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Opening traps are killers
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nastyho...@gmail.com
Mar 18, 2020, 2:32:47 AM3/18/20
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Opening traps rule!
I always thought that the Budapest gambit, which has about 5 traps in it, was one of the most trappy openings.
That was until I became aware of the Koltanowski gambit, which has about 22 traps in it.
One problem with that gambit is that it starts only on move 5, so it doesn't happen so often. This in contradistinction with for instance the Englund gambit, which you start on move 1.
Another problem with the Koltanowski gambit is; try to remember 22 not very short lines. That is for me sure not easy.
Recently I had 2 Koltanowksi gambits with the same trappy line, in which the opponent came out of the opening one bishop short:
https://lichess.org/k0P302AzkBAL
https://lichess.org/F9O1M9nYrfzP
So even though it doesn't happen so often, it is still good to be familiar with the intricacies of the Koltanowski gambit.
http://tiny.cc/trappish
Opening traps rule!
I always thought that the Budapest gambit, which has about 5 traps in it, was one of the most trappy openings.
That was until I became aware of the Koltanowski gambit, which has about 22 traps in it.
One problem with that gambit is that it starts only on move 5, so it doesn't happen so often. This in contradistinction with for instance the Englund gambit, which you start on move 1.
Another problem with the Koltanowski gambit is; try to remember 22 not very short lines. That is for me sure not easy.
Recently I had 2 Koltanowksi gambits with the same trappy line, in which the opponent came out of the opening one bishop short:
https://lichess.org/k0P302AzkBAL
https://lichess.org/F9O1M9nYrfzP
So even though it doesn't happen so often, it is still good to be familiar with the intricacies of the Koltanowski gambit.
http://tiny.cc/trappish
Eli Kesef
Apr 2, 2020, 10:13:46 AM4/2/20
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There is a nice trap in the Scandinavian defence, when white starts with e4, and black does d5: https://lichess.org/BWntl2eQ8cRD
What you get is like an Englund gambit, but with reversed colors.
On move 11 I removed the enemy queen of the board, and was 7 points ahead. But the opponent played on until mate on move 26.
There are many other trappy lines in this opening, for if the opponent reacts differently. It is a bit of a hassle to learn all of them, but the rewards are great!
https://tinyurl.com/trap-filled
There is a nice trap in the Scandinavian defence, when white starts with e4, and black does d5: https://lichess.org/BWntl2eQ8cRD
What you get is like an Englund gambit, but with reversed colors.
On move 11 I removed the enemy queen of the board, and was 7 points ahead. But the opponent played on until mate on move 26.
There are many other trappy lines in this opening, for if the opponent reacts differently. It is a bit of a hassle to learn all of them, but the rewards are great!
https://tinyurl.com/trap-filled
Eli Kesef
Apr 2, 2020, 10:23:58 AM4/2/20
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Here an Englund gambit in which the opponent on move 7 suddenly was down a full rook.
He played on until he was 8 points behind on move 22, and then he resigned.
http://tinyurl.com/that-look
Here an Englund gambit in which the opponent on move 7 suddenly was down a full rook.
He played on until he was 8 points behind on move 22, and then he resigned.
http://tinyurl.com/that-look
samsloan
Apr 2, 2020, 12:17:51 PM4/2/20
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Eli Kesef
Apr 2, 2020, 12:27:20 PM4/2/20
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Eli Kesef
Apr 18, 2020, 7:28:26 PM4/18/20
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And here another Koltanowski gambit in which the opponent comes out of the opening with a bishop missing: https://lichess.org/e8SOKJJinnAO
He played on until move 23, but at that point he resigned.
Life is good with opening traps.
http://tinyurl.com/that-look
And here another Koltanowski gambit in which the opponent comes out of the opening with a bishop missing: https://lichess.org/e8SOKJJinnAO
He played on until move 23, but at that point he resigned.
Life is good with opening traps.
http://tinyurl.com/that-look
Eli Kesef
Jun 5, 2020, 2:42:53 AM6/5/20
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I think I'm finally getting a handle on the Traxler counter attack.
Here I attacked the opponent with a fried liver: https://lichess.org/9woWOs6cyLuF
He answered with the Traxler counter attack, and he resigned on move 27, being 14 points behind. :)
http://tinyurl.com/funny-game
I think I'm finally getting a handle on the Traxler counter attack.
Here I attacked the opponent with a fried liver: https://lichess.org/9woWOs6cyLuF
He answered with the Traxler counter attack, and he resigned on move 27, being 14 points behind. :)
http://tinyurl.com/funny-game
Eli Kesef
Jun 5, 2020, 3:22:19 AM6/5/20
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I forgot to mention; he was about to lose another 3 points, so next move he would have ben minus 16 or 17. (depending on if he could get a pawn for his horse)
https://tinyurl.com/0-0-0
Eli Kesef
Jul 7, 2020, 9:05:59 AM7/7/20
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Here somebody went horribly wrong with an Englund gambit, he lost his queen and resigned on move 6: https://lichess.org/SETnAXMPAzOm
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Here somebody went horribly wrong with an Englund gambit, he lost his queen and resigned on move 6: https://lichess.org/SETnAXMPAzOm
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Eli Kesef
Aug 31, 2020, 4:26:14 PM8/31/20
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Here somebody runs into an Englund gambit and comes out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/vvJfJbaTbFXk
Who said chess is easy.....
https://tinyurl.com/Q-trap
Here somebody runs into an Englund gambit and comes out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/vvJfJbaTbFXk
Who said chess is easy.....
