Originally posted by vandervelde Chess is something that puts you away from surrounding world, therefore a dangerous enterprise. Unless you are a wonderkind and naturally talented, you can go astray and become a weirdo, difficult to be told apart from a vagabond who play chess for 5 cents in Central Park.
If you "only" love chess and do not expect to be next World Champion, good for ...[text shortened]... c's boojs for begnners is not translated /Art of Attack in Chess is to advanced for beginners/).
Hi Vandervelde,
Im already experiencing some of the traits, divorced and unshaven (at times) so its not looking good lol.
To Fianchetto means you develop your Bishop on b2,g2,b7 or g7.
[fen]8/5pbp/6p1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Usually by playing the relevant Knight's pawn forward one square.
Fianchetto is Italian for 'move played to flank'. (or something like that.)
Early writers on the game possibly referred to it as 'Indian Bishop Development'
...[text shortened]... ou explain why they will hold you in great awe and whisper
your name in the corridors of power.
Hello again Greenpawn,
Thanks for your post it made me smile and thanks for explaining to me.
I was considering the corridors of power, I don't really ever see myself walking them if I am honest, well not in the next few years anyway.
I would honestly say, if I was now asked, that a kind person on RHP explained Fianchetto to me.
So I have been enjoying working through the Irving Chernev book, each game at a time over and over.
I started to wonder and look back through some other games and even some of mine, I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on something I have noticed. White is castled and as far as I can see there is no threat, this is the position in the Von Scheve - Teichmann game, then white plays h3.
Now reading in the Chernev book this move creates a weakness in the pawns in front of the King, it quotes Tarrasch "You should never, unless of necessity or to gain an advantage move the pawns in front of a castled king." "Its better to submit to the pin - a temporary inconvenience - than to prevent it by a move that loosens the position of the pawns defending the King and weakens the structure permanently.
In this game this move (h3) for white leads to an attack which ultimately cost white the game, well thats how it appears.
What I find puzzling is this why would a player of this quality make such a move, and deviate from whats seems to be rule not to break pawn structure.
The same move occures in the Liubarski - Soultanbeieff game.
Hope that everyone is well, and as usual many thanks for all the help and advice.
So I have been enjoying working through the Irving Chernev book, each game at a time over and over.
I started to wonder and look back through some other games and even some of mine, I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on something I have noticed. White is castled and as far as I can see there is no threat, this is the position in the ...[text shortened]... ryone is well, and as usual many thanks for all the help and advice.
Willy...............🙂🙂
"Every pawn move is a weakening move."
I believe that it was one of Romanlab's videos that I heard this said. Pretty much every move in chess is both a positive and a negative. h3 is generally a prophylactic move which has its negative consequence.
The only time a move has negative consequences is when your opponent is able to take advantage.
Greenpawn posted a thread concerning the percentage outcomes of games based on a certain move comparing high rated and low rated players' games. It turn out in his study that a move that was generally a losing move at higher levels was actually a winning move at low levels. I found that thread very enlightening.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.a5 Ba7 9.h3 Nf6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Nd2 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Qg3+ 14.Kh1 Qxh3+ 15.Kg1 Ng4 16.Nf3 Qg3+ 17.Kh1 Bxf2 {White resigned here but I have seen analysis on the net that suggests...} 18. Bxf7 {may save the game!} 0-1
Seems like you have discovered chess later in life like myself (and you beat me in fact a year ago!) If I can be so bold to offer what has helped me so far:
Chess for Dummies: I try to read a few pages a week and digest it, as it is a lot to learn. My wife bought me a proper chess set from Regency chess and even after 1 week I am seeing better moves that I did just playing looking at a screen. I also enjoyed a biog of Bobby Fischer called "End Game", gives an amazing insight to everything about Chess (and BF)
Be happy if anyone else can recommend other chess biogs.
[pgn]
[Event "Berlin Jubilee"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Von Scheve, Theodor"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""] ...[text shortened]... ut I have seen analysis on the net that suggests...} 18. Bxf7 {may save the game!} 0-1
[/pgn]
Why break the pawns at move 9 with h3, I just don't see why I'm afraid.
I've been continuing my reading, and in addition have been trying to find a local chess club that maybe taking on new members. Doing a search on google my nearest club is the Letchworth and Hitchin club, I wondered if any fellow members on RHP have any further information on this club, I wasn't sure if I could just turn up unannounced.
Thoughts of Chess players please.................
16 Dec '13 18:17
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