anyone else want to beat me

[Algernon Pondlife]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4

I like my position to, but I'm not used to pushing so far forward this early (I once won a game without playing over the half-way line - fitba' metaphor), so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about

. Anyway I have a plan so "look sharp young man".

Smash I haven't a clue about the photo. I always think it strange that, seen singly like that, chessplayers look human; in fact you can't even tell he is a chessplayer

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"Ridicule can do much...but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas"
-Aaron Nimzovitch

 

[Smash]

Paul Keres

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

Ah. I believe I have heard him described as the best of his generation not to have become world champion. But I have to confess I have very little on him in my collection. All I could find quickly was a couple of games in Alekhine's "107 great chess battles"

And (I kept looking) this:

white: Keres black: Arlamowski

1.e4 c6
2.Nc3 d5
3.Nf3 de
4.Nxe4 Nf6
5.Qe2 Nbd7??
6.Nd6 mate

...accompanied by a warning about maintaining a sense of danger right from the start!

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"Ridicule can do much...but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas"
-Aaron Nimzovitch

 

[Smash]

His last tournament(he won) before passing was right here in Vancouver.It is now known as The Keres Memorial.

That is a funny game.Looks a little like a set up.I would hope that even I could avoid that

 

[stellar converter]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd

just to make up for that little ditty, I have found a site with 2011 games of Paul Keres: http://www.phileo.demon.co.uk/uk_files.htm and they don't believe they have missed any!



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"Ridicule can do much...but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas"
-Aaron Nimzovitch

 

[stellar converter]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd d6

i saw what you were up to. amazing how vulnerable king is when knight is not there. ill have to try that one out sometime.

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd d6
11. Bg5

If you are going to see all my plans I'll have to stop making any

(there is something clever in SMAC about that. I forget the exact quote)

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"Ridicule can do much...but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas"
-Aaron Nimzovitch

 

[stellar converter]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd d6
11. Bg5 f6 looks good.

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd d6
11. Bg5 f6 looks good.
12. Qh5

in for a penny, in for a pound.

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"Ridicule can do much...but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas"
-Aaron Nimzovitch

 

[stellar converter]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd d6
11. Bg5 f6 looks bad. damn thats a terrible move! thats what you get when you dont look at what youre doing.
12. Qh5 f5

f6 looks terrible now.

 

[Smash]

Whoa!that is an awesome site.Just what I was looking for

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. d5 Be7
6. e4 o-o
7. Bd3 c5
8. e5 Ne8
9. h4 pxp
10. cd d6
11. Bg5 f6
12. Qh5 f5
13. e6 ....
be that as it may, I don't think this game is over by a long way. I've found before that when I get clever it all looks good for a while then fizzles out.

Smash, I take it you mean uncrowned kings. Another site that gets my attention is http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/britbase/ which is trying to compile all games in British tournaments ever! So for example, Hastings 73 with Tal and Timman which I watched.

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"Ridicule can do much...but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas"
-Aaron Nimzovitch

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

I just thought I'd pop this to the top before I go away on holiday. Perhaps the phantom editor will notice it

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Nothing is too wonderful to be true

 

[stellar converter]

i resign.

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

Thanks for the game Stellar. I'm still not sure it was all over but your position was a bit on the back foot as the English might say

You didn't have any more luck with their defence than I seem to. Do I gather from your comment in another place that you are giving up b6 as a system of play?