User Profile: blue wave

blue wave
Member since Apr-19-08

Some of my favourite chess players are Capablanca, Petrosian, Tal and Fischer.
My own style of chess is strongly positional in nature. Seeking to contest and control the centre of the board.

Recently I have taken steps to take part in ICCF chess.

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   May-08-13 blue wave chessforum

blue wave: I've decided to withdraw from BOB4 for personal reasons. All the best team!

   May-08-13 Team White vs Team Black, 2013
   Apr-01-13 Carlsen vs Svidler, 2013

blue wave: What an interesting twist to the end of this tournament. No one would have really expected Carlsen and Kramnik to lose the final games.

   Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)

blue wave: I'd like to see Magnus Carlson become next world chess champion.

   Mar-26-13 Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946

blue wave: After <18.exd5> [DIAGRAM] Black might have done better to play <18...cxd5>. Perhaps play may have then continued <19.Nd3 Nc6> giving this position. [DIAGRAM] But still - Petrosian is clearly winning even with this play by black. Beautiful game by Petrosian.

   Mar-24-13 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2013

blue wave: Clash of the Titans.

   Feb-19-13 D K Johansen vs I Rogers, 1980

blue wave: <morfishine> Thats really funny! I just burst out laughing.:-)

   Jan-26-13 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2013

blue wave: 21...Ng2? he had to stop 22.f6

   Jan-19-13 Leko vs Carlsen, 2013

blue wave: White can play 30.Rd3 and get a better game now.

   Jan-09-13 parmetd chessforum

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Dec-03-12		cormier: d:23 29.Rfh3 Bc7 30.g5 Nf8 31.Rg2

Dec-08-12		blue wave: Marker for Discussion on ways Black might have at least tried to challenge whites centre in this game.

Dec-08-12		blue wave: Idea Number #1 <1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.a4 f6> This idea is not new, I'm sure it was mentioned in the game. But I don't have time to dig it up now. Analysis by Houdini 2 - pv=1 [+0.61] d=26 8.a5 a6 9.c4 fxe5 10.dxe5 Bc5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Bg4 Nxe5 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Nxe6 Qxa4 16.Rxa4 Nf6 17.Nc3 Nexg4 18.Nxc5 O–O 19.Rd4 Ne5 20.Nxd5 Nc6 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.Ra4 Rf7 23.Be3 Rc8 24.Re1 Re7 25.b3 (2:09:53) 52456509kN click for larger view All this would indicate that <7...f6> is a very risky move. Clearly white retains an advantage. But the analysis does indicate that black is able to fight for the centre here. This line show the complete liquidation of the centre for both sides, but black has gone a pawn down. But black is relatively active, and this would be no easy win for white. Sliding to the end of the above line - just for interests sake shows: Houdini 2 - pv=1 [+0.37] d=27 25...Nb4 26.Rxb4 Rxc5 27.Ra1 Rc3 28.Rd1 h6 29.Rb6 Be8 30.h3 Bc6 31.Rd6 Rc2 32.Rb4 Be4 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rc4 Rb2 35.Rc3 Bc6 36.Kh2 Ra2 37.b4 Rb2 38.Bd4 Rd2 (0:00:08) 70353kN click for larger view A completely different game to the one we have now.

Dec-08-12		DcGentle: <blue wave> Well, the most likely chance to get an equal game is playing <5... c5> like in Nakamura vs V Laznicka, 2012 and Shirov vs V Laznicka, 2012 I haven't done much analysis here, but even then Black must be careful: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. Bd3 g5 click for larger view 13... g5 is a mistake most likely. 14. Bd2 Nfe7 15. h3 Bg7 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfc8 20. Qh5 Nd8 21. Nh7 Ndc6 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qh7 Nxe5 24. Nh5 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxb2 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Rab1 Bd4 28. Bb5+ Nc6 29. Red1 Be5 30. f4 Bc3 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. Rxc3 Rg8+ 33. Ng7 click for larger view White wins.

