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Oct-06-11
 | | WannaBe: 3-0 Detroit, good football game so far, 2nd and 6 from NY's 40 yard line. =) |
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Oct-06-11
 | | Phony Benoni: <td> How about a couple more of those eight runs you promised the Tigers? It would make my life a whole lot easier! |
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Oct-06-11
| | WannaBe: Congrats! |
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Oct-06-11
 | | keypusher: Congratulations, phony benoni!
Break up Detroit! |
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Oct-06-11
| | Phony Benoni: It is going to be wild in Detroit the next few days. The Red Wings begin their season at home on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will see the Tigers in Texas. Lions play at home on Monday night. Tigers back in town Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather is going to be perfect, with sunshine and highs in the 70s. And to top it all off, it looks like the NBA season may be cancelled. As lousy as the Pistons were going to be this year, that may be the best news of all. |
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| Oct-07-11 | | technical draw: Let's not get carried away here now. There are rumors that Detroit may have "won" the league divisional series against the Yankees, Bur first we have to determine what the meaning of the word : "win" is, and that in fact losing is better. Until then I reserve my right to yell, GO Yanks!! |
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Oct-07-11
| | WannaBe: Somebody give that baby's back-end a good healthy slap, just to wipe that smirk off his face. =) |
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Oct-07-11
| | Phony Benoni: Come, come, my friends, let there be no violence in these parts. We all know that infants are unable to process reality properly, and must explain it to themselves as best they can. The Tigers had better not get overconfident, with the Mighty Morphin Texas Rangers coming up. |
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| Oct-07-11 | | Shams: <We all know that infants are unable to process reality properly.> "A blooming, buzzing confusion." |
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Oct-07-11
| | WannaBe: Fitting, considering the two teams that will be playing on MNF. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh... |
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Oct-07-11
| | Phony Benoni: The Cardinals advance with a 1-0 win at Philly, Chris Carpenter pitching a complete game three hitter. That means my ALCS picks went 1-3. And you wonder why I never have any ChessBucks lying around? With that record, I have to pick Texas to beat Detroit and Milwaukee to beat St. Louis. Revenge for 2006! |
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| Oct-08-11 | | playground player: <Phony Benoni> How do you like the Philidor as a response to the Scotch? It's like a chess-imp whispering in my ear... |
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Oct-08-11
| | Phony Benoni: <playground player> I assume you mean <1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6>? It's not to my taste, and it does poorly in the Opening Explorer, with White scoring around 75%: Opening Explorer The biggest problem is that it concedes White too many options in the center. In the straight Philidor after <1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4>, Black usually resolves the situation immediately with 3...exd4. He's cramped but solid, and it's hard to White to open the position up further. In the Scotch/Philidor, White has the options of 4.d5 or 4.exd5, as well as maintaining the center and heading toward more of a Philidor-type position. He can also play 4.Bb5 and head into the Steinitz Variation of the Ruy Lopez, though admittedly someone like that would probably have played 3.Bb5 in the first place. None of this is necessarily winning for White, but he has more choice in how the game will look and proceed. If you are comfortable with these cramped positions, I would suggest you just play the Philidor itself and give White fewer options. |
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Oct-08-11
| | Phony Benoni: Just heard the news that Al Davis died:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport... |
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Oct-09-11
| | keypusher: <Phony Benoni: Just heard the news that Al Davis died: > Somehow I imagine Al and Pete Rozelle winding up sharing the same slot in the afterlife, like Nicholas III and Boniface VIII. http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu... |
