tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post8677543310619960679..comments2024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:00Comments on The Kenilworthian: French Defense, Monte Carlo Exchange VariationMichael Goellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-18822418915269519912024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:002024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:00Good stuff. I like these more recent vids:
https...Good stuff. I like these more recent vids:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2kPsRRji0w<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsuxJIW2MVoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-50989187080944920382023-09-12T13:36:13.373-04:002023-09-12T13:36:13.373-04:00An interesting video on traps in the Monte Carlo F...An interesting video on traps in the Monte Carlo French Exchange Variation from GM Igor Smirnov:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIAmHNVL5G4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIAmHNVL5G4</a>Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-32615601477311038122022-09-14T10:22:56.341-04:002022-09-14T10:22:56.341-04:00The Minev article can still be found in the Waybac...The Minev article can still be found in the Wayback Machine:<br /><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210515003146/http://www.thechesslibrary.com/articles/MiniLesson024.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20210515003146/http://www.thechesslibrary.com/articles/MiniLesson024.pdf</a>Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-86466365265785509442022-01-09T14:09:34.001-05:002022-01-09T14:09:34.001-05:00Thought people might like this game of mine from I...Thought people might like this game of mine from ICC this morning, and my sly 14th move: https://chesspastebin.com/view/23300George Jemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165511158780330987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-10624840627422455832021-11-12T15:10:08.466-05:002021-11-12T15:10:08.466-05:00In my online play, I have gone all-in on the Monte...In my online play, I have gone all-in on the Monte Carlo. This is mostly because I am also playing the French myself quite a bit, and just hate having to face the exchange variation with c4. I still have not figured out the best system. I am also playing the Panov Botvinnik Attack, too, and learning to like the isolated QP positions that result. Fun stuff.Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-10113386242074634932021-11-12T08:51:55.509-05:002021-11-12T08:51:55.509-05:00Thanks Michael for your continued updates to this ...Thanks Michael for your continued updates to this page with pertinent information! I've been doing OK with 2.c4 but you're inspiring me to revert to the Monte CarloGeorge Jemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165511158780330987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-52524900110184229812021-11-12T06:17:09.276-05:002021-11-12T06:17:09.276-05:00I just picked up Jerzy Konikowski and Uwe Bekemann...I just picked up Jerzy Konikowski and Uwe Bekemann's Winning with 1.e4! (JBV Chess Books 2021), available from Amazon:<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winning-with-1-e4/dp/3959209894/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Winning-with-1-e4/dp/3959209894/</a><br /><br />It offers good coverage of the Monte Carlo Exchange French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4) in about 20 pages, discussing both the Nf3 and Nge2 approaches, with both a theory section and seven annotated / illustrative games. <br /><br />The rest of the repertoire would not be bad for amateurs, though the authors like lines where White's queen comes out early, including the Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4), a Center Game against the Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 -- which is not as good as the Carlsen Sicilian with 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2!? followed by b3, Bb2, and O-O-O), and the Goldman / Spielmann line against the Caro-Kann (with 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3). The ideas against minor lines are a little more solid, though also somewhat offbeat, including Tal's line against the Alekhine with 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3, which was what ultimately persuaded me to get the book. Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-28282281232120762102021-07-29T11:14:44.682-04:002021-07-29T11:14:44.682-04:00Just ordered The Exchange French Comes to Life: Fr...Just ordered The Exchange French Comes to Life: Fresh Strategies to Play for a Win by Alex Fishbein <br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949859290" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949859290</a>Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-14436858746698052142021-07-22T14:46:07.356-04:002021-07-22T14:46:07.356-04:00Lately I've been playing 2.c4 against the Fren...Lately I've been playing 2.c4 against the French, it can lead to similar positionsGeorge Jemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165511158780330987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-52635937494359086742020-01-09T14:15:30.767-05:002020-01-09T14:15:30.767-05:00Thanks for the game and the comments, George. Tha...Thanks for the game and the comments, George. That was a fun game to play over. I love those sharp, knife's-edge type games you can get out of the Monte Carlo. At the amateur level (which is where I play it myself), it tends to come down to tactics.<br /><br />Funny, I just started playing the Budapest again myself after many years -- the main line with Ng4 (rather than the nuttier Faj with Ne4 that I used to play). I was inspired by Viktor Moskalenko's absolutely fabulous book, "The Fabulous Budapest Gambit," which had been sitting on my shelf mostly unread until recently. Thanks for the reminder that it can transpose into the Monte Carlo, which I had forgotten -- not having read your comment from several years back along the same lines in quite some time!Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-34585033311021166452020-01-09T10:11:09.380-05:002020-01-09T10:11:09.380-05:00Here's a very recent and wild (despite a queen...Here's a very recent and wild (despite a queen trade) victory I had using the Monte Carlo in a 10-minute game on New Year's Day this year: https://lichess.org/xdF52NhC#7<br /><br />I've tried 4.Bd3 in the Exchange before, as well as the Tarrasch, but not that I've started playing the Budapest again as black against 1.d4, the Monte Carlo makes sense, because I could be (and have) playing against it after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 d5 so know it from both sides should make me more proficient with it.George Jemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165511158780330987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-30243615058117074952020-01-09T08:32:38.368-05:002020-01-09T08:32:38.368-05:00The PGN for the analysis can now be found here:
