stockhausen wrote on 01/03/20 at 12:02:27:


I think the idea is that if White plays 7 dxe5, you don't need to play b7-b5 and can play 7... Nc5 or possibly 7... 0-0 8 c3 d5

Or 7 Re1 b5 8 Bb3 d5 9 dxe5, White is forced into an Open Ruy Lopez with Re1 which is not considered the most critical.

So often White is going for 7 Re1 b5 8 Rxe4 d5 9 Nxe5 Nxe5 10 Rxe5 bxa4 with a unique position ... there is a fair bit of analysis on the main Chesspublishing.com site.

FreeRepublic wrote on 01/08/20 at 15:21:16:


It also imports flawlessly into Chess Assistant. It comes with Houdini loaded in as the default engine, but several more are available.

I've had no trouble importing purchased chess books from Modern Chess. They just PGN files, so you will need a program that imports PGN.

Everyman Chess has several electronic products, many of which come in multiple formats. Their Kindle and EPub files work very well to give you an electronic book which you can open on screen next to your preferred computer chess board. Their CBV files import perfectly into ChessBase. Their PGN files require some clean-up by the user - at least that has been my experience using Chess Opening Wizard or Chess Assistant.

I think that the most problematic part of the Open Ruy López is the rook and bishop endgame where Black has the isolated e-pawn.

I think that I could hold this against someone my rating and higher, but an elite GM would probably try to torture anyone if they got that as White.

Having said that, if I were White (and played 1. e4), I would not choose that line to try to win.

fling wrote on 01/03/20 at 09:26:29:


I know 6...Be7 was played by some strong players recently, but it looks silly. What's the concept behind it?

MaxJudd wrote on 01/03/20 at 02:01:26:


I thought that Kaufman recommended the Marshall and Breyer in his new book.

This looks fun.  The Dilworth and the Open more generally is easy enough to play at the club level.  LcO seems to like it too according to the new Larry Kaufman book.