Dec-08-12		blue wave: Idea Number #2 <1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 c5!?> click for larger view Houdini 2 - pv=1 [+0.74] d=29 8.c4 Ne7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxe7 Bxe7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nc3 O–O 13.Nxd5 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Bc5 15.Qd2 Nb6 16.Nf4 Be4 17.a5 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 Nd5 19.Nxe4 Nxf4 20.Nxc5 Nxe2+ 21.Kh1 Rfe8 22.f4 Rec8 23.Nxb7 Rc2 24.b4 Rb2 25.Nd6 Rb8 26.b5 Nc3 27.Rac1 Nxb5 28.Rfe1 Rd2 29.Red1 (1:13:54) 32658889kN click for larger view Clear advantage to white. Black is down one pawn. Obviously Houdini 2 is struggling to find an adequate defense for black after 7...c5!? Again just for fun - sliding to the end of this line gives the following. [+0.42] d=28 29...Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.h4 a6 32.g4 Nxd6 33.exd6 Kf8 34.Kg2 Ke8 35.g5 Kd7 36.Rb1 hxg5 37.fxg5 Kxd6 38.Rd1+ Ke7 39.Rxd8 Kxd8 40.h5 Ke7 41.Kf3 f6 42.Kg4 fxg5 43.Kxg5 Ke8 44.Kg4 Kd7 45.Kf5 Ke7 46.Kg6 Kf8 47.Kf5 Kf7 48.Kg5 Ke7 49.Kg6 Kf8 (0:02:26) 1362307kN click for larger view Looks drawish.

