Yes I find it interesting too...particularly looking through other players thoughts where they see things I missed. Maybe you could post one at the beginning of the week on the same day each week...and post the solution later. I agree about the limitation of tactics puzzles being that you know there is a tactic there and they typically resolve with a big advantage such as winning a piece and not a more subtle advantage such as exerting control over a key square.
Chris Ward wrote a book some years ago called "Find The Right Move" in it he had five or six fictitious players each with a different playing style. Each of these fictitious players would have a comment or two on the position and suggest what they would play and why. The solutions at the back gave you points according to which answer you chose...0 points if it was rubbish...1 point if it was OK but not the best, and 3 points for choosing the best answer. The book was a bit too difficult for me when I first bought it, but now you've reminded me about it so i may go and dig it out and have another look.
Originally posted by KorchI don't like black's position and the opening is probably a Nimzo that has been mishandled by both players. If black had the pawn on e5 then f4 could be played. That hole on e6 as well as the Nh5 needing to run from the Be2 means black is worse in the position.
After 1.e4 f4?! 2.Ng5 Ng7 3.Qd2 pawn on f4 will become target. Also in future white will be able to activate their bishop playing f3, Kh1, Bg1.
ok, so not much feedback for this:
IM Silman's solution(actually found in the game by an 1680 player) is:
" The correct plan begins with Ng5! hitting the weakened e6 square, creating a discovered attack against h5 and preparing to redirect the Knight to f4(where, if black has played...h7-h6, it will hit both e6 and g6) by h3-h4 and Ng5-h3-f4. Most importantly, 13Ng5 intends to blast open the center(thereby making use of his 2 Bishops) with f2-f3 followed by e3-e4.
The game followed: 13 Ng5 Ng7 14 h4 Nf6 15 f3 h6 16 Nh3 Nd7 17 e4...
Maybe this is not the strongest solution by far(as our RHP strong players did not find it), but anyway, it looks nice, and I think the problem was interesting.
Originally posted by z00tI don`t like black`s position too. It seems like Dutch defence, Leningrad system in which black have exchanged their strong g7 bishop on c3.
I don't like black's position and the opening is probably a Nimzo that has been mishandled by both players. If black had the pawn on e5 then f4 could be played. That hole on e6 as well as the Nh5 needing to run from the Be2 means black is worse in the position.
Goldberg-Schloss(1680-2118) National Open 1998
KID, Boring Variation
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Bf4 Bg7 4 e3 0-0 5 Be2 d6 6 h3 b6 7 0-0 Bb7 8 c4 c5 9 Nc3 Nbd7? (9 ...cxd4 10 exd4 d5. 11...dxc4) 10 d5 Nh5 11 Bh2 Bxc3? 12 bxc3 f5 13 Ng5! Ng7 14 h4! Nf6 15 f3 h6 16 Nh3 Nd7 17 e4 Bc8 18 Qd2 Kh7 19 Bf4 h5 20 Ng5+ Kg8 21 g4?? fxg4 22 fxg4 hxg4 23 Bxg4 Nf6 24 Bxc8 Qxc8 25 e5 Qg4+ 26 Qg2 dxe5 27 Bxe5 Nf5 28 Rf4 Qxg2+ 29 Kxg2 b5 30 Bxf6 Rxf6 31 cxb5 Ne3+ 32 Kf3 Rxf4+ 33 Kxf4 Nxd5+ 34 Ke5 Nxc3 35 Rc1 Nxb5 36 Rxc5 Rf8 37 Ke6 Nd4+ 38 Kxe7 Nf5+ 39 Ke6 Nxh4 40 Rc7 a5 41 Nf7 Kg7 42 Ng5+ Kg8 43 nf7 1/2-1/2
Originally posted by vipiuat least fritz doesn't seem to think much of it. it seemed to like e4 fxe4 Ng5 a lot, but I don't know if it really matters... I never even considered f3, but neither did fritz. I still can't say I liked exchanging the f-pawn, because even saccing it would be one of the first things I would've looked at as black, along with e5 and getting the queen to g or h-file by any means necessary. (what's the point of transposing into leningrad if you're not going to attack on e,f,g,h-files? especially when black was hundreds of points higher rated. what a wussy.)
Maybe this is not the strongest solution by far(as our RHP strong players did not find it), but anyway, it looks nice, and I think the problem was interesting.
that's some weirdly played KID. was it a blitz game? because if I didn't know black was 2000+, I would've guessed he was 1500-1600. the moves look sort of pointless (to me) for both sides after the opening... and what the hell was exchanging the great bishop about, that's just crazy. why was the guy playing KID in the first place if he's going just give the bishop away...
although it was nice to see what other people planned. and I never write my plans down, so that gave me a bit of a new perspective as well...
Originally posted by wormwoodNo blitz, OTB long rated game, probably black underestimated opponent and was just trying to create bigger imbalance. Interesting that I imediately rejected e4 because of f4, just like zoot...
at least fritz doesn't seem to think much of it. it seemed to like e4 fxe4 Ng5 a lot, but I don't know if it really matters... I never even considered f3, but neither did fritz. I still can't say I liked exchanging the f-pawn, because even saccing it would be one of the first things I would've looked at as black, along with e5 and getting the queen to g or nd I never write my plans down, so that gave me a bit of a new perspective as well...
I don't know what to say, probably Fritz10 is stronger than IM Silman...try to let him more time...maybe it will find Silman's idea...or maybe Silman's idea is not the best...