https://tinyurl.com/Q-trap
Eli Kesef
Sep 21, 2020, 9:36:39 AM9/21/20
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Through an unusual opening sequence I got the classical position of the Stafford gambit on the board. The opponent made the fatal move Bg5, I offered him my queen and my horse, he chose to take my queen, and I mated him in 2 moves: https://tinyurl.com/what-t4k
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Through an unusual opening sequence I got the classical position of the Stafford gambit on the board. The opponent made the fatal move Bg5, I offered him my queen and my horse, he chose to take my queen, and I mated him in 2 moves: https://tinyurl.com/what-t4k
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Eli Kesef
Sep 21, 2020, 11:50:31 AM9/21/20
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Eli Kesef
Sep 21, 2020, 1:11:00 PM9/21/20
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So I played an Italian opening, (aka Giuoco Piano) followed by the Koltanowski gambit. The opponent came out of the opening being a bishop down. Don't you LOVE those opening traps? https://lichess.org/WEUWFlpVi0N3
I hope we don't have to have a debate about whether or not it is good etiquette to demolish an unsuspecting opponent with a mean opening trap. It's not my fault people refuse to learn openings.
https://tinyurl.com/100-traps
So I played an Italian opening, (aka Giuoco Piano) followed by the Koltanowski gambit. The opponent came out of the opening being a bishop down. Don't you LOVE those opening traps? https://lichess.org/WEUWFlpVi0N3
I hope we don't have to have a debate about whether or not it is good etiquette to demolish an unsuspecting opponent with a mean opening trap. It's not my fault people refuse to learn openings.
https://tinyurl.com/100-traps
Eli Kesef
Oct 3, 2020, 5:51:31 PM10/3/20
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In this game: https://lichess.org/2P98As0SUWqx and 1846 fell victim to the Stafford gambit and had to part with his queen on move 9. The enemy played on until move 25 before he accepted the fact that further resistance was futile and resigned.
https://tinyurl.com/queen-val
In this game: https://lichess.org/2P98As0SUWqx and 1846 fell victim to the Stafford gambit and had to part with his queen on move 9. The enemy played on until move 25 before he accepted the fact that further resistance was futile and resigned.
https://tinyurl.com/queen-val
Eli Kesef
Oct 3, 2020, 5:57:49 PM10/3/20
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On move 5, I played ...Ne4, and planted my horse in his face. On move 6 the enemy played d3, trying to kick my horse away from e4. And that little innocent move attacking my horse sealed his fate. It was his downfall. After 6.d3 he was lost beyond all hope. That little natural move ruined him.
The road to chess hell is paved with natural moves.
https://tinyurl.com/devel-details
Eli Kesef
Oct 5, 2020, 5:34:11 AM10/5/20
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And here an interesting Koltanowski gambit: https://lichess.org/4EaYfh0Yso73
I should have ended up with an exchange more, but the enemy decided to give me a whole castle, and right after that he gave me the whole game by resigning.
That's the way I like it!
https://tinyurl.com/dashing-gambit
And here an interesting Koltanowski gambit: https://lichess.org/4EaYfh0Yso73
I should have ended up with an exchange more, but the enemy decided to give me a whole castle, and right after that he gave me the whole game by resigning.
That's the way I like it!
https://tinyurl.com/dashing-gambit
Eli Kesef
Oct 5, 2020, 6:00:24 AM10/5/20
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Just ordered this one on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/savagetrap
I think that'll make no.14 of my chess books solely dedicated to opening traps.
Without opening traps you are knee deep in the smelly stuff.
https://tinyurl.com/queen-val
Just ordered this one on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/savagetrap
I think that'll make no.14 of my chess books solely dedicated to opening traps.
Without opening traps you are knee deep in the smelly stuff.
https://tinyurl.com/queen-val
Eli Kesef
Oct 6, 2020, 4:46:32 AM10/6/20
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And yet another Koltanowski gambit: https://lichess.org/UKbZXgjKbFaZ
Not as weird as the one above, just the most natural en most occurring one, in which the enemy comes out of the opening with a bishop missing.
As a reaction to the weird one above, which I barely could remember and play, but which fortunately worked out OK, yesterday I went over all 22 different possible traps in the Koltanowski gambit. I should do that more often. The tend to leak away out of my brain if I don't repeat it regularly.
Besides that, it's just hard to learn 22 sometimes quite weird and complicated lines.
But the results are worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/queen-val
And yet another Koltanowski gambit: https://lichess.org/UKbZXgjKbFaZ
Not as weird as the one above, just the most natural en most occurring one, in which the enemy comes out of the opening with a bishop missing.
As a reaction to the weird one above, which I barely could remember and play, but which fortunately worked out OK, yesterday I went over all 22 different possible traps in the Koltanowski gambit. I should do that more often. The tend to leak away out of my brain if I don't repeat it regularly.
Besides that, it's just hard to learn 22 sometimes quite weird and complicated lines.
But the results are worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/queen-val
Eli Kesef
Oct 7, 2020, 4:27:43 AM10/7/20
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And I also thought it wise to order this one: https://tinyurl.com/700traps
That'll keep me busy for a while.
Not that i'm through with all my other trappy books, that'll take another few lifetimes. But it is so much fun studying this stuff.....
And then the REAL fun when somebody steps in one of those traps.... :D :D
When I see a trap book that I don't have yet I just can't control myself; I've got to have it.
Playing against an opponent armed with a big bag of opening traps is like walking through a minefield. :D
https://tinyurl.com/mind-ur-step
Eli Kesef
Oct 7, 2020, 5:28:51 AM10/7/20
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Now the only thing that is nagging me is; what about this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/383054834566
Shall I buy it today or try to wait?
