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Two Knights Defence inc. Wilkes-Barre Variation [C56-C59]

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Ulvestad Variation [Event "GCT Warsaw (rapid)"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "2649"]... Started 05/12/24 at 09:07:20 by Jonathan Tait	5	2825	06/05/24 at 00:19:20 By: SWJediknight
Two Knights defence at CPub With the popularity of 3 Bc4 at elite level in recent years it's not surprising that theory has been developing very quickly in the Two Knights. Jon Tait's new "Disreputable" book has some very i... Started 03/26/22 at 17:02:42 by Paddy	0	1427	03/26/22 at 17:02:42 By: Paddy
C57: Heisman Variation, Lolli, Two Knights Defense In the Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6) 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! yields two main lines, 6.Nxf7, the Fried Liver, and 6.d4, the Lolli. Jon Edwards in a long article in Chess Life f... Started 11/06/13 at 05:47:32 by sloughter	9	13990	08/28/20 at 12:49:21 By: CraigEvans
C57: Is Traxler Refuted ? Now I am in a project of Analysing The Traxler Lines with several computer aided anlysis on a Hexacore. I read the analysis of Marten de Zeuw in NIC 63,65,66,67,68 and Dan Heismans CD and truth is I ... Started 09/01/10 at 04:37:20 by Master Om « Pages 1 2 ... 6 7 8 all »	112	174184	01/20/20 at 16:48:38 By: Master Om
Article on the 2 Knights by GM Zvjaginsev In The Open Games With Black, by Martin Lokander, the author refers to an opening article by GM Vadim Zvjaginsev discussing the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bx... Started 04/23/19 at 22:19:05 by Seeley	7	6348	04/25/19 at 20:36:42 By: Stigma
Playing for a Win against 13.Ne5: in 8.Bd3 Talking about this position: Download game in pgn format This is obviously a rath... Started 06/15/18 at 11:31:23 by IsaVulpes « Pages 1 2 all »	28	20464	02/22/19 at 22:41:17 By: MicahSmith
Did Deep Fritz 14 blunder in this Evans Gambit? Moody-Deep Fritz 14 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.e5 Nc6 10.Qh4 Nd5 11.Qg3 O-O?! Played after 25 minutes of calculation out to a depth of 27 12.Bh6 ... Started 02/01/16 at 20:09:19 by sloughter	2	4512	02/01/16 at 21:32:13 By: kylemeister
4...d5 in the two knights. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5?! What is the current standing of this line - does anyone know? I've been unable to find posts on this forum about it apart from this old topic: http... Started 09/24/15 at 22:51:51 by cramie10	5	6198	09/27/15 at 06:38:56 By: cramie10
C57: Fried Liver 9.Qe4 = White has no real winning chances in the 9.Qe4 variation of the Fried Liver. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.a3 Na6 11.d4 Nac7 12.Bf... Started 12/28/13 at 09:45:02 by sloughter	4	7821	06/28/15 at 11:41:12 By: Knightcut
Coverage of the Two Knights Ulvestad variation? Here's the line I'm referring to: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5!? Bologan's Black Weapons only covers the 5...Na5 response. So this has me scratching my head as to why he i... Started 04/27/15 at 23:04:57 by HagenWatch1	7	10129	04/28/15 at 14:37:38 By: HagenWatch1
C57: Fried Liver 9.O-O c6 10.d4 The best try for a plus in the Fried Liver is 9.O-O; 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O c6 10.d4 (This is the point where play varies; Estrin reco... Started 01/01/14 at 21:18:42 by sloughter	7	9648	11/07/14 at 21:00:52 By: Knightcut
C57: Two Knights 5...Nxd5 Master Om wrote on 03/22/10 at 17:35:32: 6.....Be6 is the move that white cant refute so easily. Black holds on its own after Qh5 or Qg4. Fried liver is a better option to play for black and you have better chances to win. I would certa... Started 03/22/10 at 17:59:17 by kylemeister « Pages 1 2 3 4 5 all »	70	82143	11/04/14 at 19:55:10 By: fling
Deep computer analysis in the 6...Bd7 line Hi everybody, I've been analyzing this line for some months, using the latest versions of Komodo and Stockfish, and got to the conclusion that black is totally equal. I thought it would be i... Started 10/11/14 at 13:06:59 by Menake Halonot	5	6891	11/04/14 at 13:48:51 By: Menake Halonot
4.Ng5 and so on with 10. ...Qd4 Hello everyone! I finally decided to work on my black repertoire and I will start with the Two Knights D... Started 10/05/14 at 16:31:36 by chessnoerd	0	3273	10/05/14 at 16:31:36 By: chessnoerd
C57: A simple refutation of Wilkes-Barre Traxler Ever since Williams pronounced 6...Rf8 as leading "nowhere" in the WBT, it has been known that 6...Rf8 is an easy plus with White who needs only to find 7.d3 Bg4 8.Nf3 Qe8 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Qh5 11.Nb... Started 12/28/13 at 06:05:05 by sloughter	4	7339	12/30/13 at 10:49:49 By: sloughter
C58: Fritz: Two Knights' Defense better for White? Here is a test of one of the key main lines of the TKD, the Fritz [Played Against Houdini 3 at 300'40 game in 1] (Against the 5...Na5 variation, White is better after: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng... Started 06/16/13 at 14:37:35 by sloughter	11	18029	12/27/13 at 15:03:28 By: sloughter
C56: Two Knight's 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 Questions 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 and now: A) 6.0-0 now Play the Open Games as Black and Play 1.e4 e5! recommend 6...d5 but is there anything wrong with 6...Be7? Play 1.e4 e5! says t... Started 11/22/13 at 21:58:47 by Anonymous3	0	3571	11/22/13 at 21:58:46 By: Anonymous3
C58: Two Knights Defense: 8.Qf3 Be7 = In the Two Knights' Defense White has realistic chances to secure a plus in most variations, but in the 8.Qf3 variation no one has demonstrated a clear advantage for White. This variation looks ... Started 11/05/13 at 11:10:00 by sloughter	5	8844	11/07/13 at 07:21:10 By: sloughter
Two Knights Fritz / Ulvestad? (No Spam pls) Nota bene: I don't really want to wade through reams of useless analysis, so Sloughter, please stay out of this thread and keep your nonsense to your own threads. Did the forum ever come to any c... Started 10/29/13 at 00:11:25 by proustiskeen	3	6900	11/01/13 at 04:46:49 By: Smyslov_Fan
Two knights 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Hi, in the past I had played the Wilkes Barre. Well, as the Traxler is dubious, I want to test the mainline, but my books by Pinsky and "Play the open games as Black" by Emms are meanwhile pretty... Started 10/05/13 at 17:47:04 by JollyJumper	4	9047	10/09/13 at 19:37:24 By: GMTonyKosten

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