Dec-08-12		blue wave: Idea Number #3 <1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Qa5!?* > click for larger view [+0.33] d=25 8.Na3 Qc7 9.c4 Ne7 10.Bd2 h6 11.a5 a6 12.Rc1 Be4 13.Nc2 c5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Bc6 17.Bd3 Be7 18.Ne1 Bg5 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qe2 O–O 21.Nf3 Be7 (0:15:24) 6953694kN [+0.33] d=24 8.Na3 Qc7 9.c4 Ne7 10.Bd2 h6 11.a5 a6 12.Rc1 Be4 13.Nc2 c5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Bc6 17.Bd3 Be7 18.Ne1 Bg5 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qe2 O–O 21.Nf3 Be7 (0:10:59) 4927662kN [+0.30] d=23 8.Na3 Qc7 9.c4 Ne7 10.Nh4 Be4 11.f3 Bg6 12.Bd2 Nf5 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nc2 Be7 16.Bc3 Bg6 17.Bd3 O–O 18.Ne3 a5 19.Qc2 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 g6 21.Rac1 (0:06:10) 2743354kN [+0.27] d=23 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.b4 Ne7 10.a5 Qd8 11.Qc1 Nf5 12.g4 Nh6 13.a6 b5 14.h3 Ng8 15.Bg5 Qc7 16.Qb2 h5 17.Nh4 Bh7 18.Nd2 hxg4 19.hxg4 Ne7 20.Be3 Be4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 (0:04:06) 1849844kN [+0.33] d=22 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.b4 Qd8 10.a5 Ne7 11.Qc1 Rc8 12.Ra3 h6 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Qb2 Nf5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.Nc3 Qh4 17.Be3 Be7 18.a6 b5 19.g3 Qh3 (0:03:31) 1591832kN [+0.29] d=22 8.Bd2 Qb6 (0:01:30) 671624kN [+0.36] d=21 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.b4 Qd8 10.a5 Ne7 11.Qc1 Nf5 12.g4 Ne7 13.Nc3 h5 14.h3 Qc7 15.a6 b6 16.Qb2 hxg4 17.hxg4 b5 18.Be3 Nb6 19.Rad1 (0:01:02) 456866kN [+0.37] d=21 8.Bd2 (0:01:02) 450860kN [+0.31] d=20 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.b4 Qd8 10.a5 Ne7 11.Na3 h6 12.c3 Nf5 13.c4 Be7 14.a6 Qc7 15.axb7 Qxb7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.g4 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Bxh4 19.b5 c5 (0:00:50) 367633kN [+0.34] d=20 8.Bd2 (0:00:47) 346231kN [+0.27] d=19 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Qc1 a5 10.Na3 Ne7 11.c4 h6 12.c5 Qc7 13.Nc2 b6 14.cxb6 Qxb6 15.Bc3 Nf5 16.Qd2 Be7 17.g4 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Bxh4 (0:00:14) 100149kN [+0.32] d=18 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.b3 a5 10.Bc1 Bb4 11.Bd3 Nh6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.c3 Be7 14.Qc2 O–O 15.Nbd2 Qc7 16.c4 Bb4 17.cxd5 exd5 (0:00:11) 76735kN [+0.31] d=17 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Bc3 Qc7 10.a5 Nh6 11.a6 b6 12.Bd2 Nf5 13.g4 Ne7 14.Nh4 c5 15.Nxg6 Nxg6 16.c3 Rc8 17.Qa4 cxd4 18.cxd4 (0:00:10) 68335kN [+0.30] d=17 8.Bd2 Qb6 (0:00:03) 18138kN [+0.37] d=16 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Bc3 Nh6 10.a5 Qc7 11.a6 b6 12.Bd2 Nf5 13.Nc3 Be7 14.g4 Nh4 15.Nxh4 Bxh4 16.Be3 h6 17.Qd2 Be7 (0:00:02) 8590kN [+0.38] d=15 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.c4 Ne7 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qb6 12.b3 a5 13.h3 h6 14.Rc1 Nf5 15.Ne2 Bb4 (0:00:01) 5781kN [+0.37] d=14 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Nc3 a5 10.Bc1 Ne7 11.b3 h6 12.Bf4 Rd8 13.Qd2 Bh7 14.Bd3 Nf5 (0:00:01) 2334kN [+0.35] d=14 8.Nh4 Ne7 (0:00:00) 1603kN [+0.41] d=13 8.Nh4 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Bd2 Qc2 15.Bc3 Qxd1 16.Rfxd1 (0:00:00) 799kN [+0.44] d=12 8.Nh4 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.c3 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.h3 c4 14.Nd2 (0:00:00) 634kN Now <7...Qa5!?> really looks odd. I mean what is it supposed to do? But for some weird tactical reasons it seems to pose a problem for white. Its presence at a5 is annoying for starters - so white is very tempted to send it packing. <7...Qa5!?> also seems to mess a little with the ideal development for white in responding to the Queens presence. Hence the annoyance of the move. Lastly the evaluations by houdini 2 show that black has not lost position by playing the move. It can easily retreat to b6 or c7 which are nice squares to fall back to if needed.