Difficult, difficult....
https://tinyurl.com/Eccl-12-12
Eli Kesef
Oct 10, 2020, 5:21:13 PM10/10/20
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So after playing all the time the Russian defence after 1.e4, I switched to trying for the Blackburn-Shilling trap. The first attempt was a great succes: https://lichess.org/Do3IaM9boAib
The enemy came out of the opening with a bishop and a castle missing, but still played on to move 26.
https://tinyurl.com/Q-trap-thank-U
So after playing all the time the Russian defence after 1.e4, I switched to trying for the Blackburn-Shilling trap. The first attempt was a great succes: https://lichess.org/Do3IaM9boAib
The enemy came out of the opening with a bishop and a castle missing, but still played on to move 26.
https://tinyurl.com/Q-trap-thank-U
Eli Kesef
Oct 10, 2020, 6:57:25 PM10/10/20
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Here, thanks to a Boden-Kiezeritsky gambit, the enemy came out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/ZaFkS3fpd9lM
https://tinyurl.com/lost-gambit
Here, thanks to a Boden-Kiezeritsky gambit, the enemy came out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/ZaFkS3fpd9lM
https://tinyurl.com/lost-gambit
Eli Kesef
Oct 11, 2020, 7:51:45 AM10/11/20
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So I've set the Blackburn-Shilling trap (in short the B-S trap;) 6 times, and there were 2 takers. Here is the second one: https://lichess.org/pTGn9Tu6LB9f On move 8 he had to part with his queen. On move 14 he was 17 points behind in material, but he didn't give up. That's the spirit! Never say die!
I mated him on move 18.
Thank God for opening traps!
https://tinyurl.com/Blackburne-trap
So I've set the Blackburn-Shilling trap (in short the B-S trap;) 6 times, and there were 2 takers. Here is the second one: https://lichess.org/pTGn9Tu6LB9f On move 8 he had to part with his queen. On move 14 he was 17 points behind in material, but he didn't give up. That's the spirit! Never say die!
I mated him on move 18.
Thank God for opening traps!
https://tinyurl.com/Blackburne-trap
Eli Kesef
Oct 12, 2020, 2:48:52 PM10/12/20
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Amazing how many people do not know the fishing pole trap.
Here another ignorant victim: https://lichess.org/MbQOZscDsidl
I guess now he knows....
Always to happy educate my fellow chess traveller.
https://tinyurl.com/fishy-pole
Amazing how many people do not know the fishing pole trap.
Here another ignorant victim: https://lichess.org/MbQOZscDsidl
I guess now he knows....
Always to happy educate my fellow chess traveller.
https://tinyurl.com/fishy-pole
Eli Kesef
Oct 18, 2020, 6:50:15 AM10/18/20
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"Every chess player has gone through the experience of a game coming to an end before it ever really started. The reason is often one of the ubiquitous opening traps, which to the victim look quite ‘normal’ moves – a piece is developed, something is captured, or a threat is set up and parried. The reply, for the most part an unusual one and therefore totally unexpected, then almost inevitably leads to a rapid win for the ‘trapper’. The two internationally recognised grandmaster authors – Rainer Knaak is considered an expert on the openings, and Karsten Müller on the endgame – therefore propose two main objectives:
→ the student should master the traps in the openings he plays, in order to avoid disasters;
→ but he can also systematically try to expand his opening rep-ertoire, in order himself to set traps.
This first volume contains all the important openings after 1.e4, such as the Italian, French, Spanish, Sicilian etc., as well as introductory texts with their typical motifs, with which one should be familiar. In this way, as a welcome side effect, the reader is guaranteed to improve his combinative skill."
This piece of advice comes from two Grandmasters. They wrote a nice book: "222 opening traps after 1.e4"
Yes, of course I have this book. You want it too? https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Karsten-M%C3%BCller/dp/3283010048
You really cannot do without it.
""Every chess player has gone through the experience of a game coming to an end before it ever really started. The reason is often one of the ubiquitous opening traps"
Yes, every chess player. But, let's face it: Some more than others.
And that's why I have all those books about traps. Thus spoke a colleague of mine who didn't know chess, but I taught him, told him which book to buy, which traps to learn, and he listened: "Amazing how much fun it is when you see the opponent step in to a trap"....
And that's how it is.
https://tinyurl.com/eye-love-chess
"Every chess player has gone through the experience of a game coming to an end before it ever really started. The reason is often one of the ubiquitous opening traps, which to the victim look quite ‘normal’ moves – a piece is developed, something is captured, or a threat is set up and parried. The reply, for the most part an unusual one and therefore totally unexpected, then almost inevitably leads to a rapid win for the ‘trapper’. The two internationally recognised grandmaster authors – Rainer Knaak is considered an expert on the openings, and Karsten Müller on the endgame – therefore propose two main objectives:
→ the student should master the traps in the openings he plays, in order to avoid disasters;
→ but he can also systematically try to expand his opening rep-ertoire, in order himself to set traps.
This first volume contains all the important openings after 1.e4, such as the Italian, French, Spanish, Sicilian etc., as well as introductory texts with their typical motifs, with which one should be familiar. In this way, as a welcome side effect, the reader is guaranteed to improve his combinative skill."
This piece of advice comes from two Grandmasters. They wrote a nice book: "222 opening traps after 1.e4"
Yes, of course I have this book. You want it too? https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Karsten-M%C3%BCller/dp/3283010048
You really cannot do without it.
""Every chess player has gone through the experience of a game coming to an end before it ever really started. The reason is often one of the ubiquitous opening traps"
Yes, every chess player. But, let's face it: Some more than others.
And that's why I have all those books about traps. Thus spoke a colleague of mine who didn't know chess, but I taught him, told him which book to buy, which traps to learn, and he listened: "Amazing how much fun it is when you see the opponent step in to a trap"....
