Three Kings Gambits

robbie carrobie

Only Chess

03 Feb 12

robbie carrobie

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03 Feb 12

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every one declined, what is the world coming to? The shame of it! rant over, thanks
for listening, have a pleasant day.

Thabtos

I am become Death

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03 Feb 12

You're upset that you've thrice been given an advantage in the opening, despite your best efforts? 😉

robbie carrobie

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03 Feb 12

Originally posted by Thabtos
You're upset that you've thrice been given an advantage in the opening, despite your best efforts? 😉

the woosies i say! 1.e4 e5 2.f4 the most radical move and all my opponents all declined
the f pawn and replied 2...Nc6, I blame Jeremy Silman!

Thabtos

I am become Death

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The thing I've never liked about old C38 is that black can almost always give that pawn back in more favorable circumstances, and white will always have a weak KS.

(Oh I got to keep the pawn in this one I think, but still...weak KS.

robbie carrobie

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03 Feb 12

Originally posted by Thabtos
The thing I've never liked about old C38 is that black can almost always give that pawn back in more favorable circumstances, and white will always have a weak KS.

[pgn][Event "November 2011 Mini Banded Threesomes II 1575-1600"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2011.12.03"] [EndDate "2012.01.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Odinson"] [Black "Thabtos"] ...[text shortened]...
(Oh I got to keep the pawn in this one I think, but still...weak KS.

what happened to h4! we play h4 to make the g pawn advance and those two pawns
on f4 and g4 make quite nice targets.

Proper Knob

Cornovii

North of the Tamar

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Originally posted by Thabtos
The thing I've never liked about old C38 is that black can almost always give that pawn back in more favorable circumstances, and white will always have a weak KS.

[pgn][Event "November 2011 Mini Banded Threesomes II 1575-1600"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2011.12.03"] [EndDate "2012.01.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Odinson"] [Black "Thabtos"]
(Oh I got to keep the pawn in this one I think, but still...weak KS.

King side pawns are for the meek.

Thabtos

I am become Death

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03 Feb 12

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
what happened to h4! we play h4 to make the g pawn advance and those two pawns
on f4 and g4 make quite nice targets.

That's what they usually do, maybe it was to throw me out of book or something.

Black castles QS and those two pawns on f4 and g4 also make quite nice weapons!

tomtom232

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03 Feb 12

'Nuff Said.

tomtom232

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'Nuff Said.

Thabtos

I am become Death

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03 Feb 12

BTW I think this is great considering this thread was made close to Spassky's bday. *Goes back to studying Catalan theory*

robbie carrobie

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Originally posted by Thabtos
BTW I think this is great considering this thread was made close to Spassky's bday. *Goes back to studying Catalan theory*

I love this game of Spasskys, its just beautiful,

Boris Spassky vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1988

[Event "Wellington"] [Site "Wellington"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"]  1. e4 e5 2. f4 {there are various ways to attack blacks centre but f4 is the most radical, its main stategic purpose is to open the f file} d5 {wow Zsuzsa opts for the Falkbeer counter gambit} 3. exd5 c6 {played in true gambit style, I think this idea was attributed to Nimzoveitch where black offers another pawn for quick and easy development} 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d4 Ne7 7. dxc6 Nbxc6 8. d5 {wow! the little peasant farmer enters the territory of the evil black king and scatters all in its midst, gaining time on the knight and space in the centre, Spassky musy have calculated that the pawn could be held} Nb4 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne4 {another multi-purpose move, making room for c3 kicking the hapless knight and hitting the dark squared bishop defender of the f4 pawn} Nf5 13. c3 {begone evil knight!} Na6 {the knight is now banished to the outer Mongolia of the chess board} 14. Bc2 {this is a really subtle move, the bishop eyes the knight on f5 and takes up position on a better diagonal, one not impeded by its own pawn.} Bc7 15. Nf2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 {and now the realisation of whites opening strategy reaches fulfilment, the f file is clear of all obstruction.} 18. Ng4 Qg5 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Kh1 e2 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxd5 {the little farmer gives up his life but our hero Boris now has exclusive rights to the a2-g8 diagonal, the half open f file and the e7 square} 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Nc7 26. h3 { providing some air for the king and freeing up the rook on the back rank} Qc8 27. Qe7 Kh8 28. Rxf7 {and now the seventh belongs to Boris our hero as well!} Rxf7 29. Bxf7 {and Boris enters a strategically advantageous end game, with a bishop v a knight with pawns on both sides of the board and a queenside pawn majority to push} b6 30. b4 a5 31. b5 {wow look at!! that can the b pawn not be taken? think for a moment, ill give analysis on next annotation.} h6 {yes if the b pawn had been taken previously, Boris would have played Be8 hitting the knight and threatening back rank mate with Qf8 as the bishop now interferes with the queens defence of the back rank, its just too awesome!} 32. a4 Na8 33. Be6 Qb8 34. Bd5 Nc7 35. Bc6 Qc8 36. c4 Na8 37. Qb7 {forcing the exchange of queens which is advantageous for white as it removes a defender of the queenside, where white is trying to promote.} Qxb7 38. Bxb7 Nc7 39. c5 bxc5 40. b6 Ne6 41. Bd5 Nf8 42. Bc6 {and there is no way the knight can reach d7 to stop the b pawn from queening, all in all a positionally beautiful game!  Hope you enjoyed it as much as i did - regards Robbie}

