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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #45 - 05/02/14 at 23:47:05
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PANFR wrote on 05/02/14 at 16:29:09:
After ten minutes thought, engines evaluate 3...Qe7 as equal, which means that such a stupid move should be avoided, since it's not tactically justified


Is it that stupid? There's an immediate threat of Qxe4 which needs to be defended against. You block in the B f8 but if you intend g5 to hold the f4 pawn, that gives the Bishop a square on g7. You end up with a grip of the dark squares, similar to some of the more mainstream ideas against the Kings Gambit.

By some standards including engine assessments 2. f4 is just a dubious move, so replies to it should be looking for a Black advantage, but equality will do if it creates an original position.
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #44 - 05/02/14 at 18:23:52
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There is nothing new under the sun. Henk Smout has found an antique example for 3...Qe7 at http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610055 . It had been published with comments (which are given in the link above) in Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW), January 20, 1872: 


  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #43 - 05/02/14 at 16:29:09
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After ten minutes thought, engines evaluate 3...Qe7 as equal, which means that such a stupid move should be avoided, since it's not tactically justified.
My database has 18 games with it, and white is scoring rather well (+17 =0 -1). None of these games is worth much, I think.
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #42 - 05/01/14 at 08:47:38
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RdC wrote on 04/29/14 at 17:56:32:
Stefan Buecker wrote on 04/29/14 at 11:41:06:
[quote author=033512510 link=1398286690/35#35 date=1398763731]
No, it is sufficient for a modern Bishop's Gambit author to consider the twelve replies in The Evolution of the Chess Openings (1906). 
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Does that include 3. .. Qe7? Engines seem to like it and it does threaten a pawn. I expect it needs a bit of work to uncover all the tactical justifications.


Engines are notoriously unreliable in the early opening phase, the horizon effect is probably the main reason, as all the tactical justifications tend to melt away with the ply depth a few more moves in...
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #41 - 05/01/14 at 08:40:44
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RdC wrote on 05/01/14 at 00:16:02:
If you try to play initiative chess with White, you want to cut down Black's dangerous responses, rather than encourage them to proliferate.

The Ruy Lopez doesn't cut down Black's dangerous responses either, like 3...a5. Just saying. - I won't defend the Bishop's Gambit (3.Nf3 is better), but if Timothy Taylor is listening, the idea 3...Qe7 should be in his book.
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #40 - 05/01/14 at 00:16:02
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Stefan Buecker wrote on 04/30/14 at 22:59:16:
So there remains some work to be done to justify the idea.


Unless there's  hidden positional or tactical subtleties beyond the search depth, the engines think the problems can be solved. With apologies to King's Gambit fans, 2. f4 is a bit of a dodgy move in comparison to the alternatives. It's not even a threat of 3. fxe5 . If you try to play initiative chess with White, you want to cut down Black's dangerous responses, rather than encourage them to proliferate.
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #39 - 04/30/14 at 22:59:16
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RdC wrote on 04/29/14 at 17:56:32:
Stefan Buecker wrote on 04/29/14 at 11:41:06:

No, it is sufficient for a modern Bishop's Gambit author to consider the twelve replies in The Evolution of the Chess Openings (1906). 
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Does that include 3. .. Qe7? Engines seem to like it and it does threaten a pawn. I expect it needs a bit of work to uncover all the tactical justifications.

Wow, you managed to find a possibility not considered in The Evolution of Chess Openings! By the way: This 1906 work has sorted the alternatives by their date of introduction. So the six pages covering the Bishop's Gambit begin with the oldest option, 3...f5 (Lopez 1561), ... idea No. 10 is 3...d5 from a game Bilguer vs Bledow (published in Chess Players' Chronicle 1841), the eleventh option is 3...b5 (1841) and the "newest" is 3...Nc6 (1874). 

This is a remarkable gap of 140 years between 1874 and "XIII. - thirteenth. - 3...Qe7, recommended by RdC 2014 in chesspub.com". - There are eight games with 3...Qe7 in the database (White won 7, lost 1). So there remains some work to be done to justify the idea.
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #38 - 04/29/14 at 17:56:32
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Stefan Buecker wrote on 04/29/14 at 11:41:06:
No, it is sufficient for a modern Bishop's Gambit author to consider the twelve replies in The Evolution of the Chess Openings (1906). 
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Does that include 3. .. Qe7? Engines seem to like it and it does threaten a pawn. I expect it needs a bit of work to uncover all the tactical justifications.
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #37 - 04/29/14 at 12:43:06
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RdC wrote on 04/29/14 at 09:28:51:
Presumably a tactical point is that the obvious continuation 4. Bxg8 Rxg8 5. Qh5+ winning back a pawn can be thwarted by Black flicking in 4. .. Qh4 + himself.


Yes, 4...Qh4+ is possible; but actually 4...Rxg8 5 Qh5+ g6 6 Qxh7 Rg7 is very good for Black anyway. This dates back to Mayet-Hanstein, Berlin 1866. Smiley
  

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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #36 - 04/29/14 at 11:41:06
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RdC wrote on 04/29/14 at 09:28:51:
I suppose if you are writing an advocacy book about the King's Bishop Gambit, all possible continuations have to be considered, even if in practice there's around one recorded OTB game a year. [...]

No, it is sufficient for a modern Bishop's Gambit author to consider the twelve replies in The Evolution of the Chess Openings (1906). 
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #35 - 04/29/14 at 09:28:51
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Jonathan Tait wrote on 04/26/14 at 09:42:11:

No, it's primarily a book on the Bishop's Gambit, so the line in question is 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 f5. (As you say, I can't give analytical details.)


I didn't even know that 3. .. f5 was possible, but a superficial engine check seem to confirm that it's OK. I suppose if you are writing an advocacy book about the King's Bishop Gambit, all possible continuations have to be considered, even if in practice there's around one recorded OTB game a year.

Presumably a tactical point is that the obvious continuation 4. Bxg8 Rxg8 5. Qh5+ winning back a pawn can be thwarted by Black flicking in 4. .. Qh4 + himself.
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #34 - 04/27/14 at 13:02:01
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Jonathan Tait wrote on 04/27/14 at 10:40:54:
...although it's not really a thread about the opening at all.


Very true!
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #33 - 04/27/14 at 10:40:54
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/27/14 at 09:56:28:
so other 3rd moves should be discussed in a different thread.


...although it's not really a thread about the opening at all.
  

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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #32 - 04/27/14 at 09:56:28
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Hadron wrote on 04/26/14 at 23:25:14:
But isn't there is more to the King's Gumboot than just the bog stock 3.Nf3 and 3.Bc4?....


yes, but ...

Jonathan Tait wrote on 04/26/14 at 09:42:11:
it's primarily a book on the Bishop's Gambit, so the line in question is 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4


so other 3rd moves should be discussed in a different thread.

Meanwhile I didn't want to take this thread off topic with my

GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/25/14 at 09:54:08:

I'm not even sure that 3...Nc6 could be considered to be 'Shaw's refutation', as wasn't this Duras line analysed on the Forum beforehand?


I just wanted to point out that 3...Nc6 is hardly John's invention. Roll Eyes
  
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Re: Taylor's King's Gambit book pulled?
Reply #31 - 04/27/14 at 06:21:31
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Hadron wrote on 04/26/14 at 23:25:14:
But isn't there is more to the King's Gumboot than just the bog stock 3.Nf3 and 3.Bc4?....

I don't trust the alternatives. Losing one game quickly, reaching the Breyer Gambit (3.Qf3) via a transposition of moves, was enough.
  
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