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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #101 - 02/19/14 at 11:39:42
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TalJechin wrote on 07/27/13 at 08:49:59:
As for 3...Nc6 I thought White's activity would compensate for the extra pawn islands. Though nowadays Black seems to score a huge percent in this variation - although a couple of corr games still seem like a road to rough equality, but nowadays White seems to be the one avoiding these, maybe for a reason...?



Your analysis in The Fascinating King's Gambit still holds in my opinion. But instead of 11.Ng3?, White should play 11.Qd2! intending 11...0-0 12.Qg5. When the queens are exchanged, there is not the slightest reason why Black's fewer pawn islands should be a factor. White's center may well be more important. A refutation of the King's Bishop Gambit this Black line is certainly not.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #100 - 02/19/14 at 11:25:11
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PANFR wrote on 11/09/13 at 01:13:45:
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Qg6 10. d3 Nb4 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qg3+ 13. Kd2 Qe3+ 14. Kc3 Qc5+ 15. Kd2

He mentions this position as equal, while the truth is that white is in deep trouble after 15...Rg8 (most probably losing by force). [...]

You are right. Same error in Kaissiber #32 (2008), p. 36: "12. Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Qe3+ ist sofort Remis." After your recommendation 15...Rg8, a modern engine like Stockfish DD has no trouble finding 16.c4 Rg3 17.Ke1 Bg4 18.d4 Qc6 19.Qd2 Qxe4+ 20.Kf2 Nd3+ 21.Kg1 Ne1! 22.Kh2 Bg7! -+ and the myriad of other complex tactical variations necessary to force a win for Black.

Kaissiber #32 appeared in 2008, the engine used for the analysis was Rybka 2.3.2a, run on my old Pentium PC. Still, I think a human should indeed understand that Black is better in spite of the fact that he is a rook behind. So yes, mea culpa. Shaw has just quoted older analysis, without crediting.

A better excuse is that 12. Nxc7+ was "at least" a draw, so it was obviously worse than 12.Qf3 which I looked at in more detail. By the way: the recommended main line in Kais. 32 was Maurits Wind's idea 12. Kc3!?, a move ignored by Shaw. And, not to forget, Kaissiber #32 advised against 9. Nd5. Our choice was 9.d4!. - On p. 114 of his work John Shaw writes:

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This line [9.d4] could be dubbed the Bücker variation as the German analyst has published a lot of analysis about it. I believe the man himself called it the "Triumphlager" variation, but I can't see that catching on.

Shaw is wrong, I never proposed such a name for 9.d4. The article published in Kais. 32 was titled "Am Triumphlager des Königsgambits", using a term coined by Tartakower: he joked that Spielmann's article "Am Krankenlager des Königsgambits" would have better been titled "Triumphlager", because Spielmann presented mainly his wins with the gambit.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #99 - 11/09/13 at 01:13:45
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Qg6 10. d3 Nb4 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qg3+ 13. Kd2 Qe3+ 14. Kc3
Qc5+ 15. Kd2

He mentions this position as equal, while the truth is that white is in deep trouble after 15...Rg8 (most probably losing by force).

Typical case of an engine misjudgement, I guess there are more like that in the book.

In any case, my most sincere respect to the author of the book, for spending so much effort and energy to such a sub-par opening.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #98 - 09/27/13 at 14:02:23
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Smiley ooops. my sincere apologies. wow, that was embarrasing...
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #97 - 09/27/13 at 05:23:34
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And he is named 'Smerdon'.
With no extra vowels.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #96 - 09/27/13 at 05:22:20
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Schwebbz wrote on 09/27/13 at 03:38:23:
Smeardon also says the Adelaide isn't covered. It is, on pages 645-653. Not hard to find at all, it's right there in the variation index. The chapter title 'second move alternatives' is also a clue. It seems to me Smeardon is blaming Shaw for his own reading difficulties.

Good grief.
Idiot. Rude idiot.
"Of course, I think it’s a shame that the Australian connection is left out, but it’s nice to see the line getting some reasonable coverage as it is certainly far better than first meets the eye."

I blame you for your own reading difficulties.

It is there, but not named such.

Oh, irony, smite this contributor in the face with a hot iron.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #95 - 09/26/13 at 02:35:09
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I happen to own Who's afraid of the King's Gambit, but as I only recently came home from a holiday in The Netherlands I only now can comment.



looks a bit better for White to me.
So this is not what puts me off. Shaw's treatment of 6...Nf6 is.
I took the time to brows through Shaw's book. It looks very, very good. The only reason I didn't buy it is that it just confirms the conclusions I arrived at five years ago or more:

1. White has nothing, not even imbalanced equality after 5...d6 and 6...Nf6 in the Kieseritzky.
2. If White plays g2-g3 in the Hanstein Black typically should reply with Alapin's ...Bh3.
3. The plan with Qa4 and b4 in the Hanstein is not promising either, despite FM Bücker's laudible efforts.
4. So what remains is the Quaade Gambit 4.Nc3.
5. Black's best against the Bishop's Gambit is 3...Nc6.