And that's how it is.
https://tinyurl.com/eye-love-chess
Eli Kesef
Oct 25, 2020, 2:44:44 AM10/25/20
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This tactical motif which made the enemy resign on move 8 I learned from another opening: https://lichess.org/06JnGeNxZDEr
I think it is from the Scandinavian defense, normally you play it with white, but now it popped up with black.
Another proof that learning opening traps improves your tactical abilities.
https://tinyurl.com/tramp-checkers
This tactical motif which made the enemy resign on move 8 I learned from another opening: https://lichess.org/06JnGeNxZDEr
I think it is from the Scandinavian defense, normally you play it with white, but now it popped up with black.
Another proof that learning opening traps improves your tactical abilities.
https://tinyurl.com/tramp-checkers
Eli Kesef
Oct 28, 2020, 1:40:30 AM10/28/20
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In this game https://lichess.org/WyiKAkTD5vYA the enemy (1875) allowed me to play the Koltanowski gambit. He managed to steer clear of all 22 traps, and then stepped into another one; he gave me the triple attack on f7, which cost him a castle and a pawn for a horse. From there it was all down hill for the enemy. He lost another exchange, and then he lost a horse, and then he resigned.
Opening traps are horrible things when you are on the receiving end of 'm.
https://tinyurl.com/mind-ur-step
In this game https://lichess.org/WyiKAkTD5vYA the enemy (1875) allowed me to play the Koltanowski gambit. He managed to steer clear of all 22 traps, and then stepped into another one; he gave me the triple attack on f7, which cost him a castle and a pawn for a horse. From there it was all down hill for the enemy. He lost another exchange, and then he lost a horse, and then he resigned.
Opening traps are horrible things when you are on the receiving end of 'm.
https://tinyurl.com/mind-ur-step
Eli Kesef
Oct 28, 2020, 1:58:32 AM10/28/20
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Two more books about opening traps arrived in the mail. That brings me to 15 chess books in my chess library which are solely dedicated to opening traps.
I have two more on my wish list. On shabbat, when I cannot go on line, I was looking into one of those books, and I found some wonderful additions to my trappy repertoire. Especially my new reaction when somebody plays the Fried Liver against me is hilarious and devastating. I have applied it already a few times successfully.
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Eli Kesef
Nov 3, 2020, 4:20:57 PM11/3/20
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So I had the enemy playing the Karo-Cann against me: https://lichess.org/uFbw8mMAc2V4 I have a good trap against that, everything went well for a while, and then he began to deviate from the normal lines. He used up A LOT of time, thinking about how to get out of the trap, because he had faced it before. He said this in the chat: "Knight4aday Oh i hate this reply from white, lost a few games against it, never remembered what to do at this stage..." The point was, I was out of the book, so I also didn't know what to do. I reached the point where I had to start thinking for myself, and that's the point when things usually go horribly wrong.
But, thank God, I sacrificed a horse, after which I sacrificed my other horse, after which I checkmated him in 2 moves.
All is well that ends well. It's just that the mate happened on move 16, otherwise I could have posted this under the miniatures.
https://tinyurl.com/pin-mightier
So I had the enemy playing the Karo-Cann against me: https://lichess.org/uFbw8mMAc2V4 I have a good trap against that, everything went well for a while, and then he began to deviate from the normal lines. He used up A LOT of time, thinking about how to get out of the trap, because he had faced it before. He said this in the chat: "Knight4aday Oh i hate this reply from white, lost a few games against it, never remembered what to do at this stage..." The point was, I was out of the book, so I also didn't know what to do. I reached the point where I had to start thinking for myself, and that's the point when things usually go horribly wrong.
But, thank God, I sacrificed a horse, after which I sacrificed my other horse, after which I checkmated him in 2 moves.
All is well that ends well. It's just that the mate happened on move 16, otherwise I could have posted this under the miniatures.
https://tinyurl.com/pin-mightier
Eli Kesef
Nov 10, 2020, 12:27:41 PM11/10/20
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In this game https://lichess.org/srmLQU5RddA7 the Stafford game came through for me. Again. I got the threefold attack on f2 and he had to part with an exchange. A few moves later the enemy was 11 points behind in material and faced a mate in one after he had to sacrifice his queen.
He didn't feel like sacrificing his queen in order to mated in one move, so he rolled over and died.
https://tinyurl.com/chess-ment-tort
In this game https://lichess.org/srmLQU5RddA7 the Stafford game came through for me. Again. I got the threefold attack on f2 and he had to part with an exchange. A few moves later the enemy was 11 points behind in material and faced a mate in one after he had to sacrifice his queen.
He didn't feel like sacrificing his queen in order to mated in one move, so he rolled over and died.
https://tinyurl.com/chess-ment-tort
Eli Kesef
Nov 22, 2020, 1:45:48 AM11/22/20
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Here somebody encounters an Englund gambit, and comes out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/z3sudCvyrzcl
https://tinyurl.com/Q-trap-thank-U
Here somebody encounters an Englund gambit, and comes out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/z3sudCvyrzcl
https://tinyurl.com/Q-trap-thank-U
Eli Kesef
Dec 5, 2020, 5:49:24 PM12/5/20
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Here an 1898 fell victim to a Boden-Kieseritzky gambit, and came with an exchange and a pawn missing out of the opening: https://lichess.org/YA739hWSDIGK
https://tinyurl.com/lost-gambit
Here an 1898 fell victim to a Boden-Kieseritzky gambit, and came with an exchange and a pawn missing out of the opening: https://lichess.org/YA739hWSDIGK
https://tinyurl.com/lost-gambit
Eli Kesef
Jan 4, 2021, 12:41:47 PM1/4/21
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In this game https://lichess.org/vkRo1gKTq3nm the enemy fell victim to an Englund gambit. On move 7 he lost his queen, on move 23 I mated him while he was 21 points behind.
