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| Posted by longbow57 creativejoomladesign.com 3/24/2008 20:17:14 Play online chess |  Subject: Stonewall AttackMessage: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 12:15:33 Play online chess | longbow57 - Message: Cheers, Ion | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by longbow57 creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 14:09:55 Play online chess | Stonewall Attack one of my games Message: ——— Day After Chess Championship, Victor and Vanquished Reflect on the Match — One day after their title match in Sofia, Bulgaria, ended, Viswanathan Anand, the once and still chess champion, and Veselin Topalov were tired, but proud. In separate telephone interviews on Wednesday, Anand and Topalov expressed satisfaction with their own efforts and said it was the most intense chess match they had ever played. “This is my first world chess championship match that has gone the distance,” said Anand. Referring to his earlier title matches against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, which he won, and Garry Kasparov in 1995, which he lost, he continued, “With Kramnik it went like a dream, with Kasparov it went the opposite way.” Topalov said, “Every single game was ... Posted by tim_b | creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 14:56:21 Play online chess Message:  game ——— Anand Is World Chess Champion Again — Viswanathan Anand, the world chess champion, took advantage of a major error by Veselin Topalov to win the 12th and final game of their title match on Tuesday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The match had been tied at 5.5 points apiece. In addition to the title, Anand receives 1.2 million euros (about $1.5 million at current exchange rates). Topalov’s share of the prize fund is 800,000 euros, or about $1 million. Anand, an Indian grandmaster, became world chess champion by winning a tournament in Mexico City in 2007. He last defended the title in a match against Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian, in October 2008. Topalov, a Bulgarian, is a former world chess champion. He lost a bitter title match to ... Posted by longbow57 | creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 15:07:45 Play online chess Message: ——— Title Match Is Tied With One Game to Go in Regulation — There is one more regulation game left in the World Chess Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria. If neither Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, or Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, win on Tuesday, they will have to go to overtime. On Sunday, they drew Game 11. It was the seventh draw in the match, though, like some of the other draws, it was not without drama. Anand had White and opened with the English — the first time in the chess match he had done that. No doubt he switched openings to try to catch Topalov off-guard, but it did not work. The players followed well-known theory for 10 moves, and then Topalov deviated from earlier games, though it was a minor ... Posted by ionadowman | creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 15:56:22 Play online chess Thanks, longbow57...Message: The only time anyone tried a Stonewall attack against me, I didn't recognize the opening and had to ask. The fact is, my opponent got the move order wrong - or something - which led to this disaster: Labour weekend Tournament, Auckland, 1979 White: I.A.D. Black: G.T. Munted Stonewall Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Bd3 ... - I like this posting for the bishop, too... 3...Bg7 4.Ne2?! 0-0 5.Nd2? d3 6.0-0 7Nc6 7.a3? ... - Why not 7.c3, then? 7... e5 8.c3 Re8 9.Ng3 d5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bc2 h5 12.h3 h4 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.f4? ... At last "getting in" his planned thrust! b 14...Neg4 15.hxg4 Qxe3+ 16.Rf2 Nxg4 17.Ne4(!) Qb6 18.Nd4 dxe4 19.Re2 e6 20.Nf3 Be6 21.Bd3? Rad8 22.Qc2 Bb3 23.Qb1 ... b 23... Nf2? - Sufficient, but 23...Bd1 was way better. 