31 Dec 12
Originally posted by kingshillhave played it quite a lot myself. quite a few lovely wins.
I was surprised to find that currently the third most popular move in the French other than the Winawer (Bb4) and Classical (Nf6) is h6. This has scored quite well recently but here is a game that my son played yesterday in a IM tournament in Germany where he manages to take this variation down. Haven't had time to analyse it yet but this was not part of ...[text shortened]... 7. Kh1 Bd8 28. Rg1+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Bxf6+
Rxf6 31. Rg7+ 0-1
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for white in my opinion..
4. ed safe slight edge
4.a3!? after which it is quite risky for black to play anything other than 4.... de
31 Dec 12
Originally posted by kingshillin this game, after the thematic Nb4, it is pathetic not to take on d3 before white moves his bishop
I was surprised to find that currently the third most popular move in the French other than the Winawer (Bb4) and Classical (Nf6) is h6. This has scored quite well recently but here is a game that my son played yesterday in a IM tournament in Germany where he manages to take this variation down. Haven't had time to analyse it yet but this was not part of ...[text shortened]... 7. Kh1 Bd8 28. Rg1+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Bxf6+
Rxf6 31. Rg7+ 0-1
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02 Jan 13
Originally posted by WilfriedvaOkay. I normally see those as exd? or dxe? with the ? replaced with the number for the square, like exd4. I was not aware of the shorthand notation. I am still getting used to this algebraic notation from my earlier days of always using descriptive notation.
pawn on e square captures on d square
pawn on d square captures on e square
capice?
02 Jan 13
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Originally posted by kingshillIf I play old benoni otb against 1.d4 so i'm wondering if I can use this to get similar positions..
If you use that move order then you are playing the Sicilian defense and not the French.
White can even transpose in to a much better Old Benoni by playing 3. d4-d5. This gives him a small edge.
After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.exd5 d6 it must be usable in otb chess up to 200 level and possibly some practical value in white may not have prepared for it.
02 Jan 13
Originally posted by plopzillaJust looked at my TWIC database with games from the last year. 1...c5 is only played 1800 times out of 130000 but it is playable. It's funny that the response that scores the best for white is transpose back into the English with 2.c4. Black scores qquite well against the theoretical 2.d5. Probably because black is in book and white is not.
If I play old benoni otb against 1.d4 so i'm wondering if I can use this to get similar positions..
After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.exd5 d6 it must be usable in otb chess up to 200 level and possibly some practical value in white may not have prepared for it.
Virtually anything is playable at sub master level if you know it well enough. I know a number of people who play the North Sea Defense and that is just about as unsound as they come.
02 Jan 13
Originally posted by RJHindsit's not a standard form of notation,I guess the poster felt extremely lazy
Okay. I normally see those as exd? or dxe? with the ? replaced with the number for the square, like exd4. I was not aware of the shorthand notation. I am still getting used to this algebraic notation from my earlier days of always using descriptive notation.