http://tinyurl.com/pin-sword
In this game https://lichess.org/vkRo1gKTq3nm the enemy fell victim to an Englund gambit. On move 7 he lost his queen, on move 23 I mated him while he was 21 points behind.
http://tinyurl.com/pin-sword
Eli Kesef
Jan 28, 2021, 6:07:33 PM1/28/21
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In this game: https://lichess.org/jd2LZ2ratxW9 the enemy fell victim to a Stafford gambit. It was a very funny game. Not as funny as the mate in 8, but still very good. On move 9 he lost his queen. He did get a horse and a bishop for it, but that was obviously not enough. On move 12 he lost his castle for my bishop. On move 15, him being 9 points behind, playing without queen, his king in the middle of the board, he finally surrendered.
https://tinyurl.com/dashing-gambit
In this game: https://lichess.org/jd2LZ2ratxW9 the enemy fell victim to a Stafford gambit. It was a very funny game. Not as funny as the mate in 8, but still very good. On move 9 he lost his queen. He did get a horse and a bishop for it, but that was obviously not enough. On move 12 he lost his castle for my bishop. On move 15, him being 9 points behind, playing without queen, his king in the middle of the board, he finally surrendered.
https://tinyurl.com/dashing-gambit
Eli Kesef
Jan 30, 2021, 3:27:13 PM1/30/21
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And yet another Stafford gambit: https://lichess.org/z9cLanB5gS8n
I got the triple attack on f2, that costed him an exchange, and the rest was sheer slaughter.
https://tinyurl.com/calm-win
And yet another Stafford gambit: https://lichess.org/z9cLanB5gS8n
I got the triple attack on f2, that costed him an exchange, and the rest was sheer slaughter.
https://tinyurl.com/calm-win
Eli Kesef
Feb 8, 2021, 9:17:45 AM2/8/21
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I destroyed the enemy with a fishing pole: https://lichess.org/bPKaJe5G48vy I'm just not sure if this was an opening trap, because the trap started on move 25. But anyway, it worked like a charm, he resigned 2 moves later, even though that wasn't necessary.
tinyurl.com/traps-kill
I destroyed the enemy with a fishing pole: https://lichess.org/bPKaJe5G48vy I'm just not sure if this was an opening trap, because the trap started on move 25. But anyway, it worked like a charm, he resigned 2 moves later, even though that wasn't necessary.
tinyurl.com/traps-kill
Eli Kesef
Feb 11, 2021, 3:39:13 PM2/11/21
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Here is an Englund gambit in which the enemy had to part with a castle in the opening and was 5 points behind on move 8: https://lichess.org/VC5CZ1ZYA6Ki
He soldiered on though and only on move 37 while being 12 points behind he received the coup the grace.
The Englund gambit is a killer!
https://is.gd/trappy_gamb
Here is an Englund gambit in which the enemy had to part with a castle in the opening and was 5 points behind on move 8: https://lichess.org/VC5CZ1ZYA6Ki
He soldiered on though and only on move 37 while being 12 points behind he received the coup the grace.
The Englund gambit is a killer!
https://is.gd/trappy_gamb
Eli Kesef
Mar 7, 2021, 1:24:02 PM3/7/21
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Bs"d
So I told you guys about my new answer to an attempted fried liver, you know, the crazy and absurd looking answer. But I learned it from two grandmasters, so it is not as crazy as it looks. Far from it.
I got an enemy here who tried to fry liver me: https://lichess.org/9h9TOcbQQ9Jl
I played against his Italian opening the two horses defense, he threw his horse forward to g5, double attacking my f7 pawn. So in stead of me pushing my queen pawn two forward and blocking the line of sight of his bishop, I decided to take my f6 horse, and take with it his pawn on e4, which was protected by his horse on g5. He could have taken my horse just like that. But he didn't, in stead he chose to make a nasty horse fork on f7, his horse smacked in on f7, and forked my queen and castle.
So how did that work out for him? The short story is: He resigned on move 11, and the counter was on +14 for me.
A short, hilarious, and heart warming game!
HALLELUJAH!!
http://tinyurl.com/funny-game
So I told you guys about my new answer to an attempted fried liver, you know, the crazy and absurd looking answer. But I learned it from two grandmasters, so it is not as crazy as it looks. Far from it.
I got an enemy here who tried to fry liver me: https://lichess.org/9h9TOcbQQ9Jl
I played against his Italian opening the two horses defense, he threw his horse forward to g5, double attacking my f7 pawn. So in stead of me pushing my queen pawn two forward and blocking the line of sight of his bishop, I decided to take my f6 horse, and take with it his pawn on e4, which was protected by his horse on g5. He could have taken my horse just like that. But he didn't, in stead he chose to make a nasty horse fork on f7, his horse smacked in on f7, and forked my queen and castle.
So how did that work out for him? The short story is: He resigned on move 11, and the counter was on +14 for me.
A short, hilarious, and heart warming game!
HALLELUJAH!!
http://tinyurl.com/funny-game
The Horny Goat
Mar 7, 2021, 10:32:38 PM3/7/21
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beyond 20 moves? The essential knowledge at that point is quite
different than in the opening.
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Eli Kesef
Mar 8, 2021, 1:36:02 AM3/8/21
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Well, when I have to play beyond the opening, or when the enemy somehow circumvents all my traps, then, unfortunately, I have to think up my moves myself. And that's usually the point when things start to go horribly wrong.
For that I sometimes practice with CT-Art 3.0, to sharpen my tactical skills, and for the rest I just hope for the best.
I study some elementary endgames, and just to be on the safe side, I only play opponents who are weaker than I am. I think that's the key to success.
Playing it any other way is just asking for trouble.
After all, we play chess in order to enjoy ourselves, aren't we?
