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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #57 - 01/22/12 at 02:05:29
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Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 01/21/12 at 22:44:17:
[quote author=272B242D262F384A0 link=1326379027/55#55 date=1327184961]The rest of the world outside the USA use British English.

Besides Guyanese English, Trinidad English, Australian English, Jamaican English and a few more yes.
The Dutch don't care and use a mixture of American English, British English and Dunglish.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #56 - 01/21/12 at 22:44:17
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mangler wrote on 01/21/12 at 22:29:21:
Why would that be strange? Kaufman is an American.


Except the book is published in the Netherlands, no? The rest of the world outside the USA use British English. I am sure American authors whose books are published outside the USA have the final manuscript published in British English. I have Vigorito's King's Indian books published by Everyman and they are in British English; looking at the introduction to Volume 1 of Vigorito's King's Indian book, he refers to the King's Indian as "King's Indian Defence", not Defense.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #55 - 01/21/12 at 22:29:21
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Why would that be strange? Kaufman is an American.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #54 - 01/21/12 at 22:17:49
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The book arrived today for me.

Against Tarrasch, the line 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 is given.

I find it a bit strange that the book is written in American English (i.e. "Center Game") but other than that it looks like a combination of the complete games format and sometimes there are variation trees in the footnotes.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #53 - 01/21/12 at 21:29:10
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Ametanoitos wrote on 01/21/12 at 20:38:46:
But for a serious worker and ambitious player "pain is gain", which means that books like Dembo's on Scotch (that you mentioned) or the GM Rep series of QC are not that enjoyable but offer more in terms of chess material.

While I completely agree the sad fact is that QC ea don't have many books in their catalogue on openings that interest me ....
Marin is a perfect example. I prefer 3...Nf6 to 3...Bc5, even if his approach is fantastic, as the chapter on the Evans makes clear.
A copy of your (don't be so modest) on the Tarrasch is underway and I'll have to purchase Kotronias' volume on the KID Sämisch as well, I suppose.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #52 - 01/21/12 at 21:23:35
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Ametanoitos wrote on 01/21/12 at 20:38:46:
I understand the idea. This kind of book is easily read and you like it more. But for a serious worker and ambitious player "pain is gain", which means that books like Dembo's on Scotch (that you mentioned) or the GM Rep series of QC are not that enjoyable but offer more in terms of chess material. I also understand Chess Star's idea to combine these two kind of books together by offering an introductory chapter with one coming with all the details. To be honest in this concept i liked Marin's books in 1.e4 e5 better. Anyway, you cannot satisfy all customers! My personal way of thinking is this: Opening Books-> lots of material, as they are for people that want to work, Game collections-> make them more readable with limited lines and lots of verbal annotations.

As for the specifics of the Kaufman book i read on this thread, i am curious to see his KID and Benko coverage and what are his recommendations on the WHite side of the Grunfeld. If in the Russian system "Black has many ways to equalise" then why offer this line for White? Another question i have: what does he recommed against the Tarrasch Defence? As a co-author of GM Rep 10 i am also very curious to see what he has there against my lines. Anyway, i hope to get this book in hands really soon.... And when i get it expect from me lots of feedback! Wink


hi Ametanoitos,

just a personal question about the tarrasch: do you feel ahead of current theory, so that you have in this system knowledge of a 2600+ player? Did your rating rise, due to your expanded knowledge of isolated pawn positions?
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #51 - 01/21/12 at 20:38:46
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I understand the idea. This kind of book is easily read and you like it more. But for a serious worker and ambitious player "pain is gain", which means that books like Dembo's on Scotch (that you mentioned) or the GM Rep series of QC are not that enjoyable but offer more in terms of chess material. I also understand Chess Star's idea to combine these two kind of books together by offering an introductory chapter with one coming with all the details. To be honest in this concept i liked Marin's books in 1.e4 e5 better. Anyway, you cannot satisfy all customers! My personal way of thinking is this: Opening Books-> lots of material, as they are for people that want to work, Game collections-> make them more readable with limited lines and lots of verbal annotations.

