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Please visit our online chess forums. Here's the most recent chess related discussions in a blog format:
Are quick draws ever a good thing? -- I don't think so.
However I did agree to a very quick draw two weekends ago in a situation where I didn't feel comfortable. Looking back on the game and the position, I still don't know whether I made a good decision or not. But I think my position could not have been much worse if it was any , play online chess ...
French Defence, What do you play as White. -- Hi there,
A question for players who play the French defence as their main opening.
What openings would you play as white ? I know this is dependant on the response by black. Is it a similar setup to the French, or totally unrelated?
What was your thinking in choosing these setups ? ... f, play online chess ...
Endgame Book -- Does anyone know a good book on endgames?
Thanks in advance. If there is an endgame book that I will recommend, it would be Silman's "Complete Endgame Book". This book is different from other endgame books in terms of presentation. Other endgame books categorize endings accoring to pi, play online chess ...
elusive openings -- hello everyone, I was just wondering what kind of openings you might consider "elusive" or "deceptive" and why. ... Do you have any examples of what you think might be elusive or deceptive? Maybe the Modern Defence? I don't know the state of the theory these days, but it seemed, play online chess ...
The Latvian Gambit -- Hi everyone, Ion and I decided to run through the Latvian Gambit. I played the black pieces and lost in a game An Expert Lesson in Concentration of Forces. You will find this game in the public annotations gallery.
I will be interested to hear your views on the Latvian.
Cheers and bye fo, play online chess ...
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, Reuben Fine -- Hi,
In one of his development of the centre game he suggest :
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. Qxd4 Nc6
4. Qe3 Nf6
5. Nc3 Be7
6. Bd2 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5
8. Nxd5 Qxd5
9. Ne2 Bg4
10. Nf4 Qd7
11. f3 O-O-O !
12. O-O-O Bf5
Why 11. ... O-O-O ! and why the blacks don't take the bish, play online chess ...
World Longest Chess Game -- Does anybody know officially, what is the world record on longest chess game in the world? Define long. Do you mean in terms of actual time or moves? There is a big difference. From wikipedia,
"The longest tournament chess game ever to be played under modern time rules was Nikolić-Arso, play online chess ...
Checkmate or not -- Hello,
I recently played with black this game game with pianofred.
In this Position
I generated the conditional move 20 Rf2 Re1+ ... with threefold repetition to save the draw because I h, play online chess ...
Medieval Chess -- I am currently looking into chess in the medieval period (approx 500AD - 1500AD)as a university research project. I would be grateful for any suggestions for reputable books, websites etc. you may know. There is a lot of information out there, (much of it useless!) so if it can be narrowed down a li, play online chess ...
Around Dutch defence -- a) Dutch defence (1. d4 f5) isn't very popular in top rated ames, is it? How do you think - why?
b) Anyway, there're Dutch players - and in Gameknot as well. It is interesting, which variation they play? Dutch defence players, - your word! Which schema does White ussually plays against you?
c) , play online chess ...
Best player ever -- Who is, for you, the best chess player ever?
My favourite 3 are:
1) Bobby Fischer.
2) Mikhail Tal.
3) Garry Kasparov.
Who do you prefer? 1) Kasparov
2) Fischer
3) Capablanca 1) Kasparov
2) Alekhine
3) Fischer
In that order. They dominated during their reigns.
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Books on Openings -- Can anyone recommend a good book on openings that you've used and has genuinely improved your game? A quick search on Amazon produces far too many and very similar looking results, so I don't really know where to begin :). Basically I'd like one or two books that demonstrate the pros and cons of all, play online chess ...
Benoni Defense -- I started a game recently with the Benoni Defensive opening. What do you all think about this opening? Have you played any games in which you used this opening?
-Nathan I would recommend it (I've used it a bit, getting it once here at gameknot transposing from a KID). It may seem slightly ris, play online chess ...
Retarded Development -- Usually one can associate the above with beginners. However, intermediate players can also fall into this trap. I, Joanne with a rating of 1691 has just fallen into one! I have annotated a game which I have just resigned against Ionadowman called An Expert Lesson in Development. You will see jus, play online chess ...
Philidor Position? -- Recently I studied the Philidor and Lucena Positions. Although the Lucena is straightforward enough, I understand the basics of the Philidor but am not sure about how to apply it in an actual game situation or when exactly it comes up. I just finished this game, and I think that around move 66 I mis, play online chess ...
Traxler Gambit -- I hope there are someone who knows enough about it.After these moves:
1 e4 e5
2 Nf3 Nc6
3 Fc4 Nf6
4 Ag5 Fc5
5 Axf7 Fxf2
6 Kxf2 Axe4+
7 Ke3 Qh4
Black has a great positional advantage and there are combinations that takes you to the victory.For example;
8.Nxh8 Qf, play online chess ...
1700 Rating for jstevens1 -- Hi everyone, just to let you know that at 1956 BST on 31 July 2008 I achieved my 1700 rating for the first time in my chess career. My current rating is 1705.
Have a nice evening everyone.
Cheers and bye for now.
Joanne Well done, Joanne! :) Congrats! :-) congratulations, but beware , play online chess ...
am i right? -- i've had a bit of good luck recently and my rating's improved to the point where i'm now regularly playing 1500+ rated players (who are all way better than me in my opinion, but that's another matter)...
i've noticed that higher rated players don't seem to play pawn moves such as a3 to prevent Nb4, play online chess ...
How to improve -- I'm pretty new here. I've only finished 39 games. I'm returning to the game after not playing for a while--ten or fifteen years, I guess. I was never a tournament player, but I used to play recreationally against at least some players who were "serious." I love the game but have never , play online chess ...
f5 as a response to e4 -- I wondered if there is a response to f5 as an opening.Do you know an opening like that?Someone plays 1...f5 against 1.d4 but is it playable against e4?
Maybe someone thinks i ask a stupid question but it is enough to look at my rating to predict how much chess knowladge i have:D
Regards, O, play online chess ...
Stonewall Attack -- My favourite d4 opening is the Stonewall Attack, I use it lot in games I play here on Gameknot the line I like is 1 d4-d5 2 f4 I get some interesting postitions with it. I also play against 1 d4-Nf6 2 f4 and 1 d4-g6 2 f4 and also 1 e4-c5 2 f4 I get some strong games with it I love it thanks Care to, play online chess ...
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