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don_quixote 18-Nov-11, 19:02 |
 To shamashThere are also a few titles I could name dealing entirely with pawns and pawn structure. |
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Greetings learn much from the group on ways to improve my opening play. Happy to do a challenge any time. |
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lcruz2 21-Nov-11, 14:38 |
Hey! Hopefully i'll learn more about those, and many other openings with you See ya! |
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browni3141 21-Nov-11, 21:27 |
Hello My preffered line in the sicilian as black is the dragon. My preffered line in the Ruy is the arkhangelsk variation(ECO C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 My knowledge of queen's pawn games is limited, so I am still looking for lines that fit my style. I have been learning the grunfeld, but I find it hard to handle as black. I love to play and would gladly take challenges from anyone. I hope to eventually become a titled player. |
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Hello everybody don't know many openings and I really want to learn some well. this club seems a great place foe that. for now I think I would like to learn the Sicilian deeply as I can. thanks for accepting me cheers, Yaheli |
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tonnerre 30-Nov-11, 20:56 |
YAY!!! I'm mainly a KP opening player but more recently I've come to appreciate the depth of QP positions. My favorite KP openings are the Ruy Lopez, Petroff's Defense and Sicilian Chekhover Variation. The Slav and Semi-Slav fit my personality well in QP games and I want to explore these openings more |
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the Slavs of tonerre <<"The Slav and Semi-Slav fit my personality well in QP games">> . |
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tonnerre 30-Nov-11, 21:25 |
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damalfi 06-Aug-12, 14:00 |
London fan I've almost never faced it with black pieces. As black, I love the Scandinavian, even if I have my doubts about it and I am considering to switch to another defence after 1. e4. But NOT the sicilian... it is wonderful, but it is overstudied, overworked, and I won't be able to keep on track of the tons of theory about it. Against 1. d4, I tried the Budapest, but I am not convinced at all. I play chess for fun. Work and daily life lead me out of chess, or you can see as if chess leads me out of my "real life" problems and struggles, so chess is just like an "escape" I have to keep into a jail of few hours a week, if I want to have time for my real life problems. I definitely don't study chess. I have no books, no chess engines, and I know this will limit me forever. At 48 years, I acknowledge my poor talent, and I reckon that, for improving my game, I will need a lot of time, study etc... and I can't go in all this stuff. That's the reason for me to play consistently almost the same line: only this way I can have some "expertise" in it. I'd love to know "all lines", but... I love tactic and "not-very-walked-paths". As someone once said about Korchnoi, I'll spend too much time looking for combinations and "not evident moves", but often just there are not any... so I lose for trying to complicate things where the best is to keep them as simple and controlled as I can. It takes a lot of effort, and I get often "lost into lines", when analyzing a position. I will appreciate a lot some "lessons" about how to analyze, but I realize that it is not easy to have some expert's advice on a free basis. Often, I got it, and I appreciate it a lot. However, the "London" is just too much a call for me, so I decided to join, and hopefully I will play some London game, white or black, and, of course, I'll be eager to meet somebody else's opening system to return the favour. I'm particularly interested in "wild chess" (not that I underestimate slow strategy!). If I could be a Master, I'll be Tal, not Capablanca But: few games, not less than 5 days per move, just in case. I NEVER timed out, and I don't want to start now I love to annotate games. Recently, I've been playing blitz and annotate some of them. I had the honour to be commented by wonderful players, that taught me a lot, but of course blitz games are not high-quality games. My "old" annotations are poor, but probably the games are more interesting. Anyway. Ah, and as you probably already noticed: English is not my mothertongue, and probably I make a lot of mistakes. Please be patient! I won't be administrator, I'm sorry, but I'll join some tournament, specially about the London. Nice to meet you all, and nice to see all the conversations going on, normally (on GK) with high respect for anyone, politeness and constructive comments. Wishing a good future to this club, I'm "on" accepting some challenge. |
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3253 07-Aug-12, 17:53 |
greetings My interest is in learning more about playing chess well. I don't know much about openings and am interested to learn a few basic ones well enough to get me through to the middlegames and the endings. I'm practicing tactics every day on chesstempo, which is a very good site. I have a box of old chess books including 16 old issues of Shakhmaty magazine, but am finding it hard to even look at the books. They seem so cumbersome next to the internet. Likewise for the chessboard that I set up beside me. The only games I'm playing are in the gameknot tournaments. My goal is to do well in these, to keep improving my rating, and to have some communication with others about chess. Thank you for accepting me to the club. |
