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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #36 - 03/08/14 at 20:30:34
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Zatara wrote on 03/08/14 at 20:12:29:
I mean 4.nf3 as classical and his 5...c6 
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I'm waiting for my copy to be delivered, and i'm not really strong enough to say whether his line is good or not, however the line in question with c6 is probably the main line in that variation at the highest level so it should be fine ( i think Adams, Ivanchuk and Carlsen have all played it when facing the classical variation).
  

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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
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I mean 4.nf3 as classical and his 5...c6 
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #34 - 03/08/14 at 19:23:38
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Zatara wrote on 03/07/14 at 02:22:03:
Hi Guys,
Did Lakadowala really make the exchange with cxd6 viable as he says he did in the MOve by Move book???
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Marc
Ps. is his line vs the classical pretty good??


He has about 80 pages on this line, most of it showing (or attempting to show) that Black is Ok after
the Voronezh. He mentions John Watson's analysis, some of them published here. Since I was vaguely involved I think this may hold. Not clear however, if it is "human-viable" or "engine-viable".

I am looking forward to the book since it looks interesting, at least what I could see from the pages in Amazon.

What do you mean by the "classical"?
  
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Reply #33 - 03/07/14 at 13:52:39
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Hi Bibs,
No I am another Marc.
  
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #32 - 03/07/14 at 04:16:19
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Zatara wrote on 03/07/14 at 02:22:03:
Hi Guys,
Did Lakadowala really make the exchange with cxd6 viable as he says he did in the MOve by Move book???
Thanks,
Marc
Ps. is his line vs the classical pretty good??


I am not sure the book is out yet, is it?
Are you also the person who posts as Marc Benford by the way?
  
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Reply #31 - 03/07/14 at 02:22:03
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Hi Guys,
Did Lakadowala really make the exchange with cxd6 viable as he says he did in the MOve by Move book???
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Marc
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #30 - 02/05/14 at 05:15:43
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lg wrote on 02/04/14 at 21:28:47:
Puzzled because it is there.

Go to amazom.com, get the page of the book and click on the front page (left on the webpage)


sorry for the confusion. I meant that i had looked the day before you posted, but it wasnt up at that point.

I saw your post yesterday and  went back to amazon and looked at the look inside feature as it was now up, just as you said it was. Smiley
  

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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
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Puzzled because it is there.

Go to amazom.com, get the page of the book and click on the front page (left on the webpage)
  
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #28 - 02/04/14 at 21:14:02
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lg wrote on 02/03/14 at 22:27:58:
Hi

In Amazon.com the option "look inside" is available.
We can see parts of the book, and at the end a list of all the games in the book plus the variations studied


Went on Amazon last night to see if they had the look inside feature available yet, and they didnt Sad missed it by 24 hours  Cheesy

It covers d5 against 2nc3 so i'm happy  Wink It also makes sense given he the line he covers below....

The Westerinen line looks familiar now that i've had a look at it again. Not sure where i have seen it before, maybe it was in Burgess's complete Alekhine...but again like the d5 line above, he appears to be using it to transfer to a french like structure...

Glad to see he includes around 8 of his own games as black in this even though 6 are rapid games from last year. A lot of recognisable names playing black in this too.

Really looking forward to this...
  

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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #27 - 02/03/14 at 22:27:58
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #26 - 01/29/14 at 19:34:15
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Yes, in the Megadatabase there are many games by Westerinen after
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 !?
and I have seen a few old books calling this the "Westerinen" line, or at least saying that it is often played by him

Apparently the main lines are
4. Nf3 d5 (the main idea)
and
4.a4 a5 5.Nf3 d5

There are also two games by Alburt, one against a computer.

Well, although i was not expecting this line, it may make sense in a repertoire book where in the main line Miles, most of the positions are +/= (and i dont want to enter a discussion whether 4...g6 or something else was playable).

Not clear however, what is the "emphasis" on the line.
Whether a sound alternative to the main line or as a kind of surprise weapon.

A recent article on the line is given by Valeri Lilov in Chessabase magazine 138.

  
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #25 - 01/28/14 at 23:46:13
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On chessgames.com I found three games where Westerinen faced 4 Nf3, he played Bg4 once and g6 twice.
  
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #24 - 01/28/14 at 23:38:25
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RoleyPoley wrote on 01/28/14 at 22:33:02:
as for the westerinen line i havent a clue. I dont think i have heard of it before. It's a very big chapter too so it must be a line we would probably recognise but only know it by a different name...


well, i was mistaken i think it refers to
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 Nb6
  
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #23 - 01/28/14 at 22:44:51
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gwnn wrote on 01/28/14 at 22:30:01:
At the risk of nitpicking, the Alekhine was also famously played in 1935 in the Alekhine-Euwe match ... by Euwe.


yes, and furthermore mentioned in several recent books on the Alekhine; seems to me to be a first "bad" spot on the upcoming book

RoleyPoley wrote on 01/28/14 at 22:33:02:
Yes,

as for the westerinen line i havent a clue. I dont think i have heard of it before. It's a very big chapter too so it must be a line we would probably recognise but only know it by a different name...


perhaps 4...c6

I am really interested to see his analysis on Voronezh
(thanks dfan). I remember quite well the threads made here with lots of analysis on this line by several members, notably by Markovich and still remember his title on the analysis sequences "defanging the Voronezh" which was nice at a time when many books where using similar titles,e.g., "slaying the dragon", etc.
  
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Re: The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
Reply #22 - 01/28/14 at 22:33:02
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Yes, good to see Baburin's games will feature. He was one of the few standard bearers of the opening in the 90's.

as for the westerinen line i havent a clue. I dont think i have heard of it before. It's a very big chapter too so it must be a line we would probably recognise but only know it by a different name...
  

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