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bbbryan 08-Mar-08, 16:54 |
 interesting trend...Buddy, care to test the Trompowsky? |
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bbbryan 10-Mar-08, 21:54 |
trompowsky attack - raptor variation mini tournament gameknot.com |
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buddyrevell 15-Mar-08, 01:27 |
Damn, we need some flashing envelopes! I'm really sorry, only now I got to see your first post (one week later!). I know that I don't check the club forum every day, but I think I'd check it every few days or so! In fact, I'm almost sure I took a look at the forum recently. That's strange and it's not the first time it happens to me. That's why we need the flashing envelopes, just like we have in the teams and private messages. Well, but at least I did join the mini-tournament right when you started it, after all I got the invitation as a PM. =P I'll renew the invitation here: if anyone is interested in joining the mini-tournament, let bbbryan know, so that he's able to send an invite. There are 3 seats left. After a while, if no one joins the mini-tournament, I'll try to find some players to fill the seats. The mini-tournament is a good opportunity to play a line in the Trompowsky that is not so usual nowadays. We don't see Black playing 2...Ne4 that often anymore (2...e6 is a more popular choice). And even if Black does play 2...Ne4, White is now more cautious with 3.Bh4 or 3.Bf4. At least that is the scenario given by Nigel Davies in his book about the Trompowsky. In that book, he only shows two games with 3.h4, the Raptor Variation, more as a curiosity than anything else, because he doesn't think it's sound. He even mentions that Julian Hodgson, whom I talked about in another thread, later on stopped playing 3.h4. In short, it's a variation from the early days of experimentation with the Trompowsky. And since it was left aside by theory, we too can explore it today. =) * About the trend mentioned in the first post, well, it makes sense, doesn't it? |