Yes, that sort of thing.John Upham wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:09 amDo many of these games goMatt Fletcher wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:48 pm
It doesn’t exactly tear it down but I find 4. dxc5 followed by 5.a3 usually works OK for me.
4...Sc6 5.a3 Se5: 6.b4 g6 7.Lb5+ Ld7 by any chance?
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- Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Annoying line in the Caro kahn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1763
Re: Annoying line in the Caro Kann?
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Annoying line in the Caro kahn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1763
Re: Annoying line in the Caro kahn
Recently I've been having some sightly better games against black with the advance variation (I say "better" because it's such an anti chess position that a negative opponent will often find ways to squeeze any life out of the game) but the one scummy system I've not found an answer to and has rest...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:52 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess sudoku puzzle
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1271
Chess sudoku puzzle
It’s been posted on the chess in media thread, but I think this chess sudoku by Christian König is special enough for its own thread. The sudoku is pretty trivial, it’s really more of a chess construction puzzle which might appeal to some here. The idea is that you’re part way through a game of ches...
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:06 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: 2022 Sinquefield Cup
- Replies: 223
- Views: 22058
Re: 2022 Sinquefield Cup
Definitely thought yesterday’s interview with Niemann was worth watching (and it was good that they gave him time and space to speak). I found the cheating bit slightly hard to follow but I think it was: OTB: never Online for money: one Titled Tuesday aged 12 Online casual: when aged 16 to increase ...
- Wed May 04, 2022 8:54 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: English Senior Championships 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2379
Re: English Senior Championships 2022
Although it doesn't affect the players named, the seeding order given on the ECF website is wrong. The tournament rules say the seeding order is higher of ECF/FIDE rating which significantly changes the seeding below the top few players in each event. The tournaments start tomorrow. Seemingly the s...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Worst pawn structure of all time?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1264
Re: Worst pawn structure of all time?
Wow, that’s even more special!
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:27 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Worst pawn structure of all time?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1264
Worst pawn structure of all time?
Played a rapid game last night where my opponent got one set of isolated tripled, one set of isolated doubled, and two other isolated pawns by move 16.
Wondering if anyone’s ever seen a worse pawn ‘structure’?
Wondering if anyone’s ever seen a worse pawn ‘structure’?
- Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: HELP! Who composed this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 896
Re: HELP! Who composed this?
Nice puzzle!
A Google search using the FEN suggests it’s by Boris Sidorov - see here (towards the bottom of the page)
A Google search using the FEN suggests it’s by Boris Sidorov - see here (towards the bottom of the page)
- Sun May 23, 2021 8:36 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Oldest GMs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1463
Re: Oldest GMs
Krogius is number 3 on the list, a couple of months younger than Matanović.
- Sat May 22, 2021 10:17 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Oldest GMs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1463
Re: Oldest GMs
You can order the list of GMs on Wikipedia by date of birth, then check there’s no entry in the date of death column. Looks like the answer is Matanović who turns 91 tomorrow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Matanović
- Mon May 17, 2021 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Online to OtB rating conversions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1633
Re: Online to OtB rating conversions
Although... I then did the same for my last blitz opponents and got average blitz of 2336 vs average rapid of 2333 (with a range of +/-200). More detailed analysis needed I feel...
- Mon May 17, 2021 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Online to OtB rating conversions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1633
Re: Online to OtB rating conversions
2) I’m not sure about blitz vs rapid conversions on lichess - I’m playing more 10+0 rapid recently, my opponents are typically 2200-2300 in rapid and rarely much over 2000 blitz. I think there’s a bigger gap at that level than the table suggests between the two (at least 100 points, possibly more)....
- Mon May 17, 2021 3:26 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: 1979 Lloyds Bank Masters
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2173
Re: 1979 Lloyds Bank Masters
I refer you to my previous answer...
- Mon May 17, 2021 1:33 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: 1979 Lloyds Bank Masters
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2173
Re: 1979 Lloyds Bank Masters
Or page 161 of the shorter work Chess Results, 1978-1980 from 2014. It might be a starting point at least. I was able to read the relevant page of Chess Results in a quick online search - it appears to have the same results as Informator (i.e. stopping at 19th position). It sources the results to B...
- Mon May 17, 2021 12:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Looking for a training partner
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1420
Re: Looking for a training partner
@wmiltti - Matt Fletcher, frequent visitor to this parish. Recently suggested to me that if I want to improve my blitz rating I could try winning more games. But has helpful advice and tips too. Are you telling me my advice didn’t work? Your rating would suggest otherwise... There's also @chess_doj...