French Defense Problem....
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have you looked at the photo of Bluebird1964 ? The flag at his board is not british, so either it is the wrong photo, or Bluebord is not R. Moss.
Fail. It's the flag of England.
ok, I did not know that Scotland etc. use different flags.
Bluebird1964 has claimed that I would have insulted him (perhaps since I asked him to share games with us ?), and threw dirty words at me.
I have blocked Bluebird1964 and disabled chat, so he cannot get to me.
Speaking on French Advance - Black has several good options to encounter it. Personally I prefer 5...Bd7 variation (after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3), which is employed also today by Top GM`s (Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Shirov, Moro etc.) who probably does not understand chess like Bluebird does. :)
The words Bluebird used in the chat of our game suggest that he has very low education. That is all I can tell. There are on the other hand excellent chess players who do not know who Dostoievski is ...
schlechter55 wrote:
The opinion of many chess teachers is (wrongly) influenced by Tarrasch's emphasis on bad bishops, and the bonmot :
'One piece is bad, hence the whole game is bad'. These opinions sound from the modern, dynamic point of view too simple.
Just to argue with it: why are the teachers not talking about good and bad knights ? Isn't there is a whole ensemble of pieces on the board ?
Although Tarrasch himself avoided playing French and QG Orthodox (and advertised the Tarrasch defense in QG), in his excellent book '300 chess games' you will find many examples, where the side with the bad bishop wins the game. Note, that book was called by Petrosian the best chess book.
BEST?
From the continent, England looks like the problem, and not Scotland.
Although I wouldn't suggest that Scotland changes to the Euro right now.
schlechter55 wrote:
From the continent, England looks like the problem, and not Scotland.
Although I wouldn't suggest that Scotland changes to the Euro right now.
To be fair, you're hardly an expert in British relations, not knowing we have separate flags.
I wouldn't comment on it if I were you.
Scotland holding a referendum, and England are the problem 
Ok, you are english.
And I don't know about the flags.
But I know a bit about English foreign policy... Let's not argue about this.
A bit sounds about right.
This the thread on the French Defense? Anyway, haven't read the entire thread, but was it mentioned somewhere how to handle that pesky e5 pawn of white's? If black plays f6, is that a good way to get rid of that thorn in black's side? (putting pressure on him to take then i retake with my N) i'm learning the French lately and play a typical
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 then shove f6? or wait and try a bishop fianchetto? g6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bg79.Nc3 f6
(sorry, don't know why the moves
wouldn't got bigger, i tried)
Scottrf wrote:
A bit sounds about right.
A bit that is very bad. I am not talking about the egoism towards the Eurozone: every country of the Euro zone is egoist (which is also bad).
I am talking about the active participation in wars.
I agree, but a bit off topic now.
Excuse me, this is the England vs
Great Britain flag thread. Here's one of the first American flags - http://thumbs2.picclick.com/d/w500/pict/200916535713_/Gadsden-Revolutionary-War-Marine-Corps-Flag-3x5-Cotton.jpg
Here is another example why the french blows. No respect kids, no respect! If one of you frenchies want to learn a real opening, come talk to me. I'll be busy studying the poisoned pawn najdorf sicilian, a mans opening. Heres the link http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/delirious-najdorf
pfren hits it on the head its sometimes just a way of looking at things if you require a solid and good central attacking reply to 1 e4 then the french is certainly worth dipping your toes into and total immersion can reap many pawns remember the prison is illusory as you will advance in the centre later after smashing the white pawn centre (the french is very good at this)if you require earlier activity from the bish then a6 as mentioned above is a great square for it as it annoys white cos it prevents castling kingside which white seeks to avoid being caught early in the centre esp after blacks vigourous attacks on his central pawns
oh god, not again this Dj.
A player who claims to have an excellent understanding on a certain opening position, has an opinion, with which many theoreticians do not agree, but at the same time refuses to show any of his analysis or his wins against strong opponents to us, is of course not a partner in a discussion where we can learn from. I suggest, we ignore him.
I will not talk to Bluebird1964, unless he takes back the insults.