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Aug-19-04
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| Zenchess: <Benzol> I didn't know Vukovic had another book out; I will have to look for it some time. <checkpat> I don't have that book, but the reviews I've read say it's pretty entertaining. |
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| Aug-20-04 |
| NoodleHead: Anyone know of a good resource for annotated games studying the Sicialian dragon? |
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| Aug-20-04 |
| checkpat: <Zenchess>
Yes the comments are very entertaining, almost poetic sometimes.The cover is the famous game
by Nimzowitsch of Dresden 26
with the long march of the white
N starting in h1.
le Lyonnais was memeber of Oulipo , a group of artists comprising
Raymond Queneau |
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Aug-20-04
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| Zenchess: <NoodleHead> You could check out www.chessbase.com; they have recently issues some CD's on the Dragon. Also, Mikhail Gobulev has written a book on it. <checkpat> Speaking of unusual maneuvers, here are some examples of middlegame King wandering: Petrosian vs J Peters, 1976
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960 |
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| Aug-22-04 |
| NoodleHead: Thanks zenchess |
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| Aug-24-04 |
| checkpat: Thanks Zenchess!
In the same vein there is a beautiful
game by Short (as W). |
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| Oct-28-04 |
| offramp: Does anyone have any idea about how many games Uhlmann lost with the French Defence? |
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| Oct-28-04 |
| offramp: Sorry - I found it. It looks like it is about 89. Kortschnoi seems to have lost about 60 but he varied his black openings to 1.e4 more often. |
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| Oct-28-04 |
| Bogdanel: GM Nigel Davies, at chesscafe.com doesen't reccomend french for the begginersand young players (under 16), because he says it inhibits the development of their tactical abilities.He says it's an opening for those good at planing, defense and counter-attack, and that "relatively few such beasts exists at amateur level" But it's almost my only defense to e4, and i'm an intermediate player |
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Oct-28-04
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| cu8sfan: <Bogdanel> I think if it works out for you and you achieve good results by playing the French go for it. |
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| Dec-05-04 |
| EnglishOpeningc4: the french is home to the most boring opening in chess <the exchange> and the most exciting <the winawer> |
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| Dec-05-04 |
| EnglishOpeningc4: use the french with black and white < 1d3 e5 2e3 d5 3d4> |
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| Jul-02-05 |
| Shrivel Up DEVO: the computers don't seem to use the French defence. That might tell you something. the French is sort of a counterpunching opening, you wait for white to over extend, make a mistake. The Progs don't wait for a mistake to happen, they force the mistake, and don't depend on their opponent playing less than top notch. I think thats why the Bots don't open with the French too often. By definition, its inferior. |
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| Jul-15-05 |
| Jamespawn: I don`t think its an inferior defense. Its just not a tactical defense like the Sicilian. Its strategical rather than tactical and computers are not good at strategy , but do excell at tactics. |
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Oct-28-05
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| notyetagm: In his excellent book "365 Ways To Checkmate", GM Joe Gallagher calls the mating pattern which ends this Uhlmann game "one of our favorite mates". In Descriptive Notation the mate runs  -R8+!  x  -R6+ -N1 xNP#. In words, the enemy king is <decoyed> onto the long diagonal to create a pin so that the queen has access to the Rook 6 square with check and then the queen gives mate on Knight 7. I do not know if this matting pattern has a name so I call it the Gallagher Mate.[Event "DDR-ch 13th"]
[Site "Aschersleben"]
[Date "1963.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maedler,Juergen"]
[Black "Uhlmann,Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D86"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bd3 c5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.Rfc1 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qd6
17.h4 Nc6 18.Rd1 Qf6 19.Bb5 Rfd8 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.e5 Qf5 22.Ng3 Qg4 23.d5 Rc5 24.d6 Rxe5
25.Rac1 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 exd6 27.Rc7 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Rh1+ 0-1 |
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| Dec-17-05 |
| netlava: Nice mating pattern. I didn't see it right away? What are some other common mating patterns? |
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Dec-17-05
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| Gypsy: <I do not know if this matting pattern has a name so I call it the Gallagher Mate.> Nice monicker. But why not Uhlman's? |
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Mar-08-06
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| HolyKnight: GMs like Korchnoi, Uhlmann, Glek I just got to really admire these guys. Here is a guy who played Kings Indian against d4 and French against e4. It's like him saying, ok beat me at my favorite I dare you! The French (if you count all the Sicilians as one opening) it is then the most complex reply to e4. By far. It is more complex than the Dragon, or Najdorf if you count them as one opening. So in ways he is playing the most complex reply to e4 all his life! |
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| Mar-28-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Wolfgang Uhlmann UHLMANN, Wolfgang
http://www.bidmonfa.com/uhlmann_wol...
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| Jun-08-06 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some crucial positions from Uhlmann's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/uhlm.html |
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| Jul-25-06 |
| siggemannen: this guy surely knows his french |
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| Aug-27-06 |
| Bonol: The French complex?. Do me a favour, try the Max Lange. |
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| Aug-29-06 |
| Albertan: Oct-28-04
offramp: Does anyone have any idea about how many games Uhlmann lost with the French Defence? Hi Offramp,Uhlmann has lost 102 games with the French Defense in my chessbase database (which covers games he has played until 2003). |
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| Aug-16-07 |
| SniperOnKN2: With black, this guy likes blockaded centers alright. Must have great patience. |
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Mar-29-08
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| whiteshark: player of the day
Happy birthday, Wolfgang!!! |
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