http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:02:24 -0600 MyBB http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=72 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:07:10 -0600 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=72 [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10581280"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "wincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[TimeControl "1/604800"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O
6. Nbd2 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bb2 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Re1 e5
11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Qd2 Bf5
16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rad1 Rff8 19. Qd7 Qb6 20. Qe6+ Kh8
21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5+ Kg8 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8
26. Qe7 1-0]]> [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10581280"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "wincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[TimeControl "1/604800"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O
6. Nbd2 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bb2 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Re1 e5
11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Qd2 Bf5
16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rad1 Rff8 19. Qd7 Qb6 20. Qe6+ Kh8
21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5+ Kg8 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8
26. Qe7 1-0]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=71 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:12:29 -0600 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=71
This sort of thing does not show up in strong games often, but it can show up in several times in class games.

Here was my response, for any who are interested:

In any event, the very general solution when your opponent plays Ne4 early [where "early" is generally defined as "before castling," is to play c4 and exchange pawns in the center. c4 hits the d-pawn [which it currently the only thing defending the Knight AND is the square that is now under less support since the Knight moved]

You may end up exchanging the Knight and/or playing your own to e5. Typically this will leave your opponent with a worse pawn structure and/or worse development.

There are some important stock tactics to know about here:

i) Most important tactic; if your opponent plays Ne4 before exchanging on d4, then it is very hard for him to come out with a good position. The Knight on f6 shields the g7 pawn, so after you play Bb2, your opponent is in a bind due to the threat of dxc5, uncovering an attack on the g7 pawn. It does not help for him to respond cxd4 because if he has already played Ne4 you can get a good game by playing Nxd4 [instead of the more normal exd4] or even Bxd4

ii) Second most useful stock tactic is to remember that Ne5 cannot generally be answered by f6 or f5 due to the threat of Qh5!+

iii) If he has played ...cxd4 before playing Ne4 [stopping the tactic in "i" above, then you should strongly considering playing Bf4 after appropriate exchanges in the center.

iv) It should not happen most of the time unless you pick an odd move order, but often ...Ne4 fails because of the threat of Bb5(+) followed by a quick Ne5.

v) If Black plays ...Nbd7, almost any occupation of e4 by a Knight is stymied by simply playing c4 and Nc3 since the d5 pawn does not have enough protection due to the Queen no longer seeing d5 [typically ...f5 immediately is not an option or leads to other problems as it just means Black is even further behind.]

Here are some sample lines to illustrate some of the above.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Ne4?! 6.O-O [castle now to avoid nastiness dealing with Qa5] 6...Be7 [has to prepare to castle due to protect the g7 pawn, 6...cxd4 doesn't work due to 7.Bxe4! dxe4 8.Nxd4 with Ba3 to follow and a great position for White] 7.Bb2 O-O 8. c4 cxd4 [otherwise White plays Nc3 and Black has to exchange off the Knight he took so much trouble to centralize] 9.exd4 [since Black has castled, go back to normal recapture here.] f5 10.Nc3 and Black even now has to be very careful. For example 10...Nc6?! 11.cxd5! Nxc3 [11...exd5? 12.Nxd5 Qxd5?? 13.Bc4!] 12.Bxc3 exd5 13.Ne5 and clearly White is better.]


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O cxd4 [...Ne4 now transposes to above line] 7.exd4 Ne4?! 8.c4! f5 [...Be7and others probably transpose to something like the above.] 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Nxe5 [otherwise he has to play ...g6 to stop Qh5] 11.dxe5 and White should have a tremendous development advantage as well as easy pressure against the d5 pawn.

The ultra fast 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Ne4 can also be met by 5.c4. and Black should have problems with so little development and his King in the center.

Take the above for whatever it is worth.]]>
This sort of thing does not show up in strong games often, but it can show up in several times in class games.

Here was my response, for any who are interested:

In any event, the very general solution when your opponent plays Ne4 early [where "early" is generally defined as "before castling," is to play c4 and exchange pawns in the center. c4 hits the d-pawn [which it currently the only thing defending the Knight AND is the square that is now under less support since the Knight moved]

You may end up exchanging the Knight and/or playing your own to e5. Typically this will leave your opponent with a worse pawn structure and/or worse development.

