https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?board=exchspan Exchange - ChessPub Forum en-us ChessPub Forum Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:03:19 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1677807288 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1677807288 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:51:35 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1677807288/7#7">FreeRepublic wrote</a> on 03/19/23 at 18:37:38:<br /><div id="5165727245726762757B7E741700"><a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1677807288/6#6">George Jempty wrote</a> on 03/18/23 at 11:34:52:<br /><div id="5B545C4145485C5445595E553101">I would argue 5...Be6, blocking the e-file so that after 6.Nxe5 Qd4 is not unsafe, and Black is ready for an immediate ...0-0-0; </div><!--5165727245726762757B7E741700--><br /><br />I wasn't familiar with 5...Be6. After say:<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc6 dc6 5. O-O <b>Be6</b> 6. Ne5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qe4 8. Ng5 Qf5 9. Ne6 fe6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Qe2 e5, Black seems to have enough activity to compensate for his isolated king pawn. </div><!--5B545C4145485C5445595E553101--><br /><br />Yes that isolated pawn is Black's biggest drawback, but he does have the open d and f files. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1484681219 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1484681219 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:11:52 GMT I meant Abraham Washington. Sorry. It's my best combination of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1518208486 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1518208486 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:22:54 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1518208486/1#1">an ordinary chessplayer wrote</a> on 02/10/18 at 02:24:53:<br /><div id="323731363D3D362765625302"><b>9...Re8!?</b> could be tried, e.g. 10.O-O-O Bb4 11.Nde2 f5!?. I'm not sure about this one. </div><!--323731363D3D362765625302--><br /><br />I've looked at the exchange variation from time to time, without mastering it. I remember being attracted to the idea of putting rooks on the central files with 0-0-0 and R(h)e8. But some author recommended 0-0-0 and R(d)e8, to prevent (or delay) simplification. Perhaps it goes against the grain, yet is the way to play on. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1463507192 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1463507192 Tue, 17 May 2016 19:11:12 GMT I'm thinking 11. hg hg 12. g3, once alleged to be better for White, might be considered equal these days, but I don't know about "at least" equal ...<br />(By the way, a recent Chessbase DVD advocating the Exchange used a game Karjakin-Shirov for that line.) https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1405965674 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1405965674 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:38:52 GMT From Kindermann's book you can also see that some preparation is needed from the White player to go down the g4 path. Not an easy position for White as you need to defend for a bit, but if you manage to do so, you may end up clearly better. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1341356060 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1341356060 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:57:57 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1341356059/2#2">TN wrote</a> on 07/04/12 at 10:27:37:<br /><div id="635F52674552445243445851050607073703">I don't see Black's idea if White plays 7.h3 h5 8.d3 Qf6 9.Be3, threatening hxg4 hxg4 Ng5 Qh6 f4.  </div><!--635F52674552445243445851050607073703--><br /><br />Black's idea is that, since White can't play Nbd2, when push comes to shove (for instance after 9. Be3 Bd6  10. Re1), Black will exchange on f3 with ...Bxf3, creating as many pawn weaknesses for White, if not more, than Black has (Sorry for the delayed response I was at the World Open)<br /> https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1339790344 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1339790344 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:11:52 GMT I don't know how Black can expect to be more than equal in such a still rather generic old-fashioned Exchange position.  For example, 5. d4 ed 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 0-0-0 9. Nc3 is a line that can be readily found given as equal (a couple of games cited:  Smyslov-Keres and Smyslov-Ivanchuk) -- as Black I'm not sure I would prefer that a3 and ...f6 be added, and in any case I wouldn't expect it to change the evaluation.<br /><br />But maybe you are an Alekhine disciple -- I think he considered such positions to be standardly in Black's favor, rather than equal ... https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333431061 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333431061 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:51:37 GMT As an Exchange player for 30 years - basically my entire chess life - I have always been puzzled why 5...Qd6 is not more popular. Two reasons:<br /><br />1. It is a just a really good move.<br /><br />2. It gives rise to positions that are much more closed than other Exchange lines and have features in common with systems like the Chigorin or Zaitsev. There are some important differences - the absence of pawn d6, most obviously - but I think if I played the mainline systems as black, I would want to get something like this against the Exchange. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333549810 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333549810 Fri, 6 Apr 2012 05:01:10 GMT There is an old article in New in Chess Magazine no.29 by Alexander Moroz, which is a bit dated (1993). https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1325657521 ChessPub Forum/Exchange https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1325657521 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:52:55 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1325657520/0#0">Anonymous3 wrote</a> on 01/04/12 at 06:12:00:<br /><div id="113E3F3E293D3F2523635004">Can someone explain why 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Bxc6 is known as the Delayed Ruy Lopez Exchange Deferred? Why is their the Deferred at the end? Wouldn't "Delayed Ruy Lopez Exchange" characterize the variation? </div><!--113E3F3E293D3F2523635004--><br />By the way, a more common name for this line is "Steenwijk Variation" after a game played by Euwe in 1940.