24.Ne5 Nxd3 0-1. Possibly my opponent was expecting a more direct response to his opening play. I can think of no other explanation for his artificial handling of the opening. Cheers, Ion ——— Anand's missed opportunity — The chess World Championship is on a knife-edge. But Anand could have made a mark in this game. Anand and Topalov go into the 12th game of their chess match today with scores level. If drawn, tie-break rapid games will be played on Thursday. Topalov's declaration before the match that he would neither offer nor accept a draw has clearly had a liberating effect on both players, resulting in one of the most entertaining world chess championship finals we have seen in years. All the games have been long and hard-fought, so it's hardly surprising that tiredness is affecting play. Anand missed several chances to win in game 9, Topalov had a promising endgame in game 10 but ... Posted by longbow57 | creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 16:16:00 Play online chess Message: ——— Playing for the World Title, Minus Any Fireworks — Before a world chess championship match, players spend months looking at their opponent’s games and studying opening systems, often with the aid of chess computers and databases. They also hire trainers, who are called seconds, to help. It is a time- and labor-intensive process. That is one of the reasons that fans look forward to the chess matches. They want to see what the players will do and what new ideas they have discovered, particularly in the openings. The current world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been as closely contested as predicted. But there have been no eye-opening innovations. Game ... Posted by longbow57 | creativejoomladesign.com 3/25/2008 22:14:01 Play online chess Message: Posted by ionadowman | creativejoomladesign.com 3/26/2008 17:35:04 Play online chess The advantage...Message: But the big thing about sticking to an opening like this (or any particular opening) is that you get a lot of experience and understanding of the sort of positions you are likely to reach. If you manage to avoid dropping into routine thinking (which can happen with overfamiliarity with any line of play), you will find yourself more at home in the kind of game you get than your opponents will be. It's no hardship neither that, despite its apparently 'defensive' appellation, it is an aggressive line. Much more fun. Cheers, Ion Posted by jamesdriggs | creativejoomladesign.com 3/29/2008 20:49:44 Play online chess ColleMessage: Jim Posted by houseofcook | creativejoomladesign.com 6/10/2008 15:42:03 Play online chess Stonewall AttackMessage: Posted by ccmcacollister | creativejoomladesign.com 6/10/2008 18:24:35 Play online chess houseofcook ... Message: ******* If you prefer a more "classical" formation as BL, then there are a number of good choices for handling of the Queen's Bishop from c8. You can fianchetto with ...b6 and from there play ...Ba6 in such way & time as to try to force the exchange of your Bishop for WT's traditional Bd3 placement, since that is an obviously "good Bishop" and usually a key piece in the WT game plan as well. It may be sac'd at h7 sometimes, or help enforce an e4 push, or used in battery with the WT Queen for pressure, etc. Alternatively, there is also Bb7 which is very thematic for playing to control the e4 square and often backing-up placement of a BL Ne4. ******* It may also be placed upon the King-side. The caution in doing so is that it should not be allowed to become a significant target that temporizes WT's attacking of the K-side. Especially not to be trapped by pawns or forced into passivity such as to Bh7 with a pawn to g6 blocking it or such, as I've seen happen at times. IMO if you are going to play it to the King-side, you must be prepared to trade it or have it traded for. Fortunately, it is often quite alright or even beneficial to see it played to Bg4, then traded for a Knight on f3. Or for a Be2 if WT should happen to choose that less aggressive B placement. It can also be played to Bf4 if one is not afraid to play it from there to the "hole" with Be4, tho it may often be traded for there. *** IMO, in a Stonewall game, the Best Bishop on the board will almost invariably end up being WT's King Bishop, usually Bd3. And I feel that piece is nearly always good & beneficial for BL to capture whether done by Knight or his Bishop. Other than that particular WT Bishop however, I feel that the Knights of both players will usually be better pieces than the other Bishops, in that the opening usually remains substantially closed in the center that is difficult to open, which will severely limit the scope of Bishops, and the existence of the "hole" at e4, as well as other potential outposting chances will probably be quite Knight favorable. So unless there are other considerations involved in the trade, I never fear trading either B for a N in this opening, and generally look forward to that chance. For instance, when the trade is made of a Bg4 playing BxNf3 then it also serves to weaken WT's control of e5, unless he has a Nd2 with which to recapture. It is e4 and e5 that are almost invariably the most importantly contested center squares in the Stonewall. *** Posted by houseofcook | creativejoomladesign.com 6/10/2008 22:49:33 Play online chess Stonewall AttackMessage: |