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Feb-15-08
 | | Domdaniel: Well, now, uh, I wouldn't go so far as to say *anger and frustration* ... I'm *extremely* moderate, after all. As a <Lapsed Buddhist> I believe that money can't buy you Nirvana, but it can help if you want some of their old records. |
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Feb-15-08
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> Here's MUD in your, ehh, EYE. According to 'The Geography of Time' by Robert Levine, (1) Canada and South Korea have roughly the same pace of life, and (2) Switzerland and Ireland are the fastest-moving places on Earth. Both of these statistics are clearly absurd. Which is easily understood when you see that they were partly generated by measuring the walking speed of urban pedestrians. People in Dublin walk more quickly because the rain is cold, the traffic jammed solid, and the public transport is terrible. So much for statistics. |
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| Feb-15-08 | | euripides: <Dom> thanks for the Mamedyarov game. I play this Mestel line as Black - it does tend to surprise the opposition and I think it's OK, though pitfalls exist and pratfalls are possible. Interesting that Nunn and Gufeld both tend to avoid the fianchetto. What do you think of the Byrne a6 and c6 setup against it ? |
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Feb-15-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Dom>, the only statistic of importance on this most hallowed of <holiday dates> is this: US: 1
THE HUN: 0
Please see my penultimate post in my forum, and play the YouTube link. I think it clears everything up.
BTW, <Greco's> "composed" games. Is that art?
I think it is. Kind of like <situationist full-length chess puzzles without an actual question>. Now if we can just get them hung in the <Louvre>. Or in bathroom stalls in Dublin.
Morphette of the still celebrating <VE Day>. |
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Feb-15-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Oops sorry <Dom> I see you already looked. Never mind then!!
Mrs. Smoot. |
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Feb-15-08
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> So Greco was the first Situationist (apart, obviously, from the founders of certain religions - those guys *had* to be joking, right?) ... and Nimzo invented Postmodernism. Morphy was the first Futurist, and Staunton was an Abstract Expressionist ... It all comes back to chess, dunnit? |
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Feb-15-08
| | Domdaniel: <euripides> I know of that ...a6 idea, but I don't recall playing against it - just once, maybe. Actually my KID repertoire is pretty narrow, because I usually open 1.Nf3 and only transpose into a mainline KID later - if it suits me. Otherwise I stay in English/Reti systems with d3 rather than d4. One effect of this is that the Black players often aren't KID specialists - they just play ...Nf6 and ...g6 against the English, and make standard KID moves if d4 is played. So specialized black systems don't happen much, although I've faced the Kavalek line - with ...c6, ...Qa5 and ...Be6 - a few times. It highlights the fact that the c4 pawn can be weak in the fianchetto variation -- in Gruenfeld systems it can be exchanged on d5, and in mainline KID lines it's often pushed to c5, but it can be a target after g3. And b3 for white is always a risk because of the g7 bishop. Apart from having a strong bishop on g2, the main idea of g3 is that it tends to deter lines where black flings everything forward on the kingside. I like the KID, but I like it a little calmer and less nerve-wracking than that. btw, that Ibraev-Mamedyarov game was actually the only draw out of five games in their mini-match. Mamed won two Queen's Indians as white, and Ibraev won a KID, Bayonet attack -- all interesting games. |
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Feb-15-08
| | Domdaniel: <Niels> This is the *other* Baburin-Nunn game in that line I was talking about: [Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin,Alexander"]
[Black "Nunn,John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D79"]
1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6
3.c4 Bg7
4.Nc3 0-0
5.g3 c6
6.Bg2 d5
7.cxd5 cxd5
8.0-0 e6
9.Ne5 Nfd7
10.f4 f6
11.Nf3 Nc6
12.b3 Qa5
13.Bd2 f5
14.e3 Qd8
15.Ne5 Ndxe5
16.dxe5 b6
17.Bc1 Ba6
18.Rf2 Rc8
19.Ba3 Nxe5
20.Nxd5 Nc6
21.Rc1 Qe8
22.Rxc6 1-0
Another crunch, as you can see. Baburin claims to be a 'boring' player - generally happy to exchange queens and squeeze out a positional advantage. But he doesn't miss much, so if even a top GM like Nunn gives him the chance he can produce a very attractive finish. |
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| Feb-15-08 | | euripides: <the main idea of g3 is that it tends to deter lines where black flings everything forward on the kingside. I like the KID, but I like it a little calmer and less nerve-wracking than that.> Yes and it limits the opponent's recourse to theory. I am currently playing the Gligoric (7.Be3) as White for the same reason. Less well-informed players will treat it as if one had played 7.0-0 and eventually, after about twenty moves, notice that White's king is not in the right place to be checkmated while their queen's side has diappeared. |
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Feb-15-08
| | Domdaniel: Poking around in Gruenfelds with g3, I found a beautiful miniature win by Palatnik: Palatnik vs Stohl, 1986 It has a fine queen sac, with a great twist just when the attack seems to be running out of juice. |
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Feb-15-08
| | Domdaniel: <euripides> Good idea. I also find that KID players can be divided into those who play it more or less by rote (which can include some quite strong players) and those who play sharp theoretical lines. Letting the latter type have their way is suicidal. |
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Feb-16-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Niels>
heh thanks for the tip!