There are some important stock tactics to know about here:

i) Most important tactic; if your opponent plays Ne4 before exchanging on d4, then it is very hard for him to come out with a good position. The Knight on f6 shields the g7 pawn, so after you play Bb2, your opponent is in a bind due to the threat of dxc5, uncovering an attack on the g7 pawn. It does not help for him to respond cxd4 because if he has already played Ne4 you can get a good game by playing Nxd4 [instead of the more normal exd4] or even Bxd4

ii) Second most useful stock tactic is to remember that Ne5 cannot generally be answered by f6 or f5 due to the threat of Qh5!+

iii) If he has played ...cxd4 before playing Ne4 [stopping the tactic in "i" above, then you should strongly considering playing Bf4 after appropriate exchanges in the center.

iv) It should not happen most of the time unless you pick an odd move order, but often ...Ne4 fails because of the threat of Bb5(+) followed by a quick Ne5.

v) If Black plays ...Nbd7, almost any occupation of e4 by a Knight is stymied by simply playing c4 and Nc3 since the d5 pawn does not have enough protection due to the Queen no longer seeing d5 [typically ...f5 immediately is not an option or leads to other problems as it just means Black is even further behind.]

Here are some sample lines to illustrate some of the above.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Ne4?! 6.O-O [castle now to avoid nastiness dealing with Qa5] 6...Be7 [has to prepare to castle due to protect the g7 pawn, 6...cxd4 doesn't work due to 7.Bxe4! dxe4 8.Nxd4 with Ba3 to follow and a great position for White] 7.Bb2 O-O 8. c4 cxd4 [otherwise White plays Nc3 and Black has to exchange off the Knight he took so much trouble to centralize] 9.exd4 [since Black has castled, go back to normal recapture here.] f5 10.Nc3 and Black even now has to be very careful. For example 10...Nc6?! 11.cxd5! Nxc3 [11...exd5? 12.Nxd5 Qxd5?? 13.Bc4!] 12.Bxc3 exd5 13.Ne5 and clearly White is better.]


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O cxd4 [...Ne4 now transposes to above line] 7.exd4 Ne4?! 8.c4! f5 [...Be7and others probably transpose to something like the above.] 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Nxe5 [otherwise he has to play ...g6 to stop Qh5] 11.dxe5 and White should have a tremendous development advantage as well as easy pressure against the d5 pawn.

The ultra fast 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Ne4 can also be met by 5.c4. and Black should have problems with so little development and his King in the center.

Take the above for whatever it is worth.]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=70 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:24:03 -0600 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=70 [Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "mandinko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1656"]
[BlackElo "1595"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Be2 O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c5 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd6 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. e4 e6 13. Nxd4 exd5 14. Nb5 Qf4 15. Nc7 dxe4 16. Nxa8 b6 17. Rc2 Bb7 18. g3 Qg5 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Nb5 e3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc8+ Nf8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ 1-0]]> [Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "mandinko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1656"]
[BlackElo "1595"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Be2 O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c5 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd6 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. e4 e6 13. Nxd4 exd5 14. Nb5 Qf4 15. Nc7 dxe4 16. Nxa8 b6 17. Rc2 Bb7 18. g3 Qg5 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Nb5 e3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc8+ Nf8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ 1-0]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=69 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:23:15 -0600 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=69
Thanks,

Steve]]>
Thanks,

Steve]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=68 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:50:58 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=68 [Site "Café"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[White "Tim"]
[Black "Guest1005157"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.b3 h6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bb2 Bd7
8.Ne5 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Na6 11.Bd3 c5 12.f4 Nc7 13.Nd2 Qe7
14.Rf3 Rac8 15.Rh3 Bb5 16.c4 Bc6 17.g4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nh7 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Qc2+ Kg8 21.Nf3 Ne8 22.g5 d4 23.gxh6 Bxf3 24.hxg7 Nxg7 25.Qh7# 1-0]]> [Site "Café"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[White "Tim"]
[Black "Guest1005157"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.b3 h6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bb2 Bd7
8.Ne5 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Na6 11.Bd3 c5 12.f4 Nc7 13.Nd2 Qe7
14.Rf3 Rac8 15.Rh3 Bb5 16.c4 Bc6 17.g4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nh7 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Qc2+ Kg8 21.Nf3 Ne8 22.g5 d4 23.gxh6 Bxf3 24.hxg7 Nxg7 25.Qh7# 1-0]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=66 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:30:33 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=66
If I did not post yours on the database, will you please email me?

Thanks,
David]]>
If I did not post yours on the database, will you please email me?

