tourney in honor of him - would I come? (Money is always tight, south Florida is a long way from here.) This was the most interesting, by far:
<<Message; Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:31 AMI think that perhaps a top 10 list for "best technical ability" would be an interesting addition. Some of the obvious names would be Kramnik, Karpov, Fischer, and Botvinnik, just off the top of my head. I also noticed that there was no list for the greatest positional/strategic players of all time. A lot of the names for such a list would also be fairly obvious, such as Petrosian, Smyslov, Capablanca, and Rubinstein, along with everyone I mentioned already on the Technical list (the two skill-sets are of coarse closely related), but I think you might come up with names that would surprise some people (an example being the addition of Rashid Nezhmetdinov on the greatest-attackers list). I think this is part of what makes lists like these fun and helpful to Chess-players: they draw attention to great players that are often overlooked. Here are two quotes about players I would nominate for the Best-Technique list: Tal commenting on Fischer: "I consider Fischer's most characteristic feature to be his technical ability, which has reached that of automaton. On no account can you allow Fischer a position in which he has an advantage "for free." Fischer plays such positions like no one else, with an almost 100% guarantee of converting this advantage into a win." From Garry Kasparov's "My Great Predecessors," Vol. 4., page 491 Yasser Seirawan relating a story about Botvinnik: "Garry Kasparov once told me a story which went like this: he had an adjourned ending in which he had pawn and Bishop for the exchange and was worried whether he could hold the position. He telephoned Botvinnik and after explaining the material imbalance got a question in return. "Does your Bishop have a square on which it is firmly anchored?" asked Botvinnik. "No," Garry told him. "Then you are lost." This discussion took place before Garry had given him the actual position. Indeed, further analysis by Garry proved Botvinnik to be correct. "Yasser, it was extraordinary. He immediately put his finger on the very heart of the position. I've never forgotten." From Yasser Seirawan's "Chess Duels", page 50. I would like to add that in my opinion, Technique can be spoken of in both the middle-game and the end-game. Botvinnik's mastery of the IQP tabia also points to his vast technical knowledge relative to other great players of his time. I believe it was Lasker who was first quoted as saying that one of the hardest things to do in Chess is to win a "won" game, which makes any examples or discussion of good technique very important to anyone who wants to improve their Chess. I might try to define what Technique in Chess is something like this: Knowledge and comprehension of previously studied end-game positions and middle-game tabias, combined with the ability to translate such understanding into meaningful, concrete variations at the board. After all, it is one thing to have knowledge, it is quite another to actually be able to use it in practical situations, and I think of good Technique in Chess as being the synergistic effect that results from the combination of those two elements. Maybe a simpler way to say it is "How well can a given player make use of their theoretical knowledge in practical, over-the-board situations?" My e-mail is ___________ if you have any thoughts to share :) > > And - finally - I had another e-mail from a user on this site, we were debating/discussing the pro's and con's of five-minute chess.> >>>Saved - JIC. (Just in case.) |
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| Oct-22-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: I had a nice streak going ...
I had beaten Brent Inman many times in a row ... (no matter what color I had). I said it was 10 (or more) times, he said it was eight. Well ... nothing lasts forever. I sacked a Pawn in the opening for nebulous play ... I probably had a theoretical draw at the end - but with no time left on the clock - I blew it. (He wound up winning both my Pawns on the K-side.) I eventually succumbed, but only after I gave him every chance to go wrong. Gulf Coast Classic. 3-1. Probably lost a few rating points. |
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| Oct-25-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain... Cross-table for the Gulf Coast Classic. [Saturday; Oct. 22nd, 2011. Four (4) Round Swiss / The School of Match and Science; Mobile, AL.] |
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| Nov-20-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: 
click for larger viewThe final position of my game today with the computer in the "CG Playing Zone." (The URL is in my header of my forum.) A.) Three minute, NO increment!
B.) I lost an exchange in the opening ...
C.) 90 total moves!!!
D.) Five Queens!