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zombieslayer1 08-Aug-12, 07:07 |
Quick Introduction I'm Robyn and very new to chess. I've only been playing a year and a half now, but am completely addicted to it. I've only played here on Gameknot, and have never played a game over a board.... yet. |
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Robyn, here's an illuminating viewpoint and move them around on the chess battlefield. Here is one difference: Now I realize you move fairly rapidly -- although this is Correspondence, take-your-time chess-- still in choosing a move, if you are going to analyze the position on the board, it can help to see things from your opponent's point of view. In playing Over the Board, I find it helpful to get up, go around to the other side of the board, and look at the situation from my opponent's point of view. On Gameknot, the way to do that is, under the game on your screen where you see a series of links, on the second line you can click "Analyze the board"; when that new gameboard view comes up, on the first line of choices you can now click "Flip". Click the link "Flip" and you see things from your opponent's point of view. You might find that illuminating. |
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zombieslayer1 08-Aug-12, 11:08 |
@shamash I do use the analyze and flip features as well as the database. I prefer the Batsford and or MCO/FCO. Do you have a preference of DB or book? Any other suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. |
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Robyn's half dozen: Renaud & Kahn: Art of the Checkmate Nimzovich: Chess Praxis Neil McDonald: Chess the Art of Logical Thinking John Nunn: Grandmaster Chess Move by Move William Hartston: Better Chess Gerald Abrahams: The Chess Mind |
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zombieslayer1 08-Aug-12, 12:30 |
Thanks, shamash |
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3253 08-Aug-12, 14:55 |
three dimensions Thank you for sharing your suggestions. Do you take time in the openings too, as you probably know them well, or is your more than 3 days per move mostly in the middle and endgames? Do you set up a board for every game? |
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Books My first book was and still is The Complete Book of Chess Strategy by Jeremy Silman. I now have the others you mentioned, but that first book was a "complete" book for me as it covered all phases of the game and offered exercises and tests at the end of each section. I now have over 40 books in my library, more books then time Thanks for joining! Thanks to Shamash as always for excellent info! |
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well, Robyn, and John. . . If it were just a game, I hardly would be investing so much time in chess. And that is why books of conceptual constructs -- that is, books of ideas, books that view a move in chess as an idea pursued -- are what I respect and utilize. Those are why -- for me-- the works of a Marovic or a Botvinnik or a Smyslov or a Reti or a Lipnitsky or a John Nunn or a Neil McDonald or a Sokolov or a Jonathan Rowson so far eclipse the pablum of a Pandolfini or a Silman or a Schiller or a Robertie. Now that I have trashed Silman, out of fairness to him I will admit that many have benefited from his interpretation of the Steinitz-derived insight about seeking to win by seeking to create an imbalance in the game. The tactical authors do nothing for me, I no more play based on tactics than I read based on phonics (I was taught with word-recognition, and my chess is based on pattern-recognition, like the chess of Capablanca or Ziyatdinov). I am Not a good model, in an age of calculating the best next move in a specific position, I look for strategic ideas that guide me not to the best move but to the best plan. (A plan by the way -- because that is such a boring word, "plan" -- plan is something I define as target-sequencing. After all, the value of a piece is simply a function of its target, and its helper-pieces's control of its trajectory, its path for reaching that target. As a side-note, that is why you see Euwe so emphasizing that you do not move a rook onto a file until your pieces control most of the squares on that file.) Also, John, to answer your question -- I do take time in the openings and don't assume that because I may "know an opening" that such knowledge would determine the moves I would make: to me the Opening is an opportunity to get to know my opponent, and it is a time of fun as I learn how he or she will react to certain advances or threats or maneuverings -- which guides the direction of the phase where the opening turns into the middlegame. The opening is also the time I am liable to get things very Very VERY W R O N G -- and get outplayed -- and that gets me so FURIOUS at myself, that it turbocharges my drive to create a winning plan, anger is the sire of innovation -- and then, in the middlegame, to rescue the position that I've destroyed in the opening, and move the game along on the track from sowing to growing to mowing. |