PhySiQ

The Ghost Bishop

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05 Feb 12

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
I love this game of Spasskys, its just beautiful,

Boris Spassky vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1988
[pgn] [Event "Wellington"] [Site "Wellington"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {there are various ways to attack blacks centre b ...[text shortened]... eautiful game! Hope you enjoyed it as much as i did - regards Robbie}[/pgn]

Good 'on ya mate. I'd like to see you (and other players too) do more of this. I know I'll certainly read your take on these players ideas. Great way to get introduced to games.

Thanks for sharing!

Q

robbie carrobie

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05 Feb 12

Originally posted by PhySiQ
Good 'on ya mate. I'd like to see you (and other players too) do more of this. I know I'll certainly read your take on these players ideas. Great way to get introduced to games.

Thanks for sharing!

Q

I really liked Spasskys play, normally one thinks of the Kings Gambit as being a real
melee, but Spasskys play was simply positionally sublime, anyhow Great Q your words
are too kind, after out last game which you won so easily i had almost thrown in the
towel with chess, yet your words of encouragement were like water in a desert region,
perhaps something might grow in time, who can say? kind regards Robbie.

queenabber

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05 Feb 12

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Hi,

I too love the King's Gambit.

As a consequence, I once as the great privilege of having a one on one conversation/ analysis session with David Bronstein on the Kings Gambit. He told me about his book on the opening, as yet unavailable in the west. He also showed me some beautiful lines. Could post some, if someone tells me how to post diagrams and comments in this forum.

For your enjoyment I include my most recent game on RHP, played to a decent standard I think. I think white does well to draw, as am convinced black is a little better after 4.Bc4, admittedly with plenty of opportunity to go wrong! 🙂

[GameId "9019533"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Ng1f3 g5 4. Bf1c4 Bf8g7 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nb8c6 7. c3 h6 8. Qd1a4 Bc8d7 9. Qa4b3 Nc6a5 10. Bc4xf7 Ke8e7 11. Qb3a3 Ke7xf7 12. Qa3xa5 c5 13. Qa5a3 cxd4 14. Qa3xd6 dxc3 15. Nb1xc3 Qd8b6 16. Qd6xb6 axb6 17. h4 Kf7g6 18. Rf1d1 Bd7c6 19. Rd1d6 Kg6h5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kg1f2 Ng8f6 22. Bc1xf4 gxf4 23. Ra1h1 Kh5g4 24. Nf3e5 Kg4g5 25. Ne5f3 1/2-1/2

robbie carrobie

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05 Feb 12

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Originally posted by queenabber
Hi,

I too love the King's Gambit.

As a consequence, I once as the great privilege of having a one on one conversation/ analysis session with David Bronstein on the Kings Gambit. He told me about his book on the opening, as yet unavailable in the west. He also showed me some beautiful lines. Could post some, if someone tells me how to post diagrams a . hxg5 hxg5 21. Kg1f2 Ng8f6 22. Bc1xf4 gxf4 23. Ra1h1 Kh5g4 24. Nf3e5 Kg4g5 25. Ne5f3 1/2-1/2

hi queenabber, its really easy, you just use the little pgn link, insert board from pgn,
putting annotations in is a little more tricky, you need to put them between two
brackets, these ones { }

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DATE	2012.02.02
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RESULT	0-1
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RESULT	1-0
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