With names, the public stinks...
without names flowers blossom
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
Jan 18, 2011
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I occasionally bump into SM Norowitz, I will make sure to berate him for playing this 
I have Radjabov (2761) vs. Fier (2653), which starts d4, Nf6, e3, though it transposes into a Stonewall Attack.
I don't think Radjabov had 2761 in 1996 (when he was 9) :) that's his peak rating from 01.2009
gwnn wrote:
I don't think Radjabov had 2761 in 1996 (when he was 9) :) that's his peak rating from 01.2009
Ahh well, that explains it then. I updated the ratings in SCID, and didn't realize it would go back through and change all the old ratings too.
Fezzik wrote:
the Radja-Fier game was in the boys U10 World Championship. Neither was rated at the time of the game. Tho as a result of Fier's tournament, he was awarded a FM title.
Thanks, I guess I shouldn't have updated the ratings in SCID, now they're all going to be wrong.
Jan 18, 2011
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#9
gwnn wrote:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
not if it was stink blossom.
That's a fair enough point, but I think it's something you could post in almost any thread here on the chess openings forum. Anyway, I am working on my tactics as well.
White's setup is similar to what Capablanca often played in the Queen's Gambit Declined, eschewing the aggressive 4. Bg5 in favor of 4. e3, followed by b3 and Bb2. This type of system can suit some players. Capa was often content with a solid, equal opening rather than striving for much early advantage; then he would kill you in the middle game.
I've seen this system at my club and on the internet too (I'm trying to Grunfeld):
White will subsequently play Nf3, Be2, and Nc3 or Nce2. Is there a name for this? What's a good way of trying to crack it? I tried c5 and d5, but both pawns from the duo are defended by another pawn so it's impossible to force an isolated pawn.I tried to put a knight on b4, he played a3. annoying. he doesn't make any attacking moves and doesn't take any pawns that I might offer.