Thanks,
David]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=65 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:52:00 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=65 In the thematic tournaments I've been in many of the new idea in the CK have revolved around b3 and Bb2 and I've always liked play a reversed Stonewall type setup with the KN going to f3 and e5. I look forward to getting into these new books!]]> In the thematic tournaments I've been in many of the new idea in the CK have revolved around b3 and Bb2 and I've always liked play a reversed Stonewall type setup with the KN going to f3 and e5. I look forward to getting into these new books!]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=64 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:11:04 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=64
[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2008.10.14"]

[Round "1"]

[White "robwillmann"]

[Black "Henkjoh"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "1822"]

[BlackElo "1200"]

[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]



1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rf3 d4 14. Rh3 g6 15. Ne4 dxe3 16. Qh5 gxh5 17. Rg3+ 1-0

I played this on Chess.com against a lower rated player, who made some fairly obvious mistakes, but it shows the bite of the zuke. :)

Rob

PS. Nice to be here!]]>
[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2008.10.14"]

[Round "1"]

[White "robwillmann"]

[Black "Henkjoh"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "1822"]

[BlackElo "1200"]

[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]



1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rf3 d4 14. Rh3 g6 15. Ne4 dxe3 16. Qh5 gxh5 17. Rg3+ 1-0

I played this on Chess.com against a lower rated player, who made some fairly obvious mistakes, but it shows the bite of the zuke. :)

Rob

PS. Nice to be here!]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=62 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:11:09 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=62 [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10400148"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "flyfisher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[TimeControl "1/172800"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O
6. b3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Bb2 Nxf3+
11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 b6 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Be7
16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Nc6 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd5 Kh8
21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Qxf6+ 1-0]]> [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10400148"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "flyfisher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[TimeControl "1/172800"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O
6. b3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Bb2 Nxf3+
11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 b6 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Be7
16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Nc6 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd5 Kh8
21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Qxf6+ 1-0]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=59 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:58:47 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=59
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6. I didn't see any text for this, did I miss it somewhere?

This seems to be a popular line for them to play against me.

Thanks,]]>
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6. I didn't see any text for this, did I miss it somewhere?

This seems to be a popular line for them to play against me.

Thanks,]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=58 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:28:30 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=58
There's no question that this procedure costs White a tempo, as David says in the book, in the form of having to make the a3 move in addition to the two extra Knight moves by Black and two extra Bishop moves by White, which cancel out each other out, tempi-wise--whereas Black gets in another normal developing move after Be2. (I'm not considering White's a3 to be a normal developing move.) But my present thinking is that if I make the a3 move preemptively I will always be giving up that tempo, so it's better to wait to see if it's necessary. Is that the generally-accepted idea?

Also, doesn't this suggest that the ...Nb4 move is a good move for Black against the C-Z, if only to gain that tempo?]]>
There's no question that this procedure costs White a tempo, as David says in the book, in the form of having to make the a3 move in addition to the two extra Knight moves by Black and two extra Bishop moves by White, which cancel out each other out, tempi-wise--whereas Black gets in another normal developing move after Be2. (I'm not considering White's a3 to be a normal developing move.) But my present thinking is that if I make the a3 move preemptively I will always be giving up that tempo, so it's better to wait to see if it's necessary. Is that the generally-accepted idea?

Also, doesn't this suggest that the ...Nb4 move is a good move for Black against the C-Z, if only to gain that tempo?]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=57 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:18:09 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=57 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=56 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:56:07 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=56
Anyway, here is the game.

Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10332906"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "yasur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1527"]

[TimeControl "1/432000"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e5
6. dxe5 Ng4 7. b3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. f4 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Qh4+
11. g3 Qh3 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf1 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 O-O-O 15. h3 Bd7
16. Bb2 f6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Ke2 Rde8 19. Bd4 a6 20. Bc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rcc1 f5 23. Nf3 c5 24. b4 d4 25. Nxd4 Kb7
26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rec8 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Ra5 Ka7 30. Nxf5 Rc2+
31. Kf3 Bc6+ 32. e4 g6 33. Nd4 Rc3 34. Nxc6+ Rxc6 35. Rd5 h5
36. e5 Re8 37. Rd7+ Ka8 38. Rbb7 Rc3 39. Rba7+ Kb8 40. Rxa6 Kc8
41. Rdd6 1-0]]>
Anyway, here is the game.

Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10332906"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "soldner"]
[Black "yasur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1527"]

[TimeControl "1/432000"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e5
6. dxe5 Ng4 7. b3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. f4 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Qh4+
11. g3 Qh3 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf1 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 O-O-O 15. h3 Bd7
16. Bb2 f6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Ke2 Rde8 19. Bd4 a6 20. Bc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rcc1 f5 23. Nf3 c5 24. b4 d4 25. Nxd4 Kb7
26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rec8 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Ra5 Ka7 30. Nxf5 Rc2+
31. Kf3 Bc6+ 32. e4 g6 33. Nd4 Rc3 34. Nxc6+ Rxc6 35. Rd5 h5
36. e5 Re8 37. Rd7+ Ka8 38. Rbb7 Rc3 39. Rba7+ Kb8 40. Rxa6 Kc8
41. Rdd6 1-0]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=53 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:40:16 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=53
So this is a deviant opening? Or the exceptions make this a viable opening system?

Thus - The CZ is an Exceptional Opening!! ]]>
So this is a deviant opening? Or the exceptions make this a viable opening system?

Thus - The CZ is an Exceptional Opening!! ]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=52 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:41:04 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=52 Palliser's new "d-pawn attacks" book is now available for pre-order.

I highly, highly recommend this, especially for those who were not lucky enough to get Aaron Summerscale's book.

This book will give you options against the KID and other fianchetto defenses, as well as his own take on the C-Z.

You can order it here: Starting Out: D-Pawn Attacks: The Colle-Zukertort, Barry and 150 Attacks]]> Palliser's new "d-pawn attacks" book is now available for pre-order.

I highly, highly recommend this, especially for those who were not lucky enough to get Aaron Summerscale's book.

This book will give you options against the KID and other fianchetto defenses, as well as his own take on the C-Z.

You can order it here: Starting Out: D-Pawn Attacks: The Colle-Zukertort, Barry and 150 Attacks]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=51 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:50:13 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=51
[Event "Jessica Wilder Memorial"]
[Site "ASU Polytechnic Campus"]
[Date "2008.09.20"]
[White "Zubler, Ray"]
[Black "Romero Jr., Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1013"]
[BlackElo "748"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. c4 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bc6 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb4 17. Be4 f5 18. Bb1 Nd5 19. e4 fxe4
20. Qxe4 c5 21. Bd3 Rb4 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Bxd5 Rxd4? 24. Bxd4 Bxd4
25. Rad1 Qf6 26. Rd2 Bc3 27. Re2 Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rd1 Rf5
30. Bc4 Ra5 31. b4 Ra4 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 a5 34. a3 Rxa3
35. b5 Ra4 36. b6? Rxc4 37. Rb7+ Kh6 38. Rc7? Rb4 39. b7 a4
40. f4 a3 41. g4 a2?? 42. g5+ Kh5 Rh7#
1-0]]>
[Event "Jessica Wilder Memorial"]
[Site "ASU Polytechnic Campus"]
[Date "2008.09.20"]
[White "Zubler, Ray"]
[Black "Romero Jr., Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1013"]
[BlackElo "748"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. c4 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bc6 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb4 17. Be4 f5 18. Bb1 Nd5 19. e4 fxe4
20. Qxe4 c5 21. Bd3 Rb4 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Bxd5 Rxd4? 24. Bxd4 Bxd4
25. Rad1 Qf6 26. Rd2 Bc3 27. Re2 Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rd1 Rf5
30. Bc4 Ra5 31. b4 Ra4 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 a5 34. a3 Rxa3
35. b5 Ra4 36. b6? Rxc4 37. Rb7+ Kh6 38. Rc7? Rb4 39. b7 a4
40. f4 a3 41. g4 a2?? 42. g5+ Kh5 Rh7#
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[Event "Botwinnik Intern 08/09"]
[Site "Zoetermeer, NED"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Middelkoop, Arno"]
[Black "Kirana, Nancy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1714"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 unaware, at this point in time, of the Colle theory after this early deviation, I played a QG.

3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3?! premature, probably. She´s just wrongly placed, with Nc6 guarding Bb4.

5....Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3? pointless Bishop surrender was my initial verdict. Normally I´d use something like this, but it didn't happen.

8. Bxc3? major decision by White, but seeing the placement of the Bishop later, both bxc3 and Qxc3 seem better.

8....Rb8 nonetheless, I seem to be better in this position.

9. g3? wrong time, wrong action. Bf1 was pointless on g2. 9.e3 seems better. Especially if 8.Qxc3, White's Bishop has all the space on the queenside.

9....Nf6 10. Bg2 Be4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. Ne5?! no no no, fruitless. Nice idea, Nxe5 seems worse to Black, but it just seems to lose a pawn forced.

13....Qf5! 14. Rac1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe4+ 16. Kg1 Qxe2?! but I was not yet convinced about the strength of this pawn. Is it healthy enough? You tell me :).

