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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #151 - 07/30/05 at 04:16:46
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Gringreetings,
       Does anyone in the states still sell the
Creative Aggressor?
      I have an order on the way for the
Fascinating Kings Gambit!!! Grin Roll Eyes
           All the Best!!!
ps do many people play e5 against you? Cheesy


Thanks! Cheesy

I'm not all that informed about the US book market, but maybe www.chessville.com still has it?

Over the board I usually get 1...e6 or 1...c5 80-90% of the games. Though when I'm playing abroad 1...e5 is more common.

On the net nowadays, I get to see 1...d6 rather frequently, probably because they got tired of my anti-french and anti-sicilian... Grin
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #150 - 07/29/05 at 22:33:06
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Gringreetings,
       Does anyone in the states still sell the
Creative Aggressor?
      I have an order on the way for the
Fascinating Kings Gambit!!! Grin Roll Eyes
           All the Best!!!
ps do many people play e5 against you? Cheesy
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #149 - 07/21/05 at 03:24:37
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TalJechin:

I've only just noticed the great Bob Dylan line in your signature?  Is it a new addition?  Very nice!



Thanks! It's been there a while by now, but relatively new I'spose.

But the main man in quotations must be Smyslov_Fan who changes quite often. For instance, I really liked his 'Outside a dog'-quote from Groucho Marx, though it has already been replaced by others several times...


Btw, since Michael graciously allowed me to publish his article/review, you can read it here:

http://hem.passagen.se/tjmisha/om_b%F8ger.pdf
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #148 - 07/20/05 at 12:05:48
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TalJechin:

I've only just noticed the great Bob Dylan line in your signature?  Is it a new addition?  Very nice!
  

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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #147 - 07/19/05 at 20:13:02
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I also hope, that NIC will keep on ignoring the FKG. It might net me some cheap points.
  

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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #146 - 07/19/05 at 15:15:30
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Thanks again for the nice review! Cheesy

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Anyway I hope someone will write the guys at NIC a letter correcting this. Perhaps I will do it myself, but I hardly want to waste more time with them. 


Why not let them find out for themselves? Grin They should have it available since they've started selling it in their shop...

-Btw, to my surprise the FKG seems to have gone straight into their top ten sellers list (sixth place)! Cheesy

Congratulations on the 2½ / 3 - will be interesting to see in next TWIC issue I suppose. It seems the KG awakens in the summer, this week's TWIC had 18! KGs if I remember correctly.
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #145 - 07/19/05 at 10:04:04
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Yes, sorry Thomas!

I finished the article a few months ago, but since then the student's final exams and a summer chess tournament came by.
Have just sent you an email copy of the review.

I also saw the article in NIC YB 75 and was most surprised to see the total ignorance of your book, in favour of references to McDonald's tome. Where were the editors? It only took me 30 seconds to discover a few significant improvements over the article.
Anyway I hope someone will write the guys at NIC a letter correcting this. Perhaps I will do it myself, but I hardly want to waste more time with them.

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The King's Gambit gave me 2½/3 in Open Barbera del Valles 2005. I had 2...exf4 3.Nf3 Nc6 (1-0), 2...exf4 3.Nf3 d5 (1-0) and 2...d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 (½-½) so noone dared venture 3...g5.
  
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Reply #144 - 07/18/05 at 06:59:05
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Btw I have done a review of the book in a small local magazine, will mail it to you once it is published.


Dragonslayer, any news about this? (I suppose you meant email and not snailmail, as I moved  in 2001 so the address in the Creative Agressor isn't valid anymore, but you should know that already as you've been here...)
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #143 - 07/15/05 at 14:08:48
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I haven't seen the article you mention, but isn't it clear from my book (I thought you had a copy?!) that I distrust 5.e5 due to 6...Bg4! - ???


I'm embarassed to say that I haven't yet purchased a copy, but I do intend to.
  

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Reply #142 - 07/15/05 at 09:28:46
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I haven't seen the article you mention, but isn't it clear from my book (I thought you had a copy?!) that I distrust 5.e5 due to 6...Bg4! - ???
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #141 - 07/15/05 at 08:41:14
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Taljechin,

Did you see the article on 1. e4 e5  2. f4 exf4  3. Bc4 Nc6 in the latest NIC yearbook?  It claims that 4. d4 Nf6  5. e5 d5  6. Bb3 Bg4 is better for Black.

I would be curious to know what your opinion is.

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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #140 - 06/28/05 at 09:44:15
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I can't find 8.Bxc6+ mentioned anywhere (can anyone else?), but I think it deserves further tests since the alternative 8.Qe2 Bf5 9.Ng5 d3! gives Black good play (as seen in the FKG).

Mind you, the line with 4...cxd5 is probably quite rare, and 5.fxe5 d4 6.Ne4! is strong for White anyway.


I've forgot to search until now, but did find one game, though it may not be very helpful...

