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| Aug-01-12 | | cormier: good morning ... |
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| Aug-01-12 | | whiteshark: <Pedro Fernandez>
Rate of play: 48 hours per half-move
Rollover time: 13:00 (USA/Eastern)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/cond... Today the voting for (our) first (half-) move ends and time starts to count for GM Akobian etc |
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| Aug-01-12 | | whiteshark: <Tabanus> Now that's a funny perspective! <
N i c e ! <>>
:D |
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| Aug-01-12 | | cro777: The first move 1.e4 will occur today at 1:00 pm (USA/Eastern). GM Akobian can accelerate the game by making his move a day early. We might expect his answer (1...e6, 1...d6, 1...c6 or 1...e5) tomorrow. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | bhz: Is Akobian allowed to use computer analysis? |
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| Aug-01-12 | | Pedro Fernandez: < whiteshark: <Pedro Fernandez> Rate of play: 48 hours per half-move
Rollover time: 13:00 (USA/Eastern)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/cond...
Today the voting for (our) first (half-) move ends and time starts to count for GM Akobian etc>
Ayay, thanks a lot! whiteshark. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | Pedro Fernandez: < cro777: The first move 1.e4 will occur today at 1:00 pm (USA/Eastern). GM Akobian can accelerate the game by making his move a day early. We might expect his answer (1...e6, 1...d6, 1...c6 or 1...e5) tomorrow.>
And also to you! my dear cro triple 7. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | parmetd: bhz, yes Var is allowed to use computers. This challenge is correspondence chess. I think cro777 deserves a huge round of applause for all the preparation he has done. Let us see what Var chooses! |
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Aug-01-12
 | | mahamis: And thus we move 1.e4..He might answer with the Pirc 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6, or with the French Tarrasch 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2..Or he might surprise us and make a move which is out of his comfort zone (most unlikely).. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | Waitaka: The opening repertoire of Chessgames.com of our opponent says that in response to <1.e4> GMAV played the following: 1…e6 ----> 120 games
1…d6 -----> 51 games
1…d5 ------> 7 games
1…c6 ------> 4 games
1…e5 ------> 2 games
1…c5 ------> 1 game
Repertoire Explorer: Varuzhan Akobian (black) |
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| Aug-01-12 | | cro777: Here is his most recent repertoire against 1.e4.
<The Philadelphia Open (April 4-8, 2012)> 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 (Erenburg-Akobian, 1/2-1/2) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 (Shahade-Akobian, 0-1) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nd7 4. e5 Ne7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 (Sosa-Akobian, 1/2-1/2) <The US Chess Championships (May 8-9, 2012)> 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 Qa5 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 (Robson-Akobian, 1-0) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 Ne7 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nf5 (Hess-Akobian, 0-1) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nfd7 8. Nb3 a5 9. e5 a4 10. h4 (Stripunski-Akobian, 1-0) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 (Kamsky-Akobian, 1-0) <The Chicago Open (May 24-28, 2012)> 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Be3 Qc7 1. f4 (Perunovic-Akobian, 1-0) <The National Open (June 6-9, 2012)> 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. fxe5 Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxe5 (Zierk-Akobian, 0-1) |
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| Aug-01-12 | | El Trueno: e4 is the best move cause the statistics say so :) |
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Aug-01-12
 | | chrisowen: Tarrasch in aim ceedence having a shedding of ring e2 and i f3 alter clinch in key it is king safety ramble in theory it I f6 any break it flashing up ply it nd4 in bishop game queen of course in b6 it ment in ar d4 cor bet in manage too key points in e5 d4 as king ok tangle in 0-0-0 white again black it short in glesson slide a5 in got pressing election for heading off pawn it ok in f4 rook e1 c1 in able it nevermind in no time like for each guess it fetch in low Tarrasch to pave new roads in bad call it pin winawer anti Pirc in giving centre aint it another quest i f2 in classical strong binding so gg why it down in dig castle black exposed in gobble f6 effect in g5 ph4 etc f5 in turbo tie. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | zsoydd: . So 1.e4.
