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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&#46...Running the k...

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Blackmar Diemer Gambit: September 2014

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Sunday, September 21, 2014. The sacrifice on e4 in the Paleface Pirc. Yesterday I was crushed to death in a Paleface Pirc. The game was played at fast speed, but still, I was sort of humiliated with my opening. read carefully so you dont end up like this! Guido De Bouver - Roel Hamblok ( Antwerpen ). 1d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.f3 a6 8.g4 b5 (diagram). White has declared his intentions on the kingside whilst blacks expands on the queenside - a typical idea in the Paleface Pirc.

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Blackmar Diemer Gambit: August 2014

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Screwed up in a Slav ambush. I partipated in a tournament last weekend. My 5th round opponent knew I played the Blackmar Diemer and was prepared for it, since I had played a Blackmar Diemer against him a year ago or so. So I had the bad idea of playimng something else. 1d4 d5 2.c4. No mother what the grandmasters say : bad choice - 2.e4 is far better/. 3Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.Qc2. My knowledge of theory had ended here. Better was 6.e5, entering the Geller gambit. Not that ...

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Blackmar Diemer Gambit: January 2015

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Saturday, January 17, 2015. The Viking-French-Blackmar-Diemer-. attack. I already played my opponent from yesterday evening a year or so ago. At that time, he accepted the f3 pawn and was swept away by a berserk attack. Have you ever seen the series "Vikings"? Well, I looked like Ragnar Lothbrok and England was there to conquer. Yesterday evening, my opponent choose the more cautious path - he initially declined the offered pawn but could not resist lateron. Guido De Bouver - Robert De Hert. The remainde...

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Blackmar Diemer Gambit: April 2014

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Moving a piece twice in the opening. I have been looking at a curious line in the Bigoljubow lately : 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qe1 Nc6 9.Qh4 and now the move 9.Nb4 (diagram). My engine does not find an immediate refutation as every white move seems to has some drawback. White seems to get away with taking the second pawn on c2! Aftre long analysis, it seems to me 10.Bh6 is the right move here, with horrrible complications :.

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Blackmar Diemer Gambit: December 2014

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Saturday, December 20, 2014. Knights only move forward. I played a Vienna defense yesterday evening against a very young, but equally promising player who had to be pushed a bit to accept the f3 pawn. I deviated from my normal lines, but found myself without attacking moves and lost the game. Guido De Bouver - Deon Lee. 1d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g5. The main alternative is 5.fxe4. Another possibility is 6.h4 here, but 6.h6 seems to give b;lack the upper hand. 6Nd5 7.Bg2 (diagram).

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Blackmar Diemer Gambit: Further madness

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Saturday, May 16, 2015. The yearly speed championship started yesterday evening in my local chessclub - each player is alloted 25 minutes of time with a 10 seconds move increment. Ideal for a Blackmar Diemer. But unfortunately, my first opponent refrained from playing d5, so I had to revert to some other madness. 1d4 Nf6 2.f3 g6. What player is so unreasonable as to refuse to enter the Blackmar Diemer? He should be punished immediately with . That got him thinking! 3Bg7 4.h4 (diagram). Awesome Inc. t...

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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...