17. Re1 Qh5 18. f3?! hrmm, another move that seems to make things harder for White. I wanted to avoid Ne4 and Ng4, but it weakens e3 as I see later.

18....Rfe8 19. Re3 Qh6?! 20. Rce1 g6!? guarding back rank mate threats, and Black's Qh6 seems to only increase that potential, so I think g6 is a good defensive move.

21. Nxc6!? ! good, or bad? White tops after 21....Rxe3 22.Nxb8!, but the continuation shows a rather difficult time for White. Nonetheless, Nc6 was blocking the removal of Bc3, and thus punishing the wrong move 8.Bxc3 earlier, and now it can move.

21....bxc6 22. Rxe8+ it was only until after the game that both my opponent, my brother and myself were surprised by the strength of 22.Bd2!!, but after 22....Qxe3†! (Rxb3? 23.Rxe8† Nxe8 24.Bxh6 +-) 23.Rxe3 Rxb3! 24.Rxb3 it only activated White's Bishop. Maybe it's enough for the draw.

22....Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qb8 prior to playing 21.Nxc6 I thought this was crushing, but doesn't seem to be. Probably still the best move, though.

24....Qe3+ completely missed it: 24....Kf8? 25.Bb4† +-, or 24....Qf8? 25.Bb4, just as easy ^^.

25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kh3?? blunder... could never recover completely from the kingside cage. Well finished, nonetheless. After 26.Kg1, it's either drawn, or extremely complex, as the Knight is still pinned, and the Bishop can become active. Unclear.

26....Qf1+! 27. Kh4 Qe2!? 28. Kh3 Qc8 might have saved White from immediate disaster. Kh3 loses a pawn also, so why not with reinforcements?

28....Kg7! 29. Qd8 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Qxf3!! it's over now. Saw this prior to playing 28.Kh3, so I should have played 28.Qc8.

31. Qg5 Nd6 32. Qe5+? what else? If White has to continue to defend against the Black Majesty, Black wins easier.

32....Qf6+ 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kg4?! Nb5! the Knight is much better, but I can't afford the loss of the Bishop entering a completely lost pawn endgame.

35. Ba5 h5+! White is being ripped off of everything he thought he could still use.

36. Kf4? executing a pin completely wrong, but it's lost anyway: going back only leads to a painful struggle.

36....Nxd4! 37. Bc3? c5 38. b4?! Ke6 of course. Started to think completely wrong once I was lost: 39.bxc5? Ne2† 0-1.

39. Bb2 Nc6 40. bxc5 Nb4! even the gain of a pawn is being taken away by threatening both 40....Nxa2 and Nd3†.

41. Ke3 Nxa2 42. Kd4 Nb4 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. Kb3 Ne5 d4 might have been more effective, paralyzing White... after 45.Kd4 Kf5, the Black King is going to march d4 down. 44....Ne5 positions the Knight better though.

45. Ka4 Nf3 46. Kb5 d4! a simple solution to a useless counterattack. 46....Nxh2?? 47.Kc6! Nf3 48.Kxc7 d4! 49.Kb7 Ne5 50.Bxd4 Nc5 51.Kxa7 +/= would've been a terrible blunder after such a game.

47. Kc4 I have to go back....

47....c6 0-1 ....but the door slams in by back as I return to the Black execution square.

I've added the PGN as .txt; I don't know if you don't want them that pgns are blocked, but just so that you can add it to your pgnviewer without my non-analysed comments ^^.

Hope you like it and my comments (whether useful or not).

Greetings, Arno.]]>
[Event "Botwinnik Intern 08/09"]
[Site "Zoetermeer, NED"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Middelkoop, Arno"]
[Black "Kirana, Nancy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1714"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 unaware, at this point in time, of the Colle theory after this early deviation, I played a QG.

3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3?! premature, probably. She´s just wrongly placed, with Nc6 guarding Bb4.

5....Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3? pointless Bishop surrender was my initial verdict. Normally I´d use something like this, but it didn't happen.

8. Bxc3? major decision by White, but seeing the placement of the Bishop later, both bxc3 and Qxc3 seem better.

8....Rb8 nonetheless, I seem to be better in this position.

9. g3? wrong time, wrong action. Bf1 was pointless on g2. 9.e3 seems better. Especially if 8.Qxc3, White's Bishop has all the space on the queenside.

9....Nf6 10. Bg2 Be4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. Ne5?! no no no, fruitless. Nice idea, Nxe5 seems worse to Black, but it just seems to lose a pawn forced.