As for the specifics of the Kaufman book i read on this thread, i am curious to see his KID and Benko coverage and what are his recommendations on the WHite side of the Grunfeld. If in the Russian system "Black has many ways to equalise" then why offer this line for White? Another question i have: what does he recommed against the Tarrasch Defence? As a co-author of GM Rep 10 i am also very curious to see what he has there against my lines. Anyway, i hope to get this book in hands really soon.... And when i get it expect from me lots of feedback! Wink
  
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Reply #50 - 01/21/12 at 20:13:44
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The book reminds me slightly of the Chess explained book on the Grunfeld. Every chapter starts with a short introduction 2-3 pages that explains his choices and tries to give some general idea that connects the games. It of course also serves as a reference. I think this is helpful. The way the games are presented seems to differ: sometimes the whole game is given, sometimes not (like I also said above). In general I saw that he tries not to have too long annotations (personally I am happy with that - I can get lost in all those "grey sections"!). I saw sometimes B1-B3 in the annotations but not yet did I see them 3 deep (is that the expression).

I know the Dembo book in passing but she really did a thorough job with very deep/wide trees didn't she? Don't expect that level of encyclopaedic coverage. I guess Avrukh covered even more lines. Kaufman makes it clear at the very beginning that he refuses to write in more detail than he can actually remember and that correspondence chess people will probably be disappointed.
  
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Reply #49 - 01/21/12 at 11:24:16
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dali wrote on 01/21/12 at 03:34:23:
what does Kaufman give vs the Triangle 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6?

His main line is 4.Nf3. He gives one game for the Noteboom: Timofeev-Yudin, Tomsk 2008. But he also gives brief analysis of 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 (rather than the Marshall Gambit), which his computers apparently love.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #48 - 01/21/12 at 05:46:20
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gwnn wrote on 01/19/12 at 19:29:47:
Gilchrist: neo-Grunfeld: 10 pages, 4 games, one with f3 and three with g3. There are of course other games mentioned, e.g. Gelfand-Grischuk 1-0 2011 is improved with 11 .. Be6.

Exchange: against Rb1 he snatches the a2 pawn and plays 12 .. b6. Three games for  this line. However he also gives the Nc6, Bg7-e5-c7 line in one game. 
Against Bc4 he gives three different lines, one game each! 10 .. e6, 10 .. Qc7 (his favourite) and he gambit 10.. b6 inspired by Carlsen-Svidler,  played days before finishing of the book (but the main game is Aronian Grischuk from the Candidates).

Game 1 is based on 5 not e4, game 2 has 7-th move checks, game 3 has Nf3 and then 8-th move checks, and game 4 has Be3 lines (met by Qa5). 5-8 for Rb1, 9-11 for Bc4.


Is most of the material on the Neo Grünfeld based on that line (10. Re1 a5)?

Is the book a mix of the complete game format and variations? I looked at the excerpt, and it seems that whilst there seem to be complete games, many moves have a lot of variations in the sidenotes.
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #47 - 01/21/12 at 03:34:23
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what does Kaufman give vs the Triangle 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6?
  
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Reply #46 - 01/20/12 at 21:36:49
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I am always eager to read books that have a Grünfeld repertoire or coverage, how would you compare it to other Grünfeld books if you have them, such as Avrukh's two volume work, Delchev and Agrest's repertoire book, or Dembo's book?
  
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Reply #45 - 01/20/12 at 06:59:55
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Both of those are covered (in the notes, i.e. no more subvariations after, except two sublines after Nd2) as well as 12 b3N.
  
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Reply #44 - 01/20/12 at 00:39:50
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gwnn wrote on 01/19/12 at 19:29:47:
Gilchrist: neo-Grunfeld: 10 pages, 4 games, one with f3 and three with g3. There are of course other games mentioned, e.g. Gelfand-Grischuk 1-0 2011 is improved with 11 .. Be6.

Exchange: against Rb1 he snatches the a2 pawn and plays 12 .. b6. Three games for  this line. However he also gives the Nc6, Bg7-e5-c7 line in one game. 
Against Bc4 he gives three different lines, one game each! 10 .. e6, 10 .. Qc7 (his favourite) and he gambit 10.. b6 inspired by Carlsen-Svidler,  played days before finishing of the book (but the main game is Aronian Grischuk from the Candidates).

Game 1 is based on 5 not e4, game 2 has 7-th move checks, game 3 has Nf3 and then 8-th move checks, and game 4 has Be3 lines (met by Qa5). 5-8 for Rb1, 9-11 for Bc4.


Is the line 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Rd1 or 12. Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 e5 covered?
  
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Re: The Kaufman repertoire
Reply #43 - 01/19/12 at 22:09:49
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gwnn wrote on 01/19/12 at 08:40:23:
Falkbeer Countergambit

No, it's still the Modern Defence: after 2...d5 "(!)" 3.exd5 not 3...e4 but 3...exf4. 
  
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