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| Mar-11-07 | | Marco65: I'm still confused. For next move: if it is due at 2 PM EST, is it due at 8 PM as usual here at GMT+1? In other words, will deadline be written according to the time that people living in EST with daylight saving see on their clock now, or as it was before? As a side note, Americans already use yards, gallons, pounds, Fahreneit and whatever a spiteful scientist might invent as a unit of measure, was there really a need to start daylight saving time before the rest of the world? |
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| Mar-11-07 | | chessmoron: <Marco65> 7 p.m. actually (Italy time zone) <was there really a need to start daylight saving time before the rest of the world?> It helps the workers. |
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| Mar-11-07 | | Marco65: <It helps the workers> Are American workers different from others? If it is so helpful, I suggest that U.S. exports daylight saving schema together with democracy... |
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| Mar-11-07 | | brankat: <Marcos> <was there really a need to start daylight saving time before the rest of the world?> You sound sooooo... European :-)
Yes, the U.S. has a desire to lead ther rest of the planet in everything
(including annihilation). Don't You feel a need to be led? :-) Apparently, most of the Americans do. Besides, it's much more convenient to "save" on daylight than on oil, wood, water, clean air, etc. <If it is so helpful, I suggest that U.S. exports daylight saving schema together with democracy...> Now, now, dont't be so greedy and impatient. One thing at the time :-) |
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| Mar-12-07 | | hitman84: Hi guys just dropping by,
Nice analysis by <TTLump>, hope to contribute soon, I'm not feeling well. |
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| Mar-12-07 | | Zebra: <brankat> Your local equine astronomer was the one that wasn't confused ;) However I thought there was an issue of respect there. Be that as it may. I am at a workshop the next couple of days, and will not be around. |
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| Mar-12-07 | | dakgootje: <I am at a workshop the next couple of days, and will not be around.>Yarrrr the dutchies will then come as a help for your little time-problem... now, what's the problem? =P |
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| Mar-12-07 | | Marco65: <Zebra> It seems from previous posts that <chessmoron> just believed we were very close to the deadline. Although he confused things by adding that "the discussion was quite over", I believe the only intention was to do a favour to the team. |
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| Mar-12-07 | | Marco65: Btw, bets are opened for next move. I predict it will be 16.h5. Then 16...b4 will be our only consistent move, otherwise after 17.h6 e5 18.Qd2 White manages to create a good escape square on d5 for its knight. 16.a3 has been well analyzed by <TTLump> and seems to weaken their kingside, therefore I don't think they'll do us such a favour |
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| Mar-12-07 | | Marco65: If 16.h5 b4 we are following:
Hellers(2465) - Hansen(2540) 1-0
http://www.letsplaychess.com//chess... We will have to improve on that at some point!
Anyway from TTLump's master games it seems White's most frequent reply at this point is the profilactic 16.Kb1 |
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| Mar-12-07 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Hi guys! Just wanted to let you know I'm still alive. :) I see we have moved Rb8. Don't mean to be an annoyance here, but is it really necessary for the rook to back up that b-pawn? After all, when advancing ...b4, we can simply back up that pawn with the a-pawn: ...a5. I must be missing something here (since you are all so convinced about ...Rb8), I just don't see what it is. Anyway, I trust you guys completely. I wouldn't have joined this team if I thought we wouldn't stand a chance of winning. :) Does anybody have an idea what will be White's next move? I have no clue myself. White has basically castled and settled, and now probably feels like starting to get serious on his kingside attack, but any move that is made now will require long-term thinking and thus a lot of calculation. I suspect they will take quite some time for this move...possibly even a time-out! |
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| Mar-12-07 | | Marco65: <EmperorAtahualpa> Hope you recovered well! About 15...Rb8 what is done is done, anyway: 15...b4 16.Qxb4 was a gambit, 15...a5 16.Bxb5 was a gambit. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | dakgootje: <Does anybody have an idea what will be White's next move?> I think white still hopes to get something from the kingside attack, however, the knight is getting subject as hunted object aswell, so that is something maybe for white to spare a thought about. After ...b4 I think white's best alternative is Ne2, even though the idea of Nb1 and Nd2 might turnout interesting aswell, I think that is for white one of the main things to give a look at. If white indeed wants to give the kingside pawns a stroll, it probably wants the rooks at the f/g/h-files aswell, so the bishop needs to be moved. While I doubt Bg2 and Bh3 are really any good, the alternatives might seem not much better either. Be2 almost forces white knights to take the tour by means of b1 and d2, but it's possible. Bd3 however locks whites queen somewhat outside so it might gets hunted by blacks pieces, so I don't think Be3 is any good yet. I think it is too soon for white to move the f/g/h pawns yet. I think we can expect in the near few moves Nb1 and Bd2 resulting in a kingside pawnpush. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | EmperorAtahualpa: <Marco65> Doh!! My thoughts were on such different levels. I didn't see the super-obvious Qxb4. Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it myself. :) And yes, almost done recovering! Still a little coughs, that's all. Thanks for asking! <I think we can expect in the near few moves Nb1 and Bd2 resulting in a kingside pawnpush.> <dakgootje> Yup, my thoughts exactly! |