Dec-08-12		blue wave: Idea Number #4 <7.a4 a5!> This move is strong for black. A no nonsense approach that would have stood strong against the world team. houdini 2 - pv=1 [+0.18] d=24 8.h3 Rc8 (0:04:04) 1737362kN [+0.24] d=23 8.h3 Rc8 9.Na3 Bb4 10.c3 Bxa3 11.Rxa3 h6 12.c4 Ne7 13.Rb3 Rb8 14.c5 Be4 15.Bd2 O–O 16.Bc3 Qc7 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.Qc1 Bh7 19.Re1 Ra8 20.Nf3 b6 21.cxb6 Nxb6 (0:02:36) 1113225kN [+0.24] d=22 8.h3 Rc8 9.Na3 h6 10.c4 Bxa3 11.Rxa3 Ne7 12.Rb3 Rb8 13.c5 Be4 14.Bd2 O–O 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Qc1 Bh7 18.Re1 Ra8 19.Nf3 b6 20.cxb6 Nxb6 (0:01:36) 678033kN [+0.19] d=21 8.h3 Rc8 9.Na3 h6 10.c4 Bxa3 11.Rxa3 Ne7 12.Rb3 Rb8 13.c5 O–O 14.Nh4 Be4 15.Bd2 Nc8 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Bc3 Nf5 18.Nd2 b6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qd2 Qg5 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.cxb6 Nxb6 (0:01:09) 495462kN [+0.17] d=21 8.c3 h6 9.Ne1 Ne7 10.Nd3 Bh7 11.Nf4 Qb6 12.Nh5 O–O–O 13.Na3 Kb8 14.Nc2 Qb3 15.Ne3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 c5 17.Nf4 g5 18.Nd3 Bg7 (0:00:17) 125127kN [+0.22] d=20 8.c3 h6 9.Ne1 Ne7 10.Nd3 Nf5 11.Nf4 Bh7 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.g4 Nh4 14.Bxh7 Rxh7 15.Qd3 Rh8 16.Nd2 O–O–O 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Kb8 19.Nd3 Nb6 20.b3 g5 (0:00:10) 74347kN [+0.21] d=19 8.c3 h6 9.Ne1 Ne7 10.Nd3 Nf5 11.Nf4 Bh7 12.Bh5 g6 13.Be2 g5 14.Nd3 Be7 15.Nd2 O–O 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Bd2 b6 18.Qc2 Bg6 (0:00:07) 50857kN [+0.21] d=18 8.c3 h6 9.Ne1 Ne7 10.Nd3 Nf5 11.Nf4 Bh7 12.Bh5 g6 13.Be2 g5 14.Nd3 Be7 15.Nd2 O–O 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Bd2 b6 18.Qc2 Bg6 (0:00:07) 48153kN [+0.19] d=18 8.c3 Ne7 (0:00:03) 23766kN [+0.26] d=17 8.c3 Ne7 9.Nh4 Nf5 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Nf3 O–O 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rfe8 15.g3 c5 16.Bb5 c4 (0:00:02) 13443kN [+0.23] d=17 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 Qc7 11.Bd2 h6 12.Nh4 Bf5 13.Bd3 Nc4 14.Nxf5 Nxf5 15.Ne2 b6 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Nf4 Be7 18.Qe2 (0:00:01) 7478kN [+0.29] d=16 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 h6 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nec8 14.Nf3 Ne7 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.Bd2 Nxa4 17.Ra1 b5 (0:00:01) 4344kN [+0.29] d=15 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 h6 11.Re1 Nf5 12.g4 Ne7 13.Nh4 Qc7 14.Nxg6 Nxg6 15.Be3 Bb4 (0:00:00) 2943kN [+0.30] d=14 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 h6 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.h3 Nf5 13.g4 Ne7 14.Qd2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 (0:00:00) 1977kN [+0.30] d=13 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 h6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nf5 13.g4 Ne7 14.Qd2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 (0:00:00) 934kN [+0.29] d=13 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 Nf5 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nfd2 h5 13.gxh5 Bf5 14.Nc3 (0:00:00) 854kN [+0.33] d=12 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Ra1 Nf5 12.c3 Nh4 13.Qb3 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 (0:00:00) 311kN [+0.33] d=11 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Ra1 h6 12.c3 Bh7 13.Qb3 (0:00:00) 199kN [+0.34] d=10 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Ra3 Qc7 10.Nc3 h6 11.Rb3 Bh7 12.Bd3 Nf5 13.Qd2 Be7 (0:00:00) 148kN [+0.33] d=10 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ra3 Nb6 10.Rb3 h6 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qc7 14.Nf3 Nf5 (0:00:00) 80kN So blacks game is already more comfortable after <7....a5!>

Dec-08-12		blue wave: See ya. :-)

Dec-08-12		DcGentle: <blue wave>: In your third line, maybe <9. Nc3> is better. But whether this would take White to a win, is also unclear. Have nice holidays!

Dec-11-12		blue wave: I'm on holidays now, so I will not be home till after 16th January 2013. I will check in to watch and vote but not make any large analytical posts during my holidays. Good Luck.

Dec-24-12		WinKing: Merry Christmas <blue wave> to you and yours! :)

Dec-24-12		Golden Executive: Merry Christmas to you and your family <blue wave>!

