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Sep-21-05 | | johnwgoes: I have castled! When I search for 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O, the following options are available: 5...Be7 8,474
33.8%
45.8%
20.5%
5...Ne4 1,676
35.7%
39.6%
24.7%
5...b5 1,076
37.6%
38.2%
24.2%
5...d6 370
36.5%
37.3%
26.2%
5...Bc5 166
35.5%
39.2%
25.3%
5...Bb4 S Takacs vs Alekhine, 1922 0-1
5...Bd6 Adams vs L Dobson, 1998 1-0
. No Nxe4! |
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Sep-21-05 | | johnwgoes: Chessgames.com, please fix this! |
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Sep-21-05 | | who: 5..Ne4 is exactly that! |
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Sep-21-05 | | suenteus po 147: <johnwgoes> I just checked and found you are correct. My apologies in giving an unsatisfactory answer. |
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Sep-22-05 | | who: <johnwgoes: I have castled! When I search for 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O, the following options are available: 5...Be7 8,474 33.8%
45.8%
20.5%
<5...Ne4 1,676
35.7%
39.6%
24.7%>> it's just missing the X sign in Nxe4 |
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Oct-30-05 | | Averageguy: Against the open I'm thinking of playing 6.Re1 Nf6 7.d4. What do you kibitzers think of that? |
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Oct-30-05
 | | Open Defence: <Averageguy: Against the open I'm thinking of playing 6.Re1 Nf6 7.d4. What do you kibitzers think of that?> Well it seems that the Black reply to consider most seriously is 6..Nc5 |
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Oct-30-05 | | who: <acirce> why play 19...Kf7 in your main line? |
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Oct-30-05 | | who: Moving either rook to d8 comes to mind as viable options. |
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Oct-30-05 | | who: <Averageguy> I like to play the Riga variation against people rated higher than me. Either I get an easy draw with black, or I force them to show that they can convert a tiny initiative. If not I end up with a slight material advantage. |
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Oct-30-05 | | acirce: <why play 19...Kf7 in your main line?> <Moving either rook to d8 comes to mind as viable options.> Sure, but I guess the king will have to move away from the centre anyway. Why/if it's really better to do it immediately instead of developing I cannot say. |
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Oct-30-05 | | Johnox: 19...Rad8 is a sure equalizer! 19...Kf7 20.Ne5+ Kf6 21.Bd4 Kg5 22.Nf3+ Kg6 with a strong initiative for White e.g. 23.Bc2 h5 24.Nh4+! Kg5 25.Rf1!! winning if Black take the white knight. |
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Nov-08-05 | | notyetagm: Could someone please post the line which makes 6 ♖e1?! a dubious move? Glen Flear gives this move the ?! annotation in his book on the Open Spanish. Thanks. |
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Nov-08-05 | | notyetagm: And could someone please tell me what exactly the Bernstein variation of the Open Spanish is? Thanks. |
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Nov-08-05
 | | WannaBe: <notyetagm>
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.b...
Ruy is about 1/2 way down. Starting with move 9. |
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Dec-01-05 | | soughzin: Does the open Ruy give, as its name suggests, a more open and tactical game than the closed? I've heard the closed involves more manuevering which at the present is not my strong point. |
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Dec-01-05
 | | tpstar: <soughzin> Yes, both more open and more tactical, however many believe Black's piece formation (Ne4/Nc6/Bc5/Be6) is somewhat loose giving White a positional advantage. Two of its greatest practitioners are Viktor Korchnoi and Artur Yusupov so look at their games for ideas and inspiration. =) |
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Dec-05-05 | | Damodude: I'm a bit stuck here. After 6 d4 (..b5 7 Bb3) black should respond ..d5. I know this is obvious but, after 7 ..exd4, how is white to exploit the pin on the e4 knight? After Re1 d5 there doesn't seem to be an immediate way to break through. Any suggestions welcome... |
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Dec-05-05 | | refutor: 7.Bb3 exd4 8.Re1 d5 9.Nc3 seems strong |
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Dec-05-05 | | Damodude: isn't that just met with 9..dxc3 though? |
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Dec-05-05 | | refutor: 10.Bxd5 looks good |
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Dec-05-05 | | Damodude: aha! I geddit - thanks |
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Mar-05-06 | | popski: I tryed this open thing today for very first time in blitz game, but something went terribly wrong... :/ 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.0-0 ♘xe4 6.♘xe5?! (well, this move is out of the book, but I couldn't find anything better than:) 6... ♘xe5 7.♖e1 f5 8.d3 b5 9.♗b3 ♗b7 10.de4 fe4 and my poor ♔ was stuck in the middle... So, how to play against 6.♘xe5?! |
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Mar-05-06
 | | tpstar: <popski> I've never seen 6. Nxe5!? before either. Consider 6 ... Nxe5 7. Re1 Nc5 transposing to the 6. Re1 line after 8. Rxe5+ Be7 Opening Explorer I often see 6. Re1 from opponents under 2000, sometimes because they automatically expect 5 ... Be7, and also because they don't know the 6. d4 theory. |
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Mar-06-06 | | popski: Thanks <tpstar>, yes this is much better than my 'invention' :) |
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