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TonyRo God Member Offline I'm gonna crack your skull! Posts: 1849 Location: Cleveland, OH Joined: 11/26/07 Gender:	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gaje Reply #7 - 11/19/08 at 19:18:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	Markovich wrote on 11/19/08 at 19:09:43: But seriously, what systems against the Spanish would you uphold as winning tries? Duh, Berlin.


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gaje Reply #6 - 11/19/08 at 19:09:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Matemax wrote on 11/19/08 at 15:58:58: Perhaps you will all crucify me but I dare to say that these variations are simply "Drawing Weapons". Their aim is to dig a tunnel to a position where Black, although slightly worse, has very good chances for a draw. This "tunnel approach" was in my opinion the reason Radjabov went for the Schliemann and lot of players go for the Marshall. Concerning Gajewski I somehow have the feeling that the right strategy for White is close to be found and then Black just is a pawn down which puts the whole variation back into an unpromising sideline. "Tunneling for a draw" describes many of my games, even as White! Which (considered from the viewpoint of my opponents) shows that unless you play chess among the gods, anything sound can be played for a win. What, if you sat down against an IM and he played the Petroff, would you be very confident of the draw? But seriously, what systems against the Spanish would you uphold as winning tries? And further, granting for that White has to err before he can lose, why is White's error more likely in the Najdorf than in the Marshall? P.S. Since Brunello plays better chess than I do, I'm willing to hear what he says about the Marshall.

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TonyRo God Member Offline I'm gonna crack your skull! Posts: 1849 Location: Cleveland, OH Joined: 11/26/07 Gender:	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gajewski Reply #5 - 11/19/08 at 18:53:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	How can you even cover the entire Marshall and Anti-Marshall's in that many pages? Where's Aagaard when you need him? I welcome a new book on the Schliemann for sure, but if the coverage sucks or is unimpressive, then it's just a disappointment. I'd like to give Quality Chess the benefit of the doubt for now, as the vast majority of their books are quite good.


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micawber God Member Offline like many sneaks and skunks in history he's a poet Posts: 852 Location: Netherlands Joined: 09/07/05 Gender:	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gaje Reply #4 - 11/19/08 at 17:16:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	If I am right, S.Brunello is an Italian IM, 19 years old. His results in the Marshall (as black) are not terrible convincing. From 2005 till 2008 I was able to trace 5 games where he scored a dismall 0,5/5=10% Concerning the Marshall, it's just how you look at it. As Markovich pointed out, the Marshall is quite nice, if you get the chance to play it. Most white players nowadays avoid it.Black can instill enough poison in the proper Marshall positions to get some winning chances too, as I have demonstrated by publishing several correspondence games on this forum. But for the 2700+ players the Marshall is indeed a drawing weapon, although now and then even 2700+ white players have been known, to suffer some accidents.


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drkodos God Member Offline I see....stars. Posts: 778 Location: Jupiter, and beyond Joined: 03/29/07	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gaje Reply #3 - 11/19/08 at 16:04:46	Post Tools	Print Post
	Matemax wrote on 11/19/08 at 15:58:58: Perhaps you will all crucify me but I dare to say that these variations are simply "Drawing Weapons". Their aim is to dig a tunnel to a position where Black, although slightly worse, has very good chances for a draw. This "tunnel approach" was in my opinion the reason Radjabov went for the Schliemann and lot of players go for the Marshall. Concerning Gajewski I somehow have the feeling that the right strategy for White is close to be found and then Black just is a pawn down which puts the whole variation back into an unpromising sideline. I'm drinkin' the same flavor Kool-aid.* *I agree.

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Matemax God Member Offline Chesspub gives you strength! Posts: 1302 Joined: 11/04/07	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gaje Reply #2 - 11/19/08 at 15:58:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	Perhaps you will all crucify me but I dare to say that these variations are simply "Drawing Weapons". Their aim is to dig a tunnel to a position where Black, although slightly worse, has very good chances for a draw. This "tunnel approach" was in my opinion the reason Radjabov went for the Schliemann and lot of players go for the Marshall. Concerning Gajewski I somehow have the feeling that the right strategy for White is close to be found and then Black just is a pawn down which puts the whole variation back into an unpromising sideline.


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gaje Reply #1 - 11/19/08 at 15:13:08	Post Tools	Print Post
	176 whole pages! I'm surprised he didn't have room for the Archangel as well. But seriously, one must assume that Brunello's treatment of these systems will be rather cursory.

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rossia Senior Member Offline Saw: "Game Over!" Posts: 335 Location: Irkutsk Joined: 09/17/07	Attacking Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gajewski 11/19/08 at 14:13:03	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hello, New book is upcoming: Attacking the Spanish: Marshall, Schliemann & Gajewski Author: Sabino Brunello Publisher: Quality Chess (May 2009) Paperback: 176 pages Language: English http://www.amazon.com/Attacking-Spanish-Marshall-Schliemann-Gajewski/dp/19065521...


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