Tags: play chess, play chess online, online chess, chess, online chess, online chess, sudoku
Chess Forum
ability-tw.com << online chess - < chess - chess > - chess online >>
| From | Message | Posted by anaxagoras
ability-tw.com
1/30/2005
11:22:47
Play online chess |  Subject: Catalan without Black's Nf6, need advice
Message:
Ok, so I stumbled into the following line:
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. g3 dxc4
4. Bg2 c5
5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Qa4 cxd4
Now, normally Black has played Nf6 in here somewhere. When you're a patzer like me you just assume everything will work out the same as the line your used to... But I don't see any way for White to regain his pawn or to gain any compensation for sacrificing it. e.g....
7. Nxd4 Qxd4
8. Bxc6+ Bd7
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7
10. Qxd7+ Kxd7
I'm tempted to conclude that it is just incorrect for White to attempt this sort of line unless Black has used a tempi first with Nf6, but I need advice. Thanx.
| Posted by soikins
ability-tw.com
1/30/2005
13:04:31
Play online chess | 9th move
Message:
better is 9. Be3 but after 9. ... Bxc6 Qxc6 10. bxc6 11. Bxd4 Bb4+ there is no advantage for white. (as in Jauregui Andrade - Eliskases, Mar del Plata, 1953).
I guess the only way white can fight for advantage here is 4. Qa4+ trying to regain the pawn at once 4. ... Qd7 5. Qxc4 Qc6 6. Qxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 with a slight (a very slight) plus for white.
I don't think 3. g3 in this position is the best option for white. Playing 3. Nf3 is a better way to fight for advantage.
| Posted by anaxagoras
ability-tw.com
1/31/2005
11:17:18
Play online chess |
Message:
Right. Thanx for the advice. I think I will just avoid this line in the future.
———
An Uphill Climb to Compete for the Women’s Chess Title — In the sixth Women’s Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar, which ended last weekend, Humpy Koneru of India and Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia had more to play for than the other participants. Depending on how they finished, one of them would earn the right to play Hou Yifan of China for the Women’s World Chess Championship this year. Dzagnidze had the easier path. Based on her position in the Grand Prix standings, she could win the chess tournament, finish second or hope that Koneru did not win. Koneru needed to finish first and hope that Dzagnidze did poorly. By a twist of fate, the two women played each other in the first round, and Dzagnidze won. Though Koneru rebounded to ...
|
|