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| May-16-06 | | acirce: Both. It's no fun giving your opponent the initiative when you're not even supposed to have a theoretical advantage. |
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| Jul-27-06 | | actual: I played a guy on the internet yesterday. I had the white pieces, and here's how it started: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d5 here I remembered a book line and played 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. Qf3 the book line claimed that this would defend well for white against sacrifices at h3 but after 14...g5 15. Re4 g4 I played 16. Bd2 and realized that I was screwed after 16...f5 before my opponent played the move. So my first anti-marshall game didn't go so well ;-) |
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| Oct-10-06 | | you vs yourself: [Event "blitz"]
[Site "playchess"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "Kgwm"]
[Black "War games"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.Ba2 Ne6
14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 g6 16.Qd2 Bg7 17.c3 Kh8 18.d4 Qd7 19.Rad1 Rae8 20.Qc2 Qc8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Ne3 Nf4 23.Kh2 f5 24.Nd5 Nh5
25.exf5 gxf5 26.c4 e4 27.Nd4 c6 28.Ne3 f4 29.Ng4 c5 30.Nb3 e3 31.cxb5 f3 32.Qxc5 exf2 33.Rxe8 Qxe8 34.bxa6 Qb8+ * 
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| Mar-09-09 | | Shyfe: Can somebody please explain why 8... bxa4 is never mentioned or played in the 8 a4 anti-marshall? There is only one game in the database, and my book, Easy guide to the Ruy Lopez by John Emms, does not even mention it. However, it seems very playable and chessmaster gives only a +.37 score for white. |
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| Mar-09-09 | | blacksburg: ...bxa4 is almost never played in any Ruy Lopez variation, ever. the basic idea is that ...bxa4 destroys black's pawn structure on the queenside and eliminates any chance of black getting a queenside space advantage, which is a common ruy lopez idea. concretely, ...bxa4 results in black having a weak isolated a-pawn on an open file. so with ...bxa4, black is essentially saying, "hey white, don't worry about developing your a1 rook, just leave it there, i'll give it a free open file, and an isolated pawn as a target, too!" in general, ...bxa4 in the Ruy Lopez compromises black's queenside and is a strategic error. black is "developing" white's a1 rook for him. and i wouldn't make a habit of judging sharp opening lines based solely on engines. it's a much better idea to look at what strong players have played. you won't find a single ruy lopez specialist playing ...bxa4. |
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| Mar-09-09 | | Shyfe: Thanks for the logical explanation. It is quite helpful. I agree with the condemnation of computer analysis in the opening. I was just pointing out that there aren't any clear refutations / tactical flaws. Sorry for being so defensive, and thanks again for the explanation. |
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| Mar-09-09 | | blacksburg: you're welcome. |
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| Mar-09-09 | | chessman95: Another reason that bxa4 is not played, besides what blacksburg already said, is that it repins the knight on c6. After playing a6 and b5, it would not seem logical to let the bishop right back to a4 where it can once again apply pressure on the e5-pawn. Since the rook is gaurding the e4-pawn, it would be hard for black to not lose a pawn. Also, the queenside in this variation is already weak before an exchange, and exchanging pawns would make it a huge long-term weakness. If white can get to an end-game with even material, which would be easy, he would demolish black's queenside. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | geniokov: Good morning Guys! What´s hot here in Ruy Lopez?...About Marshall?...Best response after Black make 7...O-O? |
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| Mar-10-09 | | geniokov: I´m an e4 player.whenever i encounter Ruy Lopez and i smell something that were going to enter Marshall attack after 7...O-O, i usually response 8.d4 immediately to avoid heavy analyzed theory. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | blacksburg: <Best response after Black make 7...O-O?> i always play <8.d4>, but Mihail Marin writes in "A Spanish Repertoire for Black" that 7...d6 is more accurate if you are not playing the Marshall Attack, as after 7...O-O, white can cause some problems with <8.a4>. after 7...d6 8.a4, Marin suggests that 8...Bg4 is strong. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | geniokov: Then after 7...d6 8.h3 probably best for White to avoid pin in Knight at f3.....I have to feel if he wants to enter Marshall or not. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | geniokov: Actually blacksburg the move 8.d4 if black signals to play Marshall after 7...O-O is almost force.White already chalenge Black with the question "Take it or i gonna take you" something like that. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | blacksburg: <Actually blacksburg the move 8.d4 if black signals to play Marshall after 7...O-O is almost force.> it's not really forced. there are a few other "anti-marshall" moves - 8.a3 and 8.h3 come to mind. here's the first two examples i ran into in a quick search. 8.h3
Tal vs Spassky, 1965
8.a4
Tal vs A Planinc, 1975
also, check out how Kasparov avoided the Marshall. as far as i know, Kasparov NEVER allowed the Marshall Attack in a serious game. Repertoire Explorer: Garry Kasparov (white) |
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| Mar-10-09 | | blacksburg: oops, not <8.a3>, i meant <8.a4>. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | geniokov: Hmmm.Thanks blacksburg...seems interesting. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | geniokov: Same with me my friend,i´m also avoiding Marshall attack that´s why i´m searching continuations which is least explored but playable middlegame....That´s why i played 8.d4 after Black´s 7..O-O. |
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| Mar-10-09 | | MaxxLange: Kasparov mainly used 8. a4 to duck the Marshall, I think |
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| Mar-10-09 | | MaxxLange: huh, the Repetoire Explorer shows all, I should have looked first |
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| Mar-10-09 | | chessman95: I like the a4 anti-marshall. What about after 8.h3? -- besides transposing to the main line what options does black have? |
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| Mar-10-09 | | Shyfe: <chessman95> After 8 h3:
8...d6 9 c3 transposes to the main lines of the Spanish
8...Bb7 avoids the main lines of the spanish.
8...Bb7 9 c3 (attempting to go into main lines) allows a strong 9...d5. If 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nf4 is great for black, so white usually won't try to win a pawn as in A Sokolov vs G Sargissian, 2008. 9 d3 is much more popular, but obviously doesn't transpose to the main lines of the closed spanish. The most common line is seen in V Gashimov vs Bacrot, 2008. In conclusion, 9 h3 Bb7 10 d3 d6 is the most common line in the 9.h3 anti-marshall. White avoids the Marshall Attack, and black avoids the main lines. |
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| Mar-11-09 | | chessman95: Thanks for the lines. Are there any other anti-marshall lines that you know of? I'd like to experiment with as many as I could get. By the way, does anyone know of any good books on the Ruy Lopez with good analysis and especially a large coverage of the anti-marshall systems and the marshall attack. Maybe I wouldn't want to avoid it if I could learn it better. |
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| Mar-11-09 | | Shyfe: According to the opening explorer:
8 c3 = 1969 games
8 a4 = 808 games
8 h3 = 683 games
8 d4 = 384 games
Other moves such as 8 d3 and 8 a3 are less common.
A quick search on amazon leads to The Marshall Attack by Bagdan Lalic as a book with both Marshall main lines and anti-marshall lines. |
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| Mar-11-09 | | blacksburg: buyer beware! - "The Marshall Attack" by Lalic has a bad reputation in chess circles. for example - the first section on the "Old Main Line" has no annotations or explanations before the 16th move. |
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| Mar-12-09 | | chessman95: Does anyone know of any other books or online resources on the marshall and anti-marshall? Even a book on the entire Ruy Lopez would be good if it covered those lines. |
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