tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post5610329016513550922..comments2024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:00Comments on The Kenilworthian: Review of David Rudel's Koltanowski Phoenix AttackMichael Goellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-1171547288446916842017-12-04T10:04:58.704-05:002017-12-04T10:04:58.704-05:00A full review of this book that I did for ChessCaf...A full review of this book that I did for ChessCafe can be found via the Wayback Machine:<br /><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130220004805/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review830.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20130220004805/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review830.pdf</a>Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-50738430321717634412012-08-31T22:01:49.450-04:002012-08-31T22:01:49.450-04:00While the setup of the Meran is obviously very sim...While the setup of the Meran is obviously very similar to the setup of the Phoenix [in reverse], the extra tempo takes the play in completely different directions, so the two cannot really be compared. In particular, in the Meran, Black does not have time to kick back the Bishop and then force ...e5 in. Instead he cedes the center to White. Compare that to the Phoenix, where White kicks back the Bishop, gets Q-side space AND is able to push his central pawns.<br /><br />The two just cannot be compared.David Rudelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513172651895503104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-43803353937700182542011-10-04T13:33:06.039-04:002011-10-04T13:33:06.039-04:00Judging by the popularity of the Bd6-Meran Im gonn...Judging by the popularity of the Bd6-Meran Im gonna have to disagree with MNb that Bd3 is a loss of tempo. Im referring to 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 as played by many of the worlds elite, for example Anand and Aronian...<br />On the other hand I still don't exactly feel threatened when white plays the colle. Its more of a system to get a mid-game struggle, and in theory black should be equalising in some way or another.<br />Still, maybe I might look into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-598023151776887442011-09-19T08:44:28.581-04:002011-09-19T08:44:28.581-04:00It's just a matter of time until Black has st...It's just a matter of time until Black has studied the White side of the Old-Meran and/or some innocent lines of the QGA. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0. Assuming that in that Colle-line with 9.b4 White has to play c3-c4 at some stage the extra move Bd3 is just a loss of tempo.MNbnoreply@blogger.com