Dec-25-12		morfishine: <blue wave> I hope you and your family have a wonderful Holiday Season! I've been meaning to ask: Whats it like having the seasons reversed? I mean you have summertime at Christmas and during June and July, I'm guessing its cold. I live in Florida so the reversed seasons are hard to imagine Best, Morf

Dec-25-12		blue wave: <morfishine> Well, summer here is warm. Christmas was about 30C and humidity was 70% here in Taranaki, New Zealand. A bit like a sauna. People often go for a swim and enjoy a barbaque outside sometimes. I heard that Perth, Australia was 40C hot - and its humidty is much lower - a dry heat. And they will have about a week of it, so I'm kinda glad to be here in NZ at the moment. And June July is well - cold. In Perth for example - cold winter mornings can drop to 0C. An interesting point to note is that I think our school holidays are different. Australia and New Zealand have their major 6 week break from about December through to January. So its a special time - to have 6 weeks school holidays and christmas and the new year. And in the middle of winter we only have a 2 weeks school holidays in the middle of the year. I often wondered what it is like to have a snow white christmas. I've never been to Europe of America.

Dec-26-12		morfishine: <blue wave> I loved the snow as a kid. When my dad was in the Air Force, we were stationed at Plattsburgh, NY (near Montreal Canada). We had standing snow for 3 straight months and couldn't get enough of it: skiing, sledding and just playing in the snow. Based on your location, Hokkaido, Japan would be the most convenient place to visit in the winter (your summer). Very beautiful in Dec-Jan, the people are wonderful and the food is terrific!

Dec-28-12		blue wave: <morfishine> I have a brother in law, who is going to Japan this summer. I have had opportunity to go, but haven't. I've been too focused on saving money to pay for our house mortgage. But one day, maybe I will go to look. I'm not really the type to go for doing snow boarding and jumps and all that. But maybe i could go just to take photo's and maybe learn to ski on the learners slopes.:-)

Dec-29-12		stunningmove: I responded to your suggestion of 5...Bd7 on my forum. My friends are moving back to Australia next week. North of Sydney. Where do you live?

Dec-29-12		stunningmove: I placed a strategy to get B56 voted into the next game. Lots of work ahead if we want to make this a viable choice.

Dec-31-12		Golden Executive: Happy New Year to you and your family <bw>!

Jan-01-13		cormier: Happy New Year ... tks G

Jan-01-13		blue wave: Thanks! I was really sick with migraine next day! But 2 Jan now I feel better. <stunning move> I live in Perth. But at the moment I'm visiting my family in New Zealand, Taranaki.

Jan-04-13		stunningmove: Glad you are better. Ah, Perth, Western Australia. My friends moved to the east coast. I live in North Carolina, USA about a mile from the beach so your avatar and name interest me. As for the Adams game, I think I'm completed with analysis for the Canal Attack. Either 3...Nc6 or 3...Nd7 work for me. At a GM level both win as much as white! I posted a number of games and analysis tell me what you think. As for B56 as a variation in the open, my opinion is we won't ever get it voted in. There are just far too few games for the WT to have confidence in it. Since it is an almost forgone conclusion we'll play the Najdorf, I'm going to begin looking at it. I'll have Adams' stats posted on my site by the time you read this.

Jan-04-13		blue wave: <As for B56 as a variation in the open, my opinion is we won't ever get it voted in. There are just far too few games for the WT to have confidence in it. Since it is an almost forgone conclusion we'll play the Najdorf, I'm going to begin looking at it. I'll have Adams' stats posted on my site by the time you read this.> Yes - I have to agree. Just too many voters would not go for it.

Jan-10-13		OhioChessFan: Tata Steel Moves Prediction Contest, sponsored by the legendary <chessmoron> and hosted in my forum, is now open. First round begins Saturday the 12th. Click on Elvis for details.

May-08-13		blue wave: I've decided to withdraw from BOB4 for personal reasons. All the best team!

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