h...The PGN for the analysis can now be found here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworth-pgn/fr-ex-c4.pgn" rel="nofollow">http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworth-pgn/fr-ex-c4.pgn</a><br /><br />Using that URL as a model, you can also track down all other PGN files given on this site, which have moved to the Kenilworth Chess Club website.Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-489566181902848652018-08-14T23:28:33.466-04:002018-08-14T23:28:33.466-04:00Waitzkin - Lunna from ChessMaster tutorials can be...Waitzkin - Lunna from ChessMaster tutorials can be found here:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0PMm8o0OE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0PMm8o0OE</a>Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-34126077977282327722016-01-17T16:20:51.116-05:002016-01-17T16:20:51.116-05:00Just noticed the comment from August asking about ...Just noticed the comment from August asking about an IQP "tactics" book. An excellent one -- though focused more on the standard IQP positions (with Black pawn at e6) is:<br />Isolani Strategy: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Isolated Queen's Pawn<br />by Alexander Beliavsky, Oleg Stetsko, and Adrian Mikhalchishin<br />Publisher: Russian Chess House, 2012<br />https://www.newinchess.com/Isolani_Strategy-p-7050.html<br /><br />I actually wrote a review of this book for ChessCafe. It is excellent, but it appears to be out of print or almost unavailable, unfortunately, except on Kindle.<br />http://www.amazon.com/Isolani-Strategy-Strengths-Weaknesses-Isolated-ebook/dp/B00QCGOWFA<br /><br />Though a "strategy" book, it features a tactical puzzle with every game and seems to cover all of the major IQP motifs. Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-54006598989495536462016-01-17T12:58:29.225-05:002016-01-17T12:58:29.225-05:00Just discovered this morning that it was probably ...Just discovered this morning that it was probably Marshall - Swiderski, Monte Carlo 1904, that led to the name for the variation. It is a terrible example of the opening, but the ending is one of Marshall's many brilliant swindles.<br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094596" rel="nofollow">http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094596</a> Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-24704181687570160672015-08-12T05:14:14.988-04:002015-08-12T05:14:14.988-04:00Great read and thank you. I have Baburin's bo...Great read and thank you. I have Baburin's book, however, one question: Is there a Tactics Book solely on IQP positions? Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280175386312587377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-15855133433010991492015-02-28T10:55:31.409-05:002015-02-28T10:55:31.409-05:00Thanks for the note about Minev's article! I ...Thanks for the note about Minev's article! I did not know about it, but I hardly "overlooked" it, since it was published in 2012, which is a few years after I wrote this.<br /><br />Minev's other articles and books are definitely worth a look. Thanks for the link.Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-3624208029326736272015-02-28T09:02:35.796-05:002015-02-28T09:02:35.796-05:00Great article. You overlooked a great games colle...Great article. You overlooked a great games collection by Minev on the topic:<br /><a href="http://www.thechesslibrary.com/articles/MiniLesson024.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.thechesslibrary.com/articles/MiniLesson024.pdf</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-25337621167017168962013-06-13T02:58:56.047-04:002013-06-13T02:58:56.047-04:00The line is also choosen in Grandmaster Repertoire...The line is also choosen in Grandmaster Repertoire 1 - 1.d4 Volume One by Boris Avrukh via the QGA 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-61342925250093707172011-06-22T22:10:59.118-04:002011-06-22T22:10:59.118-04:00Wondering if Jose I'd still around to elaborat...Wondering if Jose I'd still around to elaborate on his plan even if it is =Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-64917278099234343582009-11-07T22:16:04.368-05:002009-11-07T22:16:04.368-05:00I get the Black side of this, albeit with Nf6 alre...I get the Black side of this, albeit with Nf6 already played, and therefore no possiblity of ...Ne7. if White sidesteps my Budapest 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 d5 -- just played a game with this tonight at an OTB tourney in Atlanta. I'm a 1.e4 player and have never been wholly satisfied with various systems I've tried as White against the French, but now I'm thinking, since I have to know these lines as Black, may as well start playing them with White and learn them inside out so to speak.George Jemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165511158780330987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-60519595757078510542009-09-06T07:55:53.177-04:002009-09-06T07:55:53.177-04:00I would love a book of games from Normunds Miezis ...I would love a book of games from Normunds Miezis -- but does such a book exist? What's its title and where can I buy it... :-)Michael Goellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-7868317221305541332009-09-05T16:40:28.781-04:002009-09-05T16:40:28.781-04:00Maybe the best book is a collection games from No...Maybe the best book is a collection games from Normunds Miezis. He is the expert on this variation.<br />He plays it with a lot of creativity.Latvian Powernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-26168271140417896622009-08-24T12:20:24.072-04:002009-08-24T12:20:24.072-04:00Another book Advanse and other Anti-French Variati...Another book Advanse and other Anti-French Variations Lev Psakhis (pag 40-50)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666255385541543338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-3131027295868313512009-08-22T15:56:16.534-04:002009-08-22T15:56:16.534-04:00Tx Michael
Can I kill your litle Baby?? (haha)
I´m...Tx Michael<br />Can I kill your litle Baby?? (haha)<br />I´m playing the french and I have one simple way to do it!!! The plan is in your bibliography but one must read between lines. Is "just" a plan and =. <br />PD2: Chevanenko teached the Philidor too, so you must be a Moldavian Player!! (haha) <br />Again Great page and please keep working !!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666255385541543338noreply@blogger.com