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Sep-15-06
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| oao2102: You guys really should go to the website provided by <ChessAddict>. Nigel compares playing the Modern Defense to eating caviar...hahahahaha |
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| May-03-07 |
| Interbond: Does anyone know what openings he is covering in his new book Gambiteer? |
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| May-24-07 |
| jontsef: I have his new book 'gambiteer I' and this is the repertoire he advocates (starting with 1.e4): Against the Sicilian: Delayed Wing gambit (Nf3 followed by b4) Against e5, the Danish gambit with Nxc3 (e4 e5 d4 ed c3 Nxc3) which has independent lines from the Goring because sometimes White develops his knight to e2 and also the possibility of f2-f4. Against the French he recommends the Wing Gambit also, e4 e6 Nf3 d5 e5 c5 b4. (that was covered in SOS volume 1 as well although Davies likes d4 after cxb4 and Jeroen Bosch prefers a3) Against the Caro Kann he recommends the Fantasy variation. Against the Pirc he covers the a3 in the Austrian, which was also covered in SOS 1. Against the Alekhine e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 Nc3.
Against the Scandinavian e4 d5 exd5 qxd5 Nc3 Qa5 Nf3 Nf6 and now... b4! for the third time. after Qxb4 he gives a4!? Against the nimzo e4 Nc6 d4 d5 Nc3, and if dxe4 d5.
Against the 'new philidor' move order (e4 d6 d4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 Nf3 Nbd7) and now 5.f3 (I would've liked to see shirov's 5.g4 ) Against the other defenses (or as Sam Collins in 'Attacking Repertoire for White' refers to them , Garbage) he gives standard responses. hope that helped |
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| May-24-07 |
| jontsef: I just wanted to correct something , against the sicilian he gives 2.b4 not the delayed version. He does cover the lines that were recommended for Black against the Wing Gambit in the book 'Anti Sicilians - A guide for Black' by Rogozenko. What I was curious to see was what he recommended for Black in 'Play e5 e5!' against the Danish line in 'gambiteer I' . Well in "Play e4 e5" he gives the Capablanca variation for , e4 e5 d4 exd4 c3 d5 exd5 Qxd5 cxd4 Nc6 . but in "gambiteer I" he now gives Be3!?, which is completely overlooked in 'Play e4 e5!' and also missing from Emms' 'Play the Open Game as Black'. Emms does also cover dxc3 but after Nxc3 he only covers lines that arise from the Goring move order with Nf3 Nc6 included. so the lines with Nge2 and such aren't covered at all. I guess that's good news for those wanting to take the white side of the Danish with Nxc3 and Be3 against the Capa line. |
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May-25-07
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| HolyKnight: Has anyone bought the new DvD Davies has done on the Pirc? If so how did you like it? |
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| May-11-08 |
| mack: <chessplayers reach maturity when they are willing to play normal positions that arise from normal openings> Bollocks. |
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May-11-08
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| kellmano: <mack> i agree. Chess players get ideas above their station when they think that unorthodox openings are impure. |
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| May-15-08 |
| TommyC: Nigel Davies recently and kindly engaged in an interesting debate about chess books on the blog I run and help write: http://streathambrixtonchess.blogsp... |
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Jun-03-08
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< If top players were dependent on spectators for their income then all but Kasparov and Judit Polgar would starve and even they would have to tighten their belts considerably.> -- Nigel Davies
Sheer nonsense! All they need is professional management. |
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| Jun-18-08 |
| Zygalski: If you play the Schliemann variation of the Ruy Lopez, Gambiteer II has extensive & new analysis of many lines. |
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| Jul-12-08 |
| myschkin: 04/15/2008 Interview:
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Q. What do you consider to be your best game?
A. If correspondence games count it's a game I played as White against Tadeus Wilczek played in 2004. .... ......
[Date "2004.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Wilczek, Tadeusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O c3 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Qd3 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Be7 11. e4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Rad1 a4 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne3 Nb3 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Bh3 Nc5 19. Ng5 Ne8 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Qc4 Kf7 23. Nd5 b5 24. Qxb5 Ba6 25. Qa5 Be2 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qxa8 Bxd1 28. Nxe7 Bb3 29. Nc6 Kg8 30. Nd4 Qc4 31. Qc6 Nd6 32. e5 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Nc4 34. Bc1 Ra8 35. f4 Na5 36. Nxa5 Rxa5 37. f5 Rd5 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. g4 h5 40. h3 Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Kf7 42. Bg5 Ke8 43. e6 Bd5 44. Kf2 c5 45. Kg3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kf8 47. Be3 c4 48. Bc5+ Kg8 49. Bb4
 lack resigns.; Enddate: 9/28/2005
1-0
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| Jul-12-08 |
| myschkin: .....
