Originally posted by robbie carrobieso much attacking power should be forbidden! some people play chess to relax, not to get heart attacks because of a storm on the board...
Nimzo my friend, have you been with me so long that you are yet unaware of the
games that I posted originally, the games of Master Colle himself which were
masterpieces of the tactical art. Indeed the game in which Colle himself sacrificed two
knights and the exchange? How more brilliant can you get my friend? If i find a
queen sacrifice w ...[text shortened]... 29. Rh5 {with a couple of extra pawns which are enough for a win.} 1-0[/pgn]
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Originally posted by tharkeshIt was relentless i know, amazing how a huge estuary starts with a trickle from a little rock high in the mountains 🙂
so much attacking power should be forbidden! some people play chess to relax, not to get heart attacks because of a storm on the board...
Originally posted by robbie carrobiei wonder for quite some time, in which situations 'lifting the rook' will just backfire. i try to avoid h3/a3 for some time now, hoping to make a meaningful rooklift...
It was relentless i know, amazing how a huge estuary starts with a trickle from a little rock high in the mountains 🙂
you say '... in this line ...' in your comments. do you have another colle-example pro/contra rooklifting?
Originally posted by robbie carrobienice game!
Nimzo my friend, have you been with me so long that you are yet unaware of the
games that I posted originally, the games of Master Colle himself which were
masterpieces of the tactical art. Indeed the game in which Colle himself sacrificed two
knights and the exchange? How more brilliant can you get my friend? If i find a
queen sacrifice w ...[text shortened]... 29. Rh5 {with a couple of extra pawns which are enough for a win.} 1-0[/pgn]
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Originally posted by tharkeshhi, yes indeed, I have sixteen games in database with this line, white scores
i wonder for quite some time, in which situations 'lifting the rook' will just backfire. i try to avoid h3/a3 for some time now, hoping to make a meaningful rooklift...
you say '... in this line ...' in your comments. do you have another colle-example pro/contra rooklifting?
tremendously. If you look at the position, it appears that the absence, of the knight on
f6 contributes to the weakness of the h-file, especially the h7 point. There may be
other factors as well, lack of central pawns etc.
Hi Robbo
(Gosh this Colle crap is finding it's way onto every thread) 😉
Black screwed this up defending.
Very instructive what happens if the Rook is taken.
White needs to toss in the Knight as well.
Black has just played 21....Rf7? inviting ideas of a sac on g6 and
suddenly leaving a Queen with her knickers down on e8 (unprotected).
The coming combination is based on the unprotected Queen
on e8 with mate as the backdrop.
(Robbie you should be explaining this).
Skipped though the rest of game.
Nothing to do with opening and I'm sure Black slipped in a few more
not quite best moves to lose this.
Perhaps White let him back in but it 'feels' jerky.
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Originally posted by greenpawn34hi Gp, it was late, my mind was fried! Plus its not me that was intent on introducing the Colle, it was Nimzo, he just had to do it! Plus i thought tharkesh question was an excellent, indeed what is the criteria for a successful rook lift! and why does Chernev speak so badly against little moves like h3 or ...h6 when you see them being played all the time by masters! they even give them fancy names like prophylactic moves! These things are consuming my thoughts at the moment! Never the less, nice post, at the time i really wondered about the rook sac, but i could not find either the will power or the brain power to try to work it out, so i just posted the game and let a boffin like you do it instead.
Hi Robbo
(Gosh this Colle crap is finding it's way onto every thread) 😉
Black screwed this up defending.
Very instructive what happens if the Rook is taken.
White needs to toss in the Knight as well.
[fen]r1b1q1k1/pp2br1p/4pppR/8/3P1B2/3Q1N2/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Black has just played 21....Rf7? inviting ideas of a sac on g6 and
sudd
not quite best moves to lose this.
Perhaps White let him back in but it 'feels' jerky.
Originally posted by moon1969hehe, yes it was was. but 26. .. Bxf7 was not played. Maybe I wrote it wrong, BxBf7 is maybe correct, not so sure qith notation yet.
It appears that 26.Bxf7 was is the move actually played.
Or to rephrase: why didnt black take the bishop with its bishop on move 26.?
