Richard Cribb
He does monologues
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2003
- Messages
- 4,291
No huzzah. The sooner such games are forgotten, the better.
I am ready when he is. And yes, a three-game match is not fair at all.
Post your tourny results here! :)
- Thread starter Narz
- Start date
I am ready when he is. And yes, a three-game match is not fair at all.
Shall we make it 4 games 2 white, 2 black? I
'm going to be in vancouver for a couple of weeks from this weekend, but ready to play when i get back.
'm going to be in vancouver for a couple of weeks from this weekend, but ready to play when i get back.
Richard Cribb
He does monologues
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2003
- Messages
- 4,291
That's fine with me.
Have a nice trip.
Have a nice trip.
Narz
keeping it real
kryszcztov
Deity
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2003
- Messages
- 2,423
Hey, our 2 finalists are known. Not surprising, to say the least. 
This will be interesting. Best of luck to both of you !!
This will be interesting. Best of luck to both of you !!
Narz
keeping it real
If one of the finalists will start a new thread when the matches begin that'd be great! Or someone else can start one (not yet though, wait until col gets back).
I'm back and have set the games up.
Let battle commence and may the best player win.
Let battle commence and may the best player win.
punkbass2000
Des An artiste
I'd hoped you'd make two different opening moves. 
Richard Cribb
He does monologues
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2003
- Messages
- 4,291
Thanks. I have just made my moves.
Indeed.
He didn't, I did.I'd hoped you'd make two different opening moves.
But then I played the same in my two black games. After all, chess is a difficult game...
punkbass2000
Des An artiste
punkbass2000
Des An artiste
Bah. Ten bucks says your two different openings transpose into the same opening.
Richard Cribb
He does monologues
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2003
- Messages
- 4,291
Guess I have to publish our game from this tournament with extensive notes then...Hadn't noticed.
Bah. Ten bucks says your two different openings transpose into the same opening.
That is not up to me to decide for the moment, but I think you might be wrong.
And anyway don't blame me. I am the underdog in this match and the least I should do is to try to chose the best terrain available for the battle.
I see but little merit in inviting to a dance in the Sicilian Dragon (which I didn't analyze since I wrote an article about it in 1985) and wind up as a pretty corpse around move 35...
Bah. Ten bucks says your two different openings transpose into the same opening.
I'll take that bet!
Having done a bit of research, I know Luce favours the French defense. I'm playing two different systems as white - as planned!
Somehow I thought Luce might avoid the Dragon since I've won a few spectacular games in it and know it pretty well
Richard Cribb
He does monologues
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2003
- Messages
- 4,291
You just won it.
But punkbass should be happy anyway, he now gets four quite different games.
Yes, there shouldn't exactly be any secret that I am partial to that fine opening. I also notice that I was served a KIA, which might be interesting.
I myself also expected 1...e5 and 1... Nf6 in reply to my opening moves, so we should both be quite happy then, I guess.
Somehow I thought Luce might avoid the Dragon since I've won a few spectacular games in it and know it pretty well
True. It would be more than silly of me, who almost never play 1.e4 ("I never do a mistake in the opening" - Ernst Grünfeld), to engage in a theory duel in one of the sharpest opening line there is against a strong and knowledgeable opponent.
punkbass2000
Des An artiste
I also am not going to play down a sharp French line against someone who who knows it a lot better than me.
One of the aims of the opening is to get the kind of position you're comfortable with. As a dragon player, the KIA plays like a closed sicilian a lot of the time.
One of the aims of the opening is to get the kind of position you're comfortable with. As a dragon player, the KIA plays like a closed sicilian a lot of the time.
Richard Cribb
He does monologues
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2003
- Messages
- 4,291
Sometimes one makes a bet in order to ensure one loses.
You cunning puppetmaster you!Now that is typical.
I can't remember last time I had a game in the Winawer variation.
