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| Sep-22-03 | | refutor: i have a question about the mikenas-carls line...is it strong for white or isn't it? the percentages look incredible for white, but karpov seemed to have no problem going against it in the world championships (aiming for a nimzo after 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6). also in Keres vs Smyslov, 1953 keres played 3.Nf3 in a game he had to win to keep fighting for first place in Zurich. is 3.e4 strong or weak? |
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| Sep-23-03 | | Benzol: <refutor> I personally don't like 3.e4 because of the hole it leaves on d4 which Black can take advantage of. However, as the course of the game shows Karpov was not able to make use of this. Could Karpov have played Nd5 instead of Kf8 on move 23? |
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| Sep-23-03 | | Diggitydawg: <Benzol> Hmmm...I think that 23..Nd5 would be a blunder because of cxNd5, threatening black's queen on the next move. |
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| Sep-24-03 | | Benzol: <Diggitydawg> Your quite right. It's a good thing I wasn't playing the Black pieces. |
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| Sep-24-03 | | drukenknight: It's a very difficult endgame and yet another example of Korchnoi outplaying Karpov in the endgame. He finally figured out that the way to beat Karpov was to play a basic boring opening and then wait for the adjournment and win the end game. He pulled off 3 wins like that in the last stage of the match. In this game, Keene claims that 65...Rf4+ is the losing move, suggesting Kf5 and giving up the g pawn to Bxg5. I dunno about that, his analysis (what little there is) is not very convincing. Korch. was in serious time trouble in both the first and second sesssion after adjour. I guess the 2nd time check would be on move 72. Karp. tried to blitz him into making bad moves. 67...Rxb3 looks like a risky attempt to win the game. Could he not just keep checking the white K and force either a repetition or exchange of Rooks? At least wait for the time control. Once the Rooks go wild it favors white because the N on c8 is loose. |
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| Sep-30-03 | | Benzol: <drukenknight> I think your right about 65...Kf5, it doesn't look too convincing. At move 67 if black keeps checking with his rook can the white king come forward and eventually threaten the queenside pawns? |
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| Sep-30-03 | | drukenknight: Hmmm, there is going to be a pin on the pawn on b3 if black keeps the Rook there. It is fun to try to think this stuff out w/o computers and then plug it in and see how bad we are. Benzol: you like endgames? I will show you another one from Botwinnik/Tal: |
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| Sep-30-03 | | drukenknight: Do you see any similarity in this endgame to this one: Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960 |
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| Sep-30-03 | | Diggitydawg: <try this stuff w/o computers> Drukenknight, I have to say I enjoy and think more about your analysis than the really dry analysis that crafty puts up! No insult intended to the crafty operator(s). |
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| Sep-30-03 | | drukenknight: oh thanks. If you are entertained by a few interesting lines than that is the most I can hope to achieve by making comments. I cannot be mistake proof because I dont go over it w/ computer. So I will post some messed up stuff sometimes. But if you are entertained by some interesting moves, then what more can we do? |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: <Diggitydawg;drukenknight> I enjoy your comments and analysis(warts and all), so keep it coming guys. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | drukenknight: we are having some fun now. Hey did you know: October is National Caro Kann Month. Everybody should play at least one Caro Kann this month. Yes, our government people here come up with some stupid holidays. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Cyphelium: But of course, you can chose whatever subvariation you wish within the Caro-Kann. Hey, it's a free country. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: Where exactly is "here"? |
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| Oct-01-03 | | PVS: You mean "here" as in cyberspace or drukenknight's nation? |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: <PVS> The latter. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | drukenknight: It's my chess game, you are just pieces in it. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: <drukenknight> The big fromage huh. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | PVS: <Benzol: The latter.> Much less interesting philosophically. The only nation likely to actually have such a holiday is Kalmykia. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | drukenknight: It's Kalmyia, I think. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: As long as you don't run into Kirsan. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | drukenknight: Hey you know what? THe one best idea in chess that has come in a long time; CUT DOWN ON TIME CONTROLS!!!
Who is behind that one? Kirsan. See. he's not so bad after all. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: He did pay Fischer outstanding monies for the Soviet version of 'My 60 Memorable Games' didn't he. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | PVS: MTV GENERATION CHESS
All serious players rebuffed him for his absurd suggestion. I am not sure Fischer was owed anything under Soviet intellectual property law. |
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| Oct-01-03 | | Benzol: <PVS> Fischer thought he was and said so during interviews in his second match with Spassky in 92. |
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