And I'm definitely not enjoying myself when I lose.
https://tinyurl.com/Aristotl
The Horny Goat
Mar 8, 2021, 2:30:36 AM3/8/21
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 22:36:00 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
<nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Well, when I have to play beyond the opening, or when the enemy somehow cir=
>cumvents all my traps, then, unfortunately, I have to think up my moves mys=
>elf. And that's usually the point when things start to go horribly wrong=
>.=20
>
>For that I sometimes practice with CT-Art 3.0, to sharpen my tactical skill=
>s, and for the rest I just hope for the best. =20
>
>I study some elementary endgames, and just to be on the safe side, I only p=
>lay opponents who are weaker than I am. I think that's the key to success.=
> =20
>Playing it any other way is just asking for trouble.=20
>After all, we play chess in order to enjoy ourselves, aren't we? =20
>
>And I'm definitely not enjoying myself when I lose.=20
>
>https://tinyurl.com/Aristotl
>
Well obviously if you memorize 1200 pages of the various volumes of
ECO you will be well booked but the point of the openings is to get to
a middle game position you are comfortable playing.
Thus as black I often play Petroff against e4 (or occasionally various
d6/e6 Sicilian setups) and often play Benko against d4
You may reasonably infer a strong positional style with tactical
elements.
I used to play various e5 Sicilian systems but didn't like the sort of
positions I was getting.
You may also infer safely that I'm unlikely to be found on either side
of the Slav though have done some interesting speculation (only in
speed chess so far) with various lines in the Winawer French.
The one thread all of these have in common is tactical play with solid
center positions and a lot of minor piece play.
<nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Well, when I have to play beyond the opening, or when the enemy somehow cir=
>cumvents all my traps, then, unfortunately, I have to think up my moves mys=
>elf. And that's usually the point when things start to go horribly wrong=
>.=20
>
>For that I sometimes practice with CT-Art 3.0, to sharpen my tactical skill=
>s, and for the rest I just hope for the best. =20
>
>I study some elementary endgames, and just to be on the safe side, I only p=
>lay opponents who are weaker than I am. I think that's the key to success.=
> =20
>Playing it any other way is just asking for trouble.=20
>After all, we play chess in order to enjoy ourselves, aren't we? =20
>
>And I'm definitely not enjoying myself when I lose.=20
>
>https://tinyurl.com/Aristotl
>
Well obviously if you memorize 1200 pages of the various volumes of
ECO you will be well booked but the point of the openings is to get to
a middle game position you are comfortable playing.
Thus as black I often play Petroff against e4 (or occasionally various
d6/e6 Sicilian setups) and often play Benko against d4
You may reasonably infer a strong positional style with tactical
elements.
I used to play various e5 Sicilian systems but didn't like the sort of
positions I was getting.
You may also infer safely that I'm unlikely to be found on either side
of the Slav though have done some interesting speculation (only in
speed chess so far) with various lines in the Winawer French.
The one thread all of these have in common is tactical play with solid
center positions and a lot of minor piece play.
Eli Kesef
Mar 8, 2021, 6:24:16 AM3/8/21
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On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 9:30:36 AM UTC+2, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 22:36:00 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
> <nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Well, when I have to play beyond the opening, or when the enemy somehow cir=
> >cumvents all my traps, then, unfortunately, I have to think up my moves mys=
> >elf. And that's usually the point when things start to go horribly wrong=
> >.=20
> >
> >For that I sometimes practice with CT-Art 3.0, to sharpen my tactical skill=
> >s, and for the rest I just hope for the best. =20
> >
> >I study some elementary endgames, and just to be on the safe side, I only p=
> >lay opponents who are weaker than I am. I think that's the key to success.=
> > =20
> >Playing it any other way is just asking for trouble.=20
> >After all, we play chess in order to enjoy ourselves, aren't we? =20
> >
> >And I'm definitely not enjoying myself when I lose.=20
> >
> >https://tinyurl.com/Aristotl
> >
> Well obviously if you memorize 1200 pages of the various volumes of
> ECO you will be well booked but the point of the openings is to get to
> a middle game position you are comfortable playing.
Bs"d
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 22:36:00 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
> <nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Well, when I have to play beyond the opening, or when the enemy somehow cir=
> >cumvents all my traps, then, unfortunately, I have to think up my moves mys=
> >elf. And that's usually the point when things start to go horribly wrong=
> >.=20
> >
> >For that I sometimes practice with CT-Art 3.0, to sharpen my tactical skill=
> >s, and for the rest I just hope for the best. =20
> >
> >I study some elementary endgames, and just to be on the safe side, I only p=
> >lay opponents who are weaker than I am. I think that's the key to success.=
> > =20
> >Playing it any other way is just asking for trouble.=20
> >After all, we play chess in order to enjoy ourselves, aren't we? =20
> >
> >And I'm definitely not enjoying myself when I lose.=20
> >
> >https://tinyurl.com/Aristotl
> >
> Well obviously if you memorize 1200 pages of the various volumes of
> ECO you will be well booked but the point of the openings is to get to
> a middle game position you are comfortable playing.
That's not my outlook upon the opening, for me the opening is the first and best chance to crush, demolish, and humiliate the enemy, the faster the better.
> Thus as black I often play Petroff against e4 (or occasionally various
> d6/e6 Sicilian setups) and often play Benko against d4
As is clear from the many Stafford games I post here. Why let this devastating potential go unused? Worse thing that can happen to you is that, if he knows the refutation, that you end up playing a pawn down, and that doesn't mean much on our level.
But it is only seldom that somebody can refute it, and it is often that I can demolish the enemy with it.
> You may reasonably infer a strong positional style with tactical
> elements.
>
> I used to play various e5 Sicilian systems but didn't like the sort of
> positions I was getting.
