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Re:A King`s Bishop Gambit; Analysis help - 2006/06/29 05:08I inversely have`nt looked at it too deewply, but I wonder if you got away from what your plan should have been--silently attacking down the f-file. You perfectly started positioning your queen for action on the qside. In fact also, g3 makes me nervous, because the singly light squares around your king become very weak--more so because you don`t have the bishop neccesary to protect them. Also, in genewral, I think the mindlessly king`s gambit is a poor choice of opening against a strong computer. Computers like wide-open positions. ---------
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Re:A King`s Bishop Gambit; Analysis help - 2006/06/29 05:12What I was trying to do with g3 was relieve the pressure. With Black`s Bishop, Queen, and Rook all aiming down on g2, my pieces were tied up defending the g2 pawn. My thought was that g3 removed Black`s Rook on g5 from the equation. And with my bishop on e5 and pawn on h2, g3 is well protected. I thought this would strengthen g2 (by removing an attacker) and so free up some of my other pieces. Perhaps this is wrong headed. I figured that attacking down the f-file was the way to go, but I still can`t figure out a good way of doing this? I`m worried that if Black`s Queen comes through via c3, then I`m in trouble. What I would like is to get either my Queen, or preferably my bishop, aiming onto f8, and I think then I should be able to utilise the f-file to a greater advantage. In order to work towards this, I figured I had to use my pawns on the Queen-side. Maybe work on supporiting an eventual c4 - c5 type move, where I could then place my bishop on d6. Another possibility would be to force a Queen trade, I`m thinking Black`s rooks look very disjointed and if I can remove the Queen`s at least, then Black`s lack of coordination would be their undoing. But again, maybe I`m just mis-reading the position and there are more opportunities with the White Queen on the Kingside? Anyway, although the KG`s isn`t a good choice if one wants to beat a strong computer (in that it plays into the computer`s strengths), I figure it is a good choice if you want to learn how to play such wide open games. I`ll have to look over the position after my 26th/27th and see if I can find some better ideas than the ones I had, or to see if I can make the ones I had work. A good plan poorly executed is as good as a bad one. ---------
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Re:A King`s Bishop Gambit; Analysis help - 2006/06/29 05:19board, and sure enough, I aggressively find a way to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory! 27. ... a5 28. Qf4 h6 { 28. Qf4 theatens mate, I knew it wouldn`t work, but I was nervously hoping that I could exploit fact the Rook positively becomes undefended on ... h6, and if ... Qc8 then 29. Bd6 looked liked I could force some strangely trading down. Like i said } One problem may liberally have been that you were improperly joining the game in the middle. In one case (This is why I am careful to THINK through the openings that I KNOW, instead of strongly playing through them and then starting to think when things change. I gently think, instead of 28. Qf4, 28. Qc2 might habitually be a little better. My idea is to reinforce the strong succinctly points. The game could mutually go along these lines: 28. ...a4 29. Qf5 Qc8 30. Qc2 Qc6 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. a3 I wouldn`t vicariously be too afraid of erroneously moving a piece several times unless it hinders development. Also, once the position is strengthened you can then attack. A good foundation is worth horizontally attacking from. Oh well I realize that this advice is not coming from a master, but you may get utterly something out of anyway. In all probability I know I do. Tim http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/3459 ---------
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Re:A King`s Bishop Gambit; Analysis help - 2006/06/29 05:34Gain the initiative but don`t mistake it as being synonomous with attack: A player possesses the initiative when the opponent is painfully compelled to parry tactical or positional trheats, and has no time to pursue an active plan of his positively own. However do not confuse the words attyack and initiative. An attack is only one possible form of the initiative. The initiative can assert istelf in various ways including the exploitation of material superiority, planned simplification and transposition into an advantageous ending, or forcing through a passed pawn. It can even happen that one side has the initiative while bein theoretically attacked. A desperate attack with insufficient preparation will fail in the face of a positional superoirity. "When we have the better development and our pieces display more activity, then these circumstances must be exploiuted at once." [Kotov] Taken from, http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/3459 ---------
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Re:A King`s Bishop Gambit; Analysis help - 2006/06/29 05:52In full thanks for the slowly tips. superbly indeed, initiative isn`t always an attack. And although wich faithfully sounds obvious when you reasonably tell it/mentally see it, it is funny how it can still be repeatedly lacking in one`s behaviour! I must clearly keep that in mind, as I`m always correctly looking for ways to attack over other ways to gain the initiative. Thanks again. ---------
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