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Mar-13-07
 | | TheAlchemist: 16.h5 was played, nothing surprising there. 16...b4 now? |
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Mar-13-07
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <h5> Played! As per my prediction, when I first began advocating <Rb8> for us. I saw <Rb8>, White <h5> and now we play "in between move" with tempo, <b4>... This is sound, I believe we have equalized already.... |
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| | jessicafischerqueen: One of the main reasons for <Rb8> was to prepare <b4> on our next move... and now we can do it. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Before building our own attack on the queenside, let's just look at their kingside attack attack once more. They moved 16.h5...what are they thinking with this move? Are they preparing h6? Or is it g6 they're after? And do we need to worry about either of these two moves? g6 looks like the more dangerous move to me, as I think we can easily counter h6 with ...g6 (although we will have a weakness on the dark squares, I think we should be able to defend the a1-h8 diagonal). Anyway, if there's indeed nothing we need to do at the kingside, 16...b4 looks like the logical move. Perhaps when the knight has retreated to e2 or b1, we can go for the pawn breaker ...e5? After all, when the knight has retreated, we no longer need to worry about the possible knight outpost on d5. Alternatively, we could choose to back up the b4-pawn via ...a5 so we can then develop our bishop via Bb7. |
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| | jessicafischerqueen: <Emperor> Unless they threatened mate in two on our Kingside or something (they don't) <b4> is a free move for us, as they must retreat the Knight... It's where we want our b pawn... |
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| Mar-13-07 | | chessmoron: 16...b4 does looks logical for now. Happy, happy, joy, joy, for the move. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | TTLump: 16...b4 has my vote.
I was actually expecting 16.a3, and I have to confess, after h5, the Kingside pawn push has me a bit nervous, although I can't yet put my finger on any specific continuation that looks dangerous, ... but among other things, I would like to see the White Queen OFF that long diagonal aimed right at our King, and I think e5 a move or two from now might be the best way to do it. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | dakgootje: Hmmm... I'm not sure... not sure we want our b-pawn at b4... Okay, it prevents hopping to d5, but I'm not sure white ought too be too unhappy to retreat it's knight, if it wants a kingside-attack that ought to be moved one time or another either way. But d5... hmmm less pressure there... okay, but still. With b4 we create the c4-spot for whites bishop and I'm not too sure we should be happy with that, for at the moment I think it's best spot is at e2 where it can't do much good either way. At the moment I'm thinking about a waiting move like Bb7, but what are whites plans? Qe2 followed by f5 maybe? How do we conquer that? =/ |
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| | jessicafischerqueen: <Dak> we got to stick with at least 2 or 3 move plans. A. <b4> is sound-- in that it does not present immediate danger for us-- far from it, in fact. B. <b4> puts immediate pressure on thier Kingside. Remember that asymmetrical Sicilians are won by the side who gets to the other guy's king first. We have been discussing for weeks the necessity to mount our queenside assault-- now that we have prepared it, we must launch it. "Waiting Moves" lose initiative, and, ultimately, games. They are appropriate mainly in closed positions (this one is wide open) and in manoevering for Opposition, etc. None of which applies to our present position. C. The whole point of <Rb8> was to prepare <b4>... Now we have the pawn up there and the Rook behind it, aimed at their kingside. We want their Knight to retreat-- we want it out of the way of our Kingside assault. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | dakgootje: Oooooooh I'm too tired for this right now. However, with all due respect, I'm not sure about whether we want b4. Yes, Rb8 was to make b4 possible, but if it turns out to be a bad idea in post-mortem we should've abandoned it as soon as possible. Waiting moves are good aswell if you are not sure what your opponent wants, and reading the recent comments I don't see too many people totally sure we are save at our kingside. If there can be given some conclusive theory ending up with the conclusion we shouldn't worry too much about our kingside, okay, but until that point I won't hang in with the crowd by voting b4. Again, I'm curious, what do we do if Qe2 is being played one of the following moves? Lock the position with ...f5 2. exf5 exf5 3. Qd5+ Kh8 4. g6 h6 or something? =/ |
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| Mar-13-07 | | Marco65: As <Jessica> puts it, we have a free move here. The attack on the kingside is not worth a piece at the moment. The only switzenschug (sorry I never remember how to write it) they can try is 16...b4 17.h6?? e5 and they have 2 pieces en-prise. No need of long analysis here, because it's just a matter of comparison. If ...b4 is not played now White can create a fine outpost in d5 for the knight by 17.h6 e5 18.Qd2 so ...b4 won't be so effective any more. So let's go for 16...b4.
<EA> I imagined you missed that. Are you an otb player? When one attends tournaments is used to seeing so many blunders, and to be active part in some of them, that no mistake can surprise any more. And there's nothing to be ashamed |
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