13....Qf5! 14. Rac1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe4+ 16. Kg1 Qxe2?! but I was not yet convinced about the strength of this pawn. Is it healthy enough? You tell me :).

17. Re1 Qh5 18. f3?! hrmm, another move that seems to make things harder for White. I wanted to avoid Ne4 and Ng4, but it weakens e3 as I see later.

18....Rfe8 19. Re3 Qh6?! 20. Rce1 g6!? guarding back rank mate threats, and Black's Qh6 seems to only increase that potential, so I think g6 is a good defensive move.

21. Nxc6!? ! good, or bad? White tops after 21....Rxe3 22.Nxb8!, but the continuation shows a rather difficult time for White. Nonetheless, Nc6 was blocking the removal of Bc3, and thus punishing the wrong move 8.Bxc3 earlier, and now it can move.

21....bxc6 22. Rxe8+ it was only until after the game that both my opponent, my brother and myself were surprised by the strength of 22.Bd2!!, but after 22....Qxe3†! (Rxb3? 23.Rxe8† Nxe8 24.Bxh6 +-) 23.Rxe3 Rxb3! 24.Rxb3 it only activated White's Bishop. Maybe it's enough for the draw.

22....Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qb8 prior to playing 21.Nxc6 I thought this was crushing, but doesn't seem to be. Probably still the best move, though.

24....Qe3+ completely missed it: 24....Kf8? 25.Bb4† +-, or 24....Qf8? 25.Bb4, just as easy ^^.

25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kh3?? blunder... could never recover completely from the kingside cage. Well finished, nonetheless. After 26.Kg1, it's either drawn, or extremely complex, as the Knight is still pinned, and the Bishop can become active. Unclear.

26....Qf1+! 27. Kh4 Qe2!? 28. Kh3 Qc8 might have saved White from immediate disaster. Kh3 loses a pawn also, so why not with reinforcements?

28....Kg7! 29. Qd8 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Qxf3!! it's over now. Saw this prior to playing 28.Kh3, so I should have played 28.Qc8.

31. Qg5 Nd6 32. Qe5+? what else? If White has to continue to defend against the Black Majesty, Black wins easier.

32....Qf6+ 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kg4?! Nb5! the Knight is much better, but I can't afford the loss of the Bishop entering a completely lost pawn endgame.

35. Ba5 h5+! White is being ripped off of everything he thought he could still use.

36. Kf4? executing a pin completely wrong, but it's lost anyway: going back only leads to a painful struggle.

36....Nxd4! 37. Bc3? c5 38. b4?! Ke6 of course. Started to think completely wrong once I was lost: 39.bxc5? Ne2† 0-1.

39. Bb2 Nc6 40. bxc5 Nb4! even the gain of a pawn is being taken away by threatening both 40....Nxa2 and Nd3†.

41. Ke3 Nxa2 42. Kd4 Nb4 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. Kb3 Ne5 d4 might have been more effective, paralyzing White... after 45.Kd4 Kf5, the Black King is going to march d4 down. 44....Ne5 positions the Knight better though.

45. Ka4 Nf3 46. Kb5 d4! a simple solution to a useless counterattack. 46....Nxh2?? 47.Kc6! Nf3 48.Kxc7 d4! 49.Kb7 Ne5 50.Bxd4 Nc5 51.Kxa7 +/= would've been a terrible blunder after such a game.

47. Kc4 I have to go back....

47....c6 0-1 ....but the door slams in by back as I return to the Black execution square.

I've added the PGN as .txt; I don't know if you don't want them that pgns are blocked, but just so that you can add it to your pgnviewer without my non-analysed comments ^^.

Hope you like it and my comments (whether useful or not).

