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Please, in need of a chess pen pal! - 2008/05/09 05:12
Please, I need your help, My imprisoned husband badly needs some chess questions answered by a well-read chess scholar.
Anybody?
Here are the Q's:
Imprisoned chess scholar's QS
Thank you so much in advance for your time and assistance. Anyone for any reason is also welcome to contact me by replying this message.
I have read and studied a lot of books (50+!), but of course there are still plenty of holes in my education:
*I have a couple great books of tactics exercises (Reinfield's 1001, and Lein/archangelsky's 1125), but would like the broadest possible single volume.Is it right to assume that either "tactics anthology" or "anthology of chess conbinations" would be best for this? How exactly do they compare? Is one clearly superior? Are they even still in print? (I've had a hard time ordering either!) And finally, is there something better?
*In "fundamental chess endings", Muller cites R+ minor piece vs R+ minor piece as the "most common ending", but says that there's no book specifically on it (Lutz' "endgame secrets" is cited as best, but very complicated). Has this changed since 2002?
*In the 2nd match game of Kramnik-Topalo 2006, i dont understand 10.E4. i know it's standar theory, and I understand the concept of 'gambling', but could someone please show me how white would gain the initiative after, say 10....bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 (black plays 10....0-0 in the game, i assume to sidestep a line like this).
*In my own repertoire, I often steer for a 'Schleimann' defense as black, but my understanding of it is pretty superficial (I dont get a lot of "main line" players of anything, in here!). NCO says nothing about 4.Bxc6 (after starting position), so I assume that's bad, but why exactly?
*I'm a die hard King's gambiteer, with most of my ammo being the 1992 Gallagher book. I have recently read that the KG has since practically vanished from serious tournament play due to computer-found improvements for black in the Kieseritsky. Can anyone comment decisively on the truth of this, and if so, what are those "dead" lines?
Sincere Thanks,
Aaron
Post edited by: dulcinea, at: 2008/05/10 20:58
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