Bishop x h7-again!?

Originally posted by Ajuin
QGA is very much ok,yes.I've played it often.
But he said 4.... b5 is very dubious,at least that's how I understood it.He has a point there although 'very dubious' is perhaps a bit too harsh.But hey,it's his opinion.

I guess you're right there. I probably got ahead of myself as it's so frequent to see beginners badmouth perfectly playable openings. my mistake.

Originally posted by wormwood
really? what's so dubious about it? I haven't played agains QGA in a couple of years, and I didn't know it well back then either.

Well, from my very own dubious understanding of the opening, if black is ever planning to try to hold on to the extra pawn with b5, he has to show something up for white's a4. White's a4 usually doesn't work when Nc3 has been played as b4 simply kicks away the knight, and even worse, if e4 and Nf6 has already been played this means the e pawn is going to fall.

In the game you've posted for example, white doesn't have a4 because the e pawn hangs. The same thing in here with anand-kramnik (I recently played a game in this line):



but in the case danvm mentions, a4 is playable and means white is going to get the pawn back with nice development. my rybka gives almost a decisive plus to white after the 9th move, and the 4...b5 line is almost non existent (a few games against around 800 games in other moves) in my GM database.

But again, I can't say I really know what I'm talking about 🙂

Originally posted by heinzkat
Are you a serious OTB player? Of course, you play better than two years ago, we are inquiring about what you did to get to the level you are at now.

Glad this got answered after all

Originally posted by heinzkat
Glad this got answered after all

I have a hunch but not sure.Are the TASC cd's available in Brazilian,Namibian,Russian or German language?

I believe it's English - Dutch - German - Spanish and possibly even in French

It's just one cd though

And old (1995 or so)

Originally posted by philidor position
oh haven't you heard? RECUVIC is a grandmaster, he just doesn't know how to notate chess moves.

Recuvic (2212) never did come back with the answers - infact he has not posted
on here again since this thread.

4al0 (2332) Our resident Female Russian IM has also failed to post again
since this thread.

They headed for the hills when DanVM started getting the awkward questions. 😉

Don't start salivating, Just an observation.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Recuvic (2212) never did come back with the answers - infact he has not posted
on here again since this thread.

If I had the tiniest role in that, I'm proud. The worst type of cheaters are the ones who think they can fool anyone and don't keep their mouth shut.

DanVM was one of that type, he even used some curse words while proudly fighting against the suspicions (like "get a life and stop jerking off" ).

Originally posted by heinzkat
I believe it's English - Dutch - German - Spanish and possibly even in French

It's just one cd though

And old (1995 or so)

it's actually on the back of the cd case (Eng - Ger - Fre - Dut)

Mine is titled 'TASC Chess CD 2',copyright 1999.I always assumed it's an improved version of CD 1.