Thanks for posting those Capablanca games. Amazing to play through; it's like sometimes I don't even realize that White's completed his plan until he has; it hits outta nowhere.
why is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 so popular?
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quadriple wrote:
Chessislife2013 wrote:
tigergutt wrote:
at least 8 of 10 games i play 3...Bc5 i get Nc3 as response and play gets supersymmetrical and lifeless. should i really leave 1.e4 e5 because of this line?
If you want life, play the Two Knights Defense, 3...Nf6.
BTW, as my blog states my "online" (correspondence) rating is totally inaccurate: http://www.chess.com/blog/Chessislife2013/correspondence-quotonlinequot-chess.
That leads to fried liver attack and thats bad.Very bad.
Do tell *eye roll*... Of course that's bad! this is what I am talking about: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 The point! A positional pawn sacrifice. 6.Bb5+ c6 7.exc6 bxc6. There is no Fried Liver.
Aug 23, 2013
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Chessislife2013 wrote:
quadriple wrote:
Chessislife2013 wrote:
tigergutt wrote:
at least 8 of 10 games i play 3...Bc5 i get Nc3 as response and play gets supersymmetrical and lifeless. should i really leave 1.e4 e5 because of this line?
If you want life, play the Two Knights Defense, 3...Nf6.
BTW, as my blog states my "online" (correspondence) rating is totally inaccurate: http://www.chess.com/blog/Chessislife2013/correspondence-quotonlinequot-chess.
That leads to fried liver attack and thats bad.Very bad.
Do tell *eye roll*... Of course that's bad! this is what I am talking about: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 The point! A positional pawn sacrifice. 6.Bb5+ c6 7.exc6 bxc6. There is no Fried Liver.
IM pfren claims hes played as black for decades, and that Nxd5 is not terribly dangerous to black. Na5 is definitely more comfortable though.
if anyone is curious this is some of the lines from my dvd. There is more but i cant share everything, it wouldnt be nice to the author
Yes, this is one of the two. Black was always close to equal, but this was not enough to neutralize the squeeze.
The other one is vs. Grigoriev- actually there Black played symmetrically 6...Bg4, instead of entering the Canal, and Capa showed that copying the opponent's moves is, mostly, a dubious experiment -although he missed in the opening the stong zwischenzug 9.Qa4+! after which Black is in real trouble early on, and later on he picked Nxb6, which gives Black equality, but Capa has proved in a few instances that he could handle this particular pawn structure with his eyes closed. Factly, even with some analysis it's hard to believe Black is totally lost after the rook exchange, despite his h-passer.
Why not play 34. ...bxc or 36. ...dxc5 37.bxc5 Kxc5 ?