Yes, the recent <Carlsen> pages are indeed HIGHLY ENTERTAINING. Mainly for the full-length traslation of the <Carlsen> interview. What a great interview!! This kid just tells it like it is-- he doens't put himself down and he doesn't brag, and he's polite and charming as well as accurate. and how amazing to learn that he LURKS AT HIS OWN PAGES AND ADMITTED IT AND that <slomarko> is now famous... I suppose it was inevitable.
Throw in <Frogberts'> Statistics Phd Dissertation (full length- undedited)-- and you've got a very, very funny thread. |
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: <Jess> Aroooo
That was for kicks on a FRIDAY night!
It's Sunday with you innit?
Anyhoo I've seen statistics being abused there, more than anywhere, ever! Carlsen is top shelf material, though... He hasn't even reached 70% of his potential IMO -- but I may be wrong... |
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Feb-16-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: hi <niels>! I'm weeping my head off here at the moment. I just listened to <Kingscrusher's> last youtube installment on <Fischer> and he mentioned my <Father> and I started crying. I feel good though. This has been a rough year and a rough month but also wonderful as well. Thank goodness for you and <Lars>!! and our other WONDERFUL CHESS FRIENDS here at <Frogspawn>... |
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: PS I haven't replayed even one of last Night's games, yet.... Is there one that stands out, in your opinion?
Well, I will go and play over them this weekend anyway... Watch the Kid Caruana at Aeroflot -- he won with Black yesterday in fine style... He may well rank over 2630 at the end of the year, is my guess... He's at comet speed at the moment. |
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: JINX
<Jess> Yes, I left a note and a big HUG over at your place... Cash in on it whenever- and as often as you want. |
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: <Dom> Good find with the Baburin - Nunn game. Very nice finish too... Two things stand out after replaying it:
(a) Is the f6/f5/Qa5/Qd8 sequence a waste of a few tempi? I know "I play f6, you go back with your Knight, I play f5, you can come back to e5 with your Knight" -- but I fail to see the point, which is not that uncommon, and Black reaches almost equality in that line... (b) Baburin recaptures with the d-pawn on e5, and I remember he did that too against a 2300 player in a game I replayed earlier this week... In the game we discussed earlier, Baburin went for the fxe5/Kh1/Rg8/g4/e4 plan Very fine player, as you said, and a privilege to have him working with some young Irish talents, in any case. |
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Feb-16-08
| | Domdaniel: <Niels> That pawn recapture puzzles me. I can - sort of - see the reasons, based on the paths the two Baburin games take ... but I don't fully understand why he recaptures with the d-pawn in one game and the f-pawn in the other. Is it simply an alternative plan, or is it based on positional elements? And I agree that the black plan with ...f6 and ...f5 seems dubious. Hmm ... Saturday morning ... I'm off to play *yet another* club match in a while. Another win would be good, but I'll need some extra-large caffeine injections to wake up first... |
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Feb-16-08
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> I see your forum header no longer has an Emu, er, perch. Do Emus perch? I think it's time I sent you a Cassowary. I use the term 'time' loosely, of course. Stay luminous. |
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: Heh - "luminousness" ... Funny word...
<Dom> Almost a decade separates the two Baburin-Nunn games, which leaves a lot of room to think of alternative plans/approaches... Easy on the caf -- we wouldn't want you to rush your moves in that club match. I'm rambling... I will investigate that Neo-Gruenfeld line further, soon. |
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Feb-16-08
| | Domdaniel: <Niels> In all luminousness, what has seriosity got to do with it? My luck continues to hold: I drew a (probably) lost ending ... the lostness came about because I couldn't resist a flashy-but-bad temporary queen sac. |
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: <Dominusariometrician> My happididitiness is almost lucid, except for the joyfull lumenious claritition of your joyeous postness... I am gazing at a chessgame at the moment but the Nick Cage movie is also nice... Salute!
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| Feb-16-08 | | achieve: <Dom> flashy-but-bad temporary queen sacs -- are cool, in a way... I will turn myself in now... These Morelia guys just keep playing on and on -- I'm out of steam. And I have discovered today that in the Neo-G f6 does not need to be followed by f5-- on the contrary... more on that later. |
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| Feb-17-08 | | achieve: <Dom> One more thought-- Nunn pops up rather frequently playing the Black side of the system we've been discussing... Which makes it a bit hard to believe that he was outplayed so easily by Baburin in <30 moves a couple of times... I studied some of the games in depth now and he *did* make, what appears to be, a few dubious moves/dodgy decisions... Just thinking out loud here, but I am thinking of investigating Nunn's play-- strengths and weaknesses, both technical as well as psychological... He did, in a way, let young Magnus walk over him, here in Amsterdam, some 18 months ago, without really setting up a dogged defence IMO - but you may know a bit more about the chessperson and phenomenon that Nunn is. |
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| Feb-17-08 | | achieve: Kasparov vs Nunn, 1986 (Neo-Gruenfeld; 18 moves ---> Nunn resigns) He has adopted this system for a long time, has Nunn... |
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