takchess Member since May-06-04 · Last seen Apr-15-22 Black has a solid lead in development and decides to go for an idea that is more fascinating than correct. -- Jacob Aaagard .....My Chess life story. I am a coffeehauser chess player from New Hampshire, USA and like a good attacking style game. Thus I play things like the King's Gambit, Danish, Traxler, Max Lange attack, Halloween Attack as White. As well as the 2 Knights, Reti Gambit, Englund Gambit, Marshall Attack, King Indian Defense as Black. Where I soon may be looking into the Benko Gambit, Perenyi Attack, Scandinavian Defense and Latvian Gambit. -of late my obsession has shifted from the Kings Gambit as white to the Halloween Gambit. Game Collection: Halloween Gambit -Let's Sack a Knight on Move 4 My collections reflect some of the Chess Attacking books that I like. I did the Rapid Chess Improvement 7 Circles thing back in the 2000's and wrote about it in a blog here. http://takchess.blogspot.com/ I have created most of these collections will try to credit those who I copied in time. My playing strength is on the left side of the bell curve of members of chessgames.com. Had an 8 year break and just picking up chess again. I currently limit my playing online too addicting. My wife says I can play all the chess I want once I retire.......

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Mar-13-22 S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952   takchess: Need to memorize this and it should be my template for Kf1 Traxler      Jan-20-22 takchess chessforum   takchess: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Want to play this line against bishop opening      Jan-05-22 D Palo vs P H Nielsen, 2003    takchess: I would like to see this as thump, thump, thump problem solved but I do not. took a few seconds to see the first move but not how the continuation moves to a quick mate. Work to be done.....      Jan-04-22 Lau vs Barsov, 1993    takchess: ditto with Diademas.      Jan-02-22 J Becerra Rivero vs J Sarkar, 2007    takchess: 29 points to the King once the rook joins the attack . Something is going to happen. Aagard takes 2 pages to describe from this point. The Attacking manuals have years and years of these sort of things for me to study.      Jan-02-22 Philip Corbin   takchess: https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2...      Jan-01-22 Shabalov vs Smirin, 1992    takchess: Happy New Year! I like the mini windmill with the bishop and rook for a few moves .      Dec-29-21 Wojtaszek vs R Kalod, 2004    takchess: missed this due to sheer laziness. moved the queen to the wrong square .....      Dec-23-21 Nisipeanu vs S Gordon, 2013    takchess: As the author , I agree it is a rather poor pun. I thought the game had a lot going on and appropriate for a game of the day given the crazy amounts of Sacks ending in a pawn promotion. I just couldn't come up with a better pun . A pun perhaps more suitable for a Sax game . As my ...      Dec-21-21 M Apicella vs De la Villa Garcia, 2000   takchess: 1) +5.49 (25 ply) 11.Nxd7 f6 12.Nb6+ Nxb5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Nxa8 Bf5 15.Rd1+ Nd6 16.c4 b6 17.Nc3 Kd7 18.Nxb6+ axb6 19.Bf4 Rc8 20.b3 Be6 21.Nb5 Bf8 22.Rd2 g5 23.Bg3 Rd8 24.Re1 h5 25.Rdd1 g4 26.hxg4 Bxg4 at the critical moment 11.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-06-18    takchess: user-game 4701587736433623. A missed win Aug-06-18    takchess: Flashcard: Black has mistakenly played f6 what is whites best move? click for larger view Create a battery by Qe5 . +4.92 (28 ply) 9.Qd5 Nh6 10.Bxh6 Rf8 11.Bxg7 c6 12.Qf3 d5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.O-O-O Qf4+ 15.Qxf4 Nxf4 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.d5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Bxd5 Rb8 20.Rhe1 Bg4 21.f3 Bc8 22.c3 b5 23.Be6 Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Rb7 25.Kc2 b4 26.cxb4 Kf7 27.Re4 Bxb4 28.Rd8 Be7 29.Rh8 Aug-10-18    Annie K.: Hi, please don't post puzzles you would like to recommend to be featured as PotD. They are supposed to be surprises. Kevin doesn't have your email yet - he has to get it from Sargon, and Sargon is very busy. Things should start happening very soon - maybe even today or tomorrow. Please just wait. Or if you want to post your email, I will forward it to Kevin directly. Aug-10-18    zanzibar: <Annie K.> you're implying that you know something about the status of the site, and about <Sargon>'s involvment... But you're only revealing to us mushrooms in bits as an aside in a comment?! Another disappointment. Aug-10-18    takchess: <Annie> Makes sense I will put together a bucket of them. The lag time is not a bad thing as will give me some time to collect some that have never been posted as POTD before. Aug-10-18    Annie K.: Exactly. Thanks very much. :) Aug-16-18    thegoodanarchist: I am guessing it was my new forum name, that prompted your question? Aug-16-18    takchess: Yes. I am NH based. Aug-27-18    thegoodanarchist: Hi <tak> T Oyunbaatar vs I Chahrani, 2008 (kibitz #11) Sep-02-18    takchess: Hi TGA,. Not my doing. I have not had a reach out yet but when they do I have a bucket of them. Just started a new job so I am less active here then I was. May-25-20    takchess: Greetings ! I have got back in the good graces of Chessgames.com and renewed my membership. This time for two years. Hopefully I can keep it up..... This page is mainly my wanderings in the Halloween Gambit, Elephant Gambit and Traxler Counterattack. The Name of this Forum comes from a quote in one of Aaagaard's Attacking Manual: Black has a solid lead in development and decides to go for an idea that is more fascinating than correct. -- Jacob Aaagard May-25-20    jith1207: Congrats, glad to have you back. May-31-20    takchess: click for larger view This beautifully balanced mate comes from from one of Corbin's Elephant Gambit wins. T Sakelsek vs P Corbin, 2004 May-31-20    takchess: user-game 8846020956535040 Nothing to see here ... my crappy play 8) Jun-02-20    takchess: A halloween gambit that went my way. user-game 3980713177684012 Jun-18-20    takchess: analysis of move 24.? Jun-18-20    takchess: user-game 7278075802756549 missed opp in the HG with my friend Walt . It would be good to have better tactical vision. Jul-24-20    thegoodanarchist: < takchess: We just lost a member of our Nashua chess club in a Maine scuba diving accident . A great guy https://www.unionleader.com/news/sa... Was reminded of Dan and this song . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dl... I am sorry for your loss. I can't think of a worse way to go, than drowning. Sep-06-21    takchess: Back on the mend . Saturday September 11 first day of Nashua Chess Club in person since the start of Covid shutdowns in the US. Dec-21-21    takchess: My latest Pun Submission for you old timers M Apicella vs De la Villa Garcia, 2000 He Once Doubled Checked with the Librarian. Dec-21-21    takchess: perhaps more punny as : For Once, Let's Double Check with the librarian. Dec-26-21    takchess: For the bishop opening learn to play against this as blanck. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Jan-02-22    takchess: L Ebbin vs P Corbin, 2004 i have run into an early qe2 Jan-02-22    takchess: analysis of move 9.? Jan-20-22    takchess: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Want to play this line against bishop opening Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Bobby Fischer Tribute Shirt

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