Chess thread

[curnow]

played first match of the season for my club last night , quick game that lasted only about a hour

was hoping to find a good mate but he blundered on the last move & making a couple of mistakes made it a easy win


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Ng5 e6 9.Bxe6 Bxe6 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.dxe5 Nd5 13.Bf4 O-O 14.O-O Nxf4 15.Qc4 Nxe5 16.Qe4 Qg5 17.Nc3 Rad8 18 Rae1 Nh3+ 19.Kh1 Nxf2+ Kg1 0-1

http://www.apronus.com/chess/wbeditor.php
is there anyway to set it up so can play through games on the forum instead of loading on fritz or website above

[Tal]

Always nice when someone gives away a piece straight away

Have you seen that variation before? New one on me, but I'm not hot on theory.

No idea about posting positions ITT, I'm afraid.

[curnow]

the guy was in his 70s & alot older players tend to play giuoco piano type positions bringing the Bishop to c4 , what was strange that he swapped pieces but allowing myself to develop at the same time , was totaly confussed sacked his bishop on e6

myself have never realy studied openings , got some understanding but you can play the pirc/modern/dragon style defence against anything & try to get people out of thier opening book as soon as I can

[Tal]

Fancy playing this lot in December?

http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4011235/london-chess-classic-win-a-spot-220913.aspx

It will be the first time we see Fabiano Caruana at the London Classic, so we will see yet more attacking chess on display. We also get to see Nigel Short's nineteenth century opening revivals again, which is always fun for the commentators.

Two more spots to be announced (Carlsen and Aronian would obviously be the nut combo), but there will also effectively be a satellite winner joining them. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. Or like asking the Christians to enter a comp to meet the lions. Depends on which way you look at it.

[Tal]

OK. It’s been a while since I put up a chess bet. Longer still since I put up a straight win on a specific game, rather than on a tournament winner, but I am having a bet myself and wanted to explain my reasoning. I’m probably stopping short of a recommend to others, but we shall see how it goes anyway.

The latest leg of the women’s Grand Prix is going on in Tashkent and we are about two thirds of the way through. I’ve had a look at the prices for round 8 and one game stands out to me.



This is Alexandra Kosteniuk. She’s one of the more famous female chess players (to set up the entire thread for an inevitable riposte).

She is White tomorrow against fellow Russian, Olga Girya. Both are on 3 points from 7 games in this 12 player round robin comp. Kosteniuk and Girya are attacking players and they both like to play fiery, tactical chess. Whilst they are similarly rated at the moment, Kosteniuk has more control to her game and has a good record against her compatriot.

Girya is a bit of a prodigy herself, born in 1991 and already a Woman Grandmaster (there are separate – lower equivalent – titles for women), but she has been playing some funny stuff this time round and has got found out in a couple of games in Uzbekistan. Kosteniuk is a bona fide Grandmaster in her own right.

Neither player is going to win the tournament – there is quite a gap in the Women’s Grand Prix events, compared to the men’s – but this is a game that seems to me less likely to end in a draw than most.

Prices on Marathonbet are:

Kosteniuk 1.8
Draw 2.52
Girya 9.3

This, if my maths is correct, is 106%, which is unusually generous for chess markets. We don’t have to find much to get value. What I see in this game is that Girya’s strengths of sharp, attacking play and imaginative are mirrored by Kosteniuk’s, but Kosteniuk has more to her game besides and has the benefit of a few more years’ experience in what Girya will be finding a tough comp.

I really like Kosteniuk for this game and more than at 1.8. I’ll have a dabble myself at that price, in full knowledge that single game markets are tough to get right. There might be more value in backing outsiders, but this game to me feels like 9.3 is stingy, rather than tempting.

Game starts at 10am, I believe.

Miss Girya will be hoping I'm wrong.

[mondatoo]

You mistyped 9.3 twice ?

[Tal]

You mistyped 9.3 twice ?

Did I? Does this mean you think I'm going the wrong way?

[Tal]

Obviously Monda knows best.

9.3 presently crushing

[Tal]

Yes, my bet didn't work out. These were two fiery players and, with hindsight, I might have given greater consideration to the massive difference in price between the two. Mistakes were made by both sides (Girya missed a straightforward win at one point), but the result seemed to be in little substantive doubt.

One of those things. Thought I had found a good'n. Perhaps I did. Sample size of one and all that. Anyway, we move on

[Tal]

Capablanca won a game quickly. Bobby Fischer did some analysis of it for a Yugoslavian audience in 1970ish.

The video has been found:

http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4011337/rare-video--bobby-fischer-analyses-280913.aspx

[millidonk]

Got's to love Alexandra

[Tal]

www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4011396/the-shoe-assistant--ivanov-forfeits-at-blagoevgrad-031013.aspx

[Tal]

20,000 views...wowzers!

[theprawnidentity]

20,000 views...wowzers!

VAMMMOOOOOOOO

[McGlashan]

www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4011396/the-shoe-assistant--ivanov-forfeits-at-blagoevgrad-031013.aspx

Nice story, Maxim Dlugy is a bit of a dude!