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10 Apr 05
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maybe after the game he will post .. but what I say about bishops is true.. if the knight is on dark square you want a light square bishop.. and of course if knight is on light square your want a dark square bishop...
rooks dont want to be dealing with minor pieces they have far more importent jobs to do..
ie kings defense/checkmate.. oh and supporting the minor pieces..
queens and rooks are crappy defenders
10 Apr 05
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Originally posted by Steelman31why move the knight to exchange the knight is in the centre on a prime attacking square.. why exchange theres no reason..
Nd7
when you have a piece in a nice position like it is.. you're best to hold that position..
stupid exchange.. wastfull move..
get the king to safty, castle and bring the rooks into play god dammit heheh
either side will be ok .. the knight is stopping the advance of a minority attack... the knight is also forcing the rook to defend..
I say castle queen side this will put the king on same side as his.. he is unliky to send his pawn barrier into play.. and also will place the rook on half open file.
10 Apr 05
Originally posted by CenterNutHis knight is a little better then ours, it's not a wasteful exchange, if you can exchange a good minor peice for a great minor peice, by all means, it's perfectly ok. We're not wasting a move because of the discovery on the white rook, we gain a tempo. After we exchange (he cannot exchange because he must move his rook first), we castle kingside to protect our pawns, then put the queen's rook on the d file with the support of our castled king's rook and queen on e7.
why move the knight to exchange the knight is in the centre on a prime attacking square.. why exchange theres no reason..
when you have a piece in a nice position like it is.. you're best to hold that position..
stupid exchange.. wastfull move..
get the king to safty, castle and bring the rooks into play god dammit heheh
either side will be ok .. the ...[text shortened]... s.. he is unliky to send his pawn barrier into play.. and also will place the rook on open file.
With this sequence of moves, we have a routine draw. White has more space and activity, but his king's rook is misplaced, and he doesn't have enough to take a serious winning advantage. Draw!
10 Apr 05
Originally posted by CenterNutRooks are an exception, remember what Pandolfini said? All peices are better centralized but rooks, rooks are better on the edge. And what he says is true, I doubt someone like Ironman will "centralize" a rook if we play Nd7. Centralizing rooks does a whole lot of nothing.
he will centralize his rook to defend the knight its a wastfull move and he gains better posistion
10 Apr 05
Originally posted by Steelman31Pandolfini is wrong imo.. maybe to some extent he is right.. rooks are bit clumsy during middle game but like queens has more coverage in the centre..
Rooks are an exception, remember what Pandolfini said? All peices are better centralized but rooks, rooks are better on the edge. And what he says is true, I doubt someone like Ironman will "centralize" a rook if we play Nd7. Centralizing rooks does a whole lot of nothing.
10 Apr 05
Originally posted by CenterNutOur g pawn is weak and backward, we will likely enter a rook and numerous pawn endgame, in such endgames, you want your king as an active participant defending your weak pawns. Our only weak pawn, is our g pawn, we should make our king useful and defend it. I don't want us wasting a rook on defending it. I doubt white has a kingside mating attack, because as you said, we have more pawns on the kingside and not many peices are left, the automatic exchanging of his knight on e5 makes such an attack even more unlikely for success. If we find an easy way to trade queens, set and match.
the board is unbalanced use that to our advantage and start a king side majority attack.. simple
10 Apr 05
Originally posted by CenterNutRooks do not have more cover in the center. Do a simple exercise. But a rook on a1, count the squares it covers, next, put a rook on e5, count the squares it covers, the a1 rook will cover more.
Pandolfini is wrong imo.. maybe to some extent he is right.. rooks are bit clumsy during middle game but like queens has more coverage in the centre..
10 Apr 05
Originally posted by Steelman31set and match after white has already began a minority attack.. hummmmmmmmm.. white has pawn already closer than to other side than us..
Our g pawn is weak and backward, we will likely enter a rook and numerous pawn endgame, in such endgames, you want your king as an active participant defending your weak pawns. Our only weak pawn, is our g pawn, we should make our king useful and defend it. I don't want us wasting a rook on defending it. I doubt white has a kingside mating attack, becaus ...[text shortened]... an attack even more unlikely for success. If we find an easy way to trade queens, set and match.
http://info.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/pawnmobl.html
http://info.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/Openings/sic1.html
i dont know if you're aware of this theme but it's an importent part of chess