I'm strongly expecting to see the classic Steinitz French line: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3
reasons:
1) Due to lack of practical experience our opponent will not risk to play 1... e5 or 1... c5 against an opponent with far more computing power and a large team experience on both sides of these two main opening complexes. 2) Everyone knows that 1.e4 d6, 1.e4 g6, 1.e4 c6, 1.e4 Nf6, 1.e4 d5, 1.e4 b6, 1.e4 Nc6 are very difficult to defend against cyborgs. 3) Remains only the slightly cramped but strategically challenging and somewhat mysterious 1.e4 e6. After the expected (and recommended) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Black has the first big choice: - 6...Nc6
- or 6...a6
I don't like to waste time/energy on speculations or concrete analysis about the next moves. Usually I spend at most 30 minutes to decide upon such early opening moves. This is far less than I would spend on any kind of preparation - where all the effort for the non-chosen moves would have been wasted. Concrete analysis only makes sense if one can expect a novelty (i.e. deviation from the known games) in the next few moves. In the above line I don't see any space for real surprises before move 8. Therefore if I see that we will go along the above predicted path I'll drop by again after Black's 6th move, but then with already prepared suggestions. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | cro777: <chrisowen: Tarrasch> GM Akobian has several answers to the Tarrasch: 3...Nf6, 3...Be7, 3...dxe4, even the paradoxical 3...Nd7 (in order to organize a quick c5). |
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| Aug-01-12 | | cro777: Hello <zsoydd>.
In the Classical Steinitz French, Akobian applies the ...a6...b5 plan (Galanov likes this plan as well). In case 1...e6 (after) tomorrow you may post selected games in the Analysis Forum on the sticky. |
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Aug-01-12
 | | Chessgames Challenge:
1.e4
FINAL VOTE TALLY:
| 1.e4 |
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255 | votes |
(60.1%) |
| 1.d4 |
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81 | votes |
(19.1%) |
| 1.b4 |
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32 | votes |
(7.5%) |
| 1.Nf3 |
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19 | votes |
(4.5%) |
| 1.c4 |
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14 | votes |
(3.3%) |
| 1.f4 |
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6 | votes |
(1.4%) |
| 1.b3 |
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4 | votes |
(0.9%) |
| 1.a3 |
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3 | votes |
(0.7%) |
| 1.g3 |
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3 | votes |
(0.7%) |
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total # of votes: 424
draw requests: 7 (1.7%)
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| Aug-01-12 | | parmetd: there she blows. 1. e4 |
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| Aug-01-12 | | cormier: en-garde messieux ... et que le meuilleur gagne .... |
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| Aug-01-12 | | The Last Straw: For you who said to post a diagram after each move:
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| Aug-01-12 | | Analysis Forum: I will be updating the position and the game in my header: Analysis Forum chessforum (or click on the <yellow sticky> for access.) |
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| Aug-01-12 | | Pedro Fernandez: I would like GMA contests 1...e6, but not necessarily we must play a Tarrasch; French defence is rich in possibilities. I think we have a better chance if we can enter in a solid but not well known variant. I think Pirc a Caro Kann are some boring, and Ruy Lopez is a lot studied, but a Sicilian should be interesting too, or maybe a Scottish. Well, it will see. |
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Aug-01-12
| | chrisowen: <cro777> Off in f6 as trig in select it he in just able horse for nd7 after steep e5 would prey for king castle short and induce sac exchange in f3 e6 rendezvous bad call it really in light angle ko it a few mins pawn it broke in e5 theory it hope in malcontent e3 bishop target in c5 too regulate in gang entrance for one almost it date win destiny compute for each in e4 lie having principle d2 as capital in garner tow estimate nf6 in king o-o wroth come in c7 etc where will he go black alive in bf4 in changing time for classical zone inceed point win kingside surge it sweep in select it her juice g3 in h5 good game thin pick! |
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| Aug-01-12 | | Tal7777777: And 1.e4 is the winner!!!!!!!! (if that wasn't obvious enough!) |
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| Aug-02-12 | | charlyche: Hope we'll follow, in case of French defense, the line 1.e4 e6, 2.d4 d5, 3.e5 where Akobian seems to have some displeasure ...(weakness?) |
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