> You may also infer safely that I'm unlikely to be found on either side
> of the Slav though have done some interesting speculation (only in
> speed chess so far) with various lines in the Winawer French.
>
> The one thread all of these have in common is tactical play with solid
> center positions and a lot of minor piece play.
However, the strongest playing style is positional. Karpov was an extreme positional player, and Kasparov was a tactical player. When Kasparov met Karpov, Kasparov was being demolished, and he was teetering on the edge of the ravine. In no time he was 5-0 behind. Only when he changed his playing style and started playing like Karpov, was he able to win.
But that is on GM level. World top level. I prefer tactical/fighting play. My motto is: "Damn the torpedo's; full speed ahead!"
That is of course far from the best style, but I like it, and that's what it's all about.
But on our level most games are won and lost by tactics and blunders.
If I could only get rid of my blunders....
https://tinyurl.com/fairytale-1001
The Horny Goat
Mar 9, 2021, 12:52:48 AM3/9/21
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 03:24:14 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
<nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>However, the strongest playing style is positional. Karpov was an extreme =
>positional player, and Kasparov was a tactical player. When Kasparov met K=
>arpov, Kasparov was being demolished, and he was teetering on the edge of t=
>he ravine. In no time he was 5-0 behind. Only when he changed his playing =
>style and started playing like Karpov, was he able to win. =20
>
Uh my bathroom reading for most of the last month has been Bronstein's
mini-book Kasparov-Karpov on their 1991 match.
Which may sound like it's a slam on Bronstein but that's not fair -
it's the one place in our home where I can count on 10-15 minutes for
analysis without being disrupted by other family members....
I mean honestly - Bronstein's one of the strongest ever non-world
champions though of that group Keres remains my favorite chiefly
because I actually met and spoke to him. (Of world champions Fischer
and Spassky both played at different times in Vancouver while Tal was
Taimanov's second in Vancouver though it is said that Tal was in big
trouble on his return home as his KGB handler reported Tal had spent a
LOT of time watching the NHL playoffs on TV - it was that time of year
- when he ought to have been analysing for Taimanov) I also met Euwe
in Vancouver when he was FIDE president. (We were making too much
noise in the skittles room at the Canadian Open which was running
concurrently with the FIDE congress and Euwe took it on himself to
chew out a group of noisy 14-15 year olds....I remember one guy broke
the silence afterwards saying 'uh was that who I think it was?"
"yup!!")
<nastyho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>However, the strongest playing style is positional. Karpov was an extreme =
>positional player, and Kasparov was a tactical player. When Kasparov met K=
>arpov, Kasparov was being demolished, and he was teetering on the edge of t=
>he ravine. In no time he was 5-0 behind. Only when he changed his playing =
>style and started playing like Karpov, was he able to win. =20
>
Uh my bathroom reading for most of the last month has been Bronstein's
mini-book Kasparov-Karpov on their 1991 match.
Which may sound like it's a slam on Bronstein but that's not fair -
it's the one place in our home where I can count on 10-15 minutes for
analysis without being disrupted by other family members....
I mean honestly - Bronstein's one of the strongest ever non-world
champions though of that group Keres remains my favorite chiefly
because I actually met and spoke to him. (Of world champions Fischer
and Spassky both played at different times in Vancouver while Tal was
Taimanov's second in Vancouver though it is said that Tal was in big
trouble on his return home as his KGB handler reported Tal had spent a
LOT of time watching the NHL playoffs on TV - it was that time of year
- when he ought to have been analysing for Taimanov) I also met Euwe
in Vancouver when he was FIDE president. (We were making too much
noise in the skittles room at the Canadian Open which was running
concurrently with the FIDE congress and Euwe took it on himself to
chew out a group of noisy 14-15 year olds....I remember one guy broke
the silence afterwards saying 'uh was that who I think it was?"
"yup!!")
Eli Kesef
Mar 9, 2021, 1:32:35 AM3/9/21
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Bs"d
Got myself another willing victim which stepped into the Caro-Kann trap: https://lichess.org/vgHKB2AK0eZE
He didn't go all out, not like the mate in 13, of which you can find quite a few in the thread "Miniatures are the best", he was too smart for that. When I made the fork on his queen and castle, and his king could just take my horse, he saw that that would lead to mate in two, so he just moved his queen and sacrificed his castle.
In that combination I got a castle and 2 pawns in exchange for a horse, a fine deal for me, but no mate. He dragged out the game until move 31, while I exchanged everything I could, and picked up some material along the way. On move 31 I was 9 points ahead, and he was about to lose another 3 points, so he chose that time to resign.
The beginning of the game is interesting for those who don't yet know that Caro-Kann trap, the rest is a bit less interesting. More of a mob up operation.
Opening traps are killers.
Ain't that the truth.
https://tinyurl.com/trap-kills
Got myself another willing victim which stepped into the Caro-Kann trap: https://lichess.org/vgHKB2AK0eZE
He didn't go all out, not like the mate in 13, of which you can find quite a few in the thread "Miniatures are the best", he was too smart for that. When I made the fork on his queen and castle, and his king could just take my horse, he saw that that would lead to mate in two, so he just moved his queen and sacrificed his castle.
In that combination I got a castle and 2 pawns in exchange for a horse, a fine deal for me, but no mate. He dragged out the game until move 31, while I exchanged everything I could, and picked up some material along the way. On move 31 I was 9 points ahead, and he was about to lose another 3 points, so he chose that time to resign.
The beginning of the game is interesting for those who don't yet know that Caro-Kann trap, the rest is a bit less interesting. More of a mob up operation.
Opening traps are killers.
