May-06-09 Petrov Defense (C42) 
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| chessman95: <the humiliation if I were, say, to be crushed in a miniature... this goes for most other questionable or outright bad gambits as well.> True. I always feel a little bit of extra pressure to win whenever I play some strange defense or unsound gambit, which I find very ... |
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Apr-27-09 K Georgiev vs J Pinter, 1985
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| chessman95: 6.b3 is interesting. The end position looks like it has lots of life left in it to me... agreed draws like this annoy me. |
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Apr-27-09 ChessBookForum chessforum
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| chessman95: <If your going to play the Sicilian, play the Dragon!> It's interesting, but in Yasser Seirawan's beginner's "Winning Chess Openings" I recall him recommending the Scheveningen Variation for those who are first trying out the Sicilian... not that I agree or anything, but ... |
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Apr-26-09 Kibitzer's Café
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| chessman95: <I did catch that sprightly 16-11 game today. Suddenly, the Tigers' pitching doesn't look all that bad.> I also watched that game today... it was quite a slugfest. I don't know what it is about Yankees-Red Sox games, but they always seem to provide plenty of weekend ... |
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Apr-24-09 acirce chessforum
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| chessman95: <acirce> Thank you for the reply. That's all I wanted to know. |
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Apr-22-09 B Barth Sahl vs S Bjerke, 2005
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| chessman95: Crafty 17.9 found both 10.c3 and 10.Bxf6 to be stronger than the 10.e5 played in this game. It doesn't appear that white was very well prepared to "reveal" his "novelty". |
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Apr-20-09 zanshin chessforum
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| chessman95: <blacksburg> I just meant a "checking system" like <zanshin> pointed out that Crafty uses, that could look for certain characteristics in a position that would make a positions drawn. <I believe the reason the closed positions are not included in the evaluation is ... |
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Apr-19-09 Dmaster995 chessforum
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| chessman95: <Dmaster995>
(I'm assuming you play the Bird with white.)
What do you play against the From Gambit? It seems to me that accepting it is too dangerous, or maybe you could suggest a solid line for white against it? From the opening explorer transposing to the King's Gambit |
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Apr-19-09 Sicilian (B27)
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| chessman95: Thanks <refuter> and <MaxxLange>. I had strongly considered sacing the rook, but decided to go ahead and let it take the knight instead. Is this line mentioned in any books? |
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Apr-18-09 A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970
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| chessman95: Could white have played Qxa5+ and still won? Please someone provide computer analysis on this endgame. Also, is there any better line for white from move 47 on? Thanks :) |
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