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Countering the queen's gambit - The albin counter gambit

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slide_checkmate
Jul 21, 2012
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#21

Oops... Sorry, lol

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kodeeak
Jul 21, 2012
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#22

so is anyone going to tell me what over the board means.

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IM pfren
Jul 21, 2012
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#23
koala8 wrote:

so is anyone going to tell me what over the board means.

It means not under the board.

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kodeeak
Jul 21, 2012
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#24

haha but can you explain more, does it mean playing a live game.

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Kens_Mom
Jul 21, 2012
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#25
koala8 wrote:

haha but can you explain more, does it mean playing a live game.

It means playing over an actual board, not online or postal chess.  Usually with standard time controls

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Courtney-P
Jul 21, 2012
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#26

LMAO

Over the Board means:

Playing chess with peices and a board on a chessboard face to face with opponent and with time controls i.e... 40 moves in 2 1/2 hours..

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kodeeak
Jul 21, 2012
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#27

I kind of infered that thanks.

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finalunpurez
Jul 21, 2012
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#28

after learning the semi-slav, i stopped playing albin counter gambit.

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Villyer
Jul 22, 2012
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#29

Whenever I play against it, I try to neutralize black's d-pawn as quickly as possible, and usually end up exchanging it for my advanced e pawn.

 
 
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NM Pacifique
Jul 22, 2012
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#30

5...Bg4 (instead of 5...Bb4) is more popular. Black has also another alternatives like 5...Nge7, 5...Be6 or maybe even 5...Qe7!?  (recommendation of Houdini) seems to be playable.