EPTTL Chess match II - Page 8
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citi.zen
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
 I just one a nice game out of a sideline reti, I will try to annotate it and post it soon. Hopefully I can give you guys a taste of how I am playing prior to my tournament adventures  | ||
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Mista_Masta
Netherlands557 Posts
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Ikari
United States176 Posts
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stoned_rabbit
United States324 Posts
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Athos
United States2484 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Is 4.c3 after Nf3 a lot less popular than the 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 line? Just curious, not that I like where either go. | ||
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proberecall
United States104 Posts
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pokerface
507 Posts
On December 11 2009 00:35 stormtemplar wrote: f3xd4 ? My vote 4.Nxd4 And after that i hope he moves Nf6 :D | ||
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ShinyGerbil
Canada519 Posts
and if so, my vote would be 4. nxd4 | ||
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CynanMachae
Canada1459 Posts
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Bill Murray
United States9292 Posts
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Naib
Hungary4952 Posts
On December 11 2009 04:07 Myrmidon wrote: 4. Nxd4. Is 4.c3 after Nf3 a lot less popular than the 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 line? Just curious, not that I like where either go. + Show Spoiler + Yes, because for example if it goes like 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 then - iirc - 5. Nf3 is not the best thing white can move. I'm not 100% positive about this however, I should look it up. Voting 4. Nxd4 + Show Spoiler + The next move basically 90% decides which variation of the Sicilian are we playing against. Not that all of them are still possible (for example the Scheveningen variation), but black still has several choices. For example: 4. - d6, 4. - Nf6 4. - e5 4. g6 I will refrain from further analysis until I see lightman's move | ||
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Misder
United States1557 Posts
Nxd4 | ||
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lightman
United States731 Posts
My move is updated now given the imminent vote for Nxd4 4......... g6 so far orthodox ..... mmmmm for now, but for how long ? now that we got rid of the straight forward moves, from now and on white has 48 hours to play. | ||
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
welcome to my world lightman, i hope you enjoy your stay. | ||
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pokerface
507 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + He is playing the dragon variation wich im not very familiar with but my best guess is still 5.c4 cheers :D | ||
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citi.zen
2509 Posts
Vote: c4. Here is more. | ||
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Ikari
United States176 Posts
I think moves are pretty straightforward at this point. | ||
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Naib
Hungary4952 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + 4. - g6 is less common exactly because of this move. I'm not 100% familiar with this opening anymore (gonna look it up later today / tmrw the latest), but basically it's bound to set us up in a stronger position than it's usually allowed. Assuming we play correctly of course (hence will I dig up those books xD). Should we not play 5. c4, we will transition into the classic Dragon variation of the Sicilian defence [which I'm very fond of playing against ], black's development being g6, Nf6 Bg7 0-0 etc, while we - I at least would - play Be3 Bc4 f3 Qd2 0-0-0. Obviously the moves are not in this order exactly, I'm just throwing out a general gameplan here. One important thing about the former paragraph is (should any of you ever play against the Dragon variation of the Sicilian defence) moving f3 at the right time (basically, if black has moved Nf6 Bg7 and d6 already, and your Bishop is on e3, your next move should be f3 in order to stop Ng4 - because that royally screws you over. Just a small trick / thing to be mindful of. An example: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 (if you move 7. Bc4 and mindlessly go with my "plan" above, then 7. - Ng4 and the forced exchange in the center basically puts the solutions of Black's problems in his / her hands) Edit: Yeah I left out the most important part again, long live Maróczy^^ | ||
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