Mid-high level improvement thread
08-29-2014
, 06:40 AM
My buddy is playing him today.Yeah not really sure why he went 1...d5, I'm surprised that opening even has a name
08-29-2014
, 08:32 AM
I've decided to run a couple of 2 | 12 Stockfish vs Stockfish games in the Qd6 line 
Game 1 (4. Nf3) (Black sacked a pawn to get an opposite colour bishops endgame
)
Game 2 (4. d4) (Black was playing on increments by move 20 already, and the pair of bishops, the open c-file and the vulnerable queen decided the game)
Game 1 (4. Nf3) (Black sacked a pawn to get an opposite colour bishops endgame
)Game 2 (4. d4) (Black was playing on increments by move 20 already, and the pair of bishops, the open c-file and the vulnerable queen decided the game)
Last edited by coon74; 08-29-2014 at 08:56 AM.
08-29-2014
, 01:01 PM
Congrats man! Link to the tourney?
08-29-2014
, 05:23 PM
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/FicheTournoi.aspx?Ref=29701
Board 1 in the final round
Not entirely sure about strategy going into the game. I believe prizes are not shared so a draw would guarantee him first. However my tiebreak isn't good so I really need a win for a decent prize. It's hard to tell what he will do, draw offers aren't allowed before move 30 either.
Board 1 in the final round
Not entirely sure about strategy going into the game. I believe prizes are not shared so a draw would guarantee him first. However my tiebreak isn't good so I really need a win for a decent prize. It's hard to tell what he will do, draw offers aren't allowed before move 30 either.
08-31-2014
, 04:49 AM
09-06-2014
, 01:40 PM
Apologies for the lack of updates, still been doing a lot of work since I got back from France, mainly on the workbooks. Just started Endgame Play (funny aside: a random girl on the train pointed out that most of the titles in this series are sexual innuendos viz: Positional Play, Attack and Defence )
here is a puzzle I got wrong:
)here is a puzzle I got wrong:
Spoiler:
09-14-2014
, 08:10 PM
