Originally posted by KeplerI just started a game a few days ago with the idea of reversing things.
Storey now has a book out in pdf form that deals with the white version of the Sniper. 1. g3 2. Bg2 3. c4. From what I have seen of it, it would be better to play 1. g3 and then 2. c4 against anything but 1. ... d5 then follow Tony Kosten's ideas in his book on the English. That is what Storey does except he shoves Bg2 in before c4, giving black other resou ...[text shortened]... .
Chess players are indeed a funny bunch, as a quick perusal of these forums will reveal.
In my mind, it is to the Reti what the Modern is to the Pirc in some respects. It's a little simplistic to think like that, but my chess tends to improve when I apply "simple".
I still have a backlog of books I am playing through, so if he has a second one it will be some time before I could get to it.
The final position in the Anand - Carlsen game is known to theory.
Indeed the whole sequence of moves leading up to it is (or was) part
of the opening rep of the Azerbaijani GM. Gadir Guseinov
Paul is correct. the backward e-pawn on the open file would have had the old
pre-1920's masters licking their lips but look again. Read the board.
There are two backward pawns on open files and that weak c2 pawn is enough
to tie down White. In the 1920's the hyper-moderns led by Nimzovitch proved
you could play the so called 'ugly moves' if there were dynamics in the position.
(counter play to you and me.)
R. Mamedov (2617) - G.Guseinov (2625) Turkey Ch.2008
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI think you must mean ...g6. not ...g7. Just saying. 😏
LOL, he harbours some delusions of grandeur? Actually his idea was not that original, International master Alexander Bangiev suggested the moves ...g7, ...Bg7 and ...c5 as a repertoire for black against everything white plays ages ago. Charlie sounds as if he rocked a few boats, oh chess players and their egos! cant live with or without them 🙂
Originally posted by greenpawn34I guess the Holy Bible proves true again.
The final position in the Anand - Carlsen game is known to theory.
Indeed the whole sequence of moves leading up to it is (or was) part
of the opening rep of the Azerbaijani GM. Gadir Guseinov
[fen]r4rk1/p2bpp1p/3p2p1/q2P4/Pp1Q4/1B3P2/1PP3PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 17[/fen]
Paul is correct. the backward e-pawn on the open file would have had the old
pre-1 ...[text shortened]... 1 Qa7 24. Rh4 Bf5 {Defending h7 and hitting c2.} 25. Qd2 {The game agreed drawn here.}[/pgn]
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
(Ecclesiastes 1:9 NKJV)
Originally posted by RJHindsI'm pretty sure your the first douchebag trying to pass himself off as a chess player under the name RJHinds.
I guess the Holy Bible proves true again.
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
(Ecclesiastes 1:9 NKJV)
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Originally posted by Paul Leggett9.Bc4 is considered inferior to O-O-O because the bishop just gets traded off. I would like to see how Magnus would play against someone that knew the best moves for white against the dragon and see if he could still get a draw. I think I remember reading that Bobby Fischer had busted the dragon.
Hi all,
Normally a 19 move draw would not be interesting, but this one was an exception for me. I found this in Charlie Storey's The Sniper.
What interested me is that Carlsen plays a series of VERY non-stereotyped moves in the Dragon, and emerges with a very equal position against the World Champion.
As a long-time Dragon player (o Champion, so I'd call it a success.} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]