But should the Black player be afraid of this position ? Well, I have analyzed the position with the support of various chess engines, and the answer is "NO" IMO.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
More on the du Chattel's System
Starting from 2005 to 2011, I played about 30 tournament games where I used the du Chattel's opening system involving an early Nh6 move as Black. Mostly my opponents were rated between 1450 and 2000. They played various White systems. Surprisingly none of them played the system I feared the most: 1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.h4!? See diagram
But should the Black player be afraid of this position ? Well, I have analyzed the position with the support of various chess engines, and the answer is "NO" IMO.
What follows are just a few lines
But should the Black player be afraid of this position ? Well, I have analyzed the position with the support of various chess engines, and the answer is "NO" IMO.
What follows are just a few lines
Sunday, December 11, 2011
A chess talent
Centuries ago as an unrated player, I participated in my first serious tournament: Milan's Open Championship. In the same event, I came to know another unrated player. He was a young man, with rather long air. Although it was his first tournament, he played magnificently. He did won against 1st category players and he drew against candidate masters and masters as well. Soon he became 1st category. Then Candidate Master and Master. In 1985 he won a strong master tournament and then he gave up playing chess at all. In my youth I played a lot of blitz games. This guy was the only player against whom I could not really play...after 10 moves he sac'd a pawn...after 15 moves he sac'd a piece...and our game never lasted more than 30 moves :-(
I met him again in Bratto 2011. He decided to participate in the master tournament just the week before the tournament started. I asked him how he had prepared for the tournament. He answered that his only preparation was to study a few games blindfold taken from the "Torre & Cavallo - Scacco!" italian chess review
Amazing..no study on the openings at all. I asked him how he studied the endgame. He smiled while answering that his games never reach the endgame...
I approached him in the analysis room, while he was trying to explain his analysis to an eastern IM he had just smashed with his enterprising way of playing. I voluntereed to translate their post mortem comments and I was soo amazed to translate this italian master's analysis. Amazing. He had a positive performance in Bratto 201 and he gained many elo points. Great respect for this chessfriend. or this post only I have disabled the comments, as I do not want to reveal this guy's name. Otherwise italian chess players might be induced to take him to the endgames...if they are not chess-murdered in the middlegame..of course :-)
I met him again in Bratto 2011. He decided to participate in the master tournament just the week before the tournament started. I asked him how he had prepared for the tournament. He answered that his only preparation was to study a few games blindfold taken from the "Torre & Cavallo - Scacco!" italian chess review
Amazing..no study on the openings at all. I asked him how he studied the endgame. He smiled while answering that his games never reach the endgame...
I approached him in the analysis room, while he was trying to explain his analysis to an eastern IM he had just smashed with his enterprising way of playing. I voluntereed to translate their post mortem comments and I was soo amazed to translate this italian master's analysis. Amazing. He had a positive performance in Bratto 201 and he gained many elo points. Great respect for this chessfriend. or this post only I have disabled the comments, as I do not want to reveal this guy's name. Otherwise italian chess players might be induced to take him to the endgames...if they are not chess-murdered in the middlegame..of course :-)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
More on Vitruvius
At http://vitruviuschess.blogspot.com/2011/11/piccoli-miglioramenti.html we read that Vitruvius shall be released on Jan. 1st 2012. In the meantime, we can enjoy a game played Vitruvius against Komodo 3.0 as part of a test match played at 40 min. per player/game level. ..fireworks.....
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Walter Thomas Downs' chess works
Original thinkers will always have room on this blog. Now we offer a free download link to Walter Thomas Downs' works This is his brief description of the systems as follows:
"Featured are two complete chess systems:
The Tiger and Dragon.
The Bear.
These systems feature complete repertoires for White and Black as well as all the "nuts and bolts" you need to be a complete chess player. They were written with the idea that the chess enthusiast need never have to buy another book on chess. The systems are backed up by intensive computer, mathematical and/or psychological analyses, as well as intensive research using chess openings databases."
"Featured are two complete chess systems:
The Tiger and Dragon.
The Bear.
These systems feature complete repertoires for White and Black as well as all the "nuts and bolts" you need to be a complete chess player. They were written with the idea that the chess enthusiast need never have to buy another book on chess. The systems are backed up by intensive computer, mathematical and/or psychological analyses, as well as intensive research using chess openings databases."
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Statistics
Sunday, November 20, 2011
More on Alexander Shashin's work
In a previous post http://theamazingchessworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/chess-philosophers.html we have already given a link to Alexander Shashin's work. Now we offer additional links as follows:
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lectures/shashin1.html
http://www.gmchess.com/gmschool/teachers/shashin/
We hope that Shashin will have a chance soon to publish his original ideas in a book, which although still not realeased, is mentioned in the above links as "The chess and metachess".
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lectures/shashin1.html
http://www.gmchess.com/gmschool/teachers/shashin/
We hope that Shashin will have a chance soon to publish his original ideas in a book, which although still not realeased, is mentioned in the above links as "The chess and metachess".
Monday, November 7, 2011
1.e4 Nh6!? du Chattel System
Just finished this http://queenalice.com/ game against a strong opponent. Long live the Nh6 opening system!
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