tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post4672713865176801790..comments2024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:00Comments on The Kenilworthian: Grand Prix Attack Bibliography, 2006-2014Michael Goellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-37206585582834819712014-05-01T11:25:07.067-04:002014-05-01T11:25:07.067-04:00[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 20...[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2013"]<br />[Site "Gibraltar"]<br />[Date "29.01.2013"]<br />[Round "4.19"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[White "Kvisla,Johannes Luangtep"]<br />[Black "Onabogun,Kolade"]<br />[ECO "B23"]<br />[WhiteElo "2148"]<br />[BlackElo "1978"]<br /><br />1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.a3 e6 6.b4 b6 7.e5 d5 8.Nb5 Bf8 9.c4 a6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nc3 c4 12.d4 b5 13.g3 Nh6 14.Bg2 Nf5 15.0-0 Be6 16.g4 Nfe7 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.a4 Rb8 20.axb5 axb5 21.f5 gxf5 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qh5+ Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxf5+ Ke8 27.Bxd5 Nxd4 28.Bf7+ Kd8 29.Rf2 Bxb4 30.Be3 Nc6 31.e6 Kc7 32.Bf4+ Bd6 33.Bxd6+ Kxd6 34.Rd1+ Kc5 35.Re1 Ne7 36.Rd2 Rhd8 37.Re5+ Kc6 38.Ra2 Ra8 39.Rb2 Rab8 40.Bh5 c3 41.Ra2 Kd6 42.Re3 b4 43.Ra6+ Kc5 44.Ra5+ Kd4 45.Re2 b3 46.Rae5 Rd5 47.R5e4+ Kc5 48.Bf3 c2 49.Re1 b2 50.R4e2 c1Q 51.Bxd5 Nxd5 52.e7 Qg5+ 53.Kh1 b1Q 54.e8Q Rxe8 55.Rxe8 Qxe1+ 56.Rxe1 Ne3 57.Re2 Kd4 58.h4 Qxh4+ 59.Kg1 Qg3+ 60.Kh1 Qf3+ 61.Rg2 Qxg2# 0-1<br /><br />[Event '4th Havirov CZK, Open']<br />[Site '?']<br />[Date '2013.08.29']<br />[Round '?']<br />[White 'Zimniok, Lubomir']<br />[Black 'Chwastek, Otto']<br />[ECO 'B23']<br />[WhiteElo '2153']<br />[BlackElo '1883']<br />[Result '1-0']<br /><br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. b4 b6 7. e5 d5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Rxb8 Nxb8 13. d4 c4 14. g4 Nbc6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxa3 17. Bd2 a6 18. Qh4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qf2 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qd6 22. Na4 Kh8 23. Kh1 Ng8 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. h3 h6 26. c3 Qe7 27. Nc5 Re8 28. Bd1 Qc7 29. Bc2 Qf7 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. Qe2 Nge7 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Qxe6 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Nd8 36. Rxa6 Kh7 37. Ba3 1-0<br /><br />[Event 'Final do Championship Mineiro']<br />[Site '?']<br />[Date '2007.01.19']<br />[Round '?']<br />[White 'Ribeiro, Igor']<br />[Black 'Barbosa, Evandro Amorim']<br />[ECO 'B23']<br />[WhiteElo '0']<br />[BlackElo '2121']<br />[Result '0-1']<br /><br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. b4 b6 7. e5 d5 8. h4 h5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 Nh6 11. Rh3 Nf5 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. b5 Bb7 14. d3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qf2 Nd4 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Nd1 Nf5 20. c3 d4 21. c4 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. g3 e5 24. Rb2 e4 25. Re2 e3 26. Nxe3 dxe3 27. Bxe3 O-O 28. g4 Bxh4 29. Rxh4 Nxh4 30. gxh5 Ng2+ 31. Kd1 Qh4 32. Qg1 Qxh5 0-1<br /><br />[Event "BL 0708 Solinger SG - SF Katernberg"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2007.10.20"]<br />[EventDate "2007.??.??"]<br />[Round "1.1"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[White "Igor V Glek"]<br />[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]<br />[ECO "B23"]<br />[WhiteElo "2540"]<br />[BlackElo "2631"]<br />[PlyCount "78"]<br /><br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. b4 b6<br />7. e5 Nge7 8. Ne4 O-O 9. c3 d5 10. Nf6+ Bxf6 11. exf6 Nf5<br />12. b5 Na5 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5 d4 15. cxd4 c4 16. a4 Bb7 17. Bb2<br />Nf5 18. Bg2 Qc7 19. O-O Qxf4 20. Ne5 Qxg5 21. Qg4 Qxg4<br />22. Nxg4 Rfd8 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Kf2 Bxg2 26. Rg1<br />Ke8 27. Rxg2 e5 28. Rg7 exd4 29. Ba3 Kd7 30. Nxf7 Rg8 31. Nh6+<br />Rxg7 32. fxg7 c3 33. dxc3 dxc3 34. Ke2 c2 35. Kd2 Nc4+<br />36. Kxc2 Nxa3+ 37. Kb3 Nb1 38. Kc2 Na3+ 39. Kb3 Nb1 0-1<br /><br />[Event "TSIM"]<br />[Site "Belgrade YUG"]<br />[Date "2001.04.23"]<br />[EventDate "2001.04.21"]<br />[Round "3"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[White "Sverre Johnsen"]<br />[Black "Drasko Boskovic"]<br />[ECO "B23"]<br />[WhiteElo "2170"]<br />[BlackElo "2341"]<br />[PlyCount "42"]<br /><br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. b4 b6<br />7. e5 d6 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. fxe5 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7<br />12. Nd6 Qc7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxe5 16. Nxf7<br />Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nf5 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxb5<br />21. Qxb5 Qe5 0-1Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-20775943554526612392014-05-01T11:24:47.243-04:002014-05-01T11:24:47.243-04:00I