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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #110 - 05/29/12 at 17:18:34
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Thanks CaptainCarrot! Looks like I won't find an answer to that in Delchev, as I think ...Bxa3 only helps White.

Hmm... looks like I'm lacking the best sources on this line as I don't have Dangerous weapons and I'm not a subscriber to Flank openings  Undecided (please forgive me, Tony!).
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #109 - 05/29/12 at 10:40:47
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Delchev doesn't mention 14...Nc7, but rather 13...Nc7!? - although in the example he gives, black ends up playing ...Bxa3 
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #108 - 05/29/12 at 07:04:11
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Ametanoitos wrote on 05/28/12 at 23:15:19:
I'll look at it and respond to you tomorrow as i am also interested in this line for Black. By the way, have you checked the recommendations in the Dangerous Weapons book against your system? Have you found an antidote to those lines GM Kosten provided for White?

 
You'll want to check out Kosten's latest Flank Openings update where he analyzes Kosten-Townsend which has improvements for both sides.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #107 - 05/28/12 at 23:15:19
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I'll look at it and respond to you tomorrow as i am also interested in this line for Black. By the way, have you checked the recommendations in the Dangerous Weapons book against your system? Have you found an antidote to those lines GM Kosten provided for White?
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #106 - 05/28/12 at 21:22:29
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I am curious about this book, especially the lines after 2...d4, so maybe I will buy it. However, I am wondering what Delchev says about my usual approach against the Reti: the reversed Benoni arising after 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 d4 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Ne8. I see that he recommends 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 f6 13.Re1 e5 14.Ba3, but this has always occurred to me as completely harmless for Black. After 14...Nc7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.d3 Rb8 17.Nd2 Bf5, it seems to me that Black has an easy game.

Does someone want to reveal whether Delchev has anything convincing for White here? (A simple "yes" is useful information for me!) And does he mention 14...Nc7 at all? 14...Bxa3 is more usual, according to my database, but the knight doesn't look that unhappy on a3 in this Benoni-like position.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #105 - 05/13/12 at 20:42:49
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Keano wrote on 05/13/12 at 14:12:02:
I found it a bit too skimpy to part with my money.

Yes, he has concentrated on some moves and completely ignored others. To save on space I suppose, although it looks a bit funny when he mentions a less-played move and not the mainline!
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #104 - 05/13/12 at 14:12:02
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Almost bought this in the bookshop the other day, was intending to but in the end flicking through it I found it a bit too skimpy to part with my money.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #103 - 05/11/12 at 10:13:14
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I decided to buy the book while I was over in the UK playing in the 4NCL, and got my first chance to play one of his recommendations immediately after - I will cover this in the next Flank update, but to cut a long story short: I wasn't too impressed!
I haven't really done more than flick through a few chapters so far, but did notice that he covers the Gurevich anti-Slav quite deeply, although he manages to avoid duplicating the material I covered in the DW - Flank book by playing 8 Rg1 and g4 or 8 Be2 mostly without g4.
Curiously, the Bibliography doesn't mention this DW book, or ChessPublishing.com ... but does mention the ChessPublishing.com Forum! Wink
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #102 - 05/05/12 at 20:42:33
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Very usable for club player chess sure.

My slight reservation comes from the way that the basis of the approach is trying to use move order ideas/tricks to pose problems whilst dodging deep theory.

Very sensible at a higher level but at the sort of club level where neither player is carrying much theory anyway? More straightforward main lines might make more sense.

Especially as you do get a lot of move order issues to work through.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #101 - 05/05/12 at 15:36:42
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Not only GMs are capable of memorising lines. I had to memorise 25+ move lines when I used to play the Poisoned Pawn against the 6. Bg5 Najdorf when I was around 2150-2250. Delchev's book is good for me although I am not a GM.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #100 - 05/05/12 at 15:33:46
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OK, here is my question, I just read the review on ChessCafe which has this excerpt:

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In the Foreword the author, Bulgarian grandmaster Delchev, describes his efforts assisting former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova in preparing for a couple of tournaments. First they went with a repertoire that required sharp play and plenty of memorized lines. Unfortunately, this approach failed because Stefanova lacked confidence in some of the most principled openings. So for the second tournament, they went in the opposite direction, aiming to throw the opponents out of their preparation and make them think for themselves in unfamiliar positions. The switch was from move-by-move memorization to plan-oriented thinking, and this proved quite successful. At the conclusion he writes about the books target audience and makes some interesting and good points:

"Club players have probably noticed that their opponents as a rule are well prepared against the central opening 1 e4/1 d4. If you are disappointed with your results, or just tired of endless studying the latest analyses in the most explored variations, you'll find here a viable repertoire versus 1...d5. You might also use my suggestions as surprise weapons.


Then I scan through this thread, and see people discussing theory fifteen moves deep. While grandmasters may indeed be able to remember 15 moves deep on various lines OTB, I know such learning is a total waste of time for me (one unexpected move and it all goes kaput).

So is this book actually less theoretical than, say, developing a D4 repertoire where you play the exchange, anti-meran, and similar? Is this book worth getting for someone around 1800 in terms of ideas for an OTB repertoire (as opposed to a theoretical discussion repertoire), or not?
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #99 - 04/17/12 at 12:56:04
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No obvious mention of 3.. Bg4. 4 Bb2 seems kind of tempting, if dogmatic, in response. Not at all clear of course but then nothing in this line is!

Also unmentioned is 9.. a4!? after 3.. f6 4 e3 e5 5 c5 d3 6 Qb3 e4 7 Nd4 a5 8 Nc3 f5 9 Ne6 which Pallisers gives in beating unusual chess openings, crediting Harvey Williamson from somewhere. Think I'd rather prefer Vass' 9 b5 to that.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #98 - 04/17/12 at 11:21:03
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Ametanoitos wrote on 04/03/12 at 15:45:17:
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Bg4!


Indeed - I like that move order for Black myself - does Delchev even give it a mention because it doesn't come up in the index of variations?

TN wrote on 04/03/12 at 21:35:10:
I prefer White after 4.Qb3 f6 5.c5N, playing as in the Delchev book, but I have the feeling there's something stronger than the most popular move 4...f6.


Ah I missed this - I think when Nigel Short played this he just took on f3 after 4.Qb3 but I suppose White can claim to have some chances there with the two bishops although its far from that simple.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #97 - 04/03/12 at 21:35:10
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I prefer White after 4.Qb3 f6 5.c5N, playing as in the Delchev book, but I have the feeling there's something stronger than the most popular move 4...f6.
  
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Re: Delchev on Reti
Reply #96 - 04/03/12 at 15:45:17
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Bg4!
  
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