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| Oct-09-11 | | playground player: <Phony Benoni> Actually I was thinking of a straight Philidor, not a Scotch/Philidor: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4... maybe even, if one feels daring, a Philidor counter-gambit, 3...f5. Or this: 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 c5. I've played that a few times and it seems to disconcert some White players. The straight Philidor Defense doesn't get much respect. I have a funny history with it. Playing against it, I generally have an easy time as White. But as Black it has served me very well indeed--I think because it lulls White into a false sense of security. |
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Oct-09-11
| | Phony Benoni: <playground player> You're right about the Philidor's ability to induce a false sense of security. When most amateurs see it, they immediately think "Morphy vs. The Duke!" and start seeking brilliancies where none exist. It's not that easy. Of course Black has to put up with a cramped position for some time. But below master levels, a space advantage is one of the most difficult types to convert, requiring patience and alertness. Masters possess this skill (that's one reason they're masters, after all), which is one reason you don't see the Philidor often at higher levels. The Philidor Countergambit (3...f5) is the kind of idea that will yield both spectacular successes and horrible debacles. It should be avoided by the risk-averse. I would have to say I distrust the 4...c5 line. Let's take a look at <1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 c5>: 
click for larger viewAll the old textbooks, from George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip down to Joseph Leeming, will condemn this due to the weak, backward pawn on Black's Q3. (They used Descriptive Notation, after all, not that heathen German algebraic). And yet there's a fairly respectable line in the Sicilian that goes <1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5> 
click for larger viewNow the Sicilian line is usually played in slightly different situations; for instance, after 4...Nf6 5.f3. But the point I want to make concerns the difference in the positions. Having the forward pawn on e5 (Sicilian) is better than having it on c5 (Philidor), since once the freeing move ...d5 is played Black will be better positioned in the center. Also, the pawn on e5 prevents White from playing the natural Bc1-f4, attacking the weakness. Finally, if Black does get in ...d5, the pawn on c5 is misplaced, still restricting Black's KB. This is not meant to discourage you from giving 4...c5 a try; it will certainly disconcert some players. Who knows--you might be the Next Nimzowitsch or something. But when nobody else plays a move there is generally a reason, even if it's only unenlightenment. |
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| Oct-10-11 | | playground player: <Phony Benoni> Thanks for your valuable observations. I made such a deplorable showing against a Scotch Game recently, I'm still looking for an unexpected defense that would turn the tables. |
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| Oct-10-11 | | crawfb5: <PGP> <PB> is correct about the weakness of d6. I see the Phildor sometimes in my CC games, but usually it is played by lower-rated players. I am 10-1-1 against it (the draw and loss were against a higher-rated player). After a quick look, I only see one with an early ...c5: [Event "AUTO-OPEN-1178"]
[Site "http://www.queenalice.com/game.php?..."]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "crawfb5"]
[Black "juliux"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[ECO "C41"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 c5 7.Qd3 Be6 8.Bf4 Be7 9.O-O-O Qb6 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Bxb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd6 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Bxd6 14.Nxd6+ Ke7 15.Nxb7 Nh6 16.f3 Rhc8 17.Rd5 Rab8 18.Nxc5 Rb5 19.Nb3 Rxd5 20.exd5 Nf5 21.Rd1 Kd6 22.Rd3 Ne7 23.Nd2 Rc5 24.Ne4+ Ke5 25.Nxc5 Nxd5 26.Ra3 1-0 Not necessarily a great game, but you see he had problems with that weak d-pawn very early. |
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Oct-10-11
| | WannaBe: Let's get the game started! |
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Oct-10-11
| | Phony Benoni: I should point out, by the way, that the Mourning of the Media Moguls over the demise of the AL East is way overblown. You see, the AL East still has three teams in the baseball playoffs. The Tigers, Rangers, and Brewers were all part of the AL East at some time during their history. And for that matter, the Cardinals spent many years in the NL East. So what are they complaining about? |
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Oct-10-11
| | WannaBe: Tigers take the lead, Tigers take the lead! |
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Oct-10-11
| | WannaBe: And, we are tied at 3 all. |
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Oct-10-11
| | Phony Benoni: Valverde in, not a save situation. See you in game three. |
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| Oct-10-11 | | I play the Fred: Valverde with the Houdini! |
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