I rather disagree with GM's Smerdon's review. From glancing it immediately became clear to me that Shaw actually doesn't recommend the Kieseritzky, but rather the Quaade.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #94 - 09/25/13 at 13:20:53
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chessvibes review now up

http://www.chessvibes.com/review-the-king%E2%80%99s-gambit
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #93 - 09/03/13 at 14:51:45
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Schwebbz wrote on 09/03/13 at 14:28:34:
That would depend on what your standards for 'juicy' is. The coverage isn't extensive: He annotates Schlecter-Teichmann, Vienna 1903. Seven novelties in the annotations. He quotes you twice, too. A little over 4 pages total. Looks good to me, though I haven't gotten around to examining the game in detail yet.


Thanks, good to know!

It is a bit surprising that he doesn't give 6...Be7 for Black in the Kieseritzky, but I'd assume that he doesn't recommend it for White and thus doesn't want to get bogged down with every equalising line for Black.

But if the book is intended for both sides, then I'd imagine that 6...Be7 could offer Black better chances for the full point than 6...Nf6 - but it's at least a decade since I looked at the Kieseritzky so there might no longer be a need for another alternative for Black...
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #92 - 09/03/13 at 14:28:34
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That would depend on what your standards for 'juicy' is. The coverage isn't extensive: He annotates Schlecter-Teichmann, Vienna 1903. Seven novelties in the annotations. He quotes you twice, too. A little over 4 pages total. Looks good to me, though I haven't gotten around to examining the game in detail yet.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #91 - 09/03/13 at 10:57:33
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Btw, has Shaw found anything juicy for White after 2...exf4 3.Nf3 f5 ?

It's one of those lines that KG-players may go for when on the other side of the board. And I think it was recommended for Black in one of the early SOS books too.
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #90 - 09/02/13 at 20:59:32
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This line is recommended by Eric Schiller in "Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit? (3rd edition)". I kid you not: search on amazon, "look inside" the book, and BAM!

This actually looks like a decent line, so I find this all somewhat amusing.

blueguitar322 wrote on 08/14/13 at 14:55:42:
Also just got the book and enjoying it so far, even if I feel like White is still fighting uphill vs 3...g5 and 3...d5.

One question: in the Kieseritzky 5...d6 line, Shaw mentions that he only wants to consider 6...Nf6.  However I have some notes on 6...Be7 (forget if they were from ChessPub, they aren't original analysis), which scores very poorly for White in databases. Am I missing anything? Did Shaw have a good reason to ignore 6...Be7?
  
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Re: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #89 - 08/22/13 at 18:11:01
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flaviddude wrote on 10/22/08 at 01:30:45:
The Kings' Gambit is a very complex opening. The repertoire books are good and white needs to know how to answer their recommendations.

The positions that arise are quite different to other openings and difficult to play for both players. Furthermore the opening is still developing. Look at the articles by Stefan Bucker at Chess Cafe or the article in the latest Kaissiber.

I am getting on in years and my over the board ability is falling. Nevertheless I use the King's Gambit in correspondence.  Over the board I would not hesitate to use the King's Gambit against significantly higher rated steady positional players who would expect to beat me. The fact that I know a good deal about the opening has a deterrant effect on my opponents. An Australian called Trevor hay wrote a book on the King's Gambit. For years after wards almost no-one played 1.e5 after his 1.e4. The same thing is happening to me.  

  A    further point is that you need good endgame technique to play the Kings Gambit as white.  



How true!!!
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #88 - 08/15/13 at 18:40:51
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How could he miss Qh2??

Lord Almighty, somebody put him on suicide watch if he loses the tiebreak Wink (not serious, we all know Kamsky's a fighter at the bone)
  
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Re: C30-C39: John Shaw: The King's Gambit
Reply #87 - 08/15/13 at 18:02:16
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TCH wrote on 08/15/13 at 17:40:19:
Breaking News: 2. f4 refutes 1...e5.

Absolutely sensational.



wow... how did kamsky miss 29. ... rxf3 + ?  he must have been really rattled after surviving the minefield he built for himself

i think games like this which highlight the psychological side of chess are far more entertaining and fun to watch then the 'quest for truth' games that cc proponents and centaurs produce

gm blunderest fun  !!   Cheesy
  
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