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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #16 - 02/20/25 at 15:13:52
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Ntirlis in his new 1.e4 book agrees with you, George!  Smiley
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #15 - 02/19/25 at 22:38:08
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kylemeister - I was finally able to locate my copy of Chessman #2: Treachery in Transylvania! Sadly, there aren't any satirical book titles in it, even though there's a good opportunity to introduce a few as Chessman trains for the big Transylvania International. I've never seen Chessman #1, so perhaps the "Reinbelt" book appears in there.

aoc - Thanks for pointing out that Veresov book.  That information makes Watson's joke even funnier. Now that my memory's been refreshed, I do recall seeing it in the old catalogs from Chess Digest and thinking it was a rather over-the-top title for an opening book, especially for back in the 70s, when titles generally tended to be straightforwardly descriptive.
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Reply #14 - 02/18/25 at 16:35:08
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Nernstian59 - I also recall "Chess Without Thinking" by "Reinbelt." Maybe I mixed up that book with the 1. h3 one as to when they appeared. As for Dead Bug, by my recollection, surely the best player name was Nona Illhavesomespaghetti.
  
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Reply #13 - 02/14/25 at 14:11:16
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No offense to the OP, but that is kind of funny. Smiley
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #12 - 02/13/25 at 07:37:14
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George Jempty wrote on 02/11/25 at 20:18:13:
once I realized it was my 3.h3 idea against the Scandi reversed, I went for it.

1.e4 e5 2.h3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 isn't your idea reversed, it's your idea straight up. Effectively you were playing against your own 3.h3 idea, with the move 3...e5 as I suggested in your other topic: https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1682373845
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #11 - 02/13/25 at 07:24:53
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Watch Out ... It's 1.h3! is a sly reference to an actual book from Chess Digest, Watch Out! Veresov's Opening.
https://www.librarything.com/work/5336088
I have no idea if the Veresov book was any good, but the title was dumb. Watson was right to poke fun at it.
  
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Reply #10 - 02/12/25 at 22:31:25
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kylemeister - Your reminiscence prompted me to look for my copy of Watson's comic, Chessman #2: Treachery in Transylvania! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it, but I did locate an installment of the comic in the October 1979 issue of Chess Life & Review. The story starts with the protagonist, Chessman, at home reading a book, which happens to be Watch Out... It's 1.h3!

In the same installment, Chessman gets an invitation to the 1979 Rutabaga Invitational in Dead Bug, Iowa (a thinly veiled reference to Lone Pine?) where he encounters "Winter Greene', who bears a resemblance to Walter Browne, and "Spastig" (obviously based on Spassky). I took a quick peak at the following issues of CL&R, but didn't see any subsequent episodes of the comic that might have a reappearance of the 1.h3 book.
  
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Reply #9 - 02/12/25 at 20:55:07
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I can't help being reminded of one of John Watson's old comics, which as I recall depicted a book (one of a few a kid had brought to a tournament, I think) titled, "Watch Out! It's 1. h3."
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #8 - 02/11/25 at 20:18:13
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Interesting I just got to play this as Black after 1.e4 e5 2.h3?  Perhaps 2...d5 isn't best, but once I realized it was my 3.h3 idea against the Scandi reversed, I went for it.  Also I remembered after taking back with the Queen after exd5, and then Nc3 Qe6 Nf3, to play ...Bd7 as opposed to alternatives which are clearly worse in that position

Attaching game, opponent was clearly not very good whatsoever https://lichess.org/DAoybnQO
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #7 - 06/04/24 at 10:32:33
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Kerangali wrote on 04/09/24 at 11:31:33:
hi,
re 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.h3: certainly playable, but after 3...c5 Black gets a better-than-usual sicilian for free
re 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 3.d4: this allows 3...e5 with good play for Black.


I'm sticking with 3.h3, and on 3...c5 4.Na3!?  Objectively this may only be equal.  However I play the 2.c3 Sicilian and on 2...d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 instead of a quick d4, I play 4.Nf3 and typically 5.Na3.  So it constitutes a sort of system for me (once OTB after 2.c3 Qa5?! I found 3.Na3!?)
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #6 - 04/09/24 at 14:10:32
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Thank you, Kerangali!
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #5 - 04/09/24 at 11:31:33
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hi,
re 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.h3: certainly playable, but after 3...c5 Black gets a better-than-usual sicilian for free
re 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 3.d4: this allows 3...e5 with good play for Black.
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #4 - 04/09/24 at 06:40:51
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George Jempty wrote on 04/08/24 at 11:28:26:
cathexis wrote on 04/02/24 at 12:51:43:
A bit off-topic perhaps, but why not 3.d5, then 4.Nc3? Just curious.


Why 1.e4, why not 1.d4

Sheesh


Why 1.d4? 

Why not 1.c4 or 1.Nf3?
  
1.Nf3! -  beat your opponent by killing his zest for life.
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #3 - 04/08/24 at 13:19:47
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Ooops.Typo. Why not 3.d4, then 4.Nc3?
  
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Re: More on 3. h3!? against the 2...Qxd5 Scandi
Reply #2 - 04/08/24 at 11:28:26
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cathexis wrote on 04/02/24 at 12:51:43:
A bit off-topic perhaps, but why not 3.d5, then 4.Nc3? Just curious.


Why 1.e4, why not 1.d4

Sheesh
  
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