Greetings, Arno.]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=44 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:24:23 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=44
The games have been placed here. The file is attached to this post. Just rename to a ".pgn" file.]]>
The games have been placed here. The file is attached to this post. Just rename to a ".pgn" file.]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:16:27 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43 Franz Bisson (1400) White
David Worl (1542) Black
1. D4 (...1 E6 (It may have been better to play more flexibly with ...1 C5 and allowing the Queen-Bishop coming out for ideas such as pinning the King-Knight.)
2. Nf3 (This prevents openings such as the Budapest Gambit, and stays with the plan of preventing E5.)...2 D5 (trying to control the E4-square.)
3. E3 (With this pawn move, The Colle System is now initiated.)...3 C5
4. Bd3(The Colle System Bishop comes out! It also holds-back black’s control on the e4-square and the d3-h7 diagonal.)..4 Nf6 to develop the kingside pieces to come out, and continuing the e4 square.)
5. Nbd2 ? (5. B3!? was necessary as to prevent the cramping..5 C4!)..5 Nc6? (..5 C4! should be played as to cramp white and get an edge.)
6. A3?!(This severely weakens the light-colored squares.) ..6 C4!
7. Be2 ..7 B5
8. B3!? (This is the only idea that attempts to break the c4 problem) ..8 C3? (This is an over-extension of the advantage. Normal development would have been better.)
9. Nb1 (forced) ..9 B4?! (Now the light-colored advantage starts to dissipate)
10. AxB4! (Getting counter-play) ..10 Ne4?! (This wastes too much time and misguided! Better was Bxb4!)
11. Bb5!..11 Bd7
12. Bxc6 ..12 Bxc6
13. Ne5! ..13 Bd7
14. Qf3 (Threatening mate) ..14 Qf6 (forced and okay)
15. Qxf6 (It’s better to take the queen, then be left with doubled and isolated pawns)..15 Nxf6? (Losing time again! Better was GxF6)
16. Ba3 (Developing the Bishop on the most active square, and also holding-on to the B4-pawn)..16 Be7
17. F3! (Preventing any Knight move that would penetrate into white’s position) ..17 0-0
18. Nxc3 ..18 Rfc8
19. Kd2! White connects the rooks and preparing to focus his efforts on the queen-side) ..19 Rc7(preparing to double the rooks on the c-file)
20. Na4! (White will post the Knight on c5 and take a strangle-hold of the position)..20 Rb8?? (This loses the exchange. It was better to play Rac8)
21. Nc5! ..21 Bb5 (The bishop becomes a target of a pawn-storm attack. Black is losing, regardless)
22. C4! ..22 DxC4 (It’s hard to suggest a good move for black, but is surely not the immediate pawn exchange)
23. BxC4! (Now, white has a pawn-roller which is unstoppable!)..23 Be8 (Black is just lost here)
24. Na6! ..24 Rcb7
25. Nxb8 ..25 Rxb8
26. Rhb1! (Now, the plan comes to fruition!) ..26 A6 (hoping to hold-back white’s attack)
27. B5! (Anyway!) ..27 AxB5?? (An oversight which loses the bishop.) Black resigns!
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Feel free reply to this thread if you have some intelligent, positive to say.The exception is if you have constructive criticism of this thread and or analysis. If so, feel free to give me positive suggestion(s).]]> Franz Bisson (1400) White
David Worl (1542) Black
1. D4 (...1 E6 (It may have been better to play more flexibly with ...1 C5 and allowing the Queen-Bishop coming out for ideas such as pinning the King-Knight.)
2. Nf3 (This prevents openings such as the Budapest Gambit, and stays with the plan of preventing E5.)...2 D5 (trying to control the E4-square.)
3. E3 (With this pawn move, The Colle System is now initiated.)...3 C5
4. Bd3(The Colle System Bishop comes out! It also holds-back black’s control on the e4-square and the d3-h7 diagonal.)..4 Nf6 to develop the kingside pieces to come out, and continuing the e4 square.)
5. Nbd2 ? (5. B3!? was necessary as to prevent the cramping..5 C4!)..5 Nc6? (..5 C4! should be played as to cramp white and get an edge.)
6. A3?!(This severely weakens the light-colored squares.) ..6 C4!
7. Be2 ..7 B5
8. B3!? (This is the only idea that attempts to break the c4 problem) ..8 C3? (This is an over-extension of the advantage. Normal development would have been better.)
9. Nb1 (forced) ..9 B4?! (Now the light-colored advantage starts to dissipate)
10. AxB4! (Getting counter-play) ..10 Ne4?! (This wastes too much time and misguided! Better was Bxb4!)
11. Bb5!..11 Bd7
12. Bxc6 ..12 Bxc6
13. Ne5! ..13 Bd7
14. Qf3 (Threatening mate) ..14 Qf6 (forced and okay)
15. Qxf6 (It’s better to take the queen, then be left with doubled and isolated pawns)..15 Nxf6? (Losing time again! Better was GxF6)
16. Ba3 (Developing the Bishop on the most active square, and also holding-on to the B4-pawn)..16 Be7
17. F3! (Preventing any Knight move that would penetrate into white’s position) ..17 0-0
18. Nxc3 ..18 Rfc8
19. Kd2! White connects the rooks and preparing to focus his efforts on the queen-side) ..19 Rc7(preparing to double the rooks on the c-file)
20. Na4! (White will post the Knight on c5 and take a strangle-hold of the position)..20 Rb8?? (This loses the exchange. It was better to play Rac8)
21. Nc5! ..21 Bb5 (The bishop becomes a target of a pawn-storm attack. Black is losing, regardless)
22. C4! ..22 DxC4 (It’s hard to suggest a good move for black, but is surely not the immediate pawn exchange)
23. BxC4! (Now, white has a pawn-roller which is unstoppable!)..23 Be8 (Black is just lost here)
24. Na6! ..24 Rcb7
25. Nxb8 ..25 Rxb8
26. Rhb1! (Now, the plan comes to fruition!) ..26 A6 (hoping to hold-back white’s attack)
27. B5! (Anyway!) ..27 AxB5?? (An oversight which loses the bishop.) Black resigns!
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Feel free reply to this thread if you have some intelligent, positive to say.The exception is if you have constructive criticism of this thread and or analysis. If so, feel free to give me positive suggestion(s).]]> http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:23:47 -0500 http://www.zuke-dukes.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 I think I've found something interesting to play against ...g6!