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zombieslayer1 09-Aug-12, 13:39 |
Shamash: The Sartre of Chess? Thank you for the illuminating remarks, I shall definitely take them to heart. With a rating such as yours, you're obviously doing something right. |
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pdolad 10-Aug-12, 17:10 |
Hello to my fellow chess players. Thanks again for accepting me. Pol (pdolad) |
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Openings Good to see this level of activity. It's the first time I've seen any threads since I joined last year. I'm here for help on King's Gambit, Ruy Lopez, Scotch Opening, Two Knight's Defence (aka Chigorin Counter-Attack), Petroff Defence, French Tarrasch, Sicilian Alapin, Smith-Morra Gambit, Alekhine Defence and Benko Gambit. Cheers, Andrew |
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tactical_abyss 18-Aug-12, 15:19 |
1.Na3,any 2.Nh3,any. What the heck is that?Weak?Really?Hmmmm... Joe here.I was previously called tactical_abyss(TA) on GK.Many of you may know me from my past GK forum posts,others perhaps not.Sometimes I stir up a whirlwind,other times I get you thinking in ways you never knew existed. Been playing the game since the mid 1960's.While i'm not very active anymore with the USCF,I was previously involved in many of the OTB tourneys,where my OTB rating is senior master strength.My corresp rating usually rolls in at around 2500,a bit higher than my OTB rating.Chess has always been a big part of my life.I have a large room dedicated to the chess theme.....about 1,500 chess books,trophies,certificates,old chess computers and more.I move around a bit,but I am living near Central Park in NYC at the moment.I play alot at the Marshall Chess Club in NYC and Washington Square Park....where I am one of those blitz bums you run into playing for pocket cash or your Rolex!After that I leave the park,put my suit on for work and shoot up up to the 100th floor again overlooking corporate Manhattan!There are approx 28 GM's registered at the Marshall,so its not difficult to play with some of the greats from time to time.GK is an outlet for me to experiment with various subvariated lines in many of my favorite openings or opening defenses.Lately,I have been concentrating on the Trompowsky Attack(one of my favorites) which leads to many out of book or obscure lines with interesting play,especially in the midgame.Also,around this time I play alot of blitz where the tactics can differ greatly than regular correp play and I may give some advice on that as time goes on. I'm not really here to join in all kinds of tourneys or become your chess tutor,but enjoy helping others out from time to time with openings,opening theories,and tips on how to improve your game.Theoretical,analytical,tactical and psychological recipes I may interject from time to time in my comments.Expect the "unexpected"from me as always! |
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manyanik 08-Sep-12, 12:24 |
Greetings Everyone! |
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bluebird21 10-Sep-12, 02:49 |
Fide Master Robin Moss I am Fide Mater (FM) Robin Moss. Having not played for almost 10 years I have decided to give up my profession as an accountant and will be turning professional chess player in the New Year to first gain my IM title and then push on for GM title. Current FIDE rating 2289 but have been 2300+ and quite capable of 2400+ when in the mood. You may contact me on robin.moss1@virginmedia.com where I will happily discuss any subject, topic, or question you may have on openings. |
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Good on you for going pro. Never too late. I've started playing the Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation. The databases I know show that it has been the most popular variation with GMs and WGMs for at least the last five years. My view is that it will become the new mainline. But I can find no literature devoted to it except a 1970's book. Though considered a seminal contribution to the theory, reviews report many new ideas have been tried. I have 'Ruy Lopez Move by Move' which presents a good section with a couple of well annotated games and a good background on the strategic ideas. I am keen to learn more about it, especially White's a4 variation. It seems to make Black's light squared Bishop weak, blocked in by Black's c3 pawn, then moving back to c8. Regards Andrew |
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bluebird21 14-Sep-12, 03:12 |
Breyer Variation Good luck! When I studied the Lopez for 1989/90 Hastings Challengers I found it the easiest from a White point of view to get a good position. Have a look on openingmaster.com. You will find over 3.000 games played at a very decent level. Happy hunting! |
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Hello I've played the French, Sicilian Najdorf and Pirc on Black's side of 1. e4 and King's Indian often as response to 1. d4 or 1. c4. Just to force me into trying out new openings, I have started a mini-tournament on the King's Gambit Accepted. Ken |
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yon_cassius 30-Nov-12, 04:34 |
Hello Nick |
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