tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post878826329394165799..comments2023-11-02T03:49:40.864-04:00Comments on Rook Van Winkle's Chess Blog: Chess as Played in the Real World - No. 5Rook Van Winklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567592979918686066noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post-75109404670857199422007-09-12T11:45:00.000-04:002007-09-12T11:45:00.000-04:00Nice annotations! Like anonymous I like your PGN ...Nice annotations! Like anonymous I like your PGN viewer, too, even though I was not able to view the annotations of the last part of the game, but that might be just me.<BR/><BR/>I really like the title "Chess as played in the real world" - it is so easy to forget that Grandmaster chess is quite different from the way 'normal' and even good player play the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post-36796023864376357162007-09-12T06:58:00.000-04:002007-09-12T06:58:00.000-04:00Greg:Thanks for the advice on the French Advance V...Greg:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the advice on the French Advance Variation - I will remember it if I find myself in similar situation. It's nice to be able to tap someone else's brain - too bad I didn't have any chess brains to tap when I was a kid - but later is better than never ;-)Rook Van Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567592979918686066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post-972820033041833842007-09-12T06:51:00.000-04:002007-09-12T06:51:00.000-04:00Anonymous:Well, I can certainly do that - but Poll...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Well, I can certainly do that - but Polly herself said "I am totally clueless when it comes to this stuff" and I know I can relate to that ;-)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the viewer you mention is Priit Parmakson's<BR/><A HREF="http://ignoramuslex.blogspot.com/2007/04/pgn-viewer.html" REL="nofollow">adaptation</A> of Lutz Tautenhahn's fantastic<BR/><A HREF="http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html" REL="nofollow">LT-PG-Viewer</A> program.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to switch over to the ChessBase viewer - it is my favorite - but it is a little more involved than Parmakson's or ChessPublisher's viewer.Rook Van Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567592979918686066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post-13054112704968273282007-09-12T00:49:00.000-04:002007-09-12T00:49:00.000-04:00I prefer to play the Tarrasch Variation against th...I prefer to play the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Defence#Tarrasch_Variation_3.Nd2" REL="nofollow">Tarrasch Variation</A> against the French. Look up some info on it. Maybe you like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post-27765399391668901212007-09-11T22:48:00.000-04:002007-09-11T22:48:00.000-04:00RVW, Maybe you could tell Polly Wright what PGN vi...RVW, Maybe you could tell Polly Wright what PGN viewer you are using -- the one that gives notation like ...<BR/><BR/>"Position after 1. e2-e4"<BR/><BR/>Your's is better than the ChessPublisher tool she uses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33014739.post-44980185900931810312007-09-11T21:40:00.000-04:002007-09-11T21:40:00.000-04:00The opening is called the Advance Variation of the...The opening is called the Advance Variation of the French Defense. It used to be considered inferior to 3. Nc3 or 3. Nd2, but it's being played right now quite often at the Grandmaster level. On 3...c5, White should play instead 4. c3 to maintain his center pawns. 4...c4? is not really a threat - it removes all the pressure from the center and White can develop his forces behind the pawn chain to attack the kingside (maybe playing eventually f4 and f5 to open the f-file). Black has no real counterplay, other than trying a queenside advance. But of course an attack on the king is usually more important. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com