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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #35 - 02/01/10 at 11:50:48
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I see nothing wrong with anything in this thread to be honest. If you delete this one you would have to delete at least 20 other ones also - there are a lot of chess book threads where the author or publisher starts chiming in. Personally I see nothing wrong with it as they didnt start the thread in the first place, and any extra information is fine by me!
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #34 - 02/01/10 at 01:32:46
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As far as I am concerned, I don't have any problems with advertising a la Simon Williams, as long as the author makes clear that he advertises for him/herself. The way Rudel advertised for his book Zuke'm (or whatever) is much more misleading imo; he acted as if he was an enthusiast student of the book.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #33 - 01/31/10 at 19:17:35
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I have e-mailed Tony to ask for his opinion on this thread, since it seems to have caused some division. For what it is worth, I am inclined to agree with Markovich - the entire thread does not need to be deleted, but a couple of the comments are advertisements and I am dubious that such things should be allowed, whether or not they are in direct competition to this website. On the other hand, this is a grey area and I will leave our leader make the final decision in this instance.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #32 - 01/31/10 at 12:14:40
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Stigma wrote on 01/31/10 at 03:47:34:
I notice that the DVD is now also sold by the London Chess Centre. Maybe that means it will also be available in the US via Chess4Less in due time.


Thanks for the info, I'll be going by there next week and pick it up.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #31 - 01/31/10 at 11:30:25
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Hi all,

This DVD is fantastic! I bought it off Simon's website as soon as it came out. It arrived yesterday in the post and needless to say, I didn't manage to get a great deal done apart from watch it! Simon, congratulations! I thought 'The Killer Dutch' was the best opening dvd that I have ever seen. I hope you are planning to do others.... Cheesy
  
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Reply #30 - 01/31/10 at 03:47:34
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I notice that the DVD is now also sold by the London Chess Centre. Maybe that means it will also be available in the US via Chess4Less in due time.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #29 - 01/29/10 at 09:29:23
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I must apologise if my earlier post came across as an 'advertisment' but I was actually answering a question that someone else had posted. 
This particular forum was also started by someone else and some of the questions raised have been very interesting. Smiley

I will try to answer some of your chess questions:
On 7...Ne4 8 Nxe4! This is the best move and a real pain for this variation. My main recommendation is 8...fxe4 9 Nd2 d5 10 f3 c5!? which is interesting and messy. 
I do believe that 2 h3!? is a very interesting, new and underrated way of playing against any Dutch set up. I say 'any' as this is one of the main pluses of this move, there is less to learn by playing 2 h3.
In my DVD I recommend that Black plays 2...d6 3 g4 e5!? 4 dxe5 Nc6!? a counter gambit!
I have suggested an interesting way of meeting the Staunton Gambit, 1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 c6!? This was suggested to me by a strong Russian GM and I believe that it is far superior to the more popular 4 Nc6. I believe that the problem with 4...Nc6 is that White can play 5 d5 Ne5 6 Qe2!
I do think that this DVD would be of use to players graded 2400 plus as it has some new ideas in it but I have tried to aim the DVD at players below this range, concentrating on the main ideas behind the opening and not remembering the moves 'Parrot' fashion.
In the DVD I try to cover everything and in a deep way that is not superficial. I am a bit of a perfectionist and I would hate to bring anything 'shabby' out but I guess that it is really the viewers job to judge this!
Ok hope that helps will try to answer questions on this post if I have time!
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #28 - 01/29/10 at 02:39:58
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CraigEvans wrote on 01/28/10 at 18:48:36:
Though I am supposed to be the moderator here, for some reason the moderating tools do not appear on the page for me.



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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #27 - 01/28/10 at 22:33:46
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Craig, please check your messages! Thanks!
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #26 - 01/28/10 at 18:48:36
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Though I am supposed to be the moderator here, for some reason the moderating tools do not appear on the page for me.

Once they do, I shall delete the unauthorised advertisement, as this breaks house rules. Everything else appears fine, and as such will be left intact.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #25 - 01/28/10 at 14:20:46
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Yeah I just waited till about Tuesday at midnight and it was fine. Thanks Simon!  Grin
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #24 - 01/28/10 at 13:55:19
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JonathanB wrote on 01/22/10 at 23:31:03:
TonyRo wrote on 01/22/10 at 22:10:09:
I must be doing it wrong. Adding this DVD to my cart simply brings up a blank second page. Wop Wahhhh!


That might be the website playing up/not quite ready.  Try emailing Simon and see how he responds.  I know for a fact he's got a box full of DVDs in cases ready to be sold ... I saw them at Hastings at his Dutch themed tournament!


Hi everyone,

Apologies if I am breaking any posting rules, please delete the post if this is the case - I'm answering a specific post so should be ok I hope. Yes we are a commercial website but we are just starting out and there is also plenty of (we hope) high quality free content available.

Probably the shop was still in development when you tried to order, I only turned it live on Tuesday! In any case should you have any problems, please email Simon W direct via the Contact page on the website. I haven't been made aware of any problems and we have taken a number of successful orders already.

Best wishes,
Simon Ansell (gingergm webmaster)


  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #23 - 01/27/10 at 21:06:10
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linksspringer wrote on 01/27/10 at 16:23:40:
He didn't actually start the topic, it just happens to be the first post on page 2. Please don't delete the whole thread, as there is useful information on page 1.



Seconded.  I was going to add something to the thread but I'm going to hold off to see if it's worth it.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #22 - 01/27/10 at 17:11:05
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linksspringer wrote on 01/27/10 at 16:23:40:
Markovich wrote on 01/27/10 at 14:04:57:

This post should not have been made, because it's commercial.  Also it advertises a commercial website, which is contrary to our policy.  I salute your achievements in chess, and it would be great if you would come here to talk about the Dutch, but not about your website and DVD.  In the mean time I'll do my best to get this thread deleted.

Either that or get Tony to authorize your advertisement here.


He didn't actually start the topic, it just happens to be the first post on page 2. Please don't delete the whole thread, as there is useful information on page 1.


Aren't there a lot of threads here that could be labelled 'commercials'? For one thing every time Gambit, Everyman and Quality Chess list a new book in the pipeline, we seem to instantly get a thread about it here. 

And over the years we've had many threads where authors have been answering questions regarding their books - I'm guilty of that myself - and apart from this one, there's a recent thread about Mongoose's new Catalan book...

So deleting this one could start a domino effect if you're consistent - and if you're not consistent it just seems unfair.
  
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Re: The Ginger GM and the Classical Dutch DVD
Reply #21 - 01/27/10 at 16:37:47
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http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1154209238/45#45

This is the link about the classical dutch.
  
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