chess

[Punker]

definitely true. Curtains will pwn any other advice.

[bugstud]

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definitely true. Curtains will pwn any other advice.

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unless we have some unnamed GM luirking on the boards or something

[TimM]

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can any of you guys actually beat this fricken jchess pos?

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I am pwning it now.

I didn't record the first game, but here is the 2nd one:


White: TimM
Black: jchess

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nxe4 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Qc2 Qf6 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Bb2 d5 13.Bxc3 Qd8 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Rxd5 Bxd5 16.Qf5+ Ke8 17.Bxg7 Rg8 18.Qh5+ Ke7 19.Re1+ Be6 20.Bf6+ Kxf6 21.Rxe6+ Kg7 22.Ng5 Qxg5 23.Qxg5+ Kh8 24.Qf6+ Rg7 25.Re4 Ne5 26.Rxe5 b5 27.Rg5 Rag8 28.Bxg8 b4 29.Qxg7#

[Dynasty]

When you've played enough chess and have developed some skill, you should quickly be able to recognize the defining characteristic of this position.

Simply put, Black has created a serious potential weakness on his dark squares. This has occured because all the pawns on the kingside (and the d-pawn) have been advanced to light squares. This creates weakness at e5, f6, g5, and h6.

When this happens, Black often depends on his dark squared bishop to play and defend on those squares. If he were to lose the dark squared bishop, the problem can get very bad.

In addition, White's dark squared bishop is in an inflexible position. Because white has placed his pawns on the dark squares of e3 and d4, White's bishop is immoble.

Your first thought in this situation should be to trade the bishops. That is at least a good move and improves White's position. The additional option in this exact position of playing Bg5 intending to play Bxg5 on the next move and play White's two knights against Blacks' knight and bishop in a closed position needs to be looked at.

Note: for similar reasons, Black achieved and advantage when the light-squared bishops were exchanged.

[disjunction]

OMG I actually got a chess problem right.

Jim Brier, I am now ready for your next hand quiz.

[jogumon]

Attack his centre

bxd6 qxd6
nb5 qe6
ng5 qe7
c4

[KingDan]

If anyone wants to play a game, I play on ICC (chessclub.com) and FICS (freechess.org), my username is KingDan on each.

My uscf is somewhere in the 2100s.

[disjunction]

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definitely true. Curtains will pwn any other advice.

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unless we have some unnamed GM luirking on the boards or something

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There is a "Gata Kamsky" that used to post, you can find him in the archives. Most of his posts don't seem to be the words of a world class chess player, but then again he had a couple of (nontechnical) posts on chess that sounded rather knowledgeable, and one where he claimed to make "final tables" in chess.

[SCfuji]

are there any general tips you can give me for chess? for example, mucking 27o and other trash in first position at a full limit holdem game is a general tip.

are certain pieces more advantageous on specific squares? should i be fighting for those squares?
how can i set-up traps so that i can force jchess to lose one of two strong pieces?
jchess did this to me countless times. hed position a knight so i would either have to lose a rook or a queen or something and id be screwed.

thanks

[Dynasty]

The most important general tip I could give is to practice tactics. This book is loaded with chess puzzles from simple to hard of all types. Going through this book and solving the problems wold be a great start. It would be the equivalent of reviewing yours and others poker hands here on the forum.