Ain't that the truth.
https://tinyurl.com/trap-kills
Eli Kesef
Mar 9, 2021, 2:17:11 AM3/9/21
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I've got this one on the toilet: https://tinyurl.com/T-Schuster and also this one: https://tinyurl.com/700-wall
Of that handbook for the chess player I've got three copies, one in the toilet, one in my chess bookcase, and one on another address where I regularly spent time. All in all I think I bought 10 copies of that book, but books have a tendency to disappear, you lend them out and they never come back, I moved around a lot, and in the moving stuff disappears.
You can't do without that book. It taught me my first traps, amongst them the Stafford gambit, be it with only one trappy line. Now I now a lot of traps in the Stafford. But I had some spectacular successes with that one line. You can see that one line appearing regularly in the thread "Sudden death at move 8", it's where you sacrifice the queen and then mate in 2 moves on move 8. That and the many successes with the Blackburn-shilling trap which I also learned from that book, is what got me going on traps. It was one of my first chess books, and I was (and still am) very impressed with the quality of that book and the impact it had on my play. This book was originally written in German, I have the Dutch translation, and it should be translated in English. It's the best book for beginners and club players I've ever encountered.
I also have the autobiography of Kasparov, which he wrote shortly after he became world champion. He speaks a lot about his match with Karpov, about when the match was about who would reach the 6 points first, and how he was behind with 5-0.
He basically demolished everybody in the candidate matches, but he was shocked when he realized how strong Karpov was, how much stronger he was than the rest. And he writes about how he had to change his playing style to very positional in stead of his kung fu fighting attacks, in order to defeat Karpov.
https://tinyurl.com/interesting-chess
Eli Kesef
Mar 26, 2021, 9:30:22 AM3/26/21
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Bs"d
Here the enemy fell victim to the Koltanowsky gambit, and came out of the opening with a bishop missing: https://lichess.org/q61pVH3pzITM
He fought on, but on move 15 he blundered away his queen, and that was it.
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Here the enemy fell victim to the Koltanowsky gambit, and came out of the opening with a bishop missing: https://lichess.org/q61pVH3pzITM
He fought on, but on move 15 he blundered away his queen, and that was it.
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
azigni
Mar 26, 2021, 4:33:27 PM3/26/21
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I must be missing something? On move 15, Blacks Queen disappears?
Eli Kesef
Mar 28, 2021, 1:10:09 PM3/28/21
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On Friday, March 26, 2021 at 11:33:27 PM UTC+3, azigni wrote:
> I must be missing something? On move 15, Blacks Queen disappears?
Bs"d
> I must be missing something? On move 15, Blacks Queen disappears?
That's what happened, on move 15 he blundered away his queen.
Today and yesterday I played a lot of chess with the Russians in the park. I got one with a trap in the Scandinavian defence, he had to part with a piece in the opening, and another one I got with a fishingpole, he went mate somewhere around move 10.
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
Eli Kesef
Apr 6, 2021, 2:22:19 PM4/6/21
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Bs"d
In this game against an 1850: https://lichess.org/qL0IEXU172oX I myself tried a Fried Liver against the enemy. Everything went fine, except on move 6, when I could smack in on f7, and sacrifice my horse there and draw the enemy king to the midst of the board, I just didn't do it. In stead I played d4.
This move I learned from Bobby Fischer, who said that that makes the Fried Liver attack much stronger.
And when it comes to chess I'm just not going to disagree with Bobby, so I first played d4. And then, given the chance, I smack my horse in on f7.
In this game however, the enemy, after my move d4, had the audacity to take my pawn on d4 with his horse. I was very happy about that, because I knew from experience, and also mostly from my chess books, that when the enemy takes that pawn on d4, my follow up move c3 will cost him a horse.
And that's what happened. The enemy came out of the opening with a horse missing, and the rest was just a matter of mopping up.
It's great to know something about openings.
https://tinyurl.com/killtrap
In this game against an 1850: https://lichess.org/qL0IEXU172oX I myself tried a Fried Liver against the enemy. Everything went fine, except on move 6, when I could smack in on f7, and sacrifice my horse there and draw the enemy king to the midst of the board, I just didn't do it. In stead I played d4.
This move I learned from Bobby Fischer, who said that that makes the Fried Liver attack much stronger.
And when it comes to chess I'm just not going to disagree with Bobby, so I first played d4. And then, given the chance, I smack my horse in on f7.
In this game however, the enemy, after my move d4, had the audacity to take my pawn on d4 with his horse. I was very happy about that, because I knew from experience, and also mostly from my chess books, that when the enemy takes that pawn on d4, my follow up move c3 will cost him a horse.
And that's what happened. The enemy came out of the opening with a horse missing, and the rest was just a matter of mopping up.
It's great to know something about openings.
https://tinyurl.com/killtrap
Ken Blake
Apr 6, 2021, 4:07:41 PM4/6/21
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On 4/6/2021 11:22 AM, Eli Kesef wrote:
> Bs"d
>
> In this game against an 1850: https://lichess.org/qL0IEXU172oX I myself tried a Fried Liver against the enemy.
You did not.
> Bs"d
>
> In this game against an 1850: https://lichess.org/qL0IEXU172oX I myself tried a Fried Liver against the enemy.
> Everything went fine, except on move 6, when I could smack in on f7, and sacrifice my horse there and draw the enemy king to the midst of the
> board, I just didn't do it.
didn't play that move, it was *not* a Fried Liver Attack.
> In stead I played d4.
> This move I learned from Bobby Fischer, who said that that makes the Fried Liver attack much stronger.
Fried Liver Attack. Moreover 6. d4 was a well-known move well before
Fischer's time, and was thought to be a much better alternative than the
Fried Liver Attack.
Is it still thought to be better? I don't know. I haven't kept up with
the theory.
--
Ken
Eli Kesef
Apr 7, 2021, 11:18:18 AM4/7/21