In this thread I'll give some examples on positional chess. Its knowlegde about positional chess that brought me from 1600 to 2000 in national rating. Here's a great opportunity for you to discuss and improve your chess ! The following position is taken from Carsten Hansens book "Improve your positional chess". Evaluate the position and suggest a plan/move for white ! I'll come back later with explanations !
Originally posted by stranger2003errr stranger not bein' funny or nufink but your rating here is 1400.
In this thread I'll give some examples on positional chess. Its knowlegde about positional chess that brought me from 1600 to 2000 in national rating. Here's a great opportunity for you to discuss and improve your chess ! The following position is taken from Carsten Hansens book "Improve your positional chess". Evaluate the position and suggest a pl ...[text shortened]... ack later with explanations !
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Where did you get the 2000 national rating? Sierra Leone?
Originally posted by demonseeddont be so discriminative. Who ever says people from Sierra Leona can't play chess very well?
errr stranger not bein' funny or nufink but your rating here is 1400.
Where did you get the 2000 national rating? Sierra Leone?
They have quite a few GM's.
dxc6 looks playable, although it is a pitty then that white gives up part of the better development. Therefor, the pawn sac with d6! looks more promising. For instance, after d6 Bxd6 Nxd6 Rxd6 Rxd6 Qxd6 Rd1, white maintains a huge development lead that should compensate for the pawn. White should try to exchange queens and then try to infiltratethe rook. But is this winning?
Originally posted by schakuhrerrr I think they languish below Fiji (average rating of top 10 players = 1690) in the Fide ratings.
dont be so discriminative. Who ever says people from Sierra Leona can't play chess very well?
They have quite a few GM's.
But I apologise, I was a bit rude to a guy who was only trying to post chess stuff in a chess forum -- sorry.
Your analysis is quite correct, Mephisto ! Black threatened to take on d5 and dxc6 is bad because this will bring the knight back into the game. This leads us to the first theme of the day, the positional pawn sacrifice with 19. d6 ! This example are meant for players who are not so familiar with positional play so I'll give a more detailed explanation. With a positional sacrifice a player get positional advantages for the material sacrificed. So what are whites compensations for the pawn ? It is as Mephisto meantioned, better placed pieces and control of the d-file.
..Bxd6. Nxd6, Rxd6. Rxd6, Qxd6. Rd1, Qe6 which gives the following position !
Now white has to find a way to exploit his better development.
Qd3 gives black the time to defend the e-pawn with f6. I think it is better to challenge the queen immediately. But Qc4 QxQ bxQ still gives black the opportunity to play f6 first leaving him with only the queenside weakness (but a pawn up). So, why not Qg4, making f6 impossible. I see only two moves for black:
a) Qxg4 hxg4 brings the pawn into the play with tempo. If black plays e4 now, white goes immediately to Rd7 and will play g5 later on, weakening the e-pawn. If black plays f6 instead, then after Rd7 Rb8, f4 would be strong.
b) if black plays f5, then Qc4 is much stronger. Forces the queen exchange, and enforces the impact of the bishop because f6 is not possible. Rd7 now threatens on both sides of the board.
You're right again, Mephisto ! White should aim for the exchange of the queen, blacks only active piece, which also defend his position. Qd3 with the idea Qd7 is sensible, but white has a better way to achieve his goal: Qg4 !, f5, Qc4 and black cannot avoid exchange of queen. When the black queen is gone white will be able to penetrate with his rook.