Scandinavian with 2.e5
In a recent comment Kevin wrote:
“… does anyone have any exciting lines against the Scandinavian (e4 d5)? In order to cut out a lot of theory, I was thinking of simply playing e5 in response to black’s d5. Is that sound? “
As far as I know it is actually playable, but not regarded as a […]
The London System Opening
Soon I’ll start to look at my game with M.Harris (I played white) from the Nottingham Chess Congress of April 2008. In that game I played London System opening. I thought before I write about the game, as short preamble on this opening - and why I like to play it - would be of […]
The Dutch Defence and Checkmate In Two Moves, Revisited
Many thanks to John for commenting on my The Dutch Defence and Checkmate In Two Moves! post. John points out that after 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.Bg3 f4 5.e3, rather just loose a pawn (and get into a bad position) with 5… Nf6, black can try 5… h5. The idea is that now […]
Comedy of Errors but an Eventful Draw
Last month (April 2008) I played in the Major tournament in the Nottingham Chess Congress. This was for players with an ECF grade of 160 (about 1880 Elo) or under.
Here is my final round game playing white against M. Harris (139 ECF / 1720 Elo). It was quite an eventful game, but also quite a […]
The Dutch Defence and Checkmate In Two Moves!
I just stumbled upon some stuff on the web about the checkmate in two moves that every beginner learns about very early on, for example:
1.e4 f6 2.d4 g5 3.Qh5 mate
There are some (but not many) permutations on the two move mate theme (but not many).
This is very much beginners’ stuff whereas this site is aimed […]
The Leningrad Dutch - White Plays An Early b2-b4, Revisited
Oh it’s so easy when you know the solution isn’t it?
Following on from my recent post The Leningrad Dutch - Playing Against an Unusual System (white plays an early b2-b4), it is surprising how simple things can become for black in the Leningrad when white gives you the chance to play …e5 with some effect!
From […]
The Leningrad Dutch - Playing Against an Unusual System (white plays an early b2-b4)
This is the first look into the game I listed in the article An Interesting Defeat in the Dutch Defence - that is, the first of several looks into this game at various stages. I’m very unimpressed with my play in this game – indeed, it’s one of those games where I look at some […]
An Interesting Defeat in the Dutch Defence
I recently played in the Hereford Spectrum Chess Congress (see the Spectrum Chess web site for more details). It was a five round swiss system event, and I (like many others) took a bye in round three (Sat evening), so I actually played four games over the board. I didn’t do very well, scoring only […]