But, as you mention, 6.Ne4 is at least good enough... Cheesy


Boersma,P - Schaufelberger,H [C31]
EU-ch U18 sf 6768 Groningen (3), 28.12.1967

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.fxe5 d4 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Ne4 Qd5 8.Bxc6+ Qxc6 9.d3 Bf5 10.Ne2 Bxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5 12.Qd3 Ne7 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxc2 15.0-0 Nc6 16.Qd6 Rd8 17.Qa3 Qxe4 18.Bg5 Rd3 19.Qc5 Qd5 20.b4 h6 21.Bf4 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxb4 23.Qxb4 Nxb4 24.Rab1 a5 25.Rf3 Rxf3 26.gxf3 0-0 27.Bd2 Nc6 28.Rb5 Rd8 29.Bxa5 Ra8 30.Bc3 Rxa2 31.e6 fxe6 32.Rxb7 e5 33.f4 Nd4 34.fxe5 Nf3 35.Bb2 Kf8 36.e6 g5 37.Rf7+ Ke8 38.Rxf3 Rxb2 39.Rf6 h5 40.Rf5 Ke7 ½-½

  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #139 - 05/26/05 at 13:47:31
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Against Hebden, was this a 4NCL, Simul or ICC game?

The reason why I ask is that I have noticed Hebden playing the Elephant quite a lot in blitz games on ICC recently and was curious as to whether one of these games was yours.

It was from a weekend Congress in Nottingham. The Opening was a Scotch - no Elephants on parade this time (good job too as I probably wouldn't have remembered what to do against it)! Grin

I've played the KG twice OTB against Hebden (in 2001 & 2002), losing both times! Of course that has more to do with our relative playing strengths than the viability of the KG. I actually had reasonable positions out of the opening both times - the first was a Cunningham; and I tried something different on move 8 in the second (a quickplay game):

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.fxe5 d4 7.Ne4 Qd5 8.Bxc6+!? bxc6 9.Qe2 Bf5 10.d3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 Ne7 15.Nf3 0–0 16.Kf2 Rab8 17.Rhb1 Rfd8 18.Kg1 Qc5 19.Ng5? Ng6 20.Rf1? Qxe5 21.Nxf7? Qxe4 22.dxe4 Rd7 23.Ng5 h6 24.Ne6 Rxb2 25.Rab1? Rxc2 26.Rb8+ Kh7 27.Rff8? Re7 28.Rh8+? Nxh8 29.Nf8+ Kg8 30.Ng6+ Kf7 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.Rxh8 d3 33.Kf1 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 d2 White resigned. 0–1

I played well for 18 moves then went nuts. What was I doing? ???

I can't find 8.Bxc6+ mentioned anywhere (can anyone else?), but I think it deserves further tests since the alternative 8.Qe2 Bf5 9.Ng5 d3! gives Black good play (as seen in the FKG). Mind you, the line with 4...cxd5 is probably quite rare, and 5.fxe5 d4 6.Ne4! is strong for White anyway. Undecided
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #138 - 05/26/05 at 05:39:27
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How about making it available as a PDF that could be sold on line e.g. using PayPal, like the theory "packs" in Spanish sold by Edami at

http://www.ajedrez21.com

Alternatively, once the paper sales have begun to decline significantly, you could market the original database (preferably updated) plus explanatory "texts" either through e.g. Chessbase or privately, like e.g.

http://www.schachmaterialien.de

Just ideas - probably you've considered these already.


Well, the trouble with pdf is 1) that the program is rather expensive, about 400 euros last time I checked and 2) that digital files soon end up on the different filesharer sites/nets...

Besides, I like books! Cheesy


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I have an ongoing game with the Adelaide Var. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.ef e4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Ng4 Nh5 8.Bc4...? I am Black.


Hmm, so you really like 7...Nh5? ???

I lost a game against it in Cork against an IM, Gavin Wall, who came up with a bunch of pawns sacs that I had really underestimated...

- Anyway, the following few rounds I had to 'endure' a lot of people suggesting strong improvements for white... Personally, I'd go for 8.g3 but 8.Bc4 was suggested to me by Palliser, and fritz seems to fancy 8.Nd5; and all seem quite good for white...

Btw, I think I spotted another reader in the latest TWIC, giving the Metz Attack an outing, with a quick win as result. Cheesy

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The content is good though I am a bit disapointed in the flimsiness of the front cover.


As stated earlier in the thread, there's not much I can do about the coverpaper. The only choice was 'laminated cover or not', but I'll mention it to the people at trafford and in time they might be able to improve this...


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Based on what was said here, a Repertoire book would have cut down on the size significantly.

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A full repertoire book would indeed be tempting, then I could recommend some other fun variations / gambits as well, instead of the mandatory solid lines like  1...c5 2.c3/Nc3 and 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5.

That is, some other openings you wouldn't approve! Grin
  
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Re: The Fascinating King's Gambit
Reply #137 - 05/25/05 at 17:11:11
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Based on what was said here, a Repertoire book would have cut down on the size significantly.

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