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| Feb-27-06 | | Cogano: No thanks to my anxiety & insomnia, I've had to wait until now before I felt tired enough to go to bed! :( So, for the next x hours, I'm not going to be able to discuss my lines with you or
your ideas. If our move is due today, then I hope what I've submitted will be
a sufficient representation of my participation. If not, then I'll talk to you folks later. Take very good care
& have a great day. Cheers mates! :) |
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| Feb-27-06 | | RonB52734: a5 played
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| Feb-27-06 | | RonB52734: A little while ago, <Robin01> proposed 43...Bb8 here, but the problem with that is the fork 44.Qb4 and then we just have to move the Bishop again, with nothing looking ideal. It may be helpful to get the Rook off of a dark square now with Rd7. |
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Feb-27-06
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| Feb-27-06 | | Robin01: <but the problem with that is the fork 44.Qb4> We would also have Rd7+ after the fork, making white move their king. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | Robin01: I have no time to analyze this again until this evening. But I do like Bb8 here. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | RonB52734: The more I think about it, the less trouble I have with Bb8. At worst the Bishop could go to a7, blocking the pawn, and the Queen will not immediately be able to drive it away. But by the same token it will be a while before we can capture the pawn if it's blocked on a6. I'd like to look further into this position but I wont have any time until late this evening. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | Cogano: Hi all & I hope this finds you well. I'll have to analyze the Bb8 possibility. In the meantime, this is what I've come up with: 42.a5 Rc7, 43.Qa1
(This is the best move I could come up with that lets them continue to protect
the a-pawn & attack our g7-pawn, if we dared move our rook off the 7th rank!) 43...Bb4, 44.Ke4 Bc3
A) 45.Qd1+ Kc8, 46.Qg4+ Kb7, 47.Qf5 Ka6
or 47.Qe6 Bxa5, 48.Qd5+ Ka6
B) 45.Qa2
(Not Qa4, as there's no need to even allow the possibility of forking King &
Queen on the 4th rank!)
45...Kc8, 46.Kf3 Kb7
There's nothing to stop us from capturing the a-pawn after that & turning our attention to their Kingside
pawns &/or the Queen! I hope you can find the time to offer me some feedback
on this. Take very good care & have a great day. Cheers mates! :) |
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| Feb-27-06 | | Cogano: Hello all once again & I sincerely hope this finds you well. My preliminary assessment of Bb8 is that it will most likely be followed by Qc6 & if Rc7, Qa8. Either way, their King will soon follow & it'll be difficult to stop the pawn because rook & bishop alone aren't enough against pawn, Queen & King, & ours can't come across because of the Queen. I'll think about it some more & get back to you. Take very good care & have a great day. Cheers mates!:) |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: Despite Cogano's lines I like Bb8 very much here. Our pieces are ideally placed and have some sort of harmony. No annoying checks, good possibilities to stop the a pawn, and all is easy to defend. This endgame looks a lot better then I thought a few moves ago, when i thought we couldnt achieve a position like this. Compliments team! |
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| Feb-27-06 | | Cogano: Hello <sitzkrieg> & I sincerely hope this finds you well. It's okay that you
disagree with my line. I only put out there for feedback to find out what benefits there may be in it or what may
be wrong with it. However, I'm concerned by something you said: "no annoying checks". That souldn't worry you. Checks alone won't harm us. In fact, in my line, when they checked us,
they did us a favour, because we were able to get to our destined square using their checks. Meaning, rather than use their moves to advance or consolidate their pieces, pawns & position, they're compelled to spend x moves to check us, then resume consolidating. Don't be afraid of checks. Rather, be afraid of threats that we can NOT defend. Also, with the bishop on b8, the King is trapped on the 8th rank. So long as we have the rook on the 7th rank, we can move along
the 8th rank, then swing around to the 7th & beyond. The King is an important fighting piece too. Don't think "Queen vs. bishop & rook." Think "King + Queen
vs. King + bishop + rook!" Thanks for your feedback just the same. That's what I was looking for in the first place. Take very good care & have a great day. Cheers mate! :) |
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Feb-27-06
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: <Cogano> I dont think they will play Qa1. They will probably keep the queen were it is, move the a pawn, and eventually move the queen to the front (c6?-a8). We cant move the bishop to b4 then. And if we can, we have the risk of a check with double attack on the bishop. At least thats what i am thinking. But i am going to bed.
