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    Chess Problem

    Off the Wall Chess - Queen's Pawn Counter Gambit

    Submitted by billwall on Sun, 09/02/2007 at 7:11pm.

    The opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 is known as the Queen's Pawn Counter Gambit, sometimes called the Elephant Gambit. It's rare at the master and grandmaster level, but seems playable. I've experimented with it in a few Internet games. Here is one of those games. We castled on opposite sides, so my attack started at his king, which castled queenside. I eventually broke through, winning the Queen, then mating.

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    [Event "Internet"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1997.??.??"]
    [White "Bond, Wilson"]
    [Black "Wall, Bill"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "C40"]
    [PlyCount "44"]
    [EventDate "2007.08.03"]
    [SourceDate "2007.09.02"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 { Queen's Pawn Counter Gambit, or Elephant Gambit } 3. exd5 e4 4. Nd4 Qxd5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bxf6 ( 11. dxe4 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 ) Qxf6 12. dxe4 Nc6 13. Be2 { 13.Qe3 looks better } ( 13. Qe3 ) 13... a4 14. Na1 a3 15. Qe3 { probably the losing move. 15.Bc4 may have been better. } ( 15. Bc4 axb2+ 16. Kxb2 Rxe4 ) 15... axb2+ 16. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Rxa2+ 18. Kb3 ( 18. Kxa2 Qxc3 ) Be6+ 19. Bc4 Ra3+ 20. Kxa3 Qxc3+ 21. Ka2 Ra8+ 22. Kb1 Qxa1#
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    Comments (0) Added by admin February 6, 2008 (9:47PM)

    Openings for the Beginner

    Submitted by farbror on Mon, 06/04/2007 at 1:08am.

    An Opening Repertoire for the Beginning Player First of all: The Beginning players should not memorize openings I think that is an obvious way to get bored with chess. I tried to learn some chess as a kid but I soon got discouraged from studying openings. So, what is the point of this post? I think many new players feel uneasy during the opening phase I might appreciate the news that:

    1. All standard Openings are OK
    2. Basic principles (safety and development) will get you into a playable middle game

    Well, Should the Beginning player just go with “e5” and “d5”? Probably a good idea (comments appreciated). Here is a repertoire suggested by S. Evan Kreider:

    "As White"

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 ("Vienna Game")

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ("Advance French")

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 ("Short-Nunn Attack")

    1. e4 c5, 2. Nc3 Nc6, 3. f4 g6, 4. Nf3 Bg7, 5. Bb5 ("Sicilian Grand Prix Attack")

    "As Black"

    1. e4 d5, 2. exd5 Nf6, 3. d4 Bg4, 4. Be2 Bxe2+, 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 ("Scandinavian")

    1. d4 f5 ("Leningrad Dutch.")

    1. "Other" f5

    (as suggested by S. Evan Kreider)

    Comments?

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    Comments (0) Added by admin February 6, 2008 (6:00PM)


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