A. ...... If they don't then maybe my game against Stepak played in Israel in 1991. .....
"the grünfeld defense"
(Nigel Davies, 2002)
http://www.dedenksportkampioen.be/?... has it as <Davies-Stepak, Ramat Hasharon 1990> if someone is willing to look it up, thx in advance^^ |
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Jul-22-08
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| notyetagm: This upcoming book from EVERYMAN CHESS looks like it could be pretty good for us USCF Class (1758) players: http://www.everymanchess.com/displa...
<The Rules of Winning Chess
Nigel Davies
Some players seem to be naturally gifted at chess. Almost effortlessly they seem to know what to do in every position. They recognize the best squares for their pieces; they know whether to seize the initiative with a bold attack or play quietly; whether to trade pieces or avoid exchanges; how to exploit opponents' weaknesses while minimizing the effect of their own - they make it look all too easy! Why is this? Do they know something the rest of us don't? The answer is they do - they know the Rules of Winning Chess. These are the key fundamentals of the game, principles that you can easily learn and remember, and that will help you to achieve both greater understanding and enjoyment of chess. Do you want to approach every game with the confidence you can deal with any situation put in front of you? The Rules of Winning Chess will show you the way. *Covers opening, middlegame and endgame play
*Written by a renowned coaching guru
*Ideal for improving players
Published July 2009 EU, August 2009 US | ISBN 9781857445961
Format Paperback, 192 pages>
Hopefully there will be a lot of GM Magnus Carlsen games/positions in this book. |
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Dec-30-08
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| katar: <notyetagm> Thanks for that link! I'm looking forward to it! Anything by Nigel Davies is pure gold for us class players (1819uscf). |
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Feb-18-09
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| furrer: I read on amazon.com that hes aouther for a book on the catalan? Do anybody here have some tips for a good book on the catalan? |
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Feb-18-09
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| whiskeyrebel: My favorite Catalan book is "the Catalan" by Raetsky & Chetverik (Everyman Chess). |
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Feb-18-09
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| furrer: ok, sounds interesting, Ill take a look at it when im done with my Najdorf rep. |
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Feb-18-09
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| whiskeyrebel: I also have the Angus Dunnington book on the Catalan. I prefer the Raetsky & Chetverik. They cover the wild lines where black plays an early b5 and tries to hold onto the pawn better according to my amateur understanding of course. I also picked up a good deal on the Catalan from John Donaldson's white repertoire book which is topnotch. |
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Feb-19-09
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| furrer: Yeah, the b5 variations (white pawn sacrifice) were actually the reason I didnt wanted to play the Catalan, but I have changed opinion :D |
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Feb-19-09
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| whiskeyrebel: White has a raftload of compensation that seems fairly easy to take advantage of. My early attempts (I just started playing it at the U.S. open last August ) with the Catalan have lead me to agree with Donaldson that amateur players don't often have a planned response to it. Everybody seems to think they can wing it. |
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Feb-19-09
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| furrer: Yeah, and genereally i play the fianchetto against all indians + benoni/benko, so why shouldnt I play it against the QGA/QGD/Slav!? :)
Much easier rep., and perhaps white will not obtain an davantage, but in the endgame (according to Sloth, world corrospondence champion), black has to play 10x more precise then white. |
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Mar-03-09
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| whiteshark: "One of the hallmarks of very strong players is the ability to recognize when they should try to do something and when it is better to play a move which just simply improves their position. This is why top class games often give the impression that nothing is really happening whilst in reality their outwardly innocuous moves represent a cagey struggle to outmaneuver their opponent. The two adversaries are working towards the right moment to strike, knowing full well that a premature attempt to force matters could simply lose the advantage or even totally rebound." -- Nigel Davies
--> Quotes Of The Day (from Kelly Atkins) http://www.gmchess.com/ |
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| Mar-07-09 |
| WhiteRook48: that correspondence game was long |
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| Mar-07-09 |
| MaxxLange: I really like his "Let's Take A Look" column at Chess Cafe |
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| May-27-09 |
| myschkin: . . .
another "little" fan of Nigel: http://kaydensstory.blogspot.com/ Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayden... |
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