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easy19 08-Aug-11, 11:04	- Masterclass English Symmetrical - Master vs Walkers & Talkers Hello club welcome to the Master Class > Queens Gambit Accepted < Stephen aka battlefleet will play against the club and the club will discuss and vote for there best move to make. Freddy aka easy19 will make the moves for the club. ( all the Masters/mods are excluded from participating ) There will be a live Annotation of every move, and i expected lots of comments from the club players on each move. ( The Master/mods will be 3 moves behind with annotation comments ) The English opening is classified A10-A39 And starts with the following move 1.c4 and wen 1...c5 is played you get the symmetrical variation. some History and Intel: White begins the fight for the centre by staking a claim to the d5 square from the wing, in hyper modern style. Although many lines of the English have a distinct character, the opening is often used as a trans positional device in much the same way as 1.Nf3 - to avoid such highly-regarded responses to 1.d4 as the Nimzo-Indian and Grünfeld defences, and is considered reliable and flexible. The English derives its name from the English (unofficial) world champion, Howard Staunton, who played it during his 1843 match with Saint-Amant and London 1851, the first international tournament.It did not inspire Staunton's contemporaries, and only caught on in the twentieth century.It is now recognised as a solid opening that may be used to reach both classical and hyper modern positions. Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, Anatoly Karpov, and Garry Kasparov all employed it during their world championship matches. Bobby Fischer created a stir when he switched to it from his hitherto almost universal 1.e4 late in his career, employing it against Lev Polugaevsky and Oscar Panno at the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 and in his 1972 world championship match against Boris Spassky.
easy19 08-Aug-11, 11:27	The game starts game < is here Click gameknot.com < Annotation is here click to view and comment. The Club has the black pieces. And can start discuss the next move and vote for it. Stephen made his move   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3
l-d-j 09-Aug-11, 02:55	2...Nf6 Let's keep it symmetrical and develop naturally.
easy19 10-Aug-11, 01:18	24 hours left Then i will make the move that is mentioned the most   so far there is not mentioned much so i expect several more postings
wildfiree 10-Aug-11, 07:09	Nc6 I will vote for Nc6, developing the knight and keeping control of d4
dmaestro 10-Aug-11, 08:30	...Nf6 Nf6 symmetrical is most legible, I support that move.
gcah2006 10-Aug-11, 09:42	2... Nc6 Developing the opposite knight to challenge the same centre squares as the White knight.
hogfysshe 10-Aug-11, 10:09	2. ...Nc6 generally prefer this to ...Nf6 or ...g6 as a second move. but I am interested in exploring the black d-pawn going to d5 early. Have seen this played to good effect but have not experimented with it myself. 2. ...Nf6 may be best in support of that plan. So, 2. ...Nc6 for now, but I'd readily switch to 2. ...Nf6 (...or even 2. ...e6 which I have played a few times), if there is enough interest. ...not that we would have to continue with the d5 idea.
easy19 10-Aug-11, 23:39	Votes Counted 2 times for 2..Nf6 3 times for 2..Nc6 ( move made ) game < is here click gameknot.com < annotation is here 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Awaiting move from battlefleet Note : the annotation is for the voters to make so please do not hesitate to post your comments made here in the annotation as well
easy19 11-Aug-11, 23:50	Club it is your move game < is here gameknot.com Annotation is here The Club has the black pieces. And can start discuss the next move and vote for it. Stephen made his move   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3
l-d-j 12-Aug-11, 13:14	3...Nf6 Develop naturally with 3...Nf6 before choosing how to contest the centre (...e5, ...d5, ...g6 or ...e6).
hogfysshe 12-Aug-11, 17:52	agree 3. ...Nf6 ................
easy19 13-Aug-11, 09:36	24 hours left Then i will make the move that is mentioned the most the annotation is also up so any comments or thoughts posted in the annotation will add to the suc6 of this masterclass. ( in a few more moves i will also start analyzing and commenting on the moves made )
dmaestro 14-Aug-11, 19:00	Agree with nf6
easy19 14-Aug-11, 23:16	Votes Counted 3 times voted for 3...Nf6 game < is here gameknot.com < Annotation is here 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 nf6 4. awaiting move from battlefleet
easy19 15-Aug-11, 08:54	Club it is your move game < is here gameknot.com < annotation is here The Club has the black pieces. And can start discuss the next move and vote for it. Stephen made his move 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3
gcah2006 15-Aug-11, 09:50	I'm going to vote for... ... an instant 4... d5. Originally, I thought e6... and it looks strong (and a more preferable Black move, I imagine) but I'd prefer to get straight into the centre with d5.
hogfysshe 16-Aug-11, 16:26	either... 4. ...d5, or 4. ...g6. will go with whichever of these two has the most votes. would usually play g6 but wouldn't mind seeing where things go from d5.
dmaestro 16-Aug-11, 18:17	I prefer g6 first.
easy19 17-Aug-11, 09:46	12 hours left Then i will make the move that is mentioned the most the annotation is also up so any comments or thoughts posted in the annotation will add to the suc6 of this masterclass. ( in a few more moves i will also start analyzing and commenting on the moves made )
hogfysshe 17-Aug-11, 15:35	if no one else votes... ...count me as 4. ...g6. otherwise, stick with my original position and put me with the majority.
hogfysshe 19-Aug-11, 15:26	Club's move [Freddy, let me know if I should not have posted this. delete as necessary.] game < is here gameknot.com < annotation is here "The Club has the black pieces. And can start discuss the next move and vote for it. Stephen made his move" [as Freddy would usually say] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4
easy19 20-Aug-11, 03:49	o yes thank you hogfysshe I forgot to update   24 hours left until we need to move..
mchess8484 20-Aug-11, 05:26	I am unsure if I am allowed to participate, but since no one else has suggested a move I would go with 5. ... cxd4 with 5. ... Bg7 being a close second.
hogfysshe 20-Aug-11, 05:43	5. ...cxd4 agree with mchess8484. mchess, I think you can play on the club side until your rating is above 1850 (or in that neighborhood). but you could check with easy19 since your situation is unusual.
easy19 20-Aug-11, 09:07	no problems there
battlefleet 20-Aug-11, 09:29	i have no problems with that but all should participate. No one person should make all the moves.
mchess8484 20-Aug-11, 09:33	Honestly the three days per move is a little limiting on the the amount of time people have to comment since many of us don't have time to get online every day. But then again it makes sure we keep the games active.
dmaestro 20-Aug-11, 11:17	...cxd4 Followed rapidly by ...d4
easy19 21-Aug-11, 23:44	Club it is your move game < is here gameknot.com < Annotation is here The Club has the black pieces. And can start discuss the next move and vote for it. Stephen made his move 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4
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