Originally posted by pompomtomI believe Karpov once lost to that opening 🙂
a6??
I can't believe you lost to that opening either 😉
Not sure what it's called - but I've heard St. George Defence, Birmingham Defence etc. Any other names?
As for myself, I sometimes play it against other players for the first time. Has the effect of throwing them off their tracks. I must've played it 6 times (not on RHP, though) and won about 5 of them (lost the other one).
Originally posted by lucifershammerOh, please tell me the moves. What's the point in this opening?
I believe Karpov once lost to that opening 🙂
Not sure what it's called - but I've heard St. George Defence, Birmingham Defence etc. Any other names?
As for myself, I sometimes play it against other players for the first time. Has the effect of throwing them off their tracks. I must've played it 6 times (not on RHP, though) and won about 5 of them (lost the other one).
Is it the Sicillian backwards
I just drew against it OTB (I was black).
Fortunately, I wrote it down...
1. a6 e5 2. b4 d5 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 c5?? {attempting to refute it on the spot by blowing through his queenside on that diagonal -- oopsie. Sure, tactically, it worked, but... well... positionally, it sucked.} 6. Bb5! bxb4 7. axb4 Qe7 8. Nf3 Qxb4 9. Ba3 Qg4 10. Bxf8 Rxf8 11. o-o a6? {bluffing} 12. Be2? {falling for the bluff, and thank goodness too} Qf5 13. Bd3 Qe6 14. Ng5 Qg4 15. Nxh7? Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nxh7 17. Bxh7 g6 18. Nxd5 Kd8 19. c4 Rh8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. d3 b6 22. f4 exf4 23. e4 bb7 24. Ncf4 Rg8 25. e5 Nxe5 26. d4 Nxc4 27 d5 Kx7 28. Rc1 b5 29. d6+ Kd7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd6?? {woops. Up till here, sheer tactical superiority has made up for my lousy position, with plenty of assistance from his blunders. Now I guess it's my turn to blunder. I attribute that to exhaustion from the tension of the game.} 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rxd6 a5 34. Rd7+ Kf6 33. R1d6+ Kg5 34. R6d5+ Kh6 35. Rxb6 a4 and I offered a draw. My opponent was a sufficiently weak endgame player that I probably could have swindled a win (via post-mortem, it became clear that he had no plan for dealing with the a pawn), but too tired, and it was fairly drawn.
Originally posted by SirLoseALoteeeh, a6, a3... you know whattImean. 🙂
Maybe you lost against the player,not against the opening 😉
Uhm,Paul....1.a6?????? 😕 🙄 😛
I think in descriptive notation. Sorta. At least, relative to ranks.
1. a3 e5 2. b4 d5 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 c5?? 6. Bb5! bxb4 7. axb4 Qe7 8. Nf3 Qxb4 9. Ba3 Qg4 10. Bxf8 Rxf8 11. o-o a6? 12. Be2? Qf5 13. Bd3 Qe6 14. Ng5 Qg4 15. Nxh7? Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nxh7 17. Bxh7 g6 18. Nxd5 Kd8 19. c4 Rh8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. d3 b6 22. f4 exf4 23. e4 bb7 24. Ncf4 Rg8 25. e5 Nxe5 26. d4 Nxc4 27 d5 Kx7 28. Rc1 b5 29. d6+ Kd7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd6?? 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rxd6 a5 34. Rd7+ Kf6 33. R1d6+ Kg5 34. R6d5+ Kh6 35. Rxb6 a4
Better? 😏
Originally posted by Cats Eye[Event "Ch Europe (team) (1/2 final)"]
Oh, please tell me the moves. What's the point in this opening?
[Site "Scara (Sweden)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be4 O-O 19. Ng5 h6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bb1 Be7 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb2 25. Re1 Qxe5 26. Qxd7 Bb4 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Ne2 g5 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd3 a5 34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6 36. Kf1 Be5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6 40. Ne2 Rh1+ 41. Kd2 Rh2 42. g3 Bf3 43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxg3 46. Ra8 Bc7 0-1
Those are the moves of the Karpov loss. I play the St. George Defense regularly. I don't know how I would explain the point of the opening, except to make some general strategic comments:
- The b7 bishop is my sword, pointed at the opponent's heart (g2) when things go well. If my g-file is opened, for example by Bxf6 gxf6, then I'll try to get heavy pieces on g8 to join with b7 bishop aiming at g2.
- The a6 pawn serves one function: supporting the b5 pawn. The b5 pawn eyes c4 in order to safeguard d5. My f6 knight will take d5 for an outpost if White puts his pawn on e5.
- The d7 pawn usually sits where it is. d6 is sometimes a useful square. I don't play ...d5, generally, unless I know White can't respond with e5, locking the center into a French formation where ...a6, ...b5, and ...Bb7 are pretty much useless.
- ...c5 is a frequent thrust against White's center.
- I'm in no hurry to castle in the St. George. The kingside is often a death-trap, and the queenside is obviously very loose.
- The point of the opening itself aside, my main point in playing the opening is familiarity. It is inferior to standard defenses, but few games are won and lost in the opening. You've got to get through a middle-game in which your better center and development are pitted against my greater familiarity with the type of position which arises.
- Finally, and this I can't stress enough, the St. George Defense is inferior, but not as bad as it looks! My games don't do it justice, because I'm just a patzer.