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May-29-07
 | | Sneaky: I don't think Geller was ever superior to Bobby (after 1959 or so), I think Geller just represents a statistical anomaly. It's pretty darn hard to get a plus score against every single opponent you ever played against, even if you really are the best in the world. |
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| May-29-07 | | Ulhumbrus: I saw your message. Just dropping in momentarily to say Hello. |
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| Jun-02-07 | | Puke: Hello Sneaky, from what i understand by looking at the QGD Slav forum you seem to be well acquainted with it, do you play it yourself? And for the "real question" do you know any decent litterature about it? mainly the dxc4 a4 Bf5 variation :)
I'm new here on CG so sry if i should've sent this message elsewhere :) |
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Jun-02-07
| | Sneaky: <Hello Sneaky, from what i understand by looking at the QGD Slav forum you seem to be well acquainted with it, do you play it yourself?> I used to, but now I play the semislav because I think it offers more chances for the second player <And for the "real question" do you know any decent litterature about it? mainly the dxc4 a4 Bf5 variation> A long time ago I read Glenn Flear's "The Slav for the Tournament player" which I think is very good. The a4-Bf5 variation is the critical line--that's what first attracted me to the Slav, Black gets to develop that problem bishop. And if White omits the a4 move, Black has ways where he can actually win. Also I have several books that discuss the Queen's Gambit always have to discuss the Slav. <I'm new here on CG so sry if i should've sent this message elsewhere> I think you did fine, but oy, what a name!! |
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| Jun-02-07 | | chess.is.my.religion: Hello again, apparently my name was disturbing, had to re-register ;) I'd say P-ke is a natural thing ;)
By the semi-slav, do you mean the meran system, botvinnik or moscow variation?
I'm seeing the slav more as an equaliser, not as a winning weapon. Still trying to decide what defenses to play vs 1.d4 :) |
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Jun-02-07
| | Sneaky: By semislav I mean playing ...e6 as well as ...c6, locking the Queen's bishop behind the pawn chain (with the intention of freeing it later)--as opposed to the Slav where you play ...dxc4 and then get to develop with QB early with ...Bf5. Locking the QB behind the pawn chain isn't such a bad thing, since Black has a plan to liberate it that really can't be prevented. (White to play.)
click for larger viewWhite can choose between 5.e3, 5.Bg5, and even 5.cxd5 here, all of which are fine by me when playing Black. My favorite line is probably the Meran variation, which goes 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 (White to play.)
click for larger viewBlack will not play ...Bb7 and ...c5 and White can't stop that--however White can posture himself in various ways to try to gain some other advantage. What I love about this position is that White's advantage is so microscopic that if he plays the timid 9.O-O in this position he probably just handed Black equality, or at least very close to it. Instead White has to be willing to play 9.e4 here to try to really seize the reigns--but during the fight that follows it seems like Black always can put a fist up just in time. So I like playing this from both sides of the board, and it's such a popular variation that I find myself doing exactly that very frequently. |
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| Jun-02-07 | | chess.is.my.religion: woah that was a huge post :D
I know all the variations of the slav, was just curious about which one you played :)
Being a QGA player, i find the meran almost too similiar to QGA, that's why I have my doubts adopting it in my repertoire :) However i really do like that white can't prevent b5 by playing a4 first, as is the case in QGA lines.
What I don't like, however, is the anti-meran variation, which I play alot myself (as white). I don't understand what black is supposed to do hehe ;) vs the b3 setup i find it hard to find anything fun as black. b6 just doesn't seem to be my style :)
And shabalovs g4 is just so fun to play as white :)
I can't say the exchange variation is the most enjoyable variation either ;) |
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Jun-07-07
| | Sneaky: <I know all the variations of the slav, was just curious about which one you played :)> LIke I said, the ...c6 / ...e6 setup, with a mind towards the Meran variation, or at any rate ...Bb7. <However i really do like that white can't prevent b5 by playing a4 first, as is the case in QGA lines. What I don't like, however, is the anti-meran variation, which I play alot myself (as white). I don't understand what black is supposed to do hehe ;)> There are really a few variations that I think of as "anti-meran"... basically, if White doesn't let me play my beloved ...dxc4 Bxc4 b5, it's not Meran territory. But I assume you mean what's sometimes called the Botvinnik variation, the infamous "anti Meran gambit." I think Black is full of feisty counter-attacking ideas. Check out my favorite chess game I've ever played, alebit against a weak opponent (an early 1990's handheld computer) : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/kibi...
It's under the heading <White: Radio Shack Talking e-Chess Black: Sneaky>. Of course one game never proves anything, but I don't mind defending the Botvinnik variation, as long as my opponent isn't a walking encyclopedia. <vs the b3 setup i find it hard to find anything fun as black. b6 just doesn't seem to be my style :)> I have that problem too. <And shabalovs g4 is just so fun to play as white :)> True, but anytime a position is fun for White due to its sharpness, I'm wiling to defend it as Black. Sharpness is always a double-edged thing. <I can't say the exchange variation is the most enjoyable variation either ;)> You have to plot and scheme to make it interesting. If you play into the mainline, you'll have to demonstrate great skill to get your draw, and you need to be in a very unadventurous mood. My attitude is, if my opponent is playing the exchange slav, then he's probably a very boring person. Maybe an accountant by trade. He shuns adventure movies and prefers a 2-hour documentary on the African fruit fly. Therefore I try to make the opening as irrational and double-sided as possible. Some ideas to help this: <I> The Winawer Countergambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 e5!?