Good nite all! |
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| Feb-27-06 | | RolandTesh: <WannaBe>
<Is April a good tourist time in Holland?> Peru seems to be the way you are heading. The vibes feel good. I envy you because I've never been to Machu Picchu. However, before I became distracted the past few days, I meant to post the following on what seems to be your second option. <sitzkrieg> and <EmperorAtahualpa> might back me up on this -- April in Holland is not only a great tourist time -- it may well be the ultimate tourist time anywhere on the planet -- for a specific reason. That reason is not just because the tulips are in bloom, and that the Koekenhof is raging with colors, and the weather envigorating -- it is because of one specific day -- April 30th. The best birthday party I've ever experience, I've been four times. Queen Beatrix is a very popular monarch. Just a figure head, but so objective that the Dutch usually take her side, then request the government to follow her lead. For example, when she said that the Netherlands should become the first pollution-free country, the government said it would cost too much -- but the people said, "This is Beatrix, just do it." (I wonder how that is going?) April 30th is not her actual birthday, just the day when 2 million people from all over Europe flood into Amsterdam to celebrate this magnificent women. Orange everywhere, crowds so thick that you must "go with the flow," laughing, every ethnicity, music blasting from huge speakers on every straat corner, great food, people permitted to create their own private flea markets wherever they want, huge ferris wheels trucked in just for this one day, and anytime you can duck into the Begijnenhof for a quiet moment. The Dutch call April 30th "Koninginnedag." If you are into ultimate parties, this is one special day. I would still lean towards Peru, but since you are asking about Holland in April, you might consider visiting <sitzkrieg> and <EmperorAtahualpa> around the end of that month. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | RolandTesh: Holland is also much better for chess than Peru. (Gambit Chess Cafe). |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: Wannabe. Wheather is unpredictable but spring is a good season. If you are wondering about specific things, like music, culture, folklore or festivals i can check and let u know. For example a big thing in april is "Koninginnedag/nacht", (queensday) when in The hague u can spot some royalty parade and the city of Amsterdam is one big festival. (another interesting fact, from 0.00 to 6 there is one of our legendaric alcoholic rapidchesstournament, its great fun, but i dont know if it is something u would wanna do) Anyway, if u are planning to visit Holland, let me know if u need any specific info or a free tour of Amsterdam. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: <Roland> Gambit's owner, Menashe Goldberg, recently died. Gambit closed. :( |
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| Feb-27-06 | | Cogano: <sitzkrieg> That's an intriguing possibility that I had not considered. But I disagree with you. They played a5. So tell me, you think they'll keep the Queen at c3 if we played Rc7? Come on <sitzkrieg>. Give me more credit than that. I hope you'll get more of a chance to re-analyze the position. Good
night mate & sleep tight! :) |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: Tulips and things are a magnificent sight for most tourist, but i fear Peru has somewhat more impressive nature. Queensday and those hordes of people are for some people absolute hell.
So it depends on what you want.
Big things to see according to me, our cultivated landscape below sea level with magnificent views and skies, and our cities of the golden age with impressive architecture and the "grachten" of Amsterdam.
Then again, Peru has some history too.. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: Cogano...sorry:P late..
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: Got things mixed up i think |
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| Feb-27-06 | | RolandTesh: <sitzkrieg>
<Gambit's owner, Menashe Goldberg, recently died. Gambit closed. :(> What? I was just there last October. I knew that Menashe had recently died, but why did they close down Gambit? Was his popularity and personality so strong that the cafe couldn't exist long without him? Which chess cafe is now considered the place to go? There's another one somewhere down Raadhuisstraat? |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: <Cogano> what u think of Qd4, Re7, Qc4, Rc7, Qd5, Re7, Qc6? |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: <Roland> I believe a foundation is planning to continue it somewhere else, but i am not sure.
Near the Leidseplein (probably the raadshuisstraat, i dont even know the name:P) are still chesscafes but i never go there. Maybe i should. |
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| Feb-27-06 | | sitzkrieg: well. Final goodnite all. |
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