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mcrachel
5/24/2007
09:14:03
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 Subject: CPOTW Coaching Forum
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Hi again team. It looks like our last coaching forum got removed due to inactivity, so here is a new one.
~Mark
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jonstherealdeal
5/24/2007
13:12:59
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Hi Mark,
I have been coaching a few teammates and I am always open to helping out a team member by playing unrated games. I look forward to helping out.
Good chess.
Jon
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rajroshi
5/26/2007
01:26:43
[ report abuse ] | Najdorf
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Hi all If any team member want to get some help about Sicilian Najdorf he can post here or can send me PM.
with regards
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normbenign
5/26/2007
20:12:19
[ report abuse ] | Najdorf
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This variant of the Sicilian is among the most popular, ambitious, and sound. It is for those same reasons heavily analyzed and has tons of theory. I prefer, roads not so heavily traveled such as the Kalashnikov, or Sheveshnikov. These resemble the Najdorf, except that Black leaves out a6, and plays e5 much earlier.
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rajroshi
5/26/2007
22:27:00
[ report abuse ] | Najdorf
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OHH yessss. Norm the problem with early e5 is 6 Bb5+ now if you play Bd7 than simply 7Bxd7 Qxd7 8 Nde2,Be7 9 0-0,0-0 10 Ng3,g6 11 Bg5,Nc6 and 12 Qd2 and black can only think about a draw.
But in Najdorf there are much more chances than any other variation to clinch a full point. Plan is the same, play e5 and force back to enemy knight but only for above mention variation black first like to play a6.
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eqj2
5/27/2007
11:20:27
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You both have my curiosity. I would like to learn that so if you guys have the time for an unrated teaching I am willing. Cheers Eddie
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rajroshi
5/27/2007
20:53:02
[ report abuse ] | Yes
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Sure Eddie but it will take some time bcos I am not a paid member so I am playing 10 game in this is the limit how much I can play. So whenever I will be free slot I will like to play with you.
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eqj2
5/27/2007
21:32:49
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Thanks buddy I will keep an eye out.
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mcrachel
6/12/2007
08:17:17
[ report abuse ] | Draw offers...
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Hi team. Here's an article I found helpful:
Declining Draw Offers
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I often tell my students that if they want to learn, they should think of draw offers as "offers to remain ignorant". Bobby Fischer was famous for turning down draw offers "out of hand" - without even thinking about them. Since experience is a major part of getting better, why would you want to deny yourself experience (unless you are not feeling well, or some other external consideration)?
The following is a true dialog, which occurred when I asked a student why he offered a draw in a better position:
> "Well Dan, I didn't think I would know how to win it."
> "But if you give people draws, how are you going to learn how to win it?"
There are three primary possibilities if you decline a draw (assuming no heart attack, etc.):
1. You play on and lose
2. You play on and draw
3. You play on and win
In all three cases you have probably learned something for your future games. Also, if you have a good position, then winning is more probable than losing, and your opponent might take a draw later if you throw away the win. If you lose, you are most likely to learn something, because then you made a mistake that should be identifiable. The goal should be
both to have fun and learn something.
Also, I once had a student give an expert a draw when he was up the exchange in the endgame. I asked him "Why?" and he said "I didn't know how to win it" and I replied, "Except for the opening or endgame, do you really know how to do/win anything exactly? - you have to figure it out. And if you can't figure it out, try something and see if it works." In
his position there was many ways to win, and the ones that didn't drew anyway, unless he put his Rook en prise, so he had nothing to lose and everything to gain (much more likely the latter).
In another case, a student of mine said he always offered a draw to higher-rated players when he had a better endgame. I asked him "Why?" and he said, "Because I don't play the endgame very well" and I responded something like: "Hmmm. Let me get this straight. You don't play out good endgames because you don't play them very well. Could it be that you don't play them very well because you don't play them out?!"
On the other hand, there are some times you should accept the draw offer:
1. If external factors require you to leave soon, such as not feeling well, your ride is leaving, you are getting sleepy and need rest for tomorrow, etc.
2. If your game is clearly drawn in the endgame, then it is a little insulting to make a competent player keep playing until the 50-move rule, 3-fold repetition, etc.
By Dan Heisman
Original Article can be found here: -> mywebpages.comcast.net
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