have to agree with Mat Pullin, who recommended t...I have to agree with Mat Pullin, who recommended the line, that this is a challenge for White. And games with the line have favored Black, though it may be because White was overly ambitious. Here is a little collection of games -- all very interesting and original in their approaches to the position:<br /><br />[Event "Corus (C Group)"]<br />[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]<br />[Date "2010.01.29"]<br />[EventDate "2010.01.16"]<br />[Round "11"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[White "Kjetil A Lie"]<br />[Black "Ray Robson"]<br />[ECO "B23"]<br />[WhiteElo "2547"]<br />[BlackElo "2570"]<br />[PlyCount "82"]<br /><br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. b4 b6<br />7. e5 d5 8. Nb5 Bf8 9. Bb2 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Nf6<br />12. b5 Na5 13. h4 O-O 14. h5 d4 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. bxa6 Bd5<br />17. Bd3 Qxd6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Qf2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qh4 Qd8<br />22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qh6 Qe7 24. d3 c3 25. Bc1 Rxa6 26. Rb1 Qg7<br />27. Qh2 Raa8 28. f5 exf5 29. Bh6 Qc7 30. Bxf8 Re8 31. O-O Rxe5<br />32. Bxc5 Ng4 33. Bb6 Qc6 34. Qf4 Re2 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qa7+ Qb7<br />37. Qxb7+ Bxb7 38. Rf3 Bxf3 39. gxf3 Nh2 40. a4 Nxf3+ 41. Kf1<br />Rxc2 0-1<br /><br />more in next post<br /><br />Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-24043825145657669862014-04-30T22:10:17.441-04:002014-04-30T22:10:17.441-04:00In the "left hook" system, 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3...In the "left hook" system, 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.a3 e6 6.b4 b6 7.e5 d5 I'm not aware of any games with this move, but it looks like has already equalized. I'm confident the move will stand up to tests if it hasn't already been tried.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-75679393427650930602014-04-29T11:03:33.225-04:002014-04-29T11:03:33.225-04:00Granted, but that was not my point. My point is th...Granted, but that was not my point. My point is that the claim of aggression is false. And I do know a couple of razor sharp ways to meet the Najdorf and the Sveshnikov.<br /><br />"playing along with my opponent's Najdorf or Sveshnikov"<br />Given the popularity of the Anti-Sicilians these days playing along with them, provided solid preparation, might not be a disadvantage at all ....MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-11630038972041052772014-04-28T23:50:13.438-04:002014-04-28T23:50:13.438-04:00I have personally tried out different Grand Prix r...I have personally tried out different Grand Prix repertoires in order to address the points you raise, MNb -- specifically about the 2...e6 lines, where transposition to French positions seems fine for Black. <br /><br />My main choice today is to play 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 and then meet 2...e6 with 3.Nf3 and d4, transposing to the Open Sicilian lines where Black plays an early ...e6. I have also experimented with 1.e4 c5 2.f4 with the idea of meeting 2...e6 with transposition to the McDonnell French (which I have written about in this blog) with 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5. Of course, after 1.e4 c5 2.f4, Black basically equalizes with 2...d5! -- but surprisingly few of my opponents actually play 2...d5! and when they do I have experimented with 3.Nf3!? meeting 3...e6(?!) with 4.e5! achieving the McDonnell French again.<br /><br />Some day I will present my full anti-Sicilian repertoire for your perusal and refutation... :-)<br /><br />There are other ways to play, and I think GM Jones's repertoire is fine at the amateur level for reaching interesting positions. There are never easy answers in constructing a chess repertoire -- and playing along with my opponent's Najdorf or Sveshnikov Sicilian is not going to give White any clear advantage either against best play. To each his own way....Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-40732047300639599352014-04-28T19:50:56.969-04:002014-04-28T19:50:56.969-04:00I'm afraid I will only reconsider the GPA agai...I'm afraid I will only reconsider the GPA again if these three points are addressed:<br />A) 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 dxe4 and the games of GM Jones aren't exactly inspiring, let alone aggressive;<br />B) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 and White has nothing better than transposing to the Open Sicilian;<br />C) 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.d4 which is the Steinitz Variation of the French.<br />It also should be noted that Black practically can force a draw in the Bryntse Gambit by playing 8...Ke8.<br />Not much killing off going on in these lines. That matches my own experiences with the GPA. Though I won a few nice games with it I usually couldn't indulge my aggression at all ....MNbnoreply@blogger.com