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[Event "play.chessgames.com"]
[Site "play.chessgames.com"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Computer 7"]
[Black "LIFE Master AJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Be2 Nge7 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O h6 9. Qd2 g5 10. h4 f6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nd5 Ng6 14. h5 Nge7 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Qc1 Qd8 19. a3 Qd7 20. Qe1 O-O 21. Qd1 Bg4 22. Nd2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 f5 24. Nb3 f4 25. Bd2 g4 26. Bc3 Kh7 27. Nd2 Ng8 28. Nb1 Nf6 29. f3 g3 30. Nd2 Nxh5 31. Nb3 Qe7 32. Qd2 Qh4 33. Rfc1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2+ 36. Kd1 Qxf3+ 37. Kc2 Qg4 38. Rg1 Bf6 39. Raf1 Bg5 40. Qd1 Qxd1+ 41. Kxd1 f3 42. Bd2 Bxd2 43. Kxd2 Kg6 44. Ke3 Nd4 45. Nxd4 cxd4+ 46. Kd2 Kg5 47. Kc1 Kg4 48. Rf2 Nf4 49. Rd2 h5 50. b4 h4 51. b5 a5 52. Kb1 b6 53. a4 h3 54. Ka2 Rh8 55. Re1 h2 56. Rh1 g2 57. Rdd1 Kg3 58. Rxh2 Rxh2 59. Rg1 f2 60. Rxg2+ Rxg2 61. Kb3 Kf3 62. c5 bxc5 63. Kc4 Nxd3 64. Kd5 f1=Q 65. Kxd6 Kxe4 66. Kc7 Ra2 67. b6 Rxa4 68. b7 Rb4 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Kxb8 Qf7 71. Kc8 Kd5 72. Kd8 e4 73. Kc8 e3 74. Kd8 e2 75. Kc8 e1=Q 76. Kd8 Ne5 77. Kc8 a4 78. Kb8 a3 79. Kc8 a2 80. Kb8 a1=Q 81. Kc8 c4 82. Kb8 c3 83. Kc8 Kc4 84. Kb8 c2 85. Kc8 c1=Q 86. Kb8 d3 87. Kc8 d2 88. Kb8 d1=Q 89. Kc8 Qh6 90. Kb8 Qh8# 0-1 |
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| Nov-22-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: To anyone - send me ANY game (that is ninety moves - or more) played in THREE MINUTE (no increment!) against one of the computers, and it was played on THIS website, in the CG playing zone ... and I will post it here. (I need some way of verifying it first.) |
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| Dec-01-11 | | Aljechintje: AJ, what would be cool is to set up, somehow, closed tournaments classed between Cat. I, and I don't know, Cat. VI with titled LMs and NMs who do or don't have FIDE ratings. Closed tournaments, 9 rds., in conjunction with an open tournament of course, in the southeast area or maybe even elsewhere in the U.S. It could even be like a minor leagues, or stepping stone towards Cat. VII to Cat. XII tournaments and increased title possibilities. |
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| Dec-01-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: Sounds like an idea ... |
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| Jan-04-12 | | gezafan: <LIFE Master AJ: I have been sounding the alarm about cheating on the Internet for years.> I simply can't understand the psychology of people that cheat on the internet. Most users are anonymous so what's the point? What do the cheaters get out of it? |
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| Jan-04-12 | | LIFE Master AJ: I have no clue, I guess they like the gratification of winning. |
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| Jan-04-12 | | LIFE Master AJ: Human nature, I think many people want to feel good, but don't want to work for years to do this. |
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| Jan-04-12 | | LIFE Master AJ: More clearly, many people want to get better at chess ... and then feel good about winning. However, too many people don't want to put in the requisite years of study to master the game and wind up take the shortcut. To me, that is typical of the sad side of human nature. |
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Jan-04-12
 | | harrylime: You can study and study in chess but if it ain't there it ain't there.. For me and how I'm playing just now chess is more about 'feel' than anything else.. Intuition and just a sense which is difficult to express into words.. The closest I get in explaining chess intuition, is a pianist hearing and avoiding 'bum' notes on his piano.. |
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| Jan-04-12 | | Zorts: That's a good analogy harrylime.
Lifemaster AJ: <More clearly, many people want to get better at chess...sad side of human nature.>
You are correct, but I don't have a lot of time for study and I played some guys who are so good that I can barely make it to the middle or endgame. Would you recommend FischerRandom against guys like this who have all the openings (and opening tricks) memorized to a tee? I just want to improve to be more of a challenge for them, to keep up. |
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| Jan-04-12 | | LIFE Master AJ: <harrylime> IF you want to get better at chess, you CAN do it, so I would have to interpret your comments to mean that you no longer think it is worth the effort ... OR, you simply are happy with where you are at. <Zorts> I really don't like Fischer-random ... too many positions where its not clear what the ideas or best moves are. I would suggest a Colle or even 1.b4. And as Black play 1...e6 and 2...d5; against any opening your opponent might play. (This will cut down greatly on the opening work you would have to do.) |
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| Jan-04-12 | | Zorts: Sir, you are a chess genius. Thanks for the advice. |
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