click for larger viewThere's a LOT to say about this double-edged position, and in my opinion, even after roughly 150 years, the jury is still out on this entire idea!! <II> An idea taught to me by Glenn Flear (in that book I mentioned earlier) who borrowed it from Eugenio Torre. It runs like this 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 
click for larger viewSee C Partos vs E Torre, 1985 for a brutal demonstration. The key position in that game, if you can believe it, looks like this: 
click for larger viewNow THAT'S a battle that the stodgy positional player has nightmares about! |
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| Jun-09-07 | | chess.is.my.religion: Interesting lines :D
Actually, the anti-meran variation goes like this:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e3 e6 5.♕c2 Line
and if 5.♗d6 6.♘f3 ♘bd7 then i play g4 :)
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Jun-10-07
| | Sneaky: Oh, THAT anti-meran. Yes I know about that one--I like to play it myself. I've always disliked how Black grabs that tempo with ...dxc4, and White has no shortage of good waiting moves, so why walk into the "tempo trap"? |
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| Jun-16-07 | | Tactic101: Hi there <sneaky>! I was wondering: could I have a correspondance game with you? I'm probably not as good as you, but I'd love to play against you, if only to have some fun. Please respond. I would understand if you're busy and you're unable to play. |
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Jun-17-07
| | Sneaky: <Tactic101> I'll get back with you on that! I already have other unfulfilled obligations. Maybe we could have a big three-way correspondence round robin right here on my chessforum and take care of all of this once and for all. |
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| Jun-20-07 | | Tactic101: You mean a match with <Silverstrike>? I'm right now having a correspondance match with him. I could give him an e-mail stating that you are ready for a match, if you like. I'm willing to wait. |
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| Jun-25-07 | | Chess Classics: You might do it on some 3rd party's website, e.g. GameKnot. 3 games going on between 3 people on the same chessforum could be confusing at the beginning. On the other hand, you don't have to worry about time running out on a chessforum. Regards,
CC |
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| Jul-07-07 | | mandar: <sneaky>I wud like to play with u if u allow me to do so.
But on gameknot its not possible becoz i forgot my pwd there as well as id.
So can we play on forum itself?
-thank u.
Anyways,if u r here,and dont mind to play a game on www.yahoo.com , let me know |
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| Jul-13-07 | | dbquintillion: Thanks. ;) |
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Jul-16-07
| | Sneaky: Hey <dbquintillion> I hope you didn't take offense to that post at the K-Cafe, I just thought that your method of trying to win CG over on the subject was a little backwards. |
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| Jul-16-07 | | micartouse: <db> I want to add that I appreciated your stand and I didn't lump you in with the more aggressive attackers. Actually I agree with their feelings as well and I just have a different opinion on how to deal with things like that. But they're otherwise good posters and I refuse to ignore them over a trifle. <Sneaky> I hope you can pardon the note in your forum; I just thought I could catch him here. |
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Jul-18-07
 | | OhioChessFan: What happened to the blasted motorcycle?! |
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Jul-19-07
| | Sneaky: Ohio, re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz28... Hahaha... I would tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. Seriously though, unless you wanted to make stage magic your career, it's better you don't know. I spent a weekend looking at that motorcycle vanish over and over again until suddenly it hit me like a ton of bricks. It's incredible some of the things in the scene which contribute to the illusion--things that you would think are totally irrelevant. Like that round container of liquid just standing there, and those two boxes or trash-cans or whatever they are, and the suitcase in the background casting that long shadow--all of those things are part of the effect. In stage magic, you don't just have props lying around on stage for no reason, nothing is irrelevant; everything you see contributes to the illusion. Now that I see what really happened, it really is very unsatisfying. |
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Jul-19-07
| | Sneaky: By the way, if you like those goofy "mind reading tricks" that I posted some time ago, here's one that Copperfield did on a television special, it's similar to the ones I posted but even better in a way... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAoB...
I suppose it must be true that no matter what number you initially pick, you always end up at the same result. It's hard to believe it works out that way, but it does. |
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Jul-20-07
 | | WannaBe: Does not work in numbers other than English. It's a funky coincidence on how the number and its spelling letters work out. :-) |
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| Jul-20-07 | | refutor: <sneaky> from the Montreal page <That's the result of a Panov-Botvinnik attack from the Caro-Kann. I love the position White gets from this opening: very "loose" position, with good attacking chances--a classic IQP situation. Black had better be prepared to stick his dukes up and block a few punches.> are you a fan of it from both sides? next time i see you on ICC let's have a match white and black |
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Jul-21-07
| | Sneaky: <refutor> I don't play the Caro-Kann normally, from either side of the board, but if you wanted to agree to purposely get into that position I think I could feel my way through it--good enough for rapid chess anyhow. |
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Jul-21-07
| | Sneaky: Suppose I was due to play some defense (X) with the Black pieces, an opening that I was not familiar with, and I had only 60 seconds to consult with a grandmaster expert on the opening--time enough for only one question. The question I'd ask is: "What do I do with my Queen's bishop?" Once you know that, you know the opening! |
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