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Originally posted by RomanticusI beat you to it. 😛 ^^^
I looked at that during the game.I had:
22.Qg7,Kc8 White still needs to pick up a piece so he'll most likely play 23.gxh3 then 23.....,Be4+ regains the exchange for Black.I don't see a problem with that.In fact,I think Black might be slightly better in that line.
Oh I was also wondering if 6...dxe4 was book?
Originally posted by tomtom232Don't know,I don't have a Latvian book.I've been trying this opening basing my play on a chessville article which stated:
Oh I was also wondering if 6...dxe4 was book?
The Mlotkowski variation:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3
Named after Mlotkowski, the American master who introduced it in 1916. 3..fxe4 4.Nxe5 (Not 4.Nxe4 d5 and now 5.Nxe5?? drops a piece after 5… Qe7). Also bad for White is 5. Nc3 e4.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThat was no sacrificial melee.I traded my rook,2 pawns and king safety for 2 knights.A fair trade by any standard 😉
you Latvian guys are not happy unless you are throwing rooks and pawns and knights and kitchen sinks into the sacrificial melee, have you no decency, no sense of decorum, no fear??
In the 21st game of the 1974 Karpov-Korchnoi match, Karpov's 17th move Bxd5 attacked Korchnoi's R on h1. If he moved the Rook that allowed Nf3+ winning the Q (as would recapturing the B).
Korchnoi asked the arbiter if it was legal to castle with the Rook under attack. It was, and he won quickly with 18.O-O!
Originally posted by DawgHausKorchnoi had to ask if castling was legal with Rook under attack??
In the 21st game of the 1974 Karpov-Korchnoi match, Karpov's 17th move Bxd5 attacked Korchnoi's R on h1. If he moved the Rook that allowed Nf3+ winning the Q (as would recapturing the B).
Korchnoi asked the arbiter if it was legal to castle with the Rook under attack. It was, and he won quickly with 18.O-O!
[pgn][Event "Karpov-Korchnoi Candidates Ma ...[text shortened]... Ne5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bxd5 18. O-O Bxc4 19. f4 1-0 [/pgn]
Every amateur I know can answer that question. This is one of the first things I learned when starting to play chess.
Originally posted by whiteknight26It is a funny story - world championship candidate asking about the rules. You can't blame Korchnoi for being careful given that he was unsure.
Korchnoi had to ask if castling was legal with Rook under attack??
Every amateur I know can answer that question. This is one of the first things I learned when starting to play chess.
There was a Karpov-Miles game where Karpov incorrectly claimed a draw by repetition. The pieces were all on the same squares three different times with the same player to move - only the first time Black had the right to castle and in the other two he didn't. So the claim was denied. The game was drawn anyway.
Originally posted by whiteknight26I didn't know it until I read this topic I thought you couldn't castle if any of the fiels/pieces involved in the process are attacked by an enemy piece...
Korchnoi had to ask if castling was legal with Rook under attack??
Every amateur I know can answer that question. This is one of the first things I learned when starting to play chess.
Originally posted by RomanticusIn what 'standard' is that a fair trade, material wise you have lost 7 points and white has lost 6, and in some cirumstances king safety is priceless. 😀
That was no sacrificial melee.I traded my rook,2 pawns and king safety for 2 knights.A fair trade by any standard 😉