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The Chess Express
Member since Jan-04-07 · Last seen Dec-01-09

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   Nov-30-09 Scandinavian (B01)

The Chess Express: Just as a heads up after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. f4 e5 <zanshin>'s Rybka suggested <5. Bb5+> as best. [DIAGRAM] I'm a bit too busy with the new BoB game to look at it now, so if somebody wants to analyze it I would appreciate it. Otherwise

   Nov-30-09 Battle of the Brains 3, 2009
   Nov-27-09 Z Andriasian vs D Minescu, 2007

The Chess Express: I assume black ran out of time. Too bad. That was a tremendous defensive effort against a much higher rated player. It looks like 38...Rd7 is equal and leads to a dynamic endgame.

   Nov-24-09 Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1895

The Chess Express: Tarrasch was definitely one of the most aggressive early masters.

   Nov-23-09 D Martinidesz vs S Docx, 1992

The Chess Express: How about we call it the triple sodium attack?

   Nov-22-09 Y Shulman vs The World, 2007

The Chess Express: <LIFE Master AJ: Only 837 pages of kibitzing? I wonder how long it will take me to read all that?> LOL!

   Nov-17-09 The Chess Express chessforum

The Chess Express: Hmmm, our loss. Maybe one day I'll learn from your wisdom :)

   Nov-16-09 zanshin chessforum

The Chess Express: <zanshin> Do you know about the new BoB game?

   Nov-15-09 kwgurge chessforum

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   Nov-15-09 OhioChessFan chessforum

The Chess Express: <OhioChessFan: Yes on Carlsen as WC. I think it will take a little longer than most people expect. I feel Kramnik has a lot left in his tank and will keep Boy Wonder at bay for some years yet.> Nice prediction. Hey, don't forget about the BoB game :)

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Jan-03-09		The Chess Express: Actually, she reminds me of an instructor I once had ... beautiful but deadly.

Jan-04-09		WhiteRook48: happy new year!

Jan-10-09		The Chess Express: Happy new year my friend.

Jan-13-09		chesstoplay: <<<< Heh, I had forgotten all about that. >>>> Jan-12-09 < zanshin > TCE <<<< Right now, my quad is busy trying to beat you in the Challenge ;-)>>>> Come back to the game... Team Black would love your help!! Let us see if we can get a leg up on < zanshin > , his quad and Team White.

Jan-13-09		zanshin: Don't worry <Peter> - you already have a leg (or two) up on me and my quad ;-) We are doing our best against a Team that we feel is just <loaded>. We're having fun though and that's what counts most (imho).

Jan-13-09		Open Defence: well you guys are a pawn up :)

Jan-13-09		zanshin: <OD> I hope it's enough ;-)

Oct-10-09		The Chess Express: Here is some more analysis in the 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. f4 Nf6 line. 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 <e6> (black allows Ne5) 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nd7 9. d4 Be7 (Bb4 probably helps white) 10. Bd2 c6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 O-O (f7 needs to be protected) click for larger view White�s attacking prospects are obvious.

Oct-10-09		The Chess Express: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 <Nd7> (black challenges e5) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. d4 e6 10. Qd3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Rb1 click for larger view White is ready to shift the attack to the queenside. White is probably better in the center and on both sides of the board. Black is solid, but with the extra space and the two 's white is probably better.

Oct-10-09		The Chess Express: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 <g6> (A relatively sound idea. I like this better than Bg4, but still not as much as the Bf5 lines I posted earlier) 6. Ne5 Nd7 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Be3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bd2 click for larger view White has more space, better development, and black's dark is shut in by e5. All in all I would rather have these positions than a main line. They are solid and offer white decent attacking possibilities.

Oct-11-09		The Chess Express: Here is an update on the moves 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. f4 <e5> Rather then 5. fxe5 or 5. Nf3 I now believe that white does better to play <5. Qh5!> A quick low ply assessment by Fritz 8 gives 5. Qd1-h5 Nb8-d7 6. Bf1-c4 <g7-g6> 7. Qh5-e2 f7-f6 8. f4xe5 Qa5xe5 9. Nc3-b5 Qe5xe2+ 10. Ng1xe2 Bf8-d6 11. O-O Ng8-e7 12. Nb5xd6+ c7xd6 13. Ne2-c3 Nd7-b6 14. Bc4-b3 (+1.56) click for larger view 5. Qd1-h5 Nb8-d7 6. Bf1-c4 <Ng8-h6> 7. Qh5-e2 Bf8-b4 8. Ng1-f3 O-O 9. f4xe5 Rf8-e8 10. O-O Nd7xe5 11. d2-d4 Ne5xf3+ 12. Qe2xf3 Nh6-f5 13. g2-g4 Qa5-b6 14. Kg1-h1 Qb6xd4 15. Bc4-b3 (+1.92) click for larger view These are low ply checks, but the analysis looks good to me.

