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Posted by kansaspatzer nikto.net 6/12/2008 13:48:07 play online chess	Subject: The X-Rated Albin Counter-Gambit Message: This article by Andrew Martin, which Martin admits himself is propaganda in favor of the opening, inspired me to buy Martin's DVD on the opening. I know it's probably not sound, but it really is a fun opening. And it was used successfully by no lesser of a player than Lasker. www.jeremysilman.com
Posted by lapsekili nikto.net 6/14/2008 07:46:05 play online chess	thanks Message: really interesting opening even though some moves look funny but then you understand they have a purpose.
Posted by sf115 nikto.net 6/14/2008 14:48:56 play online chess	Message: After 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 what does black do if white doesn't play dxe5.?
Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 6/14/2008 15:29:15 play online chess	sf115 Message: Probably equalize on move 3, since bl has been permitted to play a move he should not have been able to get in without penalty... I love the Albin on both sides. It just feels like one of those openings one could spend a lifetime playing and studying and never lose interest :)
Posted by ionadowman nikto.net 6/14/2008 16:38:05 play online chess	A very pawnographic debut... Message: ... I can think of worse ways of getting your jollies! I never knew the line was so replete with possibilities. Must try it some time... Cheers, Ion
Posted by lapsekili nikto.net 6/16/2008 03:09:34 play online chess	to stf115 Message: you said what happenes if white doesnt play dxe5? black controls the center and have an advantage i think.because he will have both pawns on e5 and d5
Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 10/14/2008 13:01:12 play online chess	albin ... Message: Take it for granted that a bad word has been said which does not show up on the screen.... for I saw a real interesting Albin annotation and been awhile, Ive forgotten exactly where. I think it was on Silman's site. Anyone been to it?
Posted by bogg nikto.net 10/15/2008 02:20:50 play online chess	It can't be all that bad. Message: Morozevich has been winning with the Albin. CTC (Bogg)
Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 10/15/2008 04:20:45 play online chess	and .... Message: Morozevich IS my Hero~! I think probably the highest rated player I have seen be as adventurously innovative & into new ideas that can be really far out ...but they generally work out, tho maybe walking a fine line. Perhaps its just that on one else understands or expects them~? For eg getting hit with an Albin Counter-gambit. But really looking back, even Max Euwe, despite his win against it, can't say it didnt give him a thinking game. Thanks bogg, I'll have to look at some of those Moro's!
Posted by schnarre nikto.net 10/28/2008 01:43:11 play online chess	if not dxe5 Message: then Black has a number of options: if 3. Nc3 then ...exd4, 4. Qxd4 Nc6, 5. Qxd5 Be6! leaves Black in good stead. Another option for Black is ...Nc6, clamping down on the central squares.
Posted by jstevens1 nikto.net 10/28/2008 14:16:41 play online chess	I have an Albin Game for you all! Message: Hi everyone, just to let you know that I have publicly annotated a draw game between me and a buddy called rjacobs. That one started as an Albin. Cheers. Joanne
Chess news: Players Remain Deadlocked at Moscow Tournament -- Day 2 of the Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow brought another round of draws as once again none of the competitors was able to score a win. As on Day 1, five draws did not mean that the games were boring. The competitors, who include 10 of the top 13 chess players in the world, played ambitiously, for the most part, but there were no major mistakes. Several of the games were quite interesting. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the former world chess champion, faced Viswanathan Anand of India, the current champion, in a reprise of their 2008 title match. Anand, who had Black for the second consecutive game, played the Grünfeld Defense and ... Paced by a 19-Year-Old Chess Star, France Revives Its Reputation -- In the 18th and 19th centuries, France was a center, if not the epicenter, of chess. Two of the greatest chess players of the era, Francois-Andre Danican Philidor and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, were French, and the Café de la Régence in Paris was a gathering place for anyone who liked to play the game, including Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte. But as the game grew in popularity worldwide, France’s place in the chess hierarchy fell. Though the Russian-born Alexander Alekhine, who was the world chess champion from 1927 to 1946, became a French citizen in the 1920s and played for France in the first Chess Olympiads, he did not inspire ... Armenia and Azerbaijan vie for chess supremacy at Russia's expense -- More than 150 nations are affiliated to the global chess body Fide, yet team supremacy on the chess board is currently being fought out by two small Caucasian republics. In the process the pair have humilated their big neighbour Russia, for long the undisputed No1. When Armenia won the 2006 Chess Olympiad, the success was reckoned a surprise one-off. Then its squad retained the crown in 2008, sparking street celebrations in Erevan and the presidential plane home for the winning team. On both occasions the top-seeded Russians failed, as they had behind Ukraine in 2004. These results infuriated politicians and chess grandmasters in Azerbaijan, which has ...