Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschexyes what is the purpose of 2.Qe2, does it somehow prevent the normal french move 2.d5? i myself cannot see it as black can play 2.d5 anyway (2..d5, 3.exd5 Qxd5), it somehow does not seem correct to assume that the queen is so well placed so early in the game, but what do i know, it must have some purpose. mabye white is transposing into a kings indian setup with 3.d3 ..Be7, 4.Nf3 ..Nf6, 5.g3 0-0, 6.Bg2 c5, 7.0-0 etc etc. I know from following some of Korchs games that he likes this move d3 in certain circumstances, one of which would be against the French.
Is white not supposed to make his play on the f file if he goes for that kind of french setup?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieNot that I know much about the French or openings in general, but I believe that 2. Qe2 is designed to prevent 2. ...d5 because after 3. exd5, black has to recapture with the queen (the e6 pawn is pinned). Then white can play Nc3 and gain a tempo.
yes what is the purpose of 2.Qe2, does it somehow prevent the normal french move 2.d5? i myself cannot see it as black can play 2.d5 anyway (2..d5, 3.exd5 Qxd5), it somehow does not seem correct to assume that the queen is so well placed so early in the game, but what do i know, it must have some purpose. mabye white is transposing into a kings indi ...[text shortened]... s that he likes this move d3 in certain circumstances, one of which would be against the French.
Based on Korch's statement that he was expecting the Sicilian, am I correct in assuming that by Qe2, you were hoping to cause black to play c5 instead of d5, thereby transposing into something similar to the Sicilian?
right ok, its because of the ensuing Nc3 and the black queen must retreat, which is probably why his opponent chose to control the d5 square from the wings, thus freeing the normally passive French light squared bishop, awesome! i myself am no expert but what is interesting is that whites game becomes a little cramped, which is something which usually happens to me when i play the French as black!
Originally posted by heinzkatThanks. Simply in Latvian notation Rook (R) = Tornis (T)
You'll need to change two Ts in Rs.
[pgn][Event "Riga Open 2008"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Janis Visockis"]
[Black "Kristaps Kretainis"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Ne8 9. Be3 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. b3 ...[text shortened]... d6 45. Rg7 Ke6 46. Rg8 Kd6 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Rf8 Kd6 49. Rf6+ Re6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
I`m really unsatisfied with myself 🙁 It seems to me that lack of OTB practice have affected my play.
Tomorrow in 6th round I will play with Arita Strade - pretty girl without ELO. Her real strenght is about 2000. As I have White I should beat her without problems (to play next game against stronger opponent as Black 😠 ).
Results of 5th round, standings after 5th round and pairings of 6th round:
http://www.chess.lv/lv/jaunumi/?newsid=95
After 5 rounds there is one leader - Master candidate Jurijs Mihailovs with 4,5 points. 2-3 place shared by Gm Meelis Kaneps and another Master candidate from Latvia - Renars Osis (ELO 2134) with 4 points.
