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18 Nov 04
18 Nov 04
...to all you guys I have played lately. My game has gotten so much better in large part to the high level of competition I am getting here. I had a very strong day at chess club last night and I moved up one spot on the board after a 4-0 night. One of the guys I swept yesterday was a tournament player that skunked me badly when I first started club chess six months ago. I just wanted you all to know you rock!
24 Nov 04
Originally posted by KWCoronaI have seen the same phenomenon in otb chess. Since CC involves consulting databases and learning how to cope with unusual situations, I have found that over here, and other CC websites where I play, that I need to improve my openings repertoire. For instance, I had to deal with a guy that played 1.b4 against me (pansy) [ 1. b4 Ng8f6 2. Bc1b2 g6 3. c4 Bf8g7 4. d4 O-O 5. Ng1f3 d6 6. Nb1d2 a5
...to all you guys I have played lately. My game has gotten so much better in large part to the high level of competition I am getting here. I had a very strong day at chess club last night and I moved up one spot on the board after a 4-0 night. One of the guys I swept yesterday was a tournament player that skunked me badly when I first started club chess six months ago. I just wanted you all to know you rock!
7. b5 Nb8d7 ] These moves are no coincidence as I studied a nice game by Bronstein:
[Event "USA-URS radio m"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1945.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santasiere,Anthony Edward"]
[Black "Bronstein,David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A05"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nbd2 a5 7.a3 e5 8.dxe5 Nfd7 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qb3 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1+ 12.Bxa1 Ncxe5 13.Bc3 c5 14.Be2 Qf6 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.0-0 Bg4 19.Ned2 Nc6 20.Rd1 Nb4 21.Nb1 Qf6 22.Na3 Ra8 23.Nd4 Bxe2 24.Nxe2 Qb2 25.Qxb2 Bxb2 26.Nb5 Nc6 27.Rb1 Ra4 28.Ng3 Be5 29.f4 Bg7 30.Nd6 Rb4 31.Rc1 f5 32.e4 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Be3 34.Rf1 Na5 35.exf5 Nxc4 36.Nxc4 Rxc4 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.f5 g5 39.f6 Rc1 40.Rxc1 Bxc1 41.Ne4 c4 42.g4 Bf4 43.Kg2 b5 44.Kf3 b4 45.h4 c3 46.hxg5 c2 47.Kxf4 c1=Q+ 48.Kf5 Qc8+ 49.Kf4 b3 50.g6 b2 0-1
Now, the whole process of consulting the database, deciding what to do, and saving the game in a binder contributed to learn this opening and some of the variations that are born from it... Conceptually speaking Bronstein's game is very thematic. The same goes for other openings where I have had disasters here in CC that averted defeats in OTB... So, summarizing, CC chess is good to construct a theoretical apparatus and implementing it over the board.