Here is some analysis of the 9th round game from the Biel Interzonal which Judith Polgar played. Polgar,J (2630) - Lputian,S (2565) Opening:French Defense...
Hi.. I tried it by myself. If you want to play it reversed, there are some traps for white... First I wouldnt play 1. e3 2. d4 because black can take on d4 and...
Hello, thanks for letting me in. I m really interested in French this period. Till now i didnt have a black repertoire but i was playing a bit of everything. I...
Hello to all members! I just started a new group: criticalchess e-mail: criticalchess@yahoogroups.com its purpose: openings theory is full of gaps and wrong...
Against 1.d4 you can play 1...e6, inviting White to transpose back into a French by 2.e4. You have to be prepared for 2.c4 though, which you'll see more...
Hello Manfred! yesterday your name was on my list of members and today I find it no more ; what happened ? if there is an error of the system you may subscribe...
... dear Nuscheler, i am Mr Jaime Santos from the Philippines. i want to learn about the French defense and have no in depth idea about it. kindly recommend a...
Match of four rapid and four blitz games will take place in Crete on 23th-24th September Live broadcast http://www.venizelia.gr Garry Kasparov, currently...
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Any opinions on this interesting line of the French?? 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf1! All my opening books are antique. This line isn't...
From GB 23.09.2003 Computer Chess RATINGS from Selective Search Magazine Ratings are calibrated to Pentium2-3/MMX/K6-7 machines running at 500MHz. Rg. Elo....
with all the news of this election the cyber chess association has set up a poll. we are asking all players to vote for their favorite candidate. the...
CHESS-TRIATHLON Wednesday, 5th nov 2003 at 13:30 at Jugend- und Familiengaestehaus Cap Wörth Velden/AUT 9 chess-rounds 3 x 5 Min. / 2 x 10 Min. / 4 x 15 Min. ...
Hi Tim McGrew of ChessCafe posted this line in his latest write up: http://www.chesscafe.com/mcgrew/mcgrew.htm Regards ... __________________________________ ...
Hi! i played the variation in many online games and some otb games... It is not the only variation i play against 1...e6 of course but i like its surprise...
Thanks for response... I would like to show one of my games where I (as White) fell into troubles... Could we review it to find an improvement? [Date...
I agree for surprise effect - it gives additional "dimension' (value) to variation :-) 1. But, at first, I want to notice that Black couldn't accept challenge...
I do not play the Alapin as White, not the accepted as Black, however Tim Sawyer's book on the Alapin French gives after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nd2...
Yep, but players not always select moves done in books... ;-) I found 8. ... e5 as very strong and managed to simplifiations thinking about finding escape...
It's great to have the existence of this group. Really hope I'll get better after being here for a while. I decided to play the French since I was completely...
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