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Play Chess Openings: Catalan Opening vs Eric Peterson
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Chess stories by author Tim Sawyer. Monday, August 10, 2015. Catalan Opening vs Eric Peterson. Do you get tired of playing the same openings all the time? Once in a while I try the popular Catalan Opening. Recommend by Boris Avrukh. And others. It often feels to me like a Gruenfeld Defence. Reversed. Below Eric Peterson. Played in classical style and accepted my gambit pawn with 6.dxc4. As I recall, Eric Peterson. Sawyer - Peterson,. 10Nc6 11.e3 Nb4 12.Qb1 c5 13.a3 Nc6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15....Running the k...
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Play Chess Openings: February 2015
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Chess stories by author Tim Sawyer. Saturday, February 28, 2015. Pythagoras Ponders Pirc Piece Play. We end the shortest month with a Pirc Defence. Reached by transposition when Black avoids the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. After 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 g6. Here 2.d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 is a BDG. On this day, February 28, 1992, I received my first shipment of my original Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Keybook. Published by Thinkers' Press. Below our Pirc Defence. Reaches the 150 Attack. Earlier I posted a game vs "Pythagoras".
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Play Chess Openings: November 2014
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Chess stories by author Tim Sawyer. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Caro-Kann 3.f3 Pythagoras Theory. I finish my Sunday series of Caro-Kann Defence. Games in the 3.f3 Fantasy. Variation with a sharp and critical line from a three minute Internet Chess Club game. I played the Black pieces. We attempted simultaneous king hunts, but at a likely two seconds per move we missed some tactical shots on both attack and defence. I won in 16 moves. Improvements for both sides are suggested in the notes. 10Nf6 11.e5...
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The Jerome Gambit: We Know What We're Doing (Sort Of)
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Thursday, August 6, 2015. We Know What We're Doing (Sort Of). I chuckled when I was putting together the earlier blog post, " Opening Discussion, Not Quite Closed. The idea that there were several very good moves to be played in an opening position, and I chose none. Of them - and won. The game, anyhow - seemed very appropriate in a Jerome Gambit blog. At the Hastings Chess Congress in 1937 Emil Josef Diemer created a stir in a game with an English ge...
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The Jerome Gambit: Checking Back
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. When I reported on the game. AreWeThereYet - metheny, blitz, FICS, 2009. 0-1, 28) in ". Watch that last step. Taking a look at the nameless opening line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. Which immediately got a Jerome Gambit-style twist, 4.Bxf7 Kxf7 5.Nxe5. I neglected to mention that the two played again four days later, with the outcome quickly reversed:. AreWeThereYet - metheny, blitz, FICS, 2009. Standard, FICS, 2011. And wind up...
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The Jerome Gambit: A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 2)
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Friday, January 22, 2010. A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 2). Let's continue to take a look at a strange variation of the Jerome Gambit. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf. That we started with yesterday β see " A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 1). JG Tourney4, Chessworld, 2009. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. 4Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6. This can't be good, can it? 7Qg4 Ke7 8.0-0 h6. 9Nc3 d5 10.Nxd5. Jecree - larsgoran, FICS, 2008. Black has an edge.
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The Jerome Gambit: A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 1)
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Thursday, January 21, 2010. A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 1). If I face the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. Any time soon (not likely; see " I expected better. I'd like to try out a relatively new, but strange and intriguing opening idea. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5. 4Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6. What an odd move! Yet, there are 10 examples in the New Year's Database. And White only scored 30% in those games. As I've noted. Critical was...
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The Jerome Gambit: Watch that last step...
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Thursday, November 26, 2009. Watch that last step. I was logged onto. Waiting to challenge "metheny" to a game β a Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. I hoped β when "AreWeThereYet" got to him first. I hung around and watched the first few moves β and then settled in to enjoy the whole game: a fun battle, with a lesson at the end. Blitz 10 0, FICS, 2009. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. Sac the Bishop, sac the Bishop, sac the Bishop. A) 7Nx...
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The Jerome Gambit: The Other Side
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Sunday, November 16, 2008. Sidran - Vong, 1992 (see ". Was only an eyeblink look at the Jerome Gambit-style response to the 3.Na5 defense in the Italian Game. Strong? The line deserves further attention. IECC email, 2001. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5 4.Bxf7 Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6 6.Qh5. In our previous game we saw. 6Qg4 Kf6 7.d4 d6 8.Bg4. Sidran - Vong, Compuserve email, 1992. 7Kxe5 8.d4 Kxe4. 9Be3 Ke5 ( 9.Kxe4? White needed to find 10.g4! I've been researchin...