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Apr-04-24
 | | Sally Simpson: h4...I was looking at Rb5 Qd8 Rd5 etc... |
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| Apr-04-24 | | whiteshark: <plang: The opposite colored bishops don't help Black when the major pieces are still on.> They make the decisive difference! |
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| Apr-04-24 | | BxChess: 40... Now whose king is draughty? |
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| Apr-04-24 | | BxChess: Not really a book draw. Great game. Thanks for the live feed. |
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Apr-04-24
| | Sally Simpson: Well at least I right about f7 falling. Draw. Some good fun in that one. |
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| Apr-04-24 | | whiteshark: --> Game Collection: 94_-> Middlegames with opposite-coloured Bi~ Intro |
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Apr-04-24
| | Sally Simpson: Thanks for link Check it out, it too gave all four games and no talking heads with the chat off option. I'll stay there for this event. The chessbase site kept crashing. |
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Apr-04-24
 | | Check It Out: Draws all around. Thanks, CG! |
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Apr-04-24
| | Check It Out: Pragg spectacularly sacced a knight and a rook...for a perp |
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Apr-04-24
| | Check It Out: One last comment...I had the CG live Naka-Caru game on my phone and left it there. When I just took a look it had reverted back to the last live game from a previous event where... Pragg won. So I saw the dancing Pragg rook and nearly spit up my beverage! |
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Apr-04-24
| | Check It Out: Okay, one more: yes, the Lichess site is great. Nice UI. The best part, besides no talking heads, is you can easily disable the engine so you start thinking on your own. |
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| Apr-05-24 | | Everett: < plang: The opposite colored bishops don't help Black when the major pieces are still on.> Certainly does help those with the initiative/attacking |
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Apr-05-24
 | | FSR: This opening, 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5!?, is very unusual. I've only seen it once before, and I've seen a lot. The prior occasion was about two days ago. I just started playing in the 2024 USCF Absolute Correspondence Chess Championship, held on the ICCF server. I played 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6, intending to play a Najdorf if allowed. My opponent played the slightly annoying 3.Nc3, a Chameleon Sicilian move that is directed against the Najdorf. I would normally play 3...Nc6, but that would allow 4.d4, heading for a Classical Sicilian, which I often play, but wasn't intending this time. 3...Nf6 and 3...a6 are the typical moves a Najdorf player would play. I turned on Stockfish 16 to see what it "thought." One of its top lines, unsurprisingly, was 3...Nf6, when it gave the further continuation 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5!? What? I'd never seen that before in my life! And now here Nakamura is playing it against Caruana in the Candidates, no less. Incidentally, I played 3...e5. No Open Sicilian today. |
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Apr-05-24
| | FSR: It is speculated that the below game, in which a little-known young Turkish grandmaster beat Caruana, inspired Nakamura to play the same opening against Caruana in this game. I have submitted the game to chessgames. [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Jun Late"] [Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.06.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 a6 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Ne3 Be7 10. Ned5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bd8 12. Be3 O-O 13. a4 Qc6 14. Bb6 Kh8 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. O-O Be6 17. Nc3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qg4 Be6 20. Qg3 f6 21. Rad1 h6 22. Qe3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. h3 b4 26. Ne4 Qxc2 27. Qb6 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd4 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qb7 Kg6 32. Ng3 Qxf2 33. Qe4+ Kf7 34. Qb7+ Kg8 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kh8 37. Qa8+ Bg8 38. Qb7 Qf4 39. Qc8 h5 40. Qe8 g6 41. Qxg6 h4 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qxh4 Qxh4 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Nxh4+ Kg5 46. Kg3 e4 47. Nf3+ exf3 48. Kxf3 Bd5+ 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. g3+ Ke4 51. Ke2 Be6 52. g4 b3 53. Kd2 Kf3 54. Kc3 Kg3 0-1 |
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Apr-05-24
| | FSR: Obscure as it is, this line is mentioned in 13 Chessable courses. Kramnik in his course "Understanding Chess Openings: 1. e4 - Part 3," just analyzes through 10.Bg5, when he explains, "Aiming at conquering [the] d5-square next. White has a considerable advantage." Sethuraman P Sethuraman in "Lifetime Repertoires: Sethuraman's 1. e4 - Part 2" gives the game continuation through 11...Be7, and then advocates 12.O-O (Caruana played 12.Bxf6) O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 e4 15.c3 Re8 16.Bc2 Re5 17.Re1, which he assesses as "small advantage White." He says, "And White enjoys a pleasant edge with the bossy Knight on d5. If 17...Rxf5 then there is 18.Bxe4." |
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Apr-05-24
| | FSR: Nakamura is a genius. As Black against the top player, he doesn't play solidly, but instead essays an obscure, dubious opening line. Caruana had faced it before, and so Naka didn't really have the element of surprise. Naka was worse for most of the game, but held with the help of not one, but two rook sacs, both of which Caruana declined. (Both could be called sham sacrifices, in that Caruana would have had no more than a draw had he accepted them.) What a creative player. It would be great to see him win the tournament and go on to defeat Ding for the world championship. If not Nakamura, I'd be happy to see Caruana go all the way. If not either of them, it would be nice to see the "third time be the charm" for Nepo. This should be an exciting tournament. It's certainly off to a good start, despite all the Round 1 games being drawn. |
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Apr-05-24
| | Sally Simpson: I missed Rxf2, but once played you could see the intention, pity the sac could be declined. Possibly the best move of the round, though there were a few other candidates. 17...Bg4 in Gukesh - Vidit is my tip simply because I did see that one coming. Get the Bishop off c8 and stick the f8 Rook there. |
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| Apr-05-24 | | whiteshark: Here's Nakamura's recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpX... (15m:50) and here's their joint post-game analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD_... (20m:15) |
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Apr-05-24
 | | Bishoprick: Question: The current world champion, Ding Liren, appears to be too ill to play against the winner of this tournament. Does the winner of this tournament automatically become world champion? |
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| Apr-05-24 | | Petrosianic: What do you mean "appears"? Are you a doctor? |
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Apr-05-24
 | | moronovich: <Bishoprick: Question: The current world champion, Ding Liren, appears to be too ill to play against the winner of this tournament. Does the winner of this tournament automatically become world champion?> No,he still has to play Ding Liren.
And you are right,that he is not in his best shape. And you dont need to be a doctor to understand that. |
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Apr-05-24
 | | beatgiant: <Bishoprick> The way it worked in the 2023 cycle is, it depends when the champion would decide not to defend the title. If before signing an agreement to play a match, the top two finishers in this tournament play a title match. If after, the challenger would win the title by default. I can't quickly find the FIDE regulations for the 2024 cycle, but there's no reason to expect it to be different this time. |
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| Apr-05-24 | | Petrosianic: <beatgiant>: The same thing almost happened in 1963. There was talk that Botvinnik would retire, so they hastily arranged a Keres-Geller match to figure out who had finished in second place at Curacao. Keres won, but it didn't matter, as Botvinnik played. In 1975 it would have made no sense for Karpov and Korchnoi to play a match when they'd already played one in the Candidates Final. |
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| Apr-06-24 | | Olavi: <Petrosianic> The Keres-Geller match would have been played in any case to see who goes to the 1965 candidates, but perhaps without haste. |
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| Apr-06-24 | | EvanTheTerrible: <FSR>, Cem Kaan Gokerkan is actually at the Candidates tournament this year, as a second to Salimova. |
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