Mar-23-10 Kibitzer's Café 
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| olaf4lena: I've been trying to improve my positional and defensive play by reviewing games of great positional players like Petrosian, Botvinik and Karpov. The problem is that oftentimes I see what they do, but have no idea why. Even annotated games seem to take for granted the kinds of ... |
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Sep-17-07 Uncommon Opening (A00)
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| olaf4lena: In Standard Chess Openings, Eric Schiller recommends that beginners use the "New York Defense" against hypermodern openings. Does anyone know what he is referring to? I have never heard of it before. |
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May-17-07 Sicilian (B20)
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| olaf4lena: A follow-up to my training questions above: I tried a few games playing sicilian -- but not well and not knowing what I am doing. One draw and one win against stronger opponents. The problem was that I could have won both if my endgame skills were better. Dr. Schiller's diagnosis ... |
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Mar-05-07 Four Knights (C49)
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| olaf4lena: I had this approach take me OOR. Now I see I should simply bore my opponent to death. |
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Feb-14-07 Bronstein vs M20, 1963
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| olaf4lena: Such disdain for his opponent, you would think he was playing me! The earliest chess program I played was Sargon II for the Commodore 64 circa 1980. Not a bad engine for it's time. |
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Sep-23-06 A Sokolov vs Speelman, 1988
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| olaf4lena: It's like a nightmare! |
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May-31-06 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (D32)
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| olaf4lena: <Mr. Schiller> I bought and am enjoying your book on the Tarrasch. What is a good strategy to attack if white makes time wasting moves like a3 or h3 or pointless piece wanderings? |
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May-10-06 Fischer vs K Gasser, 1964
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| olaf4lena: Again, Why not 15... PxN |
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Feb-28-06 R Maric vs Gligoric, 1962
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| olaf4lena: Happy Shrove Tuesday!
Glad to say, I got it today,
because I am giving up chess for Lent.
(Yes, a harsh Lenten discipline indeed.)
See y'all at Easter! |
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Jan-24-06 S Li vs F Vallejo Pons, 2005
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| olaf4lena: <chesscrazy> an excellent Question. I also cannot see a response that would make QxB bad. Clearly that must be what Li Shilong had in mind on 44. Qa5, but why the change in plan? |
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