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Post by lonewolf on Apr 9, 2009 1:48:50 GMT
Lonewolf, my husband could put all this much better than me. I’m sure HE could. He'd deconstruct your argument and show you how illogical it is. You’re just huffing and puffing and doing a little saber rattling. It's my birthday so I'm feeling nice but I'll do my best. You seem to think that women are inferior to men. You seem to think that women can't play chess. You seem to think that no woman could beat you. You seem to think that if they did they'd have to be a man. So how does that deconstruct my argument? I don't know what your idea of proof is, but what proof do WE have that YOU are a man and not a woman pretending to be one? Like most women you’re not being rational! The burden of proof is not upon me because I am not the one who is challenging anyone to a game of Chess online. In fact, I have offered to play Anna Banana a game of Chess in person so I do not know why I would need to prove my gender. However, if Anna would like me to drop my Jockey shorts before we play a game of Chess then that would be quite alright with me as I am not shy. I'd say you were running scared because so far all we know is that you CLAIM you can play chess. How does such claim equate to me “running scared”? Besides, you seem to be making a good number of claims yourself. Let's see the colour of your money! Purple is my favorite color so I’d love to be able to see your face when I checkmate you.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Apr 30, 2011 5:32:26 GMT
I've always been fascinated by Mikhail Tal's chess games. This 4 part video reenacts in an almost surrealistic way the chess world champion match between Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik! I also play the exact same line that Tal does against this variation of the French Defense.
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Post by Big Lin on May 2, 2011 19:32:44 GMT
Tal was a highly original and very gifted player whose career was sadly cut short by illness. He might otherwise have dominated the chess scene in the sixties.
Although my own style is a bit different (more like, say, Petrosyan's) I've always loved Tal's genius.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on May 3, 2011 0:50:09 GMT
Bobby Fischer had the most trouble with the French Defence and although i scored well against some variations of the French Defence this is probably the same for me. I lost a very traumatic tournament game which started out with the same moves as game 1 of the 1st Botvinnik-Tal World Champsionship as shown on the video. I share Tal's opinion that pushing the h pawn should win against this variation. I queened my h pawn, but my opponent didn't even bother to take my new queen at the cost of a piece. He focused totally on his queenside attack and i started to lose focus as was often the case when i didn't win quickly.
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Post by Big Lin on May 3, 2011 17:16:12 GMT
When I play the French I tend to either play the Rubinstein Variation or (if I'm feeling in a daring mood) the McCutcheon Variation which I prefer to the Winawer.
Against the Winawer I think White can win fairly easily if he plays the Alekhin Gambit.
Against the McCutcheon club players get into a lot of trouble and against the Rubinstein they often don't know how to maneouvre as the game approaches the end game.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on May 5, 2011 3:11:14 GMT
When I play the French I tend to either play the Rubinstein Variation or (if I'm feeling in a daring mood) the McCutcheon Variation which I prefer to the Winawer. Against the Winawer I think White can win fairly easily if he plays the Alekhin Gambit. Against the McCutcheon club players get into a lot of trouble and against the Rubinstein they often don't know how to maneouvre as the game approaches the end game. I used to play normally against the Burn/Rubinstein variations, until I realized that leads to a very positional game, with little tactic. Then I started playing f3 after black played d5Xe4. I leads to a Blackmar Diemar gambit. If Black tries to decline with say c5 a very messy position arises. I suppose a grandmaster could take the f3 pawn and solidify his position, but club players have a terrible time with this line.
Against the MacCutcheon I played the Janowski variation where white sacrifices a pawn. This postion is always reached! chesstempo.com/gamedb/opening/646 I lost a lot of games to a MacCutcheon specialist, who was almost a master, but I'm confident that i can score well against club players with this line!
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 27, 2012 3:40:01 GMT
Black to play and win! Does anyone see Black's winning move?
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Post by Synonym on Jan 27, 2012 21:35:57 GMT
There are several easy mate-in-two's to spot, such as Qa1 Rf1 Qf1, but I can't see a single mating move for black, if that is what you meant.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 28, 2012 6:01:42 GMT
There are several easy mate-in-two's to spot, such as Qa1 Rf1 Qf1, but I can't see a single mating move for black, if that is what you meant. Hi Synonym! I'm putting up the diagram above to help newcomers here understand how chessplayers record moves! You obviously got that down! No there's no forced checkmate involved, but Black can win enough material by force to win the game!
If Black tries to play the rook on d8 to Rd1+ check. The + means check and # means checkmate! White responds to 1......Rd8+ with 2.Rf1 blocking the check and of course the White Queen is protecting the rook. Now Black's back rank is weak and White threatens Qc8#!
1....Qe1+ or Qb1+ are also answered with 2.Rf1 repelling the attack and White emerges with a winning material advantage. 1...Qb1+2.Rf1, Rd1?? 3.Qc8+ Rd8 4.QXRd8#!
Obviously Black can't capture the White rook with the pawn 1...gXf6?? ( X means capture and chessplayers usually don't write Pg7XRf6 ). The "??" after a move means a terrible mistake because White replies with 2.QXf6# checkmate.
In this position Black a chess master played 1....Qe4 to Qb7. Obviously White can't win the Queen with 2.QXb7?? because of 2...Rd1+ 3. Rf1, RXRf1#! White found the saving move and won the game. What did White play after 1....Qb7?? and what should have Black played instead of Qb7 to win the game!Here's the same position with Black to move enlarged for better visibility!
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Post by Synonym on Jan 28, 2012 12:22:29 GMT
Oops. I see that the queen on the left is a white queen not a black queen, so my mate in two above wouldn't work.
Anyway, is the winning move for white Qf1? And black should have played Ra8?
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 28, 2012 16:24:25 GMT
Oops. I see that the queen on the left is a white queen not a black queen, so my mate in two above wouldn't work. Anyway, is the winning move for white Qf1? And black should have played Ra8? Half right Synonym! After 1...Qb7 White plays 2. Qf1! and the Black Rook at f6 is still immune from capture! 1...Ta8 fails to 2. Qf1 as well!
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Post by Synonym on Jan 28, 2012 21:07:08 GMT
Sorry, which half was right and which was wrong?
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 29, 2012 16:12:19 GMT
Sorry, which half was right and which was wrong? Hi Synonym, Correct is White's defense after 1.....Qb7 2.Qf1! Inncorrect is suggesting that Black should have played 1....Ra8? instead.
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Post by Synonym on Jan 29, 2012 16:55:24 GMT
OK thanks. So what what should have Black played instead of Qb7 to win the game?
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 30, 2012 0:27:57 GMT
OK thanks. So what what should have Black played instead of Qb7 to win the game? Oh Synonym, You don't want me to spoil the fun! There's no hurry to find the winning move here! Here's a much simpler position where White checkmates Black in 2 moves!
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Post by Synonym on Jan 30, 2012 12:12:21 GMT
Oh sorry. Nb4 a2, Nc2.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 31, 2012 16:11:30 GMT
Absolutely correct! Here white plays and wins! Queen beats rook! Well usually! Here I give viewers the option of seeing the solution, if they can't find the win!
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Feb 7, 2012 1:51:55 GMT
In the diagram below Black checkmates White in 2 moves! I admit I didn't solve this either and needed to look at the solution too!Black checkmates White in 2 moves. Anyone who wants the solution can pm me!
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Post by ♫anna♫ on May 23, 2012 4:27:02 GMT
A famous chess minature game with an instructive checkmate!
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