The long and short of it is that much of Black's play in the King's Indian Defense comes from the rickety nature of White's d4 pawn...so perhaps there is some way of making use of the extra stability of the e3 pawn after:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 (...d5 transposes to the Sneaky Gruenfeld)

I have come up with the following interesting line:

5.Be2 (perhaps Nc3 is better, but this, at least, continues to make the gruenfeld unliked) d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5

This is "the" way of dealing with "e3" if you are a KID player. This is the idea Watson gives in his Mastering the opening's book, and it is what we see in those games I posted by Norowitz (though he fianchettoed Bb2 instead of using his time to play out his other pieces)

And now: 8.Qc2!?

In the 'normal' KID variations, this is pretty silly since Black will just play ...exd4, clearing the diagonal for his Bishop, but now that White could play exd4 in response, this exchange would be rather bad for Black.

So what does Black do? White is threatening to exchange and then play Rd1 with a very comfortable position.

Practice has seen two options here: 8...c6, which you would probably not see in class play, and 8...Re8.

A likely line is 8...Re8 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Re1 Qe7 12. Nd5! Nxd5 13.cxd5 e4 14.Bd2 Qg5! 15.Bc3 Bh3 16.g3 and i don't think Black can make any headway. (e.g. 16...Bf8 17.Qb3 b6 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.Bb4)

8...c6 gives Black an extra escape route for the Queen and stops d5, but it weakens the d6 square, which currently has no protection at all. 9.b4, in addition to generally gaining space, this move removes the c5 square from the Knight on d7.
After 9...exd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Re1 it appears White's pieces have slight more active posts.

What do you think?]]> I think I've found something interesting to play against ...g6!

The long and short of it is that much of Black's play in the King's Indian Defense comes from the rickety nature of White's d4 pawn...so perhaps there is some way of making use of the extra stability of the e3 pawn after:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 (...d5 transposes to the Sneaky Gruenfeld)

I have come up with the following interesting line:

5.Be2 (perhaps Nc3 is better, but this, at least, continues to make the gruenfeld unliked) d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5

This is "the" way of dealing with "e3" if you are a KID player. This is the idea Watson gives in his Mastering the opening's book, and it is what we see in those games I posted by Norowitz (though he fianchettoed Bb2 instead of using his time to play out his other pieces)

And now: 8.Qc2!?

In the 'normal' KID variations, this is pretty silly since Black will just play ...exd4, clearing the diagonal for his Bishop, but now that White could play exd4 in response, this exchange would be rather bad for Black.

So what does Black do? White is threatening to exchange and then play Rd1 with a very comfortable position.

Practice has seen two options here: 8...c6, which you would probably not see in class play, and 8...Re8.

A likely line is 8...Re8 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Re1 Qe7 12. Nd5! Nxd5 13.cxd5 e4 14.Bd2 Qg5! 15.Bc3 Bh3 16.g3 and i don't think Black can make any headway. (e.g. 16...Bf8 17.Qb3 b6 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.Bb4)

8...c6 gives Black an extra escape route for the Queen and stops d5, but it weakens the d6 square, which currently has no protection at all. 9.b4, in addition to generally gaining space, this move removes the c5 square from the Knight on d7.
After 9...exd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Re1 it appears White's pieces have slight more active posts.

What do you think?]]>