IMJohnCox wrote on 12/12/06 at 15:06:37:
Fair points, TJ. I shall consider it a matter of honour to meet 1 e4 with 1…e6 should we ever play. After all I suppose 1…e5 would be even more foolish, no?
If it happens I'll be sure to remind you - as these days everyone sems to play the Alekhine against me!
Still, I guess I shouldn't complain as somehow I seem to end up winning most of these games after 2.Nc3 - so you're not alone in denying the opponent his fun!
Quote:I nearly played the Politiken Cup this year, actually. I enjoyed it in 1982 or so when I played. If it wasn’t for the fact that the website is astonishingly poorly run and information about accommodation, travel and so forth accordingly hard to get hold of I might well have played in it.
Well, most tournaments have lousy info pages but I agree that they could offer more info on the practical things. For example, there's usually lots of Norwegians playing but only a handful of Swedish players - despite that we only have to take the train across the bridge and then find the correct train to change to.
Anyway, this year they seem to have improved, for example it's possible to book a room online already. New venue btw, a school in Helsingör - maybe something that'll attract Hamlet fans?
http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/default.aspx?aar=2007&menu=polcup2007 Quote:What do you mean by the SI, by the way?
I thought everyone knew the NIC codes, especially since I've been using SI for Sicilian for years. - Maybe
no one has understood that over th years?!
Quote:Your Tartakower comparison is a bit unfair as there the diagonal stands to be opened by …dxc4, and if White chooses to freeze the structure he has to pay the price of playing Bxf6 to achieve it. But I concede this doesn’t apply to the C-Z. Even there the bishop will come alive if either c4 or e4 is ever played, but I suppose you will say that it is the same with e5 here; the bishop has latent power if the opponent makes his most natural pawn break.
Well, maybe the best comparison is the KIA/KID Bg2/g7 - locked in, but always threatening to get out.
But I think there are even some lines in the french advance where the bishop ends up on b2 - shut in by/defending both d4 and e5 - so it's not a completely new concept..
Quote:I love your books by the way. Keep up the good work.
Does that mean that you actually got my 2 KG books?! I had you figured for a 1.d4 and Alekhine player!
Anyway, I actually have two of yours, 'd4 Deviations' and the Alekhine book, which I quite liked - it even nearly made me go back to playing the AL but alas there are so many other interesting options for black against 1.e4, but someday soon...
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