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Jan-27-06
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| Jan-31-06 | | Ludamad: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
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I don't have a real defence to the queen's gambit, should I avoid it with an Indian or should I study an opening like this? Is there a benefit to knowing the tarrasch a lot better than the other player? |
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| Feb-04-06 | | Dudley: <Is there a benefit to knowing the tarrasch a lot better than the other player?> I don't think the Tarrasch is particularly complicated and it doesn't reward memorization in the same way that something like the two knights defense or Najdorf Sicilian would. Rather, it takes understanding of IQP type positions-the isolated queen's pawn. This is more direct and there is more early piece play than something closed like the King's Indian. It depends on your style or mood. I always suggest playing a new line in several blitz games to get the flavor of it. In my opinion, lines like this are probably better for the average player, as they are more classical and logical. Mr. Schiller? |
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| Feb-23-06 | | hayton3: <Eric Schiller> I don't usually play the Tarrasch. However, when faced with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 rather than enter a semi-slav with 5...c6 and the complications of a Meran I consider 5...c5 to be a slightly more favourable Tarrasch defense for Black due to White's queen bishop being locked out by the pawn move on e3. What are yur thoughts on this? |
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Feb-23-06
| | Eric Schiller: <Duddley> I agree. Openings with clear strategies are much easier to play for amateurs, and I prefer them myself. <Hayton> Well, you can't have a good Semi-Slav with the bishop on e7 anyway. Vinay Bhat tried it against me once and I pummeled him. Each QGD usually has a required piece setup, and if you deviate, there is generally trouble ahead. Most decisions can be made on the basis of the formation. For example, in the Tarrasch, the dark square bishop belongs at d6, except when White fianchettoes on the kingside, in which case it needs to be at e7. |
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| May-31-06 | | olaf4lena: <Mr. Schiller> I bought and am enjoying your book on the Tarrasch. What is a good strategy to attack if white makes time wasting moves like a3 or h3 or pointless piece wanderings? |
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| Jun-02-06 | | Jilted Rook: The Tarrasch - Opening of the day! Kasparov had good results with this opening but gave it up; which may have been as a result of some unfavourable clashes - notably when the isolated pawn proved too great a liability against a technician of Karpov's class:- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Jun-02-06 | | Jilted Rook: <hayton3> Going by opening theory it looks like 5...0-0 is the most sensible answer followed by dxc if White moves his King bishop. 6...b6 looks fine in all other cases. |
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| Jul-27-06 | | TheKid: Thoughts on the Von Hennig Gambit after 7...Bd7?
By the way, can one still play the Tarrasch after 3.Nf3? |
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| Jul-27-06 | | Marmot PFL: <Thoughts on the Von Hennig Gambit after 7...Bd7?> Not bad practical chances, wouldn't play it against prepared opponent. <By the way, can one still play the Tarrasch after 3.Nf3?> Absolutely, white's move order makes very little difference to black's basic setup. |
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Jul-27-06
| | Eric Schiller: <thekid>The Schara Gambit with Bd7 remains playalr, and the modern vedrsion with kingside castling is quite promising. I use it from time to time. For ex:
A Hovenga vs E Schiller, 1996
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| Jul-27-06 | | Marmot PFL: < Eric Schiller > Nice attacking game. Maybe white improves with 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.e4 followed by 21.Bg5 or Bh6+. |
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| Jul-30-06 | | Henrik S. Hansen: Here is a game I played in the Tarrasch Defense. What do you think? I was black 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne4 Bf5
8. Ng3 Be6 9. e4 Bxc5 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. Nf3 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rd1 b5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qa5 20. Bb2
Qb6 21. e5 Bg4 22. Ng5 Qg6 23. N3e4 Bf5 24. Qf3 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rac8 26. Rc1
Bb6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd6 Qb1+ 0-1
In particular, I don't know about 7 ...Bf5. Perhaps Qd6 is better? |
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| Aug-14-06 | | alphastrike20: is the tarrasch defence still playable at the super grandmaster level with winning chances? |
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| Oct-25-06 | | whatthefat: Is there a clear refutation of the Schara Gambit, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4? |
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| Dec-12-06 | | unsound: <whatthefat> Assuming you're still interested after six weeks, I think unfortunately the answer is no; at least if there is one I wish someone would tell me about it. Tim Harding suggests, like Schiller, that the gambit is still playable here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibit... |
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| Dec-12-06 | | whatthefat: <unsound>
Thanks for that, it's a good link. I managed to track down some analysis by Schiller, and came to more or less the same conclusion. I at least feel more comfortable facing it now though! |
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| Dec-14-06 | | unsound: I'm glad that was helpful. One of the annoying things about the Schara Gambit for me, incidentally, is that there doesn't seem to be a respectable way to decline it (since black's already gained tempi on the queen and opened lines anyway). |
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| Dec-14-06 | | euripides: This year, as White, I played the same opponent, who has a grade very close to mine, twice in the Henning-Schara. I lost the first (rapid) and won the second (full length, except he was delayed getting to the venue) after some homework, but after innovating accidentally with Ne1 (heading for f4, probably too subtle by half) instead of Nd4. I think this gambit is well worth a punt up to master level, but need not be feared provided White remembers the main line. White may have trouble declining it but can get an interesting game by accepting and then returning the pawn. |
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| Mar-18-07 | | Plato: In World Championship play, the Tarrasch Defense was employed nine times. The players to use it as Black were Lasker, Tarrasch, Janowski, and Spassky. From these gamees, White scored 67%: +4 -1 =4 |
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Mar-19-07
| | Eric Schiller: <plato> You obviously left out the first Karpov-Kasparov match, where the opening did badly. But Kasparov used the Tarrasch to get to the championship match. It just wasn't suitable against Karpov. There is no reason to avoid the Tarrasch in top-level play. It is a reliable weapon at all levels of play, as long as you can handle the isolated pawn positions. I think it is the best defense to 1.d4 and flank openings, and have enjoyed great success with it. |
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Mar-19-07
 | | plang: Kasparov played the Tarrasch twice against Karpov in the 1984 match and lost both (games 7 & 9). |
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| Mar-19-07 | | Plato: <Eric Schiller> I was basing those stats off of a search in my database for the position after 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nc3 c5 (the main QGD Tarrasch position listed above), that's why I missed them, but you are right to correct me. The Karpov-Kasparov games in question arrived at the Tarrasch with a White knight on f3 rather than c3 after the third move. It appears two games were played with this line, and White won both. This move order was also used in a Capablanca-Lasker game (drawn) and two Petrosian-Spassky games (drawn). So the updated statistics from World Championship play are as follows: The players to use the Tarrasch Defense as Black in World Championship play were Lasker, Tarrasch, Janowski, Spassky, and Kasparov. From these games, White scored 68%: +6 -1 =7
<Eric> I'm not suggesting it should be avoided at top level play, I'm just providing some stats (to educate myself, mainly) about opening lines that have been used in World Championships. |
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| Mar-19-07 | | ganstaman: <Plato> While this is likely rather simple for me to look up, you may already have the stats available and could thus save me time. In the World Championship matches through which you are searching, what is the overall record for white and black? It's difficult to judge the stats you provide without knowing what's normal for a WC match (which is special enough to not necessarily conform to the stats of all database games in general). |
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| Mar-19-07 | | laskereshevsky: Spassky played (by black) the Tarrasch QG 5 times vs. Petrosian in the 1969 World Match with the +1=4-0 record |
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