Oct-12-09		Open Defence: Is this your photo ? somehow I can't get the Leko avtaar out of my head

Oct-12-09		Ziggurat: <5. Qh5> That is a nice innovation.

Oct-12-09		The Chess Express: <Open�Defence> No, that was not my real picture. Strangely enough I feel the same way. After shedding blood with this avatar I somehow feel connected to it. That other guy was too red in the face anyway :)

Oct-12-09		The Chess Express: <Ziggurat> Yes, I�ve gotten to the point where I know of no reason why 4. f4 isn�t the main line. I just won a one sided miniature in that very same line against an opponent rated in the 1800�s :) It�s full of blunders, but I�ll give it anyway. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.f4 e5 5.Qh5 Nd7 6.Bc4 g6 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.d4 f6 9.fxe5 fxe5 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.O-O-O exd4 13.Rhe1 Bf8 14.Nd5 1-0 click for larger view This game is the reason why I took a closer look at 4. f4 e5. It�s good to hear from you again by the way :)

Oct-13-09		Ziggurat: Likewise! Wow, that was a brutal game. I guess I know now not to play 4...e5 if I would ever get that position :-)

Nov-07-09		hms123: <TCE> <crawfb5> just posted some recommendations on databases at my forum.

Nov-07-09		crawfb5: Long time no hear! Hope you've been well. Are you looking for the DB management software or for games collections? Do you want to build up a smallish high-quality collection or be a vacuum and pull in as many games as possible?

Nov-08-09		The Chess Express: I'm not sure what the database managment software is about. I basically want as many high quality games as possible in a database that allows me to build an opening repertoire. I was looking at the Chess Assistant 10 Professional Package with Deep Rybka 3 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..., but before I spend that kind of money I was hopping to know more about what my options are.

Nov-08-09		crawfb5: If you want Rybka, then the Chess Assistant Pro package is well worth considering. Not only would you have Rybka, but CA is less expensive than a comparable ChessBase setup. If you want to get a feel for the two programs, you can download "light" versions of each. A version of CA light can be had at: http://www.convekta.com/download.htm A version of CB light can be had at: http://www.chessbase.com/DOWNLOAD/c... These light versions allow you to "test drive" the software some with a free version that has some feature restrictions (maximum number of games and/or other restrictions). The light versions might be a bit older than the commercial ones, but you can still get the feel of things, I think. I was just about to replace a very old version of CA that wouldn't run on XP back during BoBII when I tried using SCID: http://scid.sourceforge.net/downloa... I've been very happy with it, and have indefinitely postponed getting one of the commercial products. SCID or either the full-featured CA or CB will allow you to handle <large> game collections. I'm currently working with one just under 4 million games. Of course a high-quality collection would be much smaller. You could start with a large one and filter out all games with, say, both players rated 2400+ and make a new database with just those games. You will be able to use an "opening explorer" type of browsing through your collection. Ok, where do you get games if they aren't included? Well, as a premium member, you can download batches of games here (the "zipfile directory" link on the <Premium Membership> page. You can get new games from recent events at The Week in Chess every Monday: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic\ Convenka, the Chess Assistant/Rybka company, offers similar downloads 4-5 times a month: http://chessok.com/ There is substantial overlap between the two, and TWIC uses a <Smith, John> while Convenka uses a <Smith John> naming convention, IIRC. So unless you like reconciling player name format, probably better to stick with one or the other. Also consider how you feel about older games. GC is currently running a little over a half million games, I think, and not all of those would make your cut. The big 3-4 million game bases are going to have a lot of older games and I don't know how far down the food chain the player ratings will go. Tim Harding talks some about the chronological breakdown in Chessbase's 4 million game database at: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibit... There are links to some free game collections at <hms123>'s forum. Again, you'd have to filter out the higher-quality games. Hope some of this helps. What's best depends on what you want, what you're willing to spend, and what you're willing to do on your own. If you have any other questions, fire away.

Nov-09-09		The Chess Express: Hey, thanks for all the great information and links. If I need games in pgn format does that limit my selection?

Nov-09-09		crawfb5: Most free downloads <are> going to be in PGN already, because that doesn't assume a particular database program (hence the name <Portable> Game Notation). PGN is an easy way to move things from one program to another, but most database programs will use their own format internally because that will be more efficient. That's still no problem, because whatever database program you settle on should import and export PGN.

Nov-09-09		The Chess Express: I see. I guess I'll just try out the light versions and make a decision based on that. You've helped quite a bit :)

Nov-16-09		zanshin: <TCE> Yes, I do know about BoB III. Thanks. Although I am officially signed up (I think with you on Team Black), I will not be participating. I just have too much going on at the moment. Thanks for the reminder though - and good luck with the game!

Nov-17-09		The Chess Express: Hmmm, our loss. Maybe one day I'll learn from your wisdom :)

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