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Posted by kansaspatzer blitzbrain.net 6/12/2008 13:48:07 play online chess	Subject: The X-Rated Albin Counter-Gambit Message: This article by Andrew Martin, which Martin admits himself is propaganda in favor of the opening, inspired me to buy Martin's DVD on the opening. I know it's probably not sound, but it really is a fun opening. And it was used successfully by no lesser of a player than Lasker. www.jeremysilman.com
Posted by lapsekili blitzbrain.net 6/14/2008 07:46:05 play online chess	thanks Message: really interesting opening even though some moves look funny but then you understand they have a purpose.
Posted by sf115 blitzbrain.net 6/14/2008 14:48:56 play online chess	Message: After 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 what does black do if white doesn't play dxe5.?
Posted by ccmcacollister blitzbrain.net 6/14/2008 15:29:15 play online chess	sf115 Message: Probably equalize on move 3, since bl has been permitted to play a move he should not have been able to get in without penalty... I love the Albin on both sides. It just feels like one of those openings one could spend a lifetime playing and studying and never lose interest :)
Posted by ionadowman blitzbrain.net 6/14/2008 16:38:05 play online chess	A very pawnographic debut... Message: ... I can think of worse ways of getting your jollies! I never knew the line was so replete with possibilities. Must try it some time... Cheers, Ion
Posted by lapsekili blitzbrain.net 6/16/2008 03:09:34 play online chess	to stf115 Message: you said what happenes if white doesnt play dxe5? black controls the center and have an advantage i think.because he will have both pawns on e5 and d5
Posted by ccmcacollister blitzbrain.net 10/14/2008 13:01:12 play online chess	albin ... Message: Take it for granted that a bad word has been said which does not show up on the screen.... for I saw a real interesting Albin annotation and been awhile, Ive forgotten exactly where. I think it was on Silman's site. Anyone been to it?
Posted by bogg blitzbrain.net 10/15/2008 02:20:50 play online chess	It can't be all that bad. Message: Morozevich has been winning with the Albin. CTC (Bogg)
Posted by ccmcacollister blitzbrain.net 10/15/2008 04:20:45 play online chess	and .... Message: Morozevich IS my Hero~! I think probably the highest rated player I have seen be as adventurously innovative & into new ideas that can be really far out ...but they generally work out, tho maybe walking a fine line. Perhaps its just that on one else understands or expects them~? For eg getting hit with an Albin Counter-gambit. But really looking back, even Max Euwe, despite his win against it, can't say it didnt give him a thinking game. Thanks bogg, I'll have to look at some of those Moro's!
Posted by schnarre blitzbrain.net 10/28/2008 01:43:11 play online chess	if not dxe5 Message: then Black has a number of options: if 3. Nc3 then ...exd4, 4. Qxd4 Nc6, 5. Qxd5 Be6! leaves Black in good stead. Another option for Black is ...Nc6, clamping down on the central squares.
Posted by jstevens1 blitzbrain.net 10/28/2008 14:16:41 play online chess	I have an Albin Game for you all! Message: Hi everyone, just to let you know that I have publicly annotated a draw game between me and a buddy called rjacobs. That one started as an Albin. Cheers. Joanne
Chess news: Battle of Generations -- The organizers of this year's U.S. chess championship in St. Louis offered a bonus $64,000 prize to the chess player who wins all his games. It was named after Bobby Fischer, who in the 1963-64 U.S. chess championship won all 11 games. It was an amazing performance. Fischer beat his nearest rival, Larry Evans, in their individual game with the King's gambit and finished 3½ points ahead of him. Repeating this feat is difficult. None of the chess players in St. Louis had a perfect score after the first three rounds and the Fischer Memorial Prize will not be awarded. The idea may stimulate other organizers. For example, FIDE may create the William Lombardy prize for the world's best ... New Generation Emerges Without Fischer as Influence -- The future of American chess is alive and well. For years, as the generation raised on Bobby Fischer grew older — chess players like Yasser Seirawan, Larry Christiansen and Nick de Firmian — there were questions about who would replace them. It was difficult to imagine another group as good coming along without Fischer as an inspiration. But the country is now awash in young chess talent. At the forefront is Hikaru Nakamura, 21, who has already won a United States Chess Championship title and is ranked No. 30 in the world. Josh Friedel, 22, who became a chess grandmaster last year, has won several major chess tournaments. So has Robert Hess, 17, who qualified ... Chess on Film -- As one of the oldest and most ubiquitous of games, chess has appeared in movies almost since people started making them. While there have been some movies where chess played a central role, even advancing the plot, the game is usually a bit player. When chess appears in films or on television, it often gives the actors something to do while they talk, and the subtext seems to be that their characters must be intelligent if they can play the game. Of course, chess is a proxy for strategy and conflict, so it appears in advertising, sometimes in surprising places, as in this